Introduction to the Bible

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Introduction to the Bible

• Course Overview
• Professor Doug Chatham, D.Min.

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How Did We Get The Bible?

• From God
• Behind and beneath the Bible, above and beyond
  the Bible, is the God of the Bible
• God is Transcendent and Immanent
• The Bible is Gods Self-Revelation to Mankind
• Through Human Writers
• Various methods of Inspiration
• 40 Writers over 16 Centuries
• Supernatural Preservation

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Great Subjects of the Bible

• Origin of All Things
• Heaven Lost and Heaven Regained
• Gods Plan For Every Person
• The Mission of Jesus Christ

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GENESIS

• Eight Beginnings
• World, Humanity, Sin, Redemption, Family,
  Civilization, Nations, Hebrew People
• Four Basic Stories
• Creation
• Fall
• Flood
• Babel
• Four Patriarchs
• Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph

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EXODUS DEUTERONOMY

• Call of Moses
• Ten Plagues
• Twelve Tribes
• Ten Commandments
• Tabernacle
• Feasts
• Offerings

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FROM JOSHUA TO DAVID

• Conquest and Settlement of Canaan
• Period of Judges Ruth
• Samuel Last Judge and First Prophet
• Saul First King
• Life of King David

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SOLOMON TO ESTHER

• 1st 2nd Kings (Continuation of 2nd Samuel)
• Solomons Reign
• Division of the Kingdom
• Ministry of the Prophets
• 1st 2nd Chronicles (History of Judah)
• Captivity of Judah Book of Esther
• Ezra and Nehemiah in the Return from Exile

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JOB - SONG OF SOLOMON

• Job Gods Right to do with us as He Chooses
• Psalms 5 Books of Songs and Poems
• Proverbs Practical Wisdom for Guidance
• Ecclesiastes The Purpose of Life
• Song of Solomon
• Love Song of Christ and His Bride

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THE MAJOR PROPHETS

• Isaiah in Jerusalem
• Jeremiah in Jerusalem
• Lamentations Ballad of the Captivity
• Ezekiel with Captives in Babylon
• Daniel in Kings Palace in Babylon
• Messages for Present, Near Future, Far Future

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Minor ProphetsPart 1 Hosea - Zephaniah

• Hosea to Israel
• Joel to Judah
• Amos to Israel
• Obadiah to Edom
• Jonah to Nineveh

• Micah to Judah
• Nahum to Nineveh
• Habakkuk to Judah
• Zephaniah to Judah

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Minor ProphetsPart 2 Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

• Three Prophets of the Return 538 425 BC
• The Intertestamental Period ( ca. 420 Years)
• Persian Period 425 331 BC
• Greek Period 332 167 BC
• Maccabean Period 168 63 BC
• Roman Period 63 BC 6 BC

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SYNOPTIC GOSPELS

• When How Christ Came
• Time - Annunciation Incarnation Kenosis
• Purposes of Each Writer
• Matthew The King Mark The Servant Luke Son
  of Man
• Explanation of Parallel Passages
• Sources of Matthew and Luke
• Distinctives of Each Gospel

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JOHN, ACTS ROMANS

• Purpose of Johns Gospel
• Seven Miracles in Gospel of John
• The Way of Salvation
• Acts First 30 Years of the Church
• Peters Ministry
• Philips Ministry
• Pauls Ministry
• Letter to the Romans

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EPISTLES 1 Corinthians - Philippians

• Letters to the Corinthians
• Letter to Galatians
• Letter to Ephesians
• Letter to Philippians

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EPISTLES Colossians - Jude

• Letter to the Colossians
• Letters to the Thessalonians
• Letters to Timothy
• Letter to Titus
• Letter to Philemon
• General Letters Hebrews, James, 1 2 Peter, 1,2
  3 John, Jude

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REVELATION

• Vision of Christ
• Letters to the Churches
• Vision of Gods Throne
• Vision of Tribulation Period
• Seals
• Trumpets
• Bowl Judgments
• Destruction of Babylon Ecclesiatical
  Commerical Systems
• Return of King of Kings

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REVELATION

• The New Earth Rev. 21-22
• First Earth is passed away
• No Sea entire earth habitable
• City no temple no need of sunlight or moonlight
• Gates never close no night there
• God dwelling with mankind
• River of Life Tree of Life