The Bible

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• The Bible
• An Introduction

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• What does "Holy Bible" mean ?
• The word "Bible" comes from the Greek word
  "biblos" meaning "book". "Holy" is a word meaning
  "set apart" or "separate", with the idea of being
  set apart or dedicated by or for God. Therefore
  the name "Holy Bible" was given to this book
  because it was seen to be God's inspired Word,
  thus making it separate from all other books ever
  written.

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• When was the Bible written?
• The Bible is in fact a collection of books or
  writings that were written over a period of
  approximately 1600 years by many different
  writers. The first books were written by Moses
  about 1500BC, while the last was written by John
  the Apostle around 100AD.

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• Why is the Bible divided into the Old and New
  Testaments?
• The translators divided these books into the
  Old and New Testaments many years after they were
  written. The Old Testament contains 39 books that
  were written in Hebrew before the birth of
  Christ, while the New Testament contains 27 books
  that were written in Greek after Christ.

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Old Testament

• Genesis ??? Exodus ???? Leviticus ???
• Numbers ??? Deuteronomy ??? Joshua ????
• Judges ??? Ruth ???
• 1 Samuel ????? 2 Samuel ?????
• 1 Kings ???? 2 Kings ????
• 1 Chronicles ???? 2 Chronicles????
• Ezra???? Nehemiah????
• Esther ???? Job ??? Psalms ?? Proverbs ??
• Ecclesiastes ??? Song of Songs ??
• Isaiah ???? Jeremiah ???? Lamentations ?????
• Ezekiel ???? Daniel ???? Hosea ????
• Joel??? Amos ???? Obadiah?????
• Jonah??? Micah??? Nahum???
• Habakkuk???? Zephaniah???? Haggai???
• Zechariah????? Malachi????

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New Testaments

• Matthew???? Mark????
• Luke???? John????
• Acts???? Romans???
• 1Corinthians????? 2Corinthians?????
• Galatians???? Ephesians????
• Philippians???? Colossians????
• 1Thessalonians???????
• 2Thessalonians???????
• 1Timothy????? 2Timothy?????
• Titus??? Philemon???? Hebrews???? James???
• 1Peter???? 2Peter????
• John???? John???? John????
• Jude??? Revelation???

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Brief Bible Story
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Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

• God created the heavens and the earth and
  everything was very good. Adam and Eve could eat
  from any tree, except one, in the Garden of Eden.
  God warned them that if they ate from it they
  would die.

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The fall

• The serpent (Satan) tempted Eve to eat from the
  forbidden tree. Eve convinced Adam to eat the
  fruit. Both Adam and Eve were disobedient and
  ignored the warning of God.

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Exile from the Garden of Eden

• Adam's disobedience brought sin into the world
  and caused God to drive Adam and Eve from the
  paradise Garden of Eden. God placed an angel with
  a flaming sword at the entrance of the Garden to
  keep them from returning.

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Cain and Abel

• Cain and Abel were brothers. Abel chose to be a
• shepherd, while Cain became a farmer. At a time
• appointed by God, Cain brought his harvest from
  the
• field as an offering unto the Lord, but Abel
  brought a
• lamb. The Lord showed respect toward Abel and his
• offering, but He did not honor Cain and his
  offering. Cain
• was furious. He blamed the problem on Abel, and
  when they were in the field, Cain attacked Abel
  and
• killed him. God cursed Cain for killing his
  brother, and
• Cain went out from the presence of the Lord. His
• rebellion against God caused the first murder and
  the first broken family.

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The flood

• Years later, mankind again proved disobedient to
  God. A great flood was sent in judgment that
  covered the whole world. Because Noah was
  obedient, God spared him and his family and the
  animals which God brought to the ark.

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Noahs Big Ark

• Noah's Ark was a huge barge (a boat without
  sails, paddles or engine). This picture compares
  the Ark to the average size one-story home. The
  Ark was so big that it could hold at least 569
  railroad cars.

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The Tower of Babel

• Many generations after Noah, when the whole
  earth still spoke the same language, people
  traveled to a plain in the Middle East and
  settled there. The people made a tower designed
  for worshiping the sun, moon and stars. Mankind
  had chosen to worship God's creations instead of
  the Lord Himself.
• This decision was a direct refusal to obey
  God's command to go out and fill the earth. The
  Lord mixed up their language, causing them to
  stop building the city.
• Therefore the name of that city became
  "Babel", which means confusion because there the
  Lord multiplied language on the earth, causing
  people to scatter abroad.

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Abraham and Isaac

• Later, another man showed that he would obey God.
  Abraham trusted God enough that he would even
  sacrifice his own son, Isaac. God provided a ram
  as a substitute sacrifice.

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Moses and the burning bush

• God talked to Moses from within a burning bush.
  God promised that He would deliver Israel from
  Egypt, just as He had promised. God was faithful
  and rescued the nation of Israel from the
  Pharaoh.

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Moses and the 10 commandments

• God gave Moses the 10 commandments, rules
  which must be obeyed if people are to please God.
  One of these rules is that people must only
  worship God. The commandments were carved in
  stone by the finger of God Himself

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Prophets Describe the Savior

• After 40 years in the desert, the Israelites
  (Jews), entered
• Canaan. God spoke to the Jews through King David
  and
• prophets, reminding them to be holy as a witness
  to all
• nations. Later, Israel was disobedient and
  rebelled
• against God, rejecting His laws and killing the
  prophets.
• Finally, after 800 years of rebellion, Israel was
  taken out
• of her own land and was made captive in the
  nations of
• Assyria and Babylon .But God continued to speak
• through prophets during the Jews' captivity, and
  some of
• The messages prophecies about the Savior who
  would
• Come to rescue sinful mankind.

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Fiery Furnace(Shadrach, Mesach and Abednego)

• Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego obeyed God's
  commandments and would not worship another god.
  Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, didn't like
  their commitment to God and ordered that they be
  thrown into a furnace filled with fire.

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Safe in the Fire

• God was with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in
  the furnace of fire. When Nebuchadnezzar saw that
  they were not hurt by the fire, and that there
  were now 4 people in the furnace, he called for
  them to come out. God had perfectly protected
  them.

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Birth of Jesus

• After70 years of captivity, the Lord allowed His
• people to come back to the land of Israel. 500
  years
• later, when Rome ruled Israel, two young Jews
  named
• Joseph and Mary planned to marry. But before they
• came together, Mary became pregnant through the
• power of the Holy Spirit of God. The Child was
  named
• 'Jesus', which means Savior, for He will save His
  people
• from their sins.
• In a city called Bethlehem, Jesus was born.

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The angel and the shepherds

• And in the same country, there were shepherds
  watching over their flocks at night. And the
  angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of
  the Lord shone around them, and they were very
  frightened. Then the angel said, "Don't be
  afraid for I bring good news of great joy, for
  all people. Today a Savior was born for you which
  is Christ the Lord."  

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Joseph, Mary, and Baby Jesus

• 600 years after the time of Daniel, Mary and
  Joseph worshiped the one true God - Mary's son
  Jesus. God took the form of a man, being born as
  a baby, so that He could deliver the world from
  sin.

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Mary and Baby Jesus

• The Shepherds come to see the Savior, Christ
  the Lord."When the angels had gone away from
  them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to
  one another, 'Let us go straight to Bethlehem
  then, and see this thing that has happened which
  the Lord has made known to us.' So they came in a
  hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and
  the baby as He lay in the manger

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Baby Jesus

• "This will be a sign for you you will find a
  baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
     --Luke 212

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The Star of Bethlehem

• "When they had heard the king, they departed
  and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east,
  went before them, till it came and stood over
  where the young child was."  
   --Matthew 29

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The Wise men Worshipping Jesus

• The Wise men brought gifts for Jesus.
• "After coming into the house they saw the Child
  with Mary His mother and they fell to the ground
  and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures,
  they presented to Him gifts of gold,
  frankincense, and myrrh."    --Matthew 211

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Jesus in the temple

• Mary and Joseph search for Jesus.
• "After three days they found Him in the temple,
  sitting in the midst of the teachers, both
  listening to them and asking them
  questions."   --Luke 246

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Jesus being baptized

• John the Baptist and Jesus"After being
  baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the
  water and behold, the heavens were opened, and
  he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and
  lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the
  heavens said, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I
  am well-pleased.'" 
•  --Matthew 316-17

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Jesus healing a lame man

• Jesus healed the lame and made blind people see.
  Jesus did miracles to show that His teachings are
  true and that He can forgive people of their
  sins.

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The Betrayal and Crucifixion

• After supper, Jesus walked to a garden for a time
  of
• prayer. Judas approached Jesus, greeting Him with
  a
• kiss of betrayal. After that, Jesus allowed
  himself to be
• tied up and brought into the high priest's
  house.
• Early the next morning, the crowd led Jesus to
  the
• Roman governor, Pilate. Pilate, wanting to
  satisfy the
• people, had Jesus brutally whipped, and then
  turned
• Him over to be crucified. Afterwards they took
  Jesus and
• led Him away, making Him carry a wooden cross up
  to a
• place called Calvary, also known as Golgotha or
  the
• place of a skull.

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Jesus on the cross

• Jesus died on the cross for our sins."For God
  so loved the world, that He gave His only
  begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall
  not perish, but have eternal life"    --John 316

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Jesus rose from the dead

• After three days ,Jesus conquered death and
  rose from the grave.

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Thomas declaring Jesus as his God

• When Thomas saw Jesus after the resurrection,
  he felt the nail wounds in Jesus' hands and feet.
  Thomas knelt before Jesus and proclaimed him to
  be his Lord and his God.

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Resurrection to Eternity

• Jesus continued appearing to many people, showing
  
• them that He was alive, which gave infallible
  proof of His
• resurrection.
• At the end of forty days, Jesus announced to His
• disciples, "You shall receive power after the
  Holy Spirit
• comes upon you, and you shall tell others about
  Me,
• both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in
  Samaria,
• and to the uttermost part of the earth."
• As they watched, Jesus was taken up, and a cloud
  took
• Him out of their sight to the eternal kingdom.