The Big Idea

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The Big Idea

• Of the
• Old Testament

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God as the Creator
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God as the Creator
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image,
according to Our likeness (Genesis 126)
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Genesis 128

• God blessed them and God said to them, Be
  fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and
  subdue it and rule over the fish of the sea and
  over the birds of the sky and over every living
  thing that moves on the earth.

• In the Image of God
• Stewardship and a basis for Ecology
• Federal Headship

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• And the LORD God planted a garden toward the
  east, in Eden and there He placed the man whom
  He had formed. (Genesis 28).

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• And the LORD God commanded the man, saying,
  "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely
  17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and
  evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you
  eat from it you shall surely die. (Genesis
  216-17)

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• When the woman saw that the tree was good for
  food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and
  that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she
  took from its fruit and ate and she gave also to
  her husband with her, and he ate. (Genesis 36)

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• And I will put enmity between you and the woman,
  and between your seed and her seed He shall
  bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him
  on the heel. (Genesis 315)

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Seed of the Woman
Seed of the Serpent
Cain Abel
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Seed of the Woman
Seed of the Serpent
Abel
Cain
And Adam had relations with his wife again and
she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for,
she said, "God has appointed me another offspring
in place of Abel for Cain killed him." (Genesis
425).
Lamech
Literally, another SEED
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Seed of the Woman
Seed of the Serpent
Abel Seth
Cain
Enoch
Lamech
Noah
Shem
Ham
Abraham
Canaan
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Genesis 1129-30

• And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves.
  The name of Abram's wife was Sarai and the name
  of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of
  Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah. 30 And
  Sarai was barren she had no child.

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Genesis 121-2

• 1 Now the LORD said to Abram,
• "Go forth from your country,
• And from your relatives
• And from your father's house,
• To the land which I will show you
• 2 And I will make you a great nation,
• And I will bless you,
• And make your name great
• And so you shall be a blessing

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Genesis 123

• And I will bless those who bless you,
• And the one who curses you I will curse.
• And in you all the families of the earth shall be
  blessed.

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Haran ?
And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his
nephew and they set out for the land of Canaan
thus they came to the land of Canaan. (Genesis
125).
? Ur
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Genesis 127

• And the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To
  your descendants I will give this land." So he
  built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared
  to him.

Literally, to your Seed
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Genesis 127

• And the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To
  your descendants I will give this land." So he
  built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared
  to him.

• Lot, the Nephew of Abram
• Eliezer of Damascus

Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him,
saying, "This man will not be your heir but one
who shall come forth from your own body, he shall
be your heir. (Genesis 154).
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Genesis 15 The Covenant Ceremony

• So He said to him, "Bring Me a three year old
  heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a
  three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young
  pigeon."
• 10 Then he brought all these to Him and cut them
  in two, and laid each half opposite the other
  but he did not cut the birds. (Genesis 159-10).

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Genesis 15 The Covenant Ceremony

• And it came about when the sun had set, that it
  was very dark, and behold, there appeared a
  smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed
  between these pieces.
• On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram
  (Genesis 1517-18).

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Quest for a Son

• Lot, the Nephew of Abram
• Eliezer of Damascus
• Ishmael
• Isaac Laughter

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Abrahams Test

• And Abraham called the name of that place The
  LORD Will Provide, as it is said to this day, "In
  the mount of the LORD it will be provided.
  (Genesis 2214).

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Seed of the Woman
Seed of the Serpent
Abraham
Ishmael
Isaac
Jacob
Esau
12 Sons of Israel
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The Big Idea

• Of the
• Old Testament

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• Old Testament
• EXODUS

New Testament CROSS
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EGYPT
MIDIAN
Sinai
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Egypt in the days of the Exodus
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The Plagues of Egypt painted by Joseph Turner
in 1800
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EGYPT
YAM SUPH
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Exodus from Egypt 10 Plagues
Giving of the Law 10 Commandments
Building the Tabernacle 10 Items
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The cloud covered the tent of meeting, and
the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle
(Exodus 4034)
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Leviticus The Book of Holiness
Leviticus tells us of the worship taking place
in the Tabernacle
Exodus ends with the construction of the
Tabernacle
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If you walk in My statutes and keep My
commandments (263)

• I will give you rain
• The land will yield its produce
• The trees of the field will bear fruit
• You will eat your food to the full
• I will grant you peace
• You will chase your enemies
• I will make you fruitful and multiply you
• I will dwell with you

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If you do not obey Me and carry out all these
commandments (2614)

• I will appoint over you a sudden terror,
  consumption and fever
• You shall sow your seed uselessly
• You shall be struck down before your enemies
• Those who hate you shall rule over you
• You shall flee when no one is pursuing

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If, after these things, you do not obey me
(2618)

• I will punish you seven times more
• I will break down your pride of power
• Your strength will be spent uselessly
• Your land will not produce its produce
• The trees of the land will not yield their fruit

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If, then you act with hostility toward Me and are
not willing (2621)

• I will increase the plague seven times
• I will let loose among you the beast of the field
• They shall bereave you of your children and
  destroy your cattle

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If, by these things you are not turned to Me
(2623)

• I will strike you seven times
• I will bring upon you a sword
• I will strike you with a pestilence
• Your bread shall be rationed

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If, in spite of this, you do not obey Me (2627)

• I will punish you seven times more
• You shall eat the flesh of your sons and
  daughters
• I will cut down your high places
• I will lay waste your cities
• I will make the land desolate
• I will scatter you among the nations and you will
  perish among the nations

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Kadesh Barnea
EGYPT
The people who live in the land are strong,
and the cities are fortified and very large and
moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak
there. (Numbers 1328).
SINAI
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Kadesh Barnea
EGYPT
EDOM
SINAI
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Book of Deuteronomy
Second Law
Reuben Gad Mannaseh

• Preamble
• Historical Prologue
• Stipulations
• Blessings, Cursings,
• and Ratification of
• the Covenant
• Succession

Suzerain Treaty
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• Moses dies
• Joshua takes the land

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The Sin Cycle
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Judges
Ehud Deborah Gideon Jephthah Samson
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Judges 176

• In those days there was no king in Israel every
  man did what was right in his own eyes.

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Hill Country of Ephraim
Gibeah
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Jebus (Jerusalem)
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Bethlehem
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Judges 176

• In those days there was no king in Israel every
  man did what was right in his own eyes.

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The Big Idea

• Of the
• Old Testament

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Samuel
Saul

• Judge
• Prophet
• Priest

• Tribe of Benjamin
• City of Gibeah
• Anointed as King

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And he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in
pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of
Israel by the hand of messengers, saying,
Whoever does not come out after Saul and after
Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. (1
Samuel 117)
AMMON
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1 Samuel 151-3

• 1 Then Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to
  anoint you as king over His people, over Israel
  now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
• 2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I will punish
  Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he set
  himself against him on the way while he was
  coming up from Egypt. 3 Now go and strike Amalek
  and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not
  spare him but put to death both man and woman,
  child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and
  donkey.'"

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Israel

• Amalekites

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1 Samuel 1522

• And Samuel said,
• Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings
  and sacrifices
• As in obeying the voice of the LORD?
• Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
• And to heed than the fat of rams.

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1 Samuel 1523

• "For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
• And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry.
• Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,
• He has also rejected you from being king."

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1 Samuel 1527-28

• 27 And as Samuel turned to go, Saul seized the
  edge of his robe, and it tore.
• 28 So Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the
  kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given
  it to your neighbor who is better than you.

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Davids Rise to Power
The Goliath Incident
Growing Popularity
Fugitive
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So the Philistines gathered together and came
and camped in Shunem and Saul gathered all
Israel together and they camped in Gilboa. (1
Samuel 285).
Shunem
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Mount Gilboa
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Endor
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Philistines
Armies of Israel
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1 Samuel 2811-12

• Then the woman said, Whom shall I bring up for
  you? And he said, Bring up Samuel for me.
• When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a
  loud voice and the woman spoke to Saul, saying,
  Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul.

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1 Samuel 2813-14

• And the king said to her, Do not be afraid but
  what do you see? And the woman said to Saul, I
  see a divine being Elohim coming up out of the
  earth.
• And he said to her, What is his form? And she
  said, An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped
  with a robe. And Saul knew that it was Samuel,
  and he bowed with his face to the ground and did
  homage.

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1 Samuel 2818-19

• As you did not obey the Lord and did not
  execute His fierce wrath of Amalek, so the Lord
  has done this thing to you this day.
• Moreover the Lord will also give over Israel
  along with you into the hands of the Philistines,
  therefore tomorrow you and your sons will be with
  me. Indeed the Lord will give over the army of
  Israel into the hands of the Philistines!

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David as King

• King over Judah
• King over Israel
• Capital in Jerusalem

Jerusalem
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Hebron
JUDAH
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ASSYRIA
Solomons Kingdom
EGYPT
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1 Kings 425
Dan ?

• So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man
  under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to
  Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

? Beersheba
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And it came about when the priests came from the
holy place, that the cloud filled the house of
the LORD, 11 so that the priests could not stand
to minister because of the cloud, for the glory
of the LORD filled the house of the LORD. (1
Kings 811-12).
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1 Kings 111-2

• Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along
  with the daughter of Pharaoh Moabite, Ammonite,
  Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 2 from the
  nations concerning which the LORD had said to the
  sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with
  them, neither shall they associate with you, for
  they will surely turn your heart away after their
  gods." Solomon held fast to these in love.

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1 Kings 113-4

• And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and
  three hundred concubines, and his wives turned
  his heart away. 4 For it came about when Solomon
  was old, his wives turned his heart away after
  other gods and his heart was not wholly devoted
  to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his
  father had been.

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1 Kings 1130-31

• Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was
  on him, and tore it into twelve pieces.
• And he said to Jeroboam, Take for yourself ten
  pieces for thus says the Lord, the God of
  Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of
  the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes.

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1 Samuel 15

• Samuel Saul
• Saul tears Samuels robe and it is used as a
  picture of the kingdom being torn from Saul

1 Kings 11
Ahijah Jeroboam Ahijah tears his robe and gives
10 pieces to Jeroboam to illustrate how the
kingdom will be torn apart
Matthew 27Mark 15Luke 23
Jesus on the Cross The veil of the temple is torn
from top to bottom to show the way to the kingdom
of God has been opened
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The Big Idea

• Of the
• Old Testament

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Old Testament
Law
Historical Books
Poetic Books
Old Testament
Major Prophets
Minor Prophets
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• Suffering

Job
Man on his face before God
Psalms
Worship
Man before the throne of God
Proverbs
Wisdom
Man receiving instruction from God
Ecclesiastes
Life
Man looking for satisfaction in life
Song of Solomon
Love
Man in a loving relationship
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Prophets
Dan
Elijah Elisha
ISRAEL
Isaiah
Hosea
Joel
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Penuel
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Shechem
Amos
Bethel
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Micah
Jonah
JUDAH
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ASSYRIA
721 B.C.
ISRAEL
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ASSYRIA
Prophets
JUDAH
Jeremiah
Nahum
Obadiah
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
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Nobility (Included Daniel his friends)
BABYLON
Tradesmen (Included Ezekiel)
JUDAH
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Ezekiel 104

• Then the glory of the LORD went up from the
  cherub to the threshold of the temple, and the
  temple was filled with the cloud, and the court
  was filled with the brightness of the glory of
  the LORD.

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Ezekiel 1018-19

• Then the glory of the LORD departed from the
  threshold of the temple and stood over the
  cherubim. 19 When the cherubim departed, they
  lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in
  my

sight with the wheels beside them and they stood
still at the entrance of the east gate of the
LORD's house. And the glory of the God of Israel
hovered over them.
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Ezekiel 1123

• And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst
  of the city, and stood over the mountain which is
  east of the city.

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BABYLON
JUDAH
586 B.C.
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Psalm 1371-4

• 1 By the rivers of Babylon,
• There we sat down and wept,
• When we remembered Zion.
• 2 Upon the willows in the midst of it
• We hung our harps.
• 3 For there our captors demanded of us songs,

And our tormentors mirth, saying, "Sing us one
of the songs of Zion." 4 How can we sing the
LORD's song In a foreign land?
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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia -
in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the
mouth of Jeremiah - the Lord stirred up the
spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a
proclamation throughout his kingdom... (2
Chronicles 3622).
PERSIA
Babylon
JUDAH
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2 Chronicles 3623

• "Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'The LORD, the
  God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of
  the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a
  house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
• Whoever there is among you of all His people, may
  the LORD his God be with him, and let him go
  up!'"

Cyrus the Great
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Three Deportations
Three Returns

• Nobility (Included Daniel his friends)

1st Return Zerubbabel
Babylon
Tradesmen (Included Ezekiel)
2nd Return Ezra
General Population
3rd Return Nehemiah
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"Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he
will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom
you seek, will suddenly come to His
temple and the messenger of the covenant, in
whom you delight, behold, He is coming," says the
LORD of hosts. (Malachi 31).
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A Prophet
I will raise up a prophet from among their
countrymen like you, and I will put My words in
his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I
command him (Deuteronomy 1818)
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A Priestly Sacrifice
But He was pierced through for our
transgressions, He was crushed for our
iniquities The chastening for our well-being
fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are
healed. (Isaiah 535).
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A King
And to Him was given dominion, glory and a
kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and men
of every language might serve Him. His dominion
is an everlasting dominion which will not pass
away and His kingdom is one which will not be
destroyed. (Daniel 714).
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But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little
to be among the clans of Judah, From you One
will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His
goings forth are from long ago, From the days of
eternity. (Micah 52)
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