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Old

Testament

New

Testament

Contents

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big

story

Job

Problems of human suffering

Psalms

collection of songs

Proverbs

collection of short sayings

Ecclesiastes

uselessness of much

human activity

Song of Solomon

love story; prophecy between

Christ and His Church

Poetry

Let’s take a quick view at each book within the Divisions

Law

Numbers:

Israelites wander

in the wilderness

Deuteronomy

Israelites

reminded of

history & God’s

laws

Genesis:

beginning

Exodus

going out

Leviticus:

God explains how to

worship Him

Joshua; Judges; Ruth

Israel conquered the promised land

1 & 2 Samuel; 1 & 2 Kings; 1 & 2

Chronicles

Israel became a monarchy, rose to be

one of the great nations of the world,

divided & weakened, made captive by

Assyrians & Babylonians

Ezra; Nehemiah; Esther

Events in Palestine and Persia after

Babylonian captivity ended

History

Old

Testament

Jeremiah: pointed out captivity would come as a

result of sin; Lamentations: Jeremiah laments

Jerusalem’s fate; Ezekiel: rebukes sins of people,

defends God’s justice

MAJOR PROPHETS

Isaiah: Call to

righteousness,

coming captivity

because of sin;

Prophecy

MINOR PROPHETS

Hosea: God’s forgiveness/pleaded with Israelites to

repent; Joel: denounced sins that would lead to

disaster; Amos: turn away from selfishness,

dishonesty & cruelty; Obadiah: destruction of Eden;

Jonah: carried God’s call to repentance; Micah:

similar to Isaiah; Nahum: final ruin of Nineveh;

Habakkuk: sinners were so long unpunished;

Zephaniah: call for sinners to repent; Haggai: build

the temple and stay faithful to worship; Zechariah:

brought a similar message as Haggai; Malachi:

closes with a prophecy fulfilled in John the Baptist

New

Testament

Matthew

Jesus, the King of Israel

Mark

Jesus, the Servant

Luke

Jesus, the Man

John

Jesus, the Almighty God

GospelsHistory

Acts:

Reveals how people became

Christians

The

Letters

PAUL’S LETTERS

Romans; 1&2 Corinthians;

Galatians; Ephesians;

Philippians; Colossians,

1&2 Thessalonians;

1&2 Timothy; Titus;

Philemon; Hebrews

correspondence to churches

and/or individuals for

teaching and counsel

LETTERS FROM OTHERS

James; 1&2 Peter;

1,2&3 John; Jude

clarity and encouragement

for application of the Gospel

message

Prophecy

Revelation

Records the revelation of

Jesus Christ. Shows conflict

between good and evil, as

well as the final victory of

Christ and His people References

Eichenberger, J. (2011). Training for service

Value Books, (2008). Know your Bible

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