Bible for Beginners – Week 3

January 25th – March 1st, 2011Dave Ujifusa

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66 Bible Book Summaries

Two prizes for the reciting the Books of the Old Testament and New Testament in class

Prizes for Reciting Books

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Eras of the BibleEra Description

Creation The creation of the world and man, and early events

Patriarch The birth of the Hebrew people through a family of patriarchs, covering a period of two hundred years

Exodus The exodus of the Hebrew people as they are delivered out of four hundred years of slavery in Egypt

Conquest The conquest of the Promised Land by the Hebrew people upon their return from Egypt

Judges A four-hundred-year period during which Israel is governed by rulers called judgesKingdom An additional four-hundred-year period during which Israel becomes a full-fledged

nation ruled by a monarchyExile A seventy-year period during which Israel’s leaders live in exile, having been

conquered by foreign countriesReturn The return of exiled Jews to Jerusalem to rebuild the city and the templeSilence A final four-hundred-year period between the close of the Old Testament and the

opening of the New TestamentGospels The life of Jesus of Nazareth as told in the GospelsChurch The formation of the Christian ChurchMissions The expansion of the Church into the Roman Empire through missions

Eras of the Bible – Main FiguresEra Figure Description

Creation Adam The first manPatriarch Abraham The first patriarchExodus Moses The leader of the exodusConquest Joshua The leader of Israel’s armyJudges Samson The most famous judgeKingdom David The most well-known Israelite kingExile Daniel The major exile prophetReturn Ezra The central return leaderSilence Pharisees The religious leadersGospels Jesus The predicted MessiahChurch Peter The leader of the early ChurchMissions Paul The first Christian missionary

The Exodus Era

The Exodus Era

Figure: MosesLocation: EgyptStory-line: Through Moses God delivers the

Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt and then gives them the Law

Major themes: Deliverance: Exodus 12:1-30 Law Ten Commandments: Exodus 20:1-17 Kadesh Barnea Forty Years Wandering

The Exodus Era

The Exodus Era

Exodus 12:1-30 – Israelites PassoverJohn 1:29, 36 – Behold the Lamb of GodI Peter 1:18-20 – A Lamb without blemishI Corinthians 5:7 – Christ, our Passover Lamb

The Exodus Era - Passover

Luke 22:1-20

The Exodus Era - The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1-17

Stephen’s speech in Acts 7:2-38

Summary of Abraham through Moses

The Conquest Era

Figure: JoshuaLocation: CanaanStory-line: Joshua leads the conquest of the

Promised LandMajor Themes: Jordan Jericho: Joshua 5:13- 6:21 Conquest Dominion

The Conquest Era

Bible in a Minute

The assignment for week 3 is do two days of Bible Reading Highlights

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Between classes

Beloved let us love one another (love one another)

For love is of God and everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God

He that loveth not … knoweth not God for God is love (God is love)

Beloved let us love one anotherFirst John Four Seven and Eight

I John 4:7-8