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Bible for Beginners – Week 4 January 25 th – March 1 st , 2011 Dave Ujifusa
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Bible for Beginners – Week 4. January 25 th – March 1 st , 2011 Dave Ujifusa. Eras of the Bible. Eras of the Bible – Main Figures. The Judges Era. Judges: Political-Military Leaders. The Judges Era. Figure: Samson Location: Canaan - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Bible for Beginners – Week 4
January 25th – March 1st, 2011Dave Ujifusa
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 Judges Era
Judges: Political-Military Leaders
Figure: SamsonLocation: CanaanStory-line: Samson and others were chosen as
judges to govern the people for four hundred rebellious years
Major themes: Judges – Deborah, Gideon, Samson, Samuel Rebellion Cycles Ruth
The Judges Era
Judges 2:16-19: "Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders. Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them.
Judges 10:15: “But the Israelites said to the LORD, 'We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.'”
Judges 21:25: “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.”
The Judges Era
The Kingdom Era
The Kingdom Era
2 Samuel 11Psalm 51
Figure: DavidLocation: IsraelStory-line: David, the greatest king in the new
monarchy, is followed by a succession of mostly unrighteous kings, and God eventually judges Israel for her sin, sending her into exile in Babylon
Major themes: United Kingdom: Saul, David, Solomon Divided Kingdom: Civil War Northern Kingdom Southern Kingdom
The Kingdom Era
Author of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
Son of David and Bathsheba Third King following King Saul and King
David Had 700 wives and the richest man in the
world Wise Ruling: I Kings 3:16-28
The Kingdom Era - Solomon
The Kingdom Era: Northern Kingdom and Southern Kingdom
The Exile Era
Figure: DanielLocation: BabyloniaStory-line: Daniel gives leadership and
encourages faithfulness among the exiles for the next seventy years
Major themes: Prophecy Prophets Exiles: Daniel 9:4-19 Power Change
The Exile Era
The Exile Era
The Exile Era
The Return Era
Figure: EzraLocation: JerusalemStory-line: Ezra leads the people back from
exile to rebuild JerusalemMajor themes: Disrepair Temple - Zerubbabel People - Ezra Walls - Nehemiah
The Return Era
The Silence Era
Figure: PhariseesLocation: JerusalemStory-line: Pharisees and others entomb the
Israelites in legalism for the next four hundred years.
Major themes: The Changing Guard Political Sects – the Maccabeans and Zealots Religious Sects – Pharisees and Sadducees Messianic Hope
The Silence Era
The assignment for week 4 is to recite the books of the New Testament to one other person and read “The Story of the Bible in 1000 Words”.
Weekly updates posted on www.ujifusa.com◦ Powerpoint◦ Era Details
I’ll email you with a reminder each week
Between classes
Isaiah 9:6
