OT Timeline:

586 BC 1500 BC 1000 BC

Josiah!s Reform

Moses receives the Torah

Temple @

Jerusalem

"Now that the form critical data compel recognition of the antiquity not merely of this or that element within Deuteronomy but of the Deuteronomic treaty in its integrity, any persistent insistence on a final edition of the book around the 7th century B.C. can be nothing more than a vestigial hypothesis, no longer performing a significant function in Old Testament criticism.#$Meredith Kline, Treaty of the Great King, p.44

KEY EVENTS & DOCTRINAL IMAGES

•! Creation

•! Fall

•! Flood

•! Covenant

•! Call of Abraham

•! Exodus

•! Mt. Sinai

•! Conquest & Settlement

•! Rise and Reign of David

•! Golden Era of Solomon

•! Division & Decline of Kingdom

•! Fall of Kingdom & Exile

•! Restoration. . . . .

•! God, man, nature

•! Evil, suffering

•! Judgment / Salvation

•! God, man, nature

•! Election, Justification, Faith

•! Judgment / Salvation

•! Revelation, Inspiration,

Canon

•! Sanctification

•! Sanctification

•! Sanctification

•! Sanctification

•! Sanctification, Religion

•! Canon, prayer. . . .

UNBELIEF SWALLOWING UP A BIT OF

THE WORD OF GOD

A portion of the Word of God presented to

unbelief

Unbelief reinterpreting the

Word of God

within its own

categories

"Unbelief controls my interpretation of the situation#

UNBELIEF FORCED INTO A CONTRAST IN

MANY AREAS SIMULTANEOUSLY

A portion of the Word of God

presented to

unbelief as part

of a network

Unbelief challenged at

the

foundational

level

"Word of God controls my interpretation of the situation#

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