Week 6 - The Bible Fast Forward

T H E B I B L E F A S T F O R W A R DPutting the Pieces of the Bible Together

Week 6

O U R P U R P O S ETo give a practical, historical overview of the Old

Testament emphasizing the unfolding plan of salvation as God reveals it through His covenants with the nation of Israel, and the fulfillment of those covenants in the

person of Jesus of Nazareth.

1 2 M A J O R E V E N T Sof the Old Testament

T H E C A L Lof Abraham

T H E B I R T Hof Isaac

J O S E P Hin Egypt

T H E E X O D U S

M O S E Sgets the Law

J O S H U Aconquers the land

T H E T H R E E K I N G S

of the United Kingdom: Saul, David & Solomon

T H E K I N G D O M

S P L I T SIsrael and Judah

T H E A S S Y R I A N

D I S P E R S I O Nof Israel

T H E B A B Y L O N I A N

C A P T I V I T Yof Judah

3 S I G N I F I C A N T C O V E N A N T Sbetween God and His people

T H E A B R A H A M I C C O V E N A N TNow 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.

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.

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 will be blessed.”

G E N E S I S 12:1-3

G O D ’ S P R O M I S E SFor Abraham’s Obedience

“I will make you a great nation”.

“I will bless you and make your name great”

“I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you.”

1. People 2. Land 3. Government

4. Prosperity

5. Protection

T H E M O S A I C C O V E N A N T

1. Moral Conduct 2. Ceremonial Religious Activity 3. Civil Order and Government

The contract between God and nation of Israel during the theocracy,

that outlined 3 important things:

T H E M O S A I C C O V E N A N TIs the outworking of the Abrahamic Covenant

Abrahamic Covenant The Mosaic Covenant

A man

A nation

A blessing to the world

Moral Conduct

Ceremonial Religious Activities

Civil order and Government

T H E B L E S S I N G Sof the two different covenants

Abrahamic Covenant The Mosaic Covenant

Unconditional (binding on God alone)

Based on Grace

Conferred on individuals, Israel and also for other nations, dependent on faith

Conditional (binding on Israel alone)

Based on Works

Meant the nation of Israel as a whole, dependent on obedience

T H E D AV I D I C C O V E N A N T“a kingdom that will have no end”

And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.”

2 S A M U E L7:16

S I G N I F I C A N T T H E M E Swe have discussed together

J O S E P H , G O D ’ S W I L Land the Sovereignty of God

God’s Moral Will God’s Sovereign Will

What God would prefer

(this can be thwarted) (no way, buster)

What God will accomplish

S U P E R N AT U R A L P R O T E C T I O N

The Exodus is God’s faithfulness to His

covenant by way of

3 W AY S T O K N O WWhether a Law was Local or is Universal?

Are we still obligated to keep it under the New Covenant?

Does it seem transcendent or just cultural?

How is this law treated in the Old Testament?

N U M B E R S : 4 0 Y E A R Sof wandering as judgment for their rebellion

N U M B E R S

Numbers records the census (“numbers”) and tribes of Israel immediately after departing Mt Sinai.

It also describes their wanderings in the wilderness for 40 years before they were allowed to enter the promised land of Caanan.

D E U T E R O N O M Y“The second giving of the Law”

It includes the final words of Moses and the giving of the law again, to a new generation.

D E U T E R O N O M Y

It was given in preparation for them to enter the land God had promised them and marks a significant shift in leadership from Moses to Joshua

I S R A E L’ S C Y C L Ein the book of Judges

1) Sin — Israel falls into idol worship and forgets the Lord

J U D G E S3:7-9

2) Subjugation — God allows an oppresor to come against Israel.3) Prayer — God’s people cry out to Him for help.4) Deliverance — God’s raises up a judge to rescue them.5) Rest — A period of quiet before sin returns.

A N D T H U S B E G I N Sand the period of the Judges,

T H E O C R A C YThus ends the

the reign of Kings.

T H E A G E O F K I N G SThe Rise and Fall of Israel’s Kingdom

S A U L , D AV I D & S O L O M O NThe 3 Kings of the United Kingdom

Saul is Israel’s first king. He is a tall, good-looking leader, but is half-hearted towards God.

David became king after defeating Goliath. He messed up big and repented big.

Solomon was the first ancestor king, who built the temple and loved many foreign women.

God judges Solomon (as promised) and within one generation, the kingdom is torn from Solomon’s line.

This marks another significant shift in the history of Israel and God’s people. The nation is no longer united.

K I N G 3 : S O L O M O NA man after women and construction

D AV I D & S O L O M O N

D I V I D E D K I N G D O M

During this time 19 evil kings reigned in Israel. All of them were wicked.

1 K I N G S13

T H E N O R T H E R NKingdom of Israel

922-721 B.C.

Then the Assyrians scatter the people over the eastern Mediterranean region with no homeland to call their own.

1 K I N G S16-22

20 kings reign in Judah over a period of 350 years. 150 years longer than Israel.

922-587 B.C.

T H E S O U T H E R NKingdom of Judah

1 K I N G S16-22

Some of the kings of Judah are righteous, but most are not.

922-587 B.C.

Godliness was measured by how they treated the “high places” where idolatry was being practiced.


1 K I N G S8, 25-27922-587 B.C.


The Babylonians, led by king Nebuchadnezzar himself, lay siege to Jerusalem and eventually overthrow it.

T H E T H R E E W AV E Sof the deportation of the people of Judah

King Jehoichin is deposed, the temple is plundered.

10,000 leading citizens are taken along with the prophet Ezekiel and Daniel (and his friends).

W AV E # 1 : 597BC

W AV E # 2 : 587BC

W AV E # 3 : 582BC

T H E G L O R Yis extinguished

Israel is dispersed, Judah is captive, the temple is in ruins, Jerusalem is destroyed and pillaged.

Judah will not return from Babylon for 70 years.

T H E G L O R Yis extinguished

Both the Assyrian dispersion and the Babylonian captivity are vivid statements of Israel’s unwillingness to live under God’s rulership.

Yet, in the midst of darkness, God is preparing to shine a great light…

F R O M D A R K N E S S T O L I G H TGod Raises up His Prophets

G O D I S M O V I N G

In darkness of Exile and captivity,

amongst His people.

T H E P R O P H E T S

He is preparing to speak through

to reach His people.

T H E P R O P H E T SGod’s Covenant Enforcers

During this time of darkness and exile, God reminds His people of His faithfulness to His covenants.

The prophets are God’s primary mouthpiece of communication

They mostly remind the people of promises God has already revealed.

J U D G E S

Saul, Samuel, Ruth, Jonathan

The people reject God and want a king. The end of the theocracy.

Samson, Gideon, and other Judges

U N I T E D K I N G D O M

Saul, David, Solomon are kings over Israel

Monarchy begins

There is both prosperity, but also idolatry and punishment

J U D G E S

U N I T E D



Judah

Israel

I S R A E L

19 Evil Kings reigned in Israel during the divided Kingdom

Who did God raise up during the midst of this evil time?

T H E P R O P H E T S

Elijah

Elisha

Amos

Hosea


Judah

Israel

J U D A H150 Years longer than Israel

Who did God raise up during the midst of this evil time?

Some good kings, but most were evil

J U D A H

Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Isaiah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk, Ezekiel are all prophets to Judah.


Judah

Israel

Babylonian Captivity

Assyrian Dispersion

A S S Y R I A N D I S P E R S I O N

No prophetsNo propheciesNo landNo T-Bird

Babylonian Captivity

Assyrian Dispersion

B A B Y L O N I A N C A P T I V I T YThere were 3 waves of deportation to Babylon

The Jews were in Babylon for 70 years

Significant prophecies

P E R S I A N E M P I R EPreparations begin to return to the land and rebuild the temple

Prophets continue and complete the Old Testament prophecies

P E R S I A N E M P I R E

P E R S I A N E M P I R EThen there is 400 years of silence until the final prophet comes on the scene to complete all Old Testament prophecy. He is: John the Baptist

S I G N I F I C A N T P R O P H E T Sduring the time of exile and captivity

J E R E M I A HThe Weeping Prophet

Commissioned during the reign of Josiah (Judah’s the last 40 years untile the exile)

J E R E M I A H 2

His prophecies were almost universally rejected, and almost nobody listened or repented.


Jeremiah prophesied that Judah would go into exile for 70 years.

J E R E M I A H25:11

Prophesied a “righteous branch” of David (Jer 23:5-6) would reign as king.


Receives a prophesy from God about the “New Covenant”, which is about reconciliation and forgiveness.

J E R E M I A H31

T H E N E W C O V E N A N TGod and Sinners Reconciled

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the

house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring

them out of the land of Egypt …

J E R E M I A H31:31-37


My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord. “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will

write it. And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

J E R E M I A H31:31-37


They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, „Know the Lord,‟ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,”

declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

J E R E M I A H31:31-37


It is a future covenant with both Israel and Judah (impling a united kingdom)

J E R E M I A H31

It is an eternal covenant with Israel based on the heart and personal knowledge of God.

E Z E K I E LThe Prophet

Contemporary of Jeremiah. Predicted judgment, the destruction of Jerusalem, as well as the restoration and consolation of Israel.

E Z E K I E L36:24-29, 33

E Z E K I E LThe Prophet

Elaborates on the New Covenant prophesy citing specifically:

1. The return to the land, 2. forgiveness from God, 3. A new heart and spirit and that 4. God’s own spirit would be in them.

E Z E K I E L?

D A N I E LGod is in Control of History

Daniel was deported during the first wave, along with his friends.

D A N I E L6

Daniel was unabashedly committed to God and showed it publicly.


Daniel was gifted with ability to interpret dreams.

Daniel’s interpretation of dreams exalted him to prominence in the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar.

D A N I E L6


God gave Daniel specific (and utterly astounding) prophecies.

Daniel receives a prophecy that pinpoints the exact day Jesus arrived in Jerusalem (ch 9).

D A N I E L6

N E W C O V E N A N TSummary

A physical restoration and reunification with the land.

It is the fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant where they would be a “blessing to the whole world”.

A spiritual restoration based of God’s goodness

T H E R E T U R N

to the Land

T H E R E T U R N T O T H E L A N Dfound in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah

The first wave (the Book of Ezra) is where 50,000 Jews return to the land.

E Z R A1-3

They begin rebuilding the temple with a mixture of joy and sorrow.

The temple is completed in 515 BC, 70 years after the deportation.

T H E R E T U R N T O T H E L A N Dfound in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah

The second wave is in 458 B.C. where Ezra returns with 1500 people. E Z R A

7Ezra and his group serve in the temple and institute badly needed social reform

Nehemiah, the kings cupbearer returns in 444 B.C. to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

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N E M E H I A Hand the interplay of covenants

Abrahamic Covenant

“You made their sons numerous as the stars of heaven and You brought them into the land which You had told their fathers to enter and possess.”

N E H E M I A H9:23


Mosaic Covenant

“But they became disobedient and rebelled against You and cast Your law behind their backs and killed Your

prophets who had admonished them so that they might return to You, and they committed great blasphemies.

N E H E M I A H9:26


Mosaic Covenant

Therefore, You delivered them into the hand of their oppressors who oppressed them...

N E H E M I A H9:27a


Abrahamic Covenant

...but when they cried to You in the time of their distress, You heard from heaven, and according to Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who delivered them from the hand of their oppressors [the judges].”

N E H E M I A H9:27b

F I N A L W O R D Sof the Old Testament

Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. He will

restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come

and smite the land with a curse.

M A L A C H I4:5-6

(400 years of silence)

A V O I C Ecrying in the wilderness, saying,

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

M AT T H E W3:2

T H E C O M I N G

of Messiah

Saul, David, Solomon are kings over Israel

(The Dead Sea Scrolls wait patiently to be discovered)

4 0 0 Y E A R S O F S I L E N C E

T H E R O M A N E M P I R E

The Jews have been back in their own land for centuries. However, now they are under Roman rule.

T H E R O M A N E M P I R E

T H E B I R T H O F J E S U S C H R I S T

Jesus was born early during the Roman empire and 6 months after his cousin, John the Baptist.

T H E E X P E C TAT I O N Sof the Jewish people about the Messiah

It was promised to Israel, so it had very nationalistic expectations

M AT T H E W1-3

There was no place or understanding of incorporating the Gentiles.

The Jews were under heavy Roman oppression and yearned for a deliverer.

P R O F I L E O F T H E M E S S I A Hfrom the Old Testament

He would be a man G E N E S I S 3:15

He would be a descendent of Abraham G E N E S I S 12:3

He would be a from the tribe of Judah G E N E S I S 49:10

He would be a descendent of David 2 S A M U E L 7:12

P R O F I L E O F T H E M E S S I A Hfrom the Old Testament

He would be born in Bethlehem M I C A H 5:2

He would arrive 483 years after the rebuilding of Jerusalem D A N I E L 9:25

He would be a descendent of David 2 S A M U E L 7:12He could not be an ordinary man (“Son of Man”) D A N I E L 7:13

J E S U S C H R I S Tthe Messiah and Savior of the World

J E S U S O F N A Z A R E T HIs he the Messiah?

Jesus was a man, born of woman, but not born like other men. G A L AT I A N S 4:4

He was both a descendent of Abraham and David, and was born in Bethlehem M AT T H E W 1:1-16

He would be a descendent of David 2 S A M U E L 7:12

J E S U S O F N A Z A R E T HIs he the Messiah?

However, Jesus was brutally executed, He was never crowned king of Israel. J O H N 19:17-18

Jesus was rejected by his own people, even though He suffered for them. J O H N 1:11

J E S U S C H R I S Tand the fulfillment of the covenants

Jesus was the fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant because it was his life that was truly the greatest blessing to the whole world, and he was a descendent of Abraham.


Jesus was the fulfillment of the Mosaic covenant because He lived a life of perfect obedience before God, and offered up His own life as a sacrifice for the benefit of others.


Jesus was the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant because He was a descendent of King David and ushered in “the kingdom of God” (a restored kingdom between God and man) which will never end.


Jesus was the fulfillment of the New covenant because He provided complete forgiveness of sin, gave us the gift of the Holy Spirit, gave us a new heart towards God and promised to come again to restore the Kingdom to Israel.

W H AT W A S M A N K I N D ’ S P R O B L E M ?

T H E C R O S S I S T H E S O L U T I O N

1 . G O D ’ S W R AT HWe have angered God and become

His enemies

We all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. E P H E S I A N S

2:3

J E S U S H A SSatisfied the wrath of God against us

by receiving our punishment

“And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions.” C O L O S S I A N S

2:13

2 . W E O W E G O DWe have transgressed His holy law

and are in His debt

“For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.” J A M E S

2:10

J E S U S H A S P A I Dour debt before a holy God so that

now we are sinless before Him.

“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree’ “. G A L AT I A N S

3:13

3 . B O N D A G E T O S ATA NWe walk in the ways of a world that

is opposed to God

But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe 2 C O R I N T H I A N S

4:3-4

J E S U S H A Sbroken the chains of sin in our lives

and made us free to live for God

“If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed” J O H N

8:36

4 . S P I R I T U A L D E AT HWe are unplugged from the

life of God.

“...for in the day you eat of it you shall surely die.”

G E N E S I S2:17

J E S U S H A S reconnected us to our original

purpose of knowing God

“...even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved” E P H E S I A N S

2:5

M A N ’ S P L I G H T1. Our relationship with God has been severed.

2. Our relationships with each other have been warped.

3. Our relationship with creation has been compromised.

4. Our individual souls have been corrupted.

B E C A U S E O F J E S U S1. Our relationship with God has been restored.

2. Our relationships with each other have been redefined.

3. Our relationship with creation has been repaired.

4. Our individual souls have been redeemed.

O U R E T E R N A L I N H E R I TA N C Ethanks to what Jesus Christ has done

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of

Jesus Christ from the dead

1 P E T E R1:3-5

O U R E T E R N A L I N H E R I TA N C Ethanks to what Jesus Christ has done

to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for

you, who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 P E T E R1:3-5

L E T U S C O N T I N U E T O K E E P J E S U S

C H R I S T

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