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Timeline of Old Testament Books 4000+ 1445 1405 1400 1050 930 722 586 539 400 ASSYRIA conquers Israel Esther Exodus Judges Nehemiah EXILE Captives in Babylon Numbers Ezra Genesis Joshua Northern Kingdom (Israel) Leviticus Southern Kingdom (Judah) Ruth 1 & 2 Samuel Deuteronomy 1 & 2 Kings 1 & 2 Chronicles Egypt Assyria Babylon Persia

EZRA 538 BC – 1st wave of Jews return Rebuild the altar and the temple Rooted in God

EZRA 458 BC – 2nd wave of Jews return (Ezra) People confess and repent

NEHEMIAH (445 BC) Established: walls rebuilt in 52 days Ezra reads the Law People confess and repent

ESTHER (486 BC) King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.” - Esther 4:15-16 ESTHER (486 BC) King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) Haman’s plot to kill all the Jews Haman hanged on his own gallows

We are called out of captivity to be with Him Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! … Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues – Revelation 18:2, 4

We are rooted and built up in Him As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith. – Colossians 2:6-7

We are established in Him See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in Him, who is the head of all rule and authority. – Colossians 2:8-10

God is working in ways we do not see

The enemy is defeated in his own plan

You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for He forgave all our sins. …He took it away by nailing it to the cross. In this way, He disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by His victory over them on the cross - Colossians 2:13-15 (NLT)

Confess your sins Place your faith in Christ alone