Getting the Big Picture: Session 3

Old Testament History of Israel Written in Hebrew and Aramaic Covers 4000 plus years New Testament History of Christ and His Church Written in Greek Covers less than 100 years

History 17 books Poetry 5 books Prophecy 17 books

Creation

Patriarch

CreationPatriarchExodus

CreationPatriarchExodusConquest 56789

CreationPatriarchExodusConquestJudges 6789

CreationPatriarchExodusConquestJudgesKingdom 789

CreationPatriarchExodusConquestJudgesKingdomExile 89

CreationPatriarchExodusConquestJudgesKingdomExileReturn 9

CreationPatriarchExodusConquestJudgesKingdomExileReturnSilence

Creation

 History  Genesis 1-11

CreationPatriarch

 History  Genesis  Poetry  Possibly Job

CreationPatriarchExodus

 History  Exodus  Leviticus  Numbers  Deuteronomy

CreationPatriarchExodusConquest 56789

 History  Joshua

CreationPatriarchExodusConquestJudges 6789

 History  Judges  Ruth

CreationPatriarchExodusConquestJudgesKingdom 789

 History  1 & 2 Samuel  1 & 2 Kings  1 & 2 Chronicles  Prophecy  Isaiah  Jeremiah  Hosea  Amos  Micah  Nahum  Zephaniah

CreationPatriarchExodusConquestJudgesKingdomExile 89

 History  Daniel  Prophecy  Daniel  Jeremiah

CreationPatriarchExodusConquestJudgesKingdomExileReturn 9

 History  Ezra  Nehemiah  Esther  Prophecy  Zechariah  Haggai  Malachi

CreationPatriarchExodusConquestJudgesKingdomExileReturnSilence

 400 years of Biblical silence  Extra-biblical History  1 & 2 Maccabees

History 5 books Letters 21 books Prophecy 1 book

12

Life of Christ 2

1 Church of Christ

Life of Christ 2

 History  Matthew  Mark  Luke  John

1 Church of Christ

 History  Acts  Letters  Romans  1&2 Corinthians  Galatians  Prison Epistles  Pastoral Epistles  General Epistles