+ The Bible’s Story

+ The story of the story… One author, one book. One author, multiple books Two authors, multiple books Three authors, two genres Four authors, two languages Five authors, different locations Six authors, different time eras Seven authors, different views

+ Literature: A Portable Anthology 40 short stories Hawthorne, Poe, Maupasant, Chopin, Chekhov, Joyce, Kafka, Mahfouz, Marquez, Oates, Walker, Tan, Cisneros 250 Poems Marlowe, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Bradstreet, Shelley, Browning, Dunbar, Dickinson, Eliot, Hughes, Cortez, Piercy, Dove, Nye, Rios 9 Plays Sophocles, Shakespeare, Williams, Miller, Parks

+ The Bible: An Anthology 40 authors Moses: political leader Peter; Fisherman Amos: Herdsman Joshua: Military general Nehemiah: Cupbearer Luke: Doctor Solomon: King Matthew: Tax Collector Paul: Jewish Rabbi Time 1,500 years Locations Wilderness, Prison, Dungeon, Traveling Continents Asia, Africa, Europe Genres History, Law, Poetry, narrative, lyric poetry, parable, allegory, biography, letters, apocalyptic, prophecy, satire, historical Languages Hebrew, Arabic, Greek

+ The Bible: An Anthology of Unity F.F. Bruce “The Bible is not simply an anthology; there is a unity which binds the whole together. An anthology is completed by an anthologist, but no anthologist compiled the Bible” McDowell: Number one book published in history. Number one book translated in history. McAfee “If every Bible in any considerable city were destroyed, the Book could be restored in all its essential parts from the quotations on the shelves of the city public library. There are works, covering almost all the great literary writers, devoted especially to showing how much the Bible has influenced them.”

+ Genesis 1-11 Family ADAM/EVE

+ Genesis Tribe Family ABRAHAM

+ Exodus - Ruth People Tribe Family MOSES

+ I Samuel -- Malachi Kingdom People Tribe Family DAVID

+ Matthew -- John Messiah Kingdom People Tribe Family JESUS

+ Acts -- Revelation Messiah Kingdom People Tribe Family PETER Church

+ Unity of Bible ERAFIGUREBOOKS CreationAdamGenesis 1-11 PatriarchAbrahamGenesis ExodusMosesExodus – Deuteronomy ConquestJoshua JudgesSamsonJudges, Ruth KingdomDavidI Samuel—2 Chronicles; Psalms—Lamentations; Hosea--Zephaniah

+ Unity of Bible ERAFIGUREBOOKS ExileDanielDaniel, Ezekiel, Job ReturnEzraEzra—Esther, Haggai—Malachi SilencePhariseesNone GospelsJesusMatthew—John ChurchPeterActs 1-12 MissionsPaulActs 13-28; Romans— Revelation 20 HeavenGodRevelation 21-22

+ Bible: The Beginning and the Ending 1. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Gen 1;1) 2. This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh (Gen 2:23) 3. God created man in his own image…male and female he created them…Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 4. But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat..you shall die. (Gen 2:17) 1. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth… (Rev. 21:1) 2. I saw the holy city…prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (Rev. 21:2) 3. The dwelling place of God is with man. (Rev. 21:3) 4. He will wipe away every tear…and death shall be no more (Rev 21:4) IntroductionConclusion

+ Bible: The Beginning and the Ending 1. A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, …divided and became four rivers. (Gen 2:10) 2. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen 2: 9) 3. And God bless them,. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and Multiply and fill the earth..” (Gen 1:28) 4. The earth was without form…and darkness was over the face of the deep…And God said, “Let there be light” (Gen 1:2,3) 1. The angel showed me the river of life…flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. (Rev 22:1) 2. On either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit..(Rev 22:2) 3. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 4. Night will be no more…for the Lord God will be their light (Rev 22:5) IntroductionConclusion

+ Ephesians: Unity Blessings 1:3-14 Understanding 1:15-23 Salvation 2:1-10 Reconciliation 2:11-22 Revelation 3:1-6 Proclamation 3:7-13 Relationship 3:14-21 Unity 4:1-16 Holiness 4:17-5:21 Love 5:22-6:9 Power 6:10-20 DoctrineApplication

+ Unity of Creation 1. Light 2. Expanse 3. Land, Plants, Seas 4. Suns, stars 5. Fish and birds 6. Animals and Humans And God blessed them. (Gen 1:28) Blessed by the God. Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing..(Ephod 1:3) 1. Chosen 1:3 2. Adopted 1:4 3. Redeemed 1:7 4. Understanding 1:9 5. Inheritance 1:11 6. Spirit 1:13 PHYSICAL CREATIONSPIRITUAL CREATION