1. THE ST RY 66

2. Timeline of Old Testament Books
4000+
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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

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

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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. God is working in ways we do not see

11. The enemy is defeated in his own plan

12. 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)

13. Confess your sins
Place your faith in Christ alone