5. BIBLE CONTENT - OUTLINES of the OT & NT LESSER KNOWN BOOKS

Question 1

Joshua

Answer 1

-Entering and possessing the promise land
(1-12) Conquest
(13-24) Settlement

Question 2

Judges

Answer 2

Cycles of Judges
(1-2) Deterioration
(3-16) Deliverance
(17-21) Depravity

Question 3

Ruth

Answer 3

Redemption(Boaz type of Christ
-4 chapters

Question 4

1 Samuel

Answer 4

Leadership in Transition & Anointed Leader in Exile
(1-7) Samuel
(8-15) Saul
(16-31) Saul & David

Question 5

2 Samuel

Answer 5

Triumph, Sin, and Trouble
(1-10) David’s Rise
(11-20) Fall
(21-24) Finale

Question 6

1 Kings

Answer 6

Division
(1-10) United Kingdom
(11-22) Divided Kingdom

Question 7

2 Kings

Answer 7

Exile
(1-17) Divided Kingdom
(18-25) Surviving Kingdom

Question 8

1 Chronicles

Answer 8

Positive Portrait of David
(1-9) Genealogies
(10-29) Reign of David

Question 9

2 Chronicles

Answer 9

Positive Portrait of Judah
(1-9) King Solomon
(10-36) Other King’s until Captivity

Question 10

Ezra

Answer 10

God preserved His People
(1-6) first Wave
(7-10) Second Wave

Question 11

Nehemiah

Answer 11

Law of Man in a political setting
(1-7) Rebuilding the Wall
(7-13) Rebuild the community

Question 12

Esther

Answer 12

Survival in a Hostile World
(1-2) Exaltation
(3-4) Persecution
(5-7) Preservation
(8-10) Commemoration

Question 13

Ecclesiastes

Answer 13

Meaning of Life
(1-6) Meaning Exposed
(7-12) Meaning Explained

Question 14

Song of Songs

Answer 14

Covenant love Between husband and wife
(1-4) Beginning of Love
(5-8) Broadening of Love

Question 15

Jeremiah

Answer 15

Warning

(52 Chapters)
(31) - “I will make a new covenant”
(39)- Fall of Jerusalem
(52) - Fall of Jerusalem Recounted

Question 16

Lamentations

Answer 16

Deep grief over destruction of Jerusalem
(5 Chapters)

Question 17

Hosea

Answer 17

Estrangement
Sin>Punishment>Restoration
(14 Chapters)

Question 18

Joel

Answer 18

Visitation
(1) Plague
(2) Penitence
(3) Promise

Question 19

Amos

Answer 19

Threatened
(1-2) Judgement on Nations
(3-6) Worse Judgement for Israel
(7-8) 5 Visions of Woe
(9) Promise

Question 20

Obadiah

Answer 20

Doom of Edom
(1 Chapter)
(vv. 1-16) Edom’s destruction
(vv. 17-21) Restoration

Question 21

Jonah

Answer 21

Missionary Zeal (to Ninevah)
(1-2) first Commission of Jonah
(3-4) Second Commission of Jonah

Question 22

Micah

Answer 22

Case against Judah

Sinfulness of…
1-2 - Capitol Cities
3-5 - Rulers
6-7 - People
(6:8 “what does the Lord require?”)

Question 23

Nahum

Answer 23

Nineveh falls
(1) Justice - Psalm of the Lord’s Majesty
(2) Judgement - Dirge of Nineveh’s Destruction

Question 24

Habakkuk

Answer 24

Faith during the decline of Judah
(3 Chapters)

Question 25

Zephaniah

Answer 25

The Day of Wrath
(1-2) Day of Wrath
(3) His People Hidden

Question 26

Haggai

Answer 26

Build the house of the Lord
(3 chapters)

Question 27

Zechariah

Answer 27

The Messiah is Coming
(1-8) Rebuild the Temple
(9-14) Glory of Zion

Question 28

Malachi

Answer 28

Apostasy
(4 Chapters)
(1-2) Sins past & present
(3-4) Future invitation & warning
(3 robbing God)

Question 29

1 Thessalonians

Answer 29

Keep on - Christ is Coming
(1-3) Faithfulness to the Lord
(4-5) Watchfulness for the Lord
(4:13-18) Instruction on the second coming

Question 30

2 Thessalonians

Answer 30

Hold on - Christ is Coming

(1) Encouragement in persecution
(2-3) Correction concerning Christ’s coming

Question 31

1 Timothy

Answer 31

Order in the church
(1) Instruction in Right Belief
(2-3) Instruction for the Church
(4-6) Instruction for Leaders

Question 32

2 Timothy

Answer 32

Lead the Church
(1) Be Faithful to Paul and God
(2) Be Faithful to Yourself
(3-4) Be Faithful to the Ministry

Question 33

Titus

Answer 33

Teach the Church
(1) Who should lead
(2-3) What to teach

Question 34

Philemon

Answer 34

Reconciliation
Paul’s concern & love
Paul’s plea for Onesimus

Question 35

James

Answer 35

Faith Expresses Itself Through Works
(5 Chapters)
(1) Genuine Religion
(2-3) Genuine Faith
(3-5) Genuine Wisdom

Question 36

1 Peter

Answer 36

Faith Withstanding Suffering
(1-2) Salvation
(2-3) Submission
(3-5) Suffering

Question 37

2 Peter

Answer 37

Faith Upholds The Truth
(1) Truth About the Gospel
(2) Truth About False Teachers
(3) Truth About Christ’s Return

Question 38

1 John

Answer 38

Fellowship With God
(1-2) God is Light
(2-4) God is Love
(5) God is Life

Question 39

2 John

Answer 39

Attitude & Actions against False Teachers
(1 Chapter)

Question 40

3 John

Answer 40

Settle an Ecclesiastical dispute
(1 Chapter)

Question 41

Jude

Answer 41

Preserve the Faith
(1 Chapter) Warning against false teachers