BOOK Flashcards
Genesis —
God creates everything and puts humans in Eden. Humans rebel against God and lose their paradise. The rebellion gets so bad that God wipes out humanity with a flood, but He graciously preserves Noah and his family. Later, God chooses and blesses the family of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (or Israel) and promises them a land for their many descendants. Through this family God plans to bring a Savior to reconcile the sinful world to Himself.
Exodus —
Israelites, now living in Egypt, are forced into slavery. God prepares Moses to lead the people to freedom. The king doesn’t let them go, so God sends a series of plagues upon the Egyptians. Red Sea,receive law of God plus 10 commandments at Mt. Sinai. LAW- Covenant with blessings for obedience.
Leviticus —
Ssacrificial system to atone for sins and festivals for Israel to observe as days of worship. God gives Moses plans for a tabernacle, be offered and God will meet with His people. God specifies that the rituals and ceremonies of the tabernacle are to be overseen by the family of Aaron, Moses’ brother.
Numbers —
People arrive at Caanan border, promised land, but don’t enter due to their lack of faith and their fear of Canaan’s inhabitants. God consigns the Israelites to wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, until the unbelieving generation passes away and a new generation takes their place. God sustains His rebellious people with miraculous provisions throughout their time in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy —
New generation of Israelites is now ready to come into the Promised Land. Moses gives a series of final speeches, in which he reiterates the Law of God and promises that one day God will send another Prophet reminiscent of the power and mission of Moses. Moses dies in Moab.
Joshua —
Moses’ successor, Joshua, leads the children of Israel across the Jordan River (parted miraculously by God) and into Canaan. God knocks Jehrico’s walls down. People conquer Canaan. People keep their covenant with God, and God blesses them with military victories. After the land is subdued, the Israelites divide Canaan into separate territories, giving each of the tribes of Israel a lasting inheritance.
Judges —
Joshua dies, and the people begin to turn away from God. Israelites begin to worship the gods of the Canaanites. True to the terms of the covenant, God sends enemies to oppress His people. The suffering they endure causes them to repent, and God responds by sending leaders to rally the people and defeat the enemies, bringing peace to the land again. This cycle is repeated several times over a span of about 300 years.
Ezra —
Religious reformist who called people to return to God after people were allowed to return home to rebuild after 70 years of captivity in a foreign land, the people of Judah are allowed to return to their homeland to rebuild.
Nehemiah
About 14 years after Ezra’s arrival in Jerusalem, Nehemiah, the king’s cupbearer in Persia, learns that the walls of Jerusalem are in a state of disrepair. Nehemiah travels to Jerusalem and oversees the construction of the city walls. He is opposed by enemies of the Jews, who try to thwart the work with various tactics, but the wall is finished with God’s blessings in time to observe the Feast of Tabernacles. Ezra reads the book of the law publicly, and the people of Judah rededicate themselves to following it. The book of Nehemiah begins with sadness and ends with singing and celebration
