Old Testament Flashcards
Cumulative Review
Key Chapters
Genesis 1
Creation
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Genesis 2
Creation (focus on man)
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Genesis 3
Fall
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Genesis 4
Cain and Abel
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Genesis 6-8
Flood
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Genesis 11
Babel
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Genesis 18-19
Sodom and Gomorrah
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Exodus 3-4
Call of Moses
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Exodus 7-11
Ten plagues
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Exodus 12
Passover
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Exodus 32
Golden calf
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Leviticus 16
Day of atonement
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Numbers 13
The journey and return of the 12 spies into Canaan
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Deuteronomy 5
Decalogue (Ten Commandments)
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Deuteronomy 28
Blessings and curses
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Deuteronomy 34
Death of Moses
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Joshua 2
Rahab and the spies
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Joshua 6
Fall of Jericho
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Joshua 7
The sin of Achan
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Judges 6-8
Gideon’s judgeship
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Judges 13-16
Samson’s judgeship
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Ruth 4
Boaz redeems Ruth and marries her
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1 Samuel 8-10
Israel chooses a king
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1 Samuel 16
David anointed
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2 Samuel 11
Bathsheba
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1 Kings 3
Solomon chooses wisdom and judges wisely
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1 Kings 8
Solomon’s temple dedicated
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1 Kings 18
Elijah on Mount Carmel
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2 Kings 17
Israel’s fall / Assyrian captivity
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2 Kings 24-25
The fall of Judah to Babylon
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Ezra 1
Decree of Cyrus allowing the return
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Ezra 7-9
- Return under Ezra
- Including his prayer (9)
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Job 1-2
Satan’s accusation and Job’s affliction
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Job 38-41
God’s speech and Job’s silence
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Job 42
Job’s repentance and restoration
Key Psalms
Psalm 2
Messiah’s reign
Key Psalms
Psalm 19
The works and word of God
Key Psalms
Psalm 22
Messiah’s sufferings
Key Psalms
Psalm 23
The Great Shepherd
Key Psalms
Psalm 51
Confession of sin
Key Psalms
Psalm 119
God’s word exalted
Key Psalms
Psalm 139
God and Holy Spirit are omniscient and omnipresent
Key Chapters
Proverbs 31
The godly woman
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Isaiah 6
Isaiah’s call and commissioning
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Isaiah 40-48
Deliverance promised to Israel
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Isaiah 53
Suffering Servant (Jesus Christ)
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Isaiah 66
Glorious future in Zion
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Jeremiah 25
- Judah’s future judgment through Babylon for 70 years
- Babylon judged
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Jeremiah 31-32
- Restoration
- New covenant
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Jeremiah 52
Destruction of Jerusalem
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Ezekiel 8-11
God’s glory departs
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Ezekiel 36-37
Valley of dry bones
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Ezekiel 40-48
- The temple
- God’s glory
- Worship
- Land restored
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Daniel 3
- Nebuchadnezzar’s idolatrous image
- The fiery furnace
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Daniel 5
Belshazzar and wall writing
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Daniel 6
Daniel in the lion’s den
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Daniel 7
Daniel’s four-beast vision
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Daniel 9
Daniel’s seventy-week vision
Key Passages
Genesis 1:31
Creation is declared “very good”
Key Passages
Genesis 3:15
The promised seed
Key Passages
Genesis 12:1-3
Abrahamic covenant
Key Passages
Genesis 50:20
“God meant it for good”
Key Passages
Exodus 3:13-15
“I AM WHO I AM”
Key Passages
Exodus 4:11
“Who has made man’s mouth?…or dumb or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I the LORD?”
Key Passages
Exodus 20:1-17
The ten commandments
Key Passages
Leviticus 17:11
“It is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.”
Key Passages
Leviticus 19:2
“You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.”
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Numbers 21:4-9
Moses sets up the bronze serpent as God’s means for healing
(cf. John 3:14,15)
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Numbers 23:19-20
- God’s faithfulness
- God does not lie
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Deuteronomy 6:4-9
- The Shema
- Jesus’ great commandment
- One God
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Deuteronomy 24:1-4
Regulation of divorce/remarriage issue
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Deuteronomy 32:39
- God governs life and death
- Sovereignty
- “I kill/make alive; wound/heal”
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Joshua 1:7–9
- “Be strong and courageous”
- know and keep the law
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Joshua 24:14–15
“As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
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Judges 17:6; 21:25
“there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes”
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Ruth 4:18-22
The genealogy to David
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1 Samuel 15:20-23
“To obey is better than sacrifice”
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1 Samuel 16:7
God looks on the heart
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2 Samuel 7:8-16
Davidic covenant
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Ezra 7:10
Ezra’s approach to ministry
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Nehemiah 8:4-8
Presentation of the law by Ezra to the people
Key Passage
Esther 4:14
God has sovereignly placed Esther in her position of influence
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Job 19:25-26
I know that my Redeemer lives
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Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord and not in yourself
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Proverbs 16:18-19
Pride before destruction: haughty vs. humble spirit
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Proverbs 22:6
Training a child in his “way”
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Ecclesiastes 12:11-14
“The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments…”
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Isaiah 7:14
The virgin birth of Immanuel
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Isaiah 9:6
The birth and reign of the Prince of Peace
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Isaiah 53:4-6
“The Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him”
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Isaiah 64:6
“Righteous deeds are like a filthy garment”
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Jeremiah 1:4-10
The foreknowledge of God, “…I knew you” and calling of Jeremiah, “…I have appointed you…”
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Jeremiah 29:10
Promised restoration in 70 years
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Lamentations 3:22-23
God’s faithfulness seen in the midst of suffering
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Ezekiel 36:24-27
“…I will cleanse you…I will give you a new heart…I will put My Spirit within you….”
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Daniel 7:13-14
“Son of Man” given “everlasting dominion” by the “Ancient of Days”
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Daniel 9:24-27
Vision of the 69 weeks pinpoints the coming of the Messiah at the triumphal entry
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Daniel 12:1-2
OT reference to resurrection
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Hosea 11:1
Out of Egypt God called His Son whom He loved
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Joel 2:28-32
Promise of His Spirit and Day of the Lord
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Amos 9:13-15
Future hope for the restoration of Israel
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Jonah 2:8-9
Salvation is from the Lord
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Micah 5:2
From Bethlehem the “One” will come, “Ruler” from long ago
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Micah 6:8
What does the Lord require of you but to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God?
Key Passages
Habakkuk 2:4
“The righteous shall live by faith”
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Zephaniah 1:14-18
The Day of the Lord is near
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Zechariah 12:10
Israel’s mourning over the pierced Messiah
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Zechariah 14:9-11
The reign of Christ
Key Passages
Malachi 2:15-16
“I hate divorce”
Key People
Adam & Eve
The first humans
Key People
Cain
- Adam’s first son
- The murderer of his brother Abel
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Abel
- Murdered
- Second son of Adam
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Noah
- Walked with God
- Built ark
- Father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth
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Abraham
Father of the nation of Israel
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Lot
- Abraham’s nephew
- Dweller in Sodom
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Sarah
- Abraham’s wife
- Isaac’s mother
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Melchizedek
- Priest
- King of Salem
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Isaac
- Son of Abraham and Sarah
- Father of Jacob
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Esau
- Isaac’s first-born
- Sold birthright
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Jacob (Israel)
Father of 12 tribes
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Leah
Jacob’s less-loved first wife
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Rachel
- Jacob’s beloved wife
- Mother of Joseph
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Joseph
- Son of Jacob
- Sold as a slave
- Exalted in Egypt
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Aaron
- Moses’ brother
- first high priest
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Miriam
Moses’ sister
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Moses
- Prophet
- Author of the Pentateuch
Key People
Nadab & Abihu
- Two eldest sons of Aaron
- Consecrated as priests
- Slain by YHWH for offering “strange fire”
Key People
Balaam
Heathen prophet who was halted in his tracks by an angel and commanded to speak only on behalf of God
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Joshua
- Moses’ servant and successor
- Great military leader who led the people into the promised land
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Boaz
- Grandson of Rahab
- Married Ruth
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Ruth
- Moabitess who married into the Messianic line
- An important representative of Gentile inclusion
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Naomi
Ruth’s mother-in-law
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Samuel
- Son of Hannah
- a Nazarite
- a priest
- a judge
- a king MAKER
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Saul
- First king of Israel
- Son of Kish
- a Benjamite
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Eli
- High priest and judge of Israel
- Wicked sons – Hophni and Phinehas
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Jonathan
- Eldest son of Saul and close friend of David
- Father of Mephibosheth
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David
- Son of Jesse
- Anointed by Samuel as king of Israel
- Man after God’s own heart
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Absalom
Third son of David, who revolted
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Bathsheba
- Wife of Uriah
- David committed adultery with her
- Mother of Solomon
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Solomon
- Son of King David through Bathsheba
- Vast empire
- Wisest man who ever lived (except our Lord)
- Intermarriage led to disobedience and judgment
Key People
Jeroboam
First king of divided Israel
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Rehoboam
- First king of Judah
- Son of Solomon
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Elijah
- Prophet
- Defeated the prophets of Baal on Carmel
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Jezebel
- Evil wife of King Ahab
- Worshipper of Baal
- Eventually eaten by dogs as prophesied
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Elisha
Successor to Elijah
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Cyrus
Persian king who allowed the Jews to return and rebuild the temple
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Ezra
- Priest
- Scribe
- Great reformer and expert in the law
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Artaxerxes
- Persian king
- Allowed the Jews to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem under the leadership of Nehemiah
Key People
Nehemiah
- Artaxerxes’ cupbearer
- Governor of Judea
- Supervisor of construction
Key People
Sanballat
- Influential Samaritan
- Sought to end construction on the walls
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Esther
- Jewish maiden of great beauty who became the queen of Persia
- Her courage paved the way for the preservation of the Jews within the Persian Empire
Key People
Mordecai
- Esther’s older cousin and palace official
- Used by God to deliver the Jews
Key People
Haman
- An Amalekite
- Captain of the princes
- Plotted destruction of the Jews
Key People
Isaiah
Prophet to Judah
Key People
Ezekiel
- A priest called to be a prophet
- Ministered during the Babylonian captivity
Key People
Daniel
- Deported to Babylon
- The mouthpiece of God to Gentile and Jewish nations
Key People
Shadrach, Meshach, & Abednego
- Chosen for special training with Daniel in government
- Went through the fiery furnace
Key People
Nebuchadnezzar
King of Babylon in 605 BC
Key People
Gomer
- Wife
- The spiritual adultery of Israel
Key Date
Abraham
2166 BC
Key Date
The Exodus occurred
circa 1446 - 1445 BC
Key Dates
Kingdom divided
931 BC
Key Dates
- Assyrian captivity
- Israel falls
722 BC
Key Dates
- Babylonian captivity
- Judah falls
586 BC
Theme
Genesis
Beginnings
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Exodus
Redemption
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Leviticus
Holiness
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Numbers
Wilderness Wanderings
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Deuteronomy
Second Law/Renewed Covenant
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Joshua
Conquer and Divide
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Judges
Disobedience and Defeat
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Ruth
Kinsman Redeemer
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1 Samuel
Transition from the Judges to the Monarchy
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2 Samuel
David’s Reign as King
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1 Kings
United and Divided Kingdom
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2 Kings
Fall of Israel and Judah
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1 Chronicles
God’s View of David
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2 Chronicles
God’s View of Judah’s Kings
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Ezra
Rebuilding of the Temple and People
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Nehemiah
Rebuilding of the Walls
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Esther
Preservation through Providence
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Job
Suffering and Sovereignty
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Psalms
Pattern of Personal Worship
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Proverbs
Wisdom for the Details of Life
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Ecclesiastes
Vanity of Life in a Fallen World
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Song of Solomon
The Joy of Married Love
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Isaiah
Salvation
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Jeremiah
God’s Final Warning
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Lamentations
Lament over Jerusalem
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Ezekiel
Condemnation, Consolation, and Restoration
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Daniel
God’s Sovereignty over Human History
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Hosea
God’s Loyal Love
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Joel
The Day of the Lord
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Amos
Social Injustice in Israel
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Obadiah
Edom’s Judgment
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Jonah
God’s Mercy on Repentant Gentiles
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Micah
The Justice of God vs. the Social Injustice of Judah
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Nahum
Nineveh’s Destruction
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Habakkuk
Faith and Doubt in the Face of Judah’s Exile
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Zephaniah
Future Global Judgment
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Haggai
Call to Restart the Rebuilding of the Temple
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Zechariah
Israel’s Comfort and Glory (Preparation for the Messiah)
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Malachi
Call for Repentance; Waiting for the Messiah