Themes Flashcards
Genesis
Teach the next generation their history.
3 sections
- Creation
- Covenant
- Captivity
Job
Willingness to follow God Regardless
No matter what
Exodus
Depart Egypt and head to promise land.
(Get Out)
Mt. Sinai
10 commandments
Instructions for tabernacle
Leviticus
Holiness of God
Holy God dwells with unholy people
613 laws
Set apart
7 major feasts
Numbers
Census and 40 years in Wilderness
God wants them to know how numerous they are.
Ch. 13 Israel rebels (12 spies)
40 days of fear turn into 40 years of wandering.
Deuteronomy
Teach the next generation their history
3 speeches and Moses death
Psalms
Hymn and prayer book for Gods people
Joshua
Actively walking into the promise land
Land is divided into 12 tribes
Judges
Reveal Israel’s downward spiral
1 People abandon the Lord 2 God punishes people through foreign power 3 people cry out to God 4 God raises up a deliverer Repeat
Ruth
There is hope!
Kinsman Redeemer
1 Samuel
Transition from judges to kings
- Birth of Samuel
- The Lord calls Samuel
- Israel wants a king
- Saul chasing David
2 Samuel
David’s Kingship
- David anointed King of Judah
- David anointed king of Israel
- David and Bathsheba
- Consequences of sin
1 Kings
Solomons Kingship & building the temple
Ch 3-Solomon asks for wisdom
Ch 11-700 wives & 300 concubines
Ch 12-kingdom divided into Northern and Southern
Northern Kingdom- Israel: commander of labor force Jeroboam
Southern Kingdom-Judah: Solomons son Rehoboam
Proverbs
Develop practical and Godly life skills
Ecclesiastes
Life apart from God is no life at all
Meaningless
Song of Solomon
Godly perspective on love between a man and a woman
2 Kings
The decline and fall of Israel and Judah
Northern Kingdom goes to Assyria and is finished
Jonah
Repent or experience Gods wrath
Nahum
Nineveh’s coming destruction
Basically pt2 of Jonah
Isaiah
Judgement and hope
Mirrors the Bible
Amos
Calling the affluent northern Kingdom to repent
Famous Amos=wealthy
Hosea
Israel has not been faithful to God
Whoreable
Micah
5 specific sins which lead to exile
- Seizure of property
- Failure of civil leadership
- Prophets for hire
- Believing personal sacrifice brings God’s blessings
- Corrupt business practices
Zephaniah
Proclaims the day of the Lord
Jeremiah
Repent or judgement is coming
The only prophet who prophecies and lives long enough to see the prophecy fulfilled.
Lamentations
Jeremiah mourns over the fulfillment of the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem.
Habakkuk
Judah is morally corrupt and will eventually be destroyed by babylon.
Daniel
Sharing the future to God’s people
2 sections
- Faithfulness
- Future events
Ezekiel
Restore God’s Glory to Israel
3 visions
- Glory of God leaving the temple and going to Babylon
- Corruption of the temple
- New Temple
Obadiah
Declaring Doom on the Edomites.
Edomites are descendants of Jacobs brother Esau (i think)
Joel
Jusgement is coming for Judah if they do not relent.
Ezra
Time to go home and rebuild the temple.
During the 100 years of Ezra we see: ezra, nehemiah, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Zechariah, & Esther
Haggai
Get back to work.
Zechariah
Finish the temple because the master is coming.
Wrap it up
Esther
Esther becomes queen and saves her people from slaughter.
1 & 2 Chronicles
Show Messianic line through their History.
1 Chr. Is broken into two sections:
- Messiah is coming through King Davids lineage.
- King David was the greatest King.
2 Chr. Has two sections:
- Obedience-blessings from God
- Disobedience-failure and hardship
Nehemiah
Rebuild the wall around Jerusalem
Malachi
Confront peoples lifestyle
