Ord Prep Cards and Outlines.txt

Beginnings/Covenants/Generations

• Genesis describes the origin of the human race, the introduction of sin into the world, the confusion of languages, and the
• Divine choice of Israel based on promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

• FOUR EVENTS (1 - 11)
• FOUR PEOPLE (12 - 50)

1 Creation (broad perspective)

1:24-27 6th day of creation

Adam & Eve - the first humans

• Genesis was written by Moses in the years following the Exodus in 1445 B.C.
• Creation: unknown, if genealogies in Gen. 5 and 10 are incomplete.
• Possibly ca. 10,000 - 5000 B.C.
• Flood: As above, unknown.
• Abraham: ca. 2165 B.C. - 1990 B.C.
• Joseph: ca. 1914 B.C. - 1804 B.C.

2 Creation (focus on man)

3 Temptation, Fall, Curses

4 Cain & Abel, Cain's line -- civilization

6-8 Flood: deliverance in the Ark

9 Noahic covenant, curse of Canaan

11 Babel: dispersion of nations

12 Abrahamic covenant established

18-19 Sodom & Gomorrah

22 Isaac is offered up

32 Jacob wrestles w/God

37 Joseph is sold by his brothers

49 Jacob blesses his sons

1:31 Creation is declared "very good."

2:24 A man shall leave, cleave, and weave

3:15 The promised seed (see below)

6:1-4 The "sons of God"

12:1-3 Abrahamic covenant

35:9-12 Jacob becomes "Israel."

50:20 "God meant it for good."

Cain - Adam's first son; the murderer of his brother Abel; a wanderer.

Abel - murdered second son of Adam

Enoch - Father of Methuselah; walked w/God; never died but was taken.

Noah - walked w/God, built ark, father of Shem, Ham & Japheth; cursed Canaan.

Shem - Noah's eldest, ancestor of Abraham

Nimrod - hunter, great King, founder of cities, son of Cush.

Terah - Abram's father, left Ur for Haran

Abraham - father of nation Israel

Lot - Abram's nephew, dweller in Sodom

Sarah - Abraham's wife, Isaac's mother

Melchizedek - priest, king of Salem

Isaac - son of Abraham & Sarah, father of Jacob

Esau - Isaac's first born, sold birthright

Rebekah - Isaac's wife, favored Jacob

Jacob - (Israel) Father of 12 tribes

Leah - Jacob's less loved first wife

Rachel - Jacob's beloved wife, mother of Joseph, dies bearing Benjamin

Joseph - Son of Jacob, sold as slave, exalted in Egypt

Redemption and Deliverance of Israel

• I. Repression (1-11)
• II. Redemption (12-40)

• I. Repression (1-11)
• II. Redemption (12-40)

3-4 Call of Moses

7-11 Ten plagues

12 Passover

14 Red Sea

18 Jethro and delegated authority

19 Inauguration of the new nation's constitution

20 Ten Commandments

32 Golden Calf

40 Tabernacle completed

3:13-15 "I AM WHO I AM" This is My name forever . . . to all generations.

4:11 "Who has made man's mouth . . . or dumb or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I the LORD?"

15:26 "If you give heed . . . I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your healer."

19:5-6 "If you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, . . . and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."

20:1-17 The Ten Commandments

21:22-24 Life in the womb; "eye for an eye" - the Lex Taliones

Jethro - Moses' father-in-law

Miriam - Moses' sister, a prophetess, led women in worship (15:20-21)

Moses - Prophet of the highest order, Lawgiver, deliverer of Israel. Author of the Pentateuch; Moses is prominent from Exodus through Deuteronomy.

Zipporah - Moses' wife

Aaron - Moses' spokesman and brother, consecrated first high priest.

Dedication/Holiness (God's Instruction On Holy Living - cf. 20:22-26)

• I. Way 1-10
• II. Walk 11-20
• III. Worship 21-24
• IV. Witness 25-27

• I. The Way to God - Sacrifice (1:1 - 17:16)
• II. The Walk with God - Sanctification (18:1 - 27:34)

1-7 Five sacrifices

10 Nadab & Abihu

16 Day of Atonement

18 Regulations of sexual conduct

23 Seven feasts

25 Sabbath (7) & Jubilee (50) years

• 26 Obedience = blessing
• Disobedience = judgment

19:2 "you shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy"

17:11 "it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement"

20:6-8 no mediums/spiritualists

Nadab & Abihu - two eldest sons of Aaron, consecrated as priests, slain by YHWH for offering "strange fire," ch. 10

• Wanderings in the wilderness; faithful Jehovah/fickle Israel
• Numbers traces the judgment of God and His patience to prepare Israel to enter the promised land in spite of their rebellion.

• I. ORDERing the people of the exodus (1 - 10) - Sinai
• II. DISORDER among the people in the wilderness (11 - 25) - Wilderness
• III. REORDERing the new generation for entrance (26 - 36) - Plains of Moab

6 The vow of the Nazerite to dedicate himself to the Lord's service.

11 The grumblings of Israel and Moses. The provision of God.

12 Miriam's rebellion is punished with leprosy and Moses intercedes on her behalf.

13 The journey and return of the 12 spies into Canaan.

16:31-35 God's destruction of Korah and his followers through the opening up of the ground. The fear of God is instilled in God's people.

22-25 Balaam, Balak, and the talking donkey.

21:4-9 God's judgement through deathly fiery serpents. Moses sets up the bronze serpent as God's means for healing. (A foreshadowing of Christ on the cross; cf. John 3:14, 15)

Joshua - Moses' servant and successor. A great military leader who led the people into the promised land.

Balaam - A heathen prophet who when consulted by Balak, king of Moab, became conceited and greedy. He was halted in his tracks by an angel and commanded to speak only on behalf of God.

39 Years are covered. ca. 1444 - 1405 B.C.

Second Law/Renewed Covenant/Review

Reiteration of the covenant and review of their history to the nation of Israel (cf. 1:5).

• I. Looking Back (1-11)
• II. Looking Ahead (12-32)
• III. Looking Up (33-34)

• II. The Second Discourse (Present/What God expects) (5-26)
• III. The Third Discourse (Future/What God will do) (27-30)
• IV. The Historical Appendix (Transition of the Covenant Mediator) (31-34)

5 Decalogue reiterated

4:2 Don't add or subtract from the word 6:4-9

• 5 Decalogue reiterated
• 6 "Shema" - Hear 0 Israel . . .
• 18 Against witchcraft, coming Prophet
• 28 Blessings and Cursings
• 32 Song of Moses
• 34 Death of Moses

34 Death of Moses

32 Song of Moses

28 Blessings and Cursings

18 Against witchcraft, coming Prophet

6 "Shema" - Hear 0 Israel . . .

32:39 God governs life & death; sovereignty "I kill/make alive; wound/heal"

29:29 "secret things belong to the Lord. . ."

24:1-4 Regulation of divorce/remarriage issue

22:28-29 Laws concerning seductions/lay=marry

21:18-21 Death for incorrigible children/rebel

13:1-5 Test and death for false prophets

Conquer and Divide (Re-Entry).

• I. Conquering the Land (Seizing) (1 - 12)
• II. Dividing the Land (Settling) (13 - 24)

1 God's charge to Joshua

2 Rahab & the spies

6 Fall of Jericho

7 The sin of Achan

9 Gibeonite's deceitful covenant

13-19 Division of land, Levitical role

20 Cities of refuge

1:7-9 Be strong and courageous," Know and keep the Law.

10:12-15 Sun stands still.

24:14-15 "Choose for yourselves today whom you will serve . . . As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

Rahab - Ex-harlot in Jericho

Joshua - Moses' successor, outstanding leader, faithful servant of the Lord, and the oldest Israelite in Canaan!

Achan - Cause of defeat at Ai, he took spoil that was under the ban. When confronted with his sin, he confessed, yet he and his family were stoned and burned.

Disobedience and Defeat; Disobedience cost Israel her covenant blessings.

• I. Disobedience (1 - 3)
• II. Deliverance (3 - 16)
• III. Disaster/Depravity (l7 - 21)

5 Song of Deborah

6-8 Gideon's judgeship

13-16 Samson's judgeship

11:34-40 Jephthah's vow is fulfilled regarding his daughter.

17:6 (21:25) "In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes."

Barak - Collaborated with Deborah

Deborah - Fourth judge of Israel, a prophetess, administrator of justice, "a mother in Israel."

Gideon - Unique victor over Midianites

• Jepthah - Eighth judge of Israel, of illegitimate birth, appointed leader over Gilead.
• He defeated Ammonites decisively as well as the Ephramites. His vow caused him to sacrifice his daughter.

Samson - Twelfth judge of Israel, fought the Philistines, very strong, with strong weaknesses.

Kinsman Redeemer, God's Cinderella

• I. Rags 1
• II. Riches 2-4

4 Boaz redeems Ruth and marries her.

4:18-22 - The genealogy from Perez to David.

Boaz - Married Ruth

Ruth - Moabitess who married into the Messianic line. She is an important representative of Gentile inclusion.

Judges to Kings (Transition); Theocracy to monarchy

• I. Preparation for the Monarch/Samuel (1 - 9)
• II. Period of the Monarch/Saul (10 - 31)

1-4 Eli to Samuel

8-10 Choose a King

13 Saul assumes priestly office

15 Saul spares Amalekites

16 David anointed

17 Goliath slain

18 David: Jonathan's friend, Saul's enemy

24 David spares Saul's life

25 David and Abigail

28 Saul and the witch of Endor

31 Saul and his sons killed

• 15:20-23 "To obey better/sacrifice"
• 16:7 God looks on the heart

16:7 God looks on the heart

Samuel - Son of Elkanah and Hannah; a Nazarite; a Priest; a Judge; a King MAKER

Saul - first king of Israel; son of Kish a Benjamite; first of many bad kings Israel would suffer through.

Hannah - wife of Elkanah and mother of Samuel

Eli - High Priest and Judge of Israel; wicked sons - Hophni and Phineas

Jonathan - eldest son of Saul and close friend of David; father of Mephibosheth

David - Son of Jesse; anointed by Samuel as King of Israel; first of few good kings.

David's reign as King

• I. The Triumphs of David (1 - 10) Good Success
• II. The Transgressions of David (11 - 12) Bad Sin
• III. The Troubles of David (13 - 24) Ugly Struggles

5 David as King over all Israel

6 The Ark returned to Jerusalem

7 Davidic covenant

11 Bathsheba

12 Nathan rebukes David

13-20 Absalom's exile and revolt

24 David numbers the people

7:8-16 Davidic Covenant

12:23 David's hope of joining his departed child

24:24 Against giving the Lord what costs nothing

David - second King of Israel; son of Jesse; man after God's own heart.

Absalom - third son of David, who revolted; avenged his sister Tamar by killing Amnon his brother; was killed by Joab.

Joab - David's nephew and commander of David's army; killed Abner.

Ahithophel - Counselor of David; defected with Absalom; God made his counsel foolish to Absalom; hanged himself because of his rejected counsel.

Nathan � prophet who rebuked David for his sins

• United and Divided Kingdom
• Faithful (united) we stand; disobedient (divided) we fall.

1 Kings brings the kingdom from the height of its glory to a sudden abyss of division and decline. 1 Kings records the division of the united kingdom of Saul, David, and Solomon into two kingdoms � Israel and Judah.

• I. Kingdom United/Solomon (1 - 11)
• II. Kingdom Divided/Many Kings (12 - 22)

1 Solomon is appointed King

2 David dies and Solomon secures his Kingship

3 Solomon chooses wisdom and wisely judges

8 Solomon's temple dedicated

9 God's promises and warnings to Solomon

11 Solomon's demise, difficulties and death

17 Elijah predicts drought and raises the dead

18 Elijah on Mount Carmel

19 Elijah's flight to Horeb/Appointment of Elisha

21 Naboth's vineyard taken by Jezebel and Ahab

13:2 Prophecy concerning Josiah fulfilled in 2 Kings 23:15-20

Solomon - Son of King David through Bathsheba; vast empire; wisest man who ever lived (next to Christ); intermarriage led to disobedience and judgment

Jeroboam - the first king of divided Israel

Rehoboam - first king of Judah; son of Solomon

Elijah - the prophet of God from Tishbe; defeated the prophets of Baal on Carmel

Jezebel - evil wife of King Ahab; worshiper of Baal, eventually eaten by dogs as prophesied.

Ahab � wicked king of Israel, married to Jezebel

• Israel and Judah Fall
• God's judgment on Israel and Judah for disobedience

• This is the book of Captivities. In chapter 17, the ten tribes of the northern kingdom (Israel) go into Assyrian captivity (722
• B.C.). In chapter 25, the southern kingdom (Judah) goes into Babylonian captivity (586 B.C.)

• I. Kingdom divided/Israel Falls (1 - 17)
• II. Kingdom which survives/Judah Falls (18 - 25)

2 Elijah taken to heaven

4 Elisha's miracle for the widow - oil

5 Naaman healed and Gehazi's greed

6 Elisha thwarts Syria ...

17 Israel's fall/Assyrian Captivity 722 B.C.

18 Sennacherib invades Judah

22-23 Josiah as King over Judah, he brings revival, reform and renewal

24-25 The fall of Judah to Babylon 586 B.C.

4:18-28 Elisha raises the Shunammite's son from the dead

6:1-7 Elisha makes the axe head float

Josiah - 16th King of Judah; king at 8 years old; returned to obeying the, law

Elisha - Successor to Elijah; heals and floats an axe head/miracle worker

Naaman - Captain of enemy army; great warrior; a leper who was healed by bathing in the Jordan River seven times at Elisha's instructions

God's view of David

The spiritual perspective of the genealogy and reign of David

• I. Royal Line of David (1 - 9)
• II. Righteous Reign of David (10 - 29)

11:2 ". . . you shall be prince over My people Israel."

17:11-14 Davidic Covenant "his throne shall be established forever"

God's view of the Kings of Judah

A spiritual perspective on the kings that followed David: Obedience brings blessings; disobedience brings wrath.

• I. Reign of Solomon (1 - 9)
• II. Reigns of Judah's Kings (10 - 36)

Jeroboam - led the rebellion against Rehoboam; reigned as the first king over the northern tribes

Josiah - Judah's last righteous king

Rehoboam - Solomon's son, who succeeded him as king; the kingdom split under his leadership

Solomon - Israel's wisest and most glorious king; wrote much wisdom literature; ended his life as an idolater with all his foreign wives, though, his repentance is expressed in Ecclesiastes.

Rebuilding the temple and people

The return from Babylon, reconstruction of the temple, and reform of the people

• I. WORK (1 - 6)
• II. WORSHIP (7 - 10)

1 The decree of Cyrus allowing the return; many Israelites prepare.

3 The foundation of the Temple completed with much ceremony.

7-9 The return under Ezra, including his prayer (9).

10 Repentance of the people who had married into paganism.

4:3 Zerubbabel and Joshua reject the help of the Samaritans.

10:9-15 Ezra tells most of the people to put away their foreign wives, and most of them agree to do so to avoid the fierce anger of God.

7:10 Ezra's approach to ministry.

Cyrus - Persian King who allowed the Jews to return and rebuild the Temple. ca. 538 B.C

Ezra - Priest, scribe, great reformer and expert in the Law. Under his spiritual leadership, the children of Israel put away their foreign wives.

Joshua - the High Priest, who returned with and aided Zerubbabel in rebuilding the altar and the Temple.

Rebuilding the walls

Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem and Reforming the People

• I. Nehemiah's First Term of Governship (1-12)
• II. Nehemiah's Second Term of Governship (13)

1-2 Nehemiah's prayer, Artaxerxes's decree, Nehemiah visits Jerusalem.

3-7 Work on and completion of the walls, opposition, census.

• 8:4-8 Presentation of the Law by Ezra to the people.
• "And they read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading." (v. 8)

• Artaxerxes - Persian King who was the son of Xerxes I and Vashti; stepson of Esther.
• He allowed the Jews to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem under the leadership of Nehemiah

Nehemiah - Artaxerxes' cupbearer, Governor of Judea, Supervisor of construction.

Sanballat - influential Samaritan; sought to end construction on the walls; sought to assassinate Nehemiah.

Ezra - Great reformer, expert in the Law. He had the leadership in Israel put away their foreign wives.

Preservation through providence; the Divine chess game

• I. The THREAT to the Jews (1 - 4)
• II. The TRIUMPH of the Jews (5 - 10)

3 Haman persuades King Ahasuerus to decree the Jew's annihilation.

6-7 Mordecai is honored, Haman is hanged.

9 The Jews destroy their enemies and inaugurate the Feast of Purim.

4:14 "And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for a time such as this." God has sovereignly placed Esther in her position of influence.

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.

Mordecai - Esther's older cousin and palace official. He was used by God to deliver the Jews.

Haman - An Amalekite, captain of the princes, who plotted destruction of the Jews.

Ahasuerus - The Persian king Xerxes I, reigning 486 - 465 B.C.

• THEME:
• Suffering and Sovereignty

• Jehovah is Sovereign
• Offer worship to God regardless of circumstances
• Bad circumstances are not always due to sin

• I. The Disasters of Job (1 - 2) I. Calamity
• II. The Dialogues of Job (3 - 37) II. Counsel
• III. The Deliverance of Job (38 - 42) III. Contrition

1-2 Job's accusation and affliction

Job's friends' counsel

God's speech and silencing

Job's repentance and restoration

"If a man dies will he live again?" Hope of immortality & glorification

"I know that my Redeemer lives." Hope of coming redeemer, bodily resurrection

"When He has tried me, I will come forth as gold"

He... hangs earth on nothing. Bible and science, it is true

"And the Lord blessed the latter day sof Job more than his beginning."

• Job - "A blameless and upright man who feared God and turned away from evil." He continued to worship and trust God despite extreme testing
• Satan - tried to got Job to curse God.
• Eliphaz - "If you sin, you suffer." (4:8; 22:23) Gave bad and unkind counsel based on the assumptions of his
• experience (4:7-9)
• Bildad - "You must be sinning." (8:6,8; 18:21; 25:4). Gave insulting and bad counsel based on the assumptions of his traditions (8:8-10)
• Zophar - "You are sinning." (11:4-6; 20:5) Gave bad counsel based upon the assumptions of his religious convictions (11:5,6,13-15); he also was very defensive (20:2,3
• Elihu - A young friend of Job who gave counsel that was wiser than those older than him (32:1-5) "God purifies and teaches the righteous"; He was against Job's self-righteousness (33:8-12, 29-30).

Worship - a personal response to the person and work of God.

Comfort for troubled times. God's medicine chest.

Godly & Wicked Contrasted

Messiah's Reign

God's Glory/Man's Rule

Characteristics of the Godly

Eternal Life for the Trusting

The Works and Word of God

Messiah's Sufferings

The Great Shepherd

Blessing of Forgiveness

Thirsting for God

Confession of Sin

Apparent Prosperity of the Wicked

Man's Transitoriness

Call to Worship

God's Word Exalted

God the Giver of Blessings

God's Omniscience and Omnipresence

"Praise the Lord"

Wisdom/Fear of the Lord. Wisdom for a foolish world. Spiritual reality/vitality/stability/certainty.

• I. Proverbs of Solomon 1-29
• II. Proverbs of Agur 30
• III. Proverbs of Lemuel 31

3 The pursuit and precepts of wisdom

31 The godly woman

Trust in the Lord and not in yourself

Father's warnings to be satisfied with your own wife

Seven things the Lord hates

Warnings on speech "lying lips, slander, many words"

Pride before destruction, haughty vs. humble spirit

". . .gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord."

Training a child in his "way"

Love your enemies

"Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."

Warnings, vanity; Life lived apart from God is futile emptiness; Futile Way vs. Fruitful Way

• I. The Problem that "All is Vanity" (1:1-1:11)
• II. The Proof that "All is Vanity" (1:12 - 6)
• III. The Prescription for Living with Vanity (7 - 12)

1:2 "All is vanity . . . says the Preacher"; Solomon, the wisest, richest, most influential king in Israel's history looks at "life under the sun" and from the human perspective, and declares it to be futily empty.

12:11-14 "The conclusion when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments . . ."; The vanities of life can only be comprehended through a proper relationship with God.

• Romance; God's view of love and marriage
• The Wooing and Wedding of the Shulammite Shepherdess by King Solomon.

• I. LEAVE (1 - 3)
• II. CLEAVE (4 - 5)
• III. WEAVE (5 - 8)

8:6-7 On love (1 Cor. 13 of OT)

Salvation

God will punish the wicked, but will remain faithful to His covenant by preserving a godly remnant and promising salvation through the coming Messiah.

• I. Wrath (1 - 39) (39) OT
• II. Redemption (40 - 66) (27) NT

Call and Commissioning

Judgment of Babylon

Judgment of the Earth in the Tribulation

Deliverance of Hezekiah and Judah from Sennacherib

Deliverance Promised to Israel

Suffering Servant (Jesus Christ)

Glorious Future in Zion; the Consummation of History

The virgin birth of Immanuel

The birth and reign of the Prince of Peace

The righteous reign of the Branch from Jesse's roots

"The Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him" - The vicarious Redeemer

Total depravity of Man; "righteous deeds are like a filthy garment"

Isaiah-Prophet to Judah; ca. 739 to 686 B.C.

• THEME:
• Warning or Last Hour - Repentance/Confrontation

God has delayed judgment and warns His people through Jeremiah to repent before it's too late.

• I. JEREMIAH'S CALL (1)
• II. JUDAH'S GALL (2-51)
• III. JERUSALEM�S FALL (52)

Jeremiah's call

Wicked shepherds, the righteous Branch and lying prophets

Judah's future judgment through Babylon, 70 years, Babylon judged, all nations

Return and restoration from captivity promised

Restoration, New Covenant; Jeremiah imprisoned, buys a field, God explains

The fall of Jerusalem

Destruction of Jerusalem

• 1:4-10 The Foreknowledge of God - ". . . I knew you" and
• calling of Jeremiah - ". . . I have appointed you. . ."

29:10 Promised restoration in 70 years

Lament/Mourning/Weeping (The Funeral of a City)

The mourning of captive Zion as written by Jeremiah

I. (1) JERUSALEM

II. (2) JEHOVAH

III. (3) JEREMIAH

IV. (4) JEHOVAH

V. (5) JERUSALEM

• 3:22-23 God's faithfulness seen in the midst of suffering
• GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

The departure and return of God's glory.

Condemnation upon Judah's faithless leaders and godless foes, and consolation regarding Israel's future.

• I. WRATH (1 - 32)
• II. RESTORATION (33 - 48)

Vision of 4 beings, 4 wheels and divine glory

God's glory departs

The mountains of Israel to be blessed, renewal of Israel, valley of dry bones, reunion of Israel and Judah, David to be their king

Prophecy against Gog and Magog

The Temple, God's glory, worship, land restored

• 36:24-27 Renewal of Israel from the inside - ". . . I will cleanse you . . . I will give you a new heart . . . I will put My
• Spirit within you .

Ezekiel - Son of Buzi, a priest called to be a prophet; ministered during the 70 year Babylonian captivity. Departed ca. 597 B.C.

Destiny

• I. History 1-6
• II. Prophecy 7-12

Daniel's History in Babylon

Nebuchadnezzar's Image Dream

Nebuchadnezzar's Idolatrous Image/The Fiery Furnace

Nebuchadnezzar's Great Tree Vision/Cow King

Belshazzar and Wall Writing

Darius' Decree and Daniel in the Lion's Den

Daniel's Four Beast Vision

Daniel's Ram, Goat and little Horn Vision

Daniel's Seventy Week Vision

Daniel's Preparation by Michael the angel

Daniel's 69 Weeks, Persia and Greece, 70th week King and Tribulation

Daniel's Sealing up the book and the end

God's Kingdom Supreme

Son of Man is given Everlasting Dominion

69 Week Vision

Resurrection Reference

Daniel - departed to Babylon by the age of 16, served in government, the mouthpiece of God to Gentile and Jewish nations

Daniel's Babylonian Name

Fiery Furnace

King of Babylon 605 BC

the Mede, Succeded Belshazzar

King of Persia, allowed Jews to return

King of BVabylon

Archangel ministred to Daniel in chapt 9

Loyal love (faithfulness), Covenant

• Adulterous wife and faithful husband; adulterous Israel and faithful God
• God's loyal love for Israel in spite of her spiritual adultery.

I. Adulterous wife and faithful husband (1 - 3) Prodigal Wife

II. Adulterous Israel and faithful Lord (4 - 14) Prodigal Nation

1-3 Gomer restored to Hosea

11-14 Israel restored to God

Israel rejected as a priest; they forgot the Law

Loyalty vs. sacrifice

Out of Egypt God called His Son

Hosea - husband, the loyal love of God

Hosea's adulterous wife

Son, God scatters

Daughter, withdrawal of love and mercy

Son, not my people

The Day of the Lord (in retrospect and prospect)

I. Day of the Lord in Retrospect (1:1 - 2:17)

2:28-32 Promise of His Spirit and Day of the Lord (cf. Acts 2:17-21)

3:9-15 (Armageddon)

Social injustice of Israel

I. Eight Prophecies of Judgment (1 - 2)

II. Three Sermons on Israel's Provocation (3 - 6)

III. Five Visions of Punishment (7 - 9:10)

IV. Five Promises on Restoration of Israel (9:11-15)

Destroy sinful kingdom, but not totally

Future hope for restoration of Israel

Edom's judgment

I. Judgment of Edom (1:1-18)

II. Restoration of Israel (1:19-21)

God's mercy upon the repentant Gentiles; the �wrong way� prophet; the �second chance� prophet

I. God's mercy upon Jonah (1 - 2) 1st Commission

II. God's mercy upon Nineveh (3 - 4) 2nd Commission

• 1 "I Won't Go"
• 2 "I Will Go"
• 3 "I'm Here"
• 4 "I Shouldn't Have Come"

Salvation is from the Lord

God's Grace

Justice of God versus the social injustice of Judah (sin, pardon or God)

The injustice of Judah and the righteousness and justice of Yahweh

• I. Prediction of retribution (1 - 3)
• II. Prediction of restoration (4 - 5)
• III. Plea for repentance (6 - 7)

4:3 Swords into plowshares

From Bethlehem, the "One" will come

God requires us to do justly

Nineveh's Judgment/Destruction

I. God's Majestic Holiness (1)

II. Nineveh's Judgment (2 - 3)

OR

I. Destruction of Nineveh DECREED (1)

II. Destruction of Nineveh DESCRIBED (2)

III. Destruction of Nineveh DESERVED (3)

Faith (Judgment on Judah through deportation); Doubt

• I. Faith tested
• II. Faith taught
• III. Faith triumphant

2:4 "The righteous shall live by faith" (theme of Romans)

Sinners in the hands of an angry God

• I. Prophecies of Judgment (1 - 2)
• II. Prophecies of Future Blessing (3)

1:14-18 The Day of the Lord

A call to construct the Temple; misplaced priorities

I. Rebuke for disobedience (1:1-11)

II. Rebuilding the temple (1:12-15)

III. Return of God=s glory (2:1-9)

IV. Religious Questions (2:10-19)

V. Reign of God (2:20-23)

1 God calls/confronts people to construction

2:20-23 The Messiah's future reign prefigured, millennium prophesied

Israel's comfort and glory, (Preparation for the Messiah)

• I. Visions (1-6)
• II. Questions (7-8)
• III. Burdens (9-14)

By God's might, not man's

Mourning over pierced Messiah

Reign of Christ

Disintegration of a Nation

I. God's Pronouncements against Israel (1 - 3:15)

II. God's Promise to Israel (3:16 - 4:6)

1:6-14 The imperfect sacrifice

I hate divorce

Will a man rob God?

Matthew documents Jesus as the promised Messiah and presents His kingdom program.

II. The Rejection of the King (11 - 28)

Beginning Jesus' Ministry, Call Disciples

Beattitudes

Jesus Sends Twelve Out

Parables

Woes

7 Woes Pharisees

Olivet Discourse

Genealogies, Abrahamic and Davidic

Behold the virgin shall be with child

Out of Egypt did I call My Son

The Beatitudes

I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill

Unrighteous divorce/remarriage is wrong

Lord, Lord, did we not?

Parables

Israel had priority in hearing the Gospel, plan for them to be the light to the nations

The rock is Peter's Confession

Unless you are converted and become like children. Humble as children.

Great Commission

Andrew, Annas, Caiaphas, John the Baptist, Herod, Pilate, Simon of Cyrene

Jesus as Servant

As servant, He is constantly on the move preaching, healing, teaching, and finally dying for sinful man.

• I. Sent to Serve (1 - 10)
• II. Sent to Save (11 - 16)

Luke presents an historical, chronological account of Jesus as the perfect man who came to seek and save sinful men.

• II. The Ministry of the Son of Man (4 - 19)
• III. The Crucifixion and Resurrection of the Son of Man (20 - 24)

18:31-33 Jesus prepares to depart for Jerusalem

• Zacharias - Priest, husband of Elizabeth and father of John the Baptist, who couldn't speak but later prophesied of his
• son's ministry (ch.1).
• Elizabeth - Wife of Zacharias, barren, later mother of John the Baptist, relative of Mary.
• Mary - Mother of Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit as a virgin (1:34-35). Husband was Joseph.
• Gabriel - Angel who announced the miraculous births of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ to Elizabeth and Mary.
• Martha and Mary - Sisters of Lazarus; one too busy and one who worshiped Jesus (10:38-42)
• Zaccheus - Repentant tree-climbing, tax-gatherer (Luke 19)

Jesus as the Son of God (John 20:30-31)

I. The Public Ministry of Jesus (1 - 12)

II. The Private Ministry of Jesus - Upper Room (13 - 17)

III. The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus (18 - 21)

Wedding at Cana

Nicodemus

Samaritan Woman

Good Shepherd

Last Supper

Q & A

Relationships

Revelation

High Priestly Prayer

Disciples in Galilee

In the beginning was the Word

Born of water and Spirit

God so loved the world

I and the Father are one

Salvation in Christ

• Mary Magdalene
• Nathanael
• Nicodemus

Birth and Growth of the Church/Acts of the Apostles

• Biographical
• I. Peter (1-12)
• II. Paul (13-28)

40 days post-resurrection

Pentecost

Ananias Sapphira

First Deacons

Stephen's Sermon/Martyrdom

Saul's Conversion

Cornelius - First Gentile Saved

First missionary journey

Jerusalem Council

Paul's passage to Rome

You shall be my witness

Repent and be baptized

...no other name under heaven

obey God rather than man

Samaritans receive Spirit

Gentiles receive Spirit

...believe in the Lord Jesus

Disciples of John the Baptist receive Spirit

• Agrippa, Apollos,
• Ananias & Sapphira - Stole from God
• Priscilla & Aquila - Couple in Eph encourager/teachers,
• Barnabas - Teacher with Paul,
• Matthias - 13th Disciple,
• Cornelius - Fig tree,
• Eutychus - Fell out window,
• Felix- Governor,
• Festus - Governor
• Gameliel - Paul studied Under him
• Philip - evangelist to ethiopian
• Rhoda - opened door
• Silas - Leader in Jerusalem church
• Simon Magus - Simon the sorcerer
• Stephen - First martyr
• John Mark - Barnabas' nephew, 1st missionary journey

Righteousness of God/Soteriology/The Gospel of Paul

• I. Salvation (1 - 8)
• II. Sovereignty (9 - 11)
• III. Service 12 - 16

Guilty Gentiles

Guilty Jews

Guilty World

Justification Illustrated

Justification Summaraized

Sanctification & Sin

Sanctification & Struggle

Sanctification & Holy Spirit

Israel Past

Israel Present

Israel Future

Responsibilities with God & Others

Responsibilities with Gov't

Liberty Principles

LIberty Practice

Conclusion

Guilt of Gentiles

Guilt of Jews

God's pardon

God's Justification

False Sancitifcation

No Condemnation for those in Christ Jesus

God Causes all things

They are not all Israel who are from Israel

God's wrath and Mercy

The Gospel

Israel's Rejection is Temporary

Paul corrects sinning Corinthian believers.

• I. Concern (1 - 4)
• II. Condemnation (5 - 6)
• III. Counsel (7 - 16)

Unity

Revelation

Immaturity

Superiority Sarcasm

Incest

Lawsuits

Marital Advice

Eating Food offered to idols

Paul's liberty

OT Example

Order

Body and gifts

Love and gifts

Order and gifts

Resurrection

Collections

Defense of Apostleship

• I. Character (1 - 7)
• II. Collection (8 - 9)
• III. Credentials (10 - 13)

Validation of Ministry

Ministry Motivations

Giving

Defense of Apostleship

• 9:6-15 "God loves a cheerful giver."
• Motivation for giving - meeting needs and thankfulness to God (9:12).

Justification by Faith/The Gospel of grace/Free from legalism

I. Justification by faith defended (1 - 2) Historical/Personal

II. Justification by faith explained (3 - 4) Doctrinal

III. Justification by faith applied (5 - 6) Practical

• 2 Paul dealing with other apostles, especially Peter
• 5 Christian liberty, free to serve, walk by the Spirit

Christ lives in me

Walk by the Spirit

Practice your position/ Body Building

II. Christian Practice (4 - 6) Duties Activity Sanctification

Chosen and Sealed

Saved by grace

Mystery of the church

Unity of the body

Home Responsibilities, Walking by Spirit

Believer's Armor

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in salvation

Saved by Grace

Gift of leaders

Submission of wives

Husbands love for wives

Believer's Armor

Unity/Joy in Christ

• I. Suffering
• II. Submission
• III. Salvation
• IV. Sanctification

Kenosis

Warnings against Judaizers

Unity in all things

Kenosis

Christ's Strength

God supplies all needs

Epaphroditus

All-Sufficiency of Christ

I. Sufficiency of Christ (1 - 2) Sufficient in Doctrine

II. Submission to Christ (3 - 4) Sufficient for Following/Obedience

Paul's Prayer

Position and Practice of Believer

Prayer

Christ the image of God

Error of Legalism

• I. Biographical (1 - 3)
• II. Pastoral (4 - 5)

4 Purity, disciplined living, the rapture

God's will - Sanctification

The dead in Christ

The Day of the Lord

Work while you wait/Godly expectation for the Day of the Lord

• I. Encouragement in Persecution (1)
• II. Explanation of the Day of the Lord (2)
• III. Exhortations to Readiness (3)

Before the Day of the Lord - Apostasy and Antichrist (Man of Lawlessness) will come and delude the world.

Exhortations to purity and diligence in light of the coming day of the Lord.

2:1-12 The man of lawlessness, currently restrained by the Holy Spirit, will appear and delude the world.

Leadership/Directions for a Young Pastor/Shepherd's Manual

• A. Directions concerning False Doctrine (1)
• B. Directions concerning Worship (2)
• C. Directions concerning Leadership (3)

II. For Timothy to the Church � Pastoral

• A. Directions concerning Dangers/Doctrine (4)
• B. Directions concerning Different Groups (5)
• C. Directions concerning Pastoral Duties (6)

Duty for men to pray

Qualification of Elders & Deacons

Dangers

Duties twoard young, widows, elders

Women's role in church

Qualifications of elders

Qualifications of deacons

Duties toward widows

Duties toward elders

Combat/Ministry is a war that must be fought and endured, endurance, a soldier's manual

Passing the baton/transferring the mantle/pastoral legacy/farewell message

II. Commission to Spiritual Combat (4)

3 The peril of and protection from apostasy

Apostacy - peril and protection

Character of gospel soldier

All Scripture is inspired by God

Final Exhortation

• Eunice - Mom
• Lois - Grandma
• Onesiphorus - Christian who refreshed Paul
• Demas - Forsook Paul, loved world

Conduct

• I. Leadership (1)
• II. Living (2 - 3)

Elder qualifications

Older women train younger

Live righteously

Human Forgiveness

• I. Prayer (1 - 7)
• II. Petition (8 - 16)
• III. Promise (17 - 25)

• Philemon - Christian slave owner (v. 19)
• Onesimus - Slave who receives Christ under Paul's ministry and must now return to his master
• Philemon (vv. 10-11)

Superiority of Christ; His person and work provide incentive for a superior walk

I. Superiority of Christ's Person and Work (1 - 10:18)

II. Superiority of the Christian's Walk (10:19 - 13)

OR

• I. The Living Word (1 - 4:13)
• II. The High Priest (4:14 - 8)
• III. The Perfect Sacrifice (9 - 10)
• IV. The Sanctification (11 - 13)

Christ's Full Revelation

More Revelation

Christ greater than Moses

High Priest

Warnings of Apostacy

Christ's eternal priesthood

Animal sacrifices ineffective, Christ's sacrifice.

Faith

God's fatherly discipline

Christian living

Do not harden your hearts

Christ was tempted just as we are

Press on to maturity

Superiority of Christ's sacrifice

Rejecting Christ manifest in willful sin

God's fatherly discipline

Imitate the faith of godly leaders

Standing Firm; Response to suffering

• I. Salvation of the Believer (1:1 - 2:12)
• II. Submission of the Believer (2:13 - 3:12)
• III. Suffering of the Believer (3:13 - 5:14)

Born again through living word

Pure milk of the Word

Christ's submission

Husbands, love your wives

A shepherd's heart

True and False

• I. HOliness (1)
• II. HEresy (2)
• III. HOpe (3)

1:20-21 Inspiration of Scripture; The Spirit of God "moved" the writers

Tests of Eternal Life; Truth, Love, and Obedience

• I. Salvation, Word of Life (1)
• II. Sin, Love of the World (2)
• III. Sanctification, Pursuit of Truth (3)
• IV. Spirit, Submission to Spirit (4)
• V. Certainty, Assurance of Salvation (5)

• 1:5-10 The basis for true fellowship with God
• 5:16-17 Sin leading to death

Tough Truth; Truth and Love

• I. Abide in God's Commandments (1 - 6)
• II. Abide not with False Teachers (7 - 13)

OR

• I. Walk in Truth (1 - 4)
• II. Walk in Love (5 - 8)
• III. Walk in Obedience (9 - 13)

Loyalty to the Truth; Truth and Error

• I. Servanthood (1 - 8)
• II. Selfishness (9 - 14)

OR

• I. The Commendation of Gaius (1 - 8)
• II. The Condemnation of Diotrophes (9 - 14)

Demetrius

Beware of the Pretenders; False Prophets

Anatomy of an Apostate

• I. Purpose of Epistle (1 - 3)
• II. Path of Apostates (4 - 16)
• III. Practice of Believers (17 - 25)

The Revelation of Jesus Christ/Previews of Coming Attractions/Jesus Wins

This book reveals Jesus Christ as the Messiah of Israel, the Lord of the Church, and Judge of the world. It is the culmination of the purposes of God in history.

• I. The Things Seen (1)
• II. The Things That Are (2-3)
• III. The Things Yet Future (4-22)

• A. Tribulation 4-19
• B. Millennium 20
• C. Eternity 21-22

Messages to 7 Churches

God's Throne

6 Seals

Trumpets

Description of Last 3 1/2 years

Bowls

Babylon

Return of Christ and Battle of Armageddon

Milennium

Eternal State

• 3:10 This verse is a promise that believers will be delivered from the seven-year tribulation period (Rev. 6-18)
• which will come upon the entire earth.
• 12:1-4 "A woman" - representative of Israel
• 20:4 These are the martyrs of the Tribulation days who will share the joys of the Millennial Kingdom.

Father, Son, Holy Spirit -- Satan, Beast, False Prophet