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Moses, the Prophets, and Me! Moses, The Prophets, and Me! Coming to Grips with the Older Testament A Book of Books The Old Testament is indeed a “book of books”-- in two distinct ways: b First, it is a book which stands above all other books; it is in fact the Word of God. b Second, it is a book composed of 39 individual books (compare the Hebrew arrangement of these same Scriptures into 22 books). The chart at right reflects the standard English arrangement of those 39 books. What We Intend To Get Done Our mission: To make you comfortable with the Old Testament. It is, after all, a book! It is written as a book, and it is intended to be understood as a book. However, there are two things about this book which make it scary: U first, it’s an old book (written out of a culture and in a language different than our own); U second, it’s a big book (actually 39 books, of different sorts, covering a lot of material, and sometimes written in rather strange fashion). So conquering this portion of God’s Word is not easy; indeed, it’s the work of a lifetime. But it will be a delight, once you get past the feeling that you’re leaping into a chasm with no bottom. Our intent, then, is to help you conquer the basics of Old Testament study. We do that with the hope and prayer that you will spend the rest of your life happily building on that basic understanding. Our plan of Attack: Why Study the Old Testament? Session #1 Introduction Old Testament History on One Page Session #2 The Distinctive Purpose and Plan of Yahweh in the Old Testament Era Focus #1 Session #3 [Seven Concepts basic to an understanding of what God intended to accomplish for & through Israel] A Chronological Overview of the Old Testament Narrative Session #4 Focus #2 [Some basic issues regarding the time and the sequence of Old Testament events] Session #5 The Mighty Acts of God Session #6 Focus #3 [A Survey of the Historical Narrative of the Old Testament] Session #7 The LORD Who is nigh to all who call upon Him in truth (Ps 145:18) Session #8 Focus #4 [Central Themes of Old Testament Theology] Mos e s , the P r op he ts & Me – Bookman Ministries [www.bookmanministires.com], p 1 Q: What’s old and obsolete and worn out , but not worthless ? The Old Testament (or covenant, A: The 39 books of our Old Testament! which is what we mean by the word T “testament”) was ratified at Mt. Sinai and was in force for some 1400 years of sacred history. Otherwise known as “the Law,” it is basically the relationship between God and His people which obtained from the days of Moses until the days of Jesus. The body of sacred literature which Christians refer to as the Old Testament records the period from creation all the way to Jesus–a period much longer than the time when the old (Mosaic) covenant was actually in force. (That is, the 39 books of the Old Testament cover at least 4000 years, whereas the Mosaic covenant was in force for only the last 1400 years of those four millennia.) According to Hebrews, that Old Testament became old as a result of Jesus’ ministry. That is, when our Lord offered us the long awaited new covenant through His death, burial, resurrection and ascension, the old covenant became “obsolete and . ready to vanish away” (8:13). This is what Jesus meant when He stated in His Sermon on the Mount, “Do not think that I have come to abolish (NKJV: “destroy”) the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them” (Mt. 5:13). We can praise God that we live on this side of the cross and the empty tomb, that we have become the happy inheritors of the New Covenant (or Testament) in Jesus’ blood, that we no longer live under the Law, but under grace. Indeed, we do have a better hope (Heb. 7:19), a better covenant (7:22) based on a better sacrifice (9:23), and that we long for a “better country--a heavenly one” (11:16). But does this mean that there is no value in those 39 books for the New Testament Christian? Again, are we relieved of our obligation to know and cherish that portion of God’s Word? Perish the reprehensible thought! (Oops! Forgive me, but I get rather worked up over the issue.) Why, then, is it important to the New Testament believer to study and to cherish the Old Testament? Let me suggest four basic propositions in defense of that mandate: Reason #1: The Old Testament is Scripture, and God demands that believers study all of the Scriptures. Indeed, the best and only infallible interpreter of Scripture is Scripture. Thus, it is essential that the believer be able to understand any passage of Scripture in terms of what Scripture as a whole teaches. In order to do that, the believer has to know the Scripture as a whole. Reason #2: Though New Testament writers wrote in Greek, they thought in Hebrew. That is, the minds of the New Testament writers were saturated with Old Testament thoughts, figures, stories, and emphases. They framed their thoughts in terms of both the literary structures and the concepts of the Old Testament. Thus, the believer who wants to understand the New Testament must saturate his own mind with the Older Testament. Reason #3: Wherever you are in the Bible, God expects you to bring with you everything He said before. This is the concept known in Biblical Hermeneutics as progressive revelation . God did not reveal all truth at once; rather, there have been seasons of revelatory activity in history. With each season of revelation, the store of truth which God has made known to men has grown. The progress is never from error to truth; God does not reveal something as truth, and then later change His mind and say something contrary to what He had said earlier. Rather, revelation progresses from truth to greater truth; God often makes a truth known in seed form, and then with time expands on that truth so that it becomes ever more compelling and precious. Reason #4: The remarkable privileges you possess as a New Testament believer are intended to be enjoyed in the bright light of what God taught concerning Himself in the Old Testament. It is my persuasion that the distinction between the experience of the Old Testament believer the New Testament believer can be reduced to one concept: intimacy ! This is Paul’s Abba principle (Rom 8:15; Gal 4:6). The godliest Old Testament saint could not imagine coming boldly before the throne of God’s glory, but we are invited to do just that. However, it is all too easy to forget the nature of the God with whom we have been invited to enjoy such intimacy. There is no better corrective for such carelessness than a soul/spirit saturated with the Old Testament. Moses, the Prophets & Me – Bookman Ministries [www.bookmanministires.com], p 2 The Narrative of the Old Testament on One Page Other Scripture Written Biblical Record Time Span An Outline of the Biblical Narrative During this Period I. GOD AND __________________ [1] 1-3 A. The Creation and Fall of Mankind From Creation (ca 4000 BC) Genesis 4-9 to B. Destruction by the Flood in the Days of Noah 1-11 the call of Abraham (2091 BC) 10-11 C. Tower of Babel; the Earth is Populated II. GOD & __________________ [2] A. The ______________ of Abraham [3] Gen 12 – Job Gen 12-36 1. Out of Ur to Canaan Gen 50 2091 – 1876 BC Gen 37-50 - to Jacob’s descent into Egypt 2. Down to Egypt B. The ______________ of Israel [4] 1. Israel under _____________________ [5] Exodus - 1876 – 1406 a. Exodus/Wilderness Wanderings Deuteronomy - to the death of Moses 1406 – ca 1350 BC Joshua b. The Conquest & Division of the Land of Canaan - to death of Joshua’s generation Judges 1 – Ca 1350 BC – 1041 BC c. The Period of the Judges 1 Samuel 12 -to coronation of King Saul d. The Period of the Monarchy Exodus 1 Genesis 12 1041 – 971 BC Psalms (most), Song of through 1 Sam 12 – - to death of (1) The United Monarchy Solomon, Proverbs (most), through 1 Kgs 11 2 Kgs 24 Solomon Ecclesiastes Nehemiah 13 1 Samuel 12 971 – 722 BC Exodus 1 1 Kgs 12 – 2 Through -to fall of Northern (2) The Divided Monarchy Obadiah, Joel, Jonah, Amos, Kgs 17 Kingdom (Israel) through 2 Kings 24 Hosea, Micah, Isaiah, Nahum, 722 – 586 BC Zephaniah, Jeremiah/Lam, Neh 13 2 Kings - to fall of Southern (3) The Surviving Monarchy Habakkuk 18 - 24 Kingdom (Judah) 2. Israel under _____________________ [6] No biblical 606 – 536 BC Daniel, Ezekiel, a. Exile in Babylon for 70 years record - to Cyrus’ decree/Jews’ return 1,2 Chronicles Ezra 1 b. Restoration to Jerusalem/Israel 536 – 516 BC through Ezra 1-6 (1) Return under Zerubbabel to rebuild the temple Haggai, Zechariah - to completion of 2 nd temple Neh 13 Ezra 7-12 458 – ca 414 BC (2) Return under Ezra to reform worship Esther Neh 1-13 444 – ca 414 BC (3) Return under Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem Malachi THE DIVINE DRAMA OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IN SEVEN SCENES [GOD & MANKIND ] I. Universal Dealings Genesis 1-11 A. Creation B.
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