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YEAR 21 FAITH READING PLAN

INTRODUCTION TO GenesisJoshua

BOOK BASICS READ ALONG BOOKKEY OF THEME “FIRSTS” First matter, first light, first animals, first humans, first marriage, first temptation, first sin,  04/14–04/1508/30-09/04 GenesisJoshua 1-2 • The Faithfulness of  first death, first with God, first rain, first rainbow, first city, first nation, first conflict,  04/19–04/2309/07-09/11 GenesisJoshua 3-103-7 firstKEY war, VERSESetc.  04/26–04/3009/14-09/18 GenesisJoshua 11-188-11  05/03–05/06 19-24 KEY• PHRASEJoshua 1:5, “No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. I will be  09/21-09/25 Genesis 12-16 with you, just as I was with . I will not leave you or abandon you.” “These are the family records” occurs 5X in each major section. Genesis divides into 2 major DATEDATE TYPETYPE AUTHOR  09/28-10/02 Genesis 17-23 th sections:• Joshua 1) Chapters 1:9, “Haven’t 1-11 (4 major I commanded events: Creation, you: Fall, be strongFlood, Babel) and courageous? and, 2) Chapters Do 12-50not be (4 1406-138013 Century BC BC NarrativeHistory JoshuaMoses & WHERE 10/05-10/09 IS IT IN THEGenesis BIBLE? 24-29 generations:afraid , or discouraged, Isaac, Jacob, for theJoseph/Judah Lord your (12 God tribes)) is with you wherever you go.” Other Eye Genesis is, strictly speaking, written as an  10/12-10/16 Genesis 30-37 Joshua 21:43-45, “So the Lord gave all the land he had sworn to give their Witnesses 3. LEVITICUS • anonymous book. There is no author identi- KEY THEMESancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there. The Lord gave them  10/19-10/23 Genesis 38-43 fied within its writing. However, in both the 4. NUMBERS rest on every side according to all he had sworn to their ancestors. None of their The book of Joshua is named for the most 10/26-10/30 Genesis 44-50 1. Creation. God creates all that exists in the universe. OT & NT Moses is identified as the author. 5. DEUTERONOMY enemies were able to stand against them, for the Lord handed over all their 2. Imago Dei. God creates human beings in His own image (1:26-28) and gives them instruc- famousMoses most member likely livedof the in Israelitesthe 13th-14 thin Cen the- enemies to them. None of the good promises the Lord had made to the house of 6. JOSHUA tion on how to live their lives on earth. generationturies BC, so that Genesis crossed was the probably Jordan written River Israel failed. Everything was fulfilled.” and entered the promised landth of . 7.WHERE JUDGES IS IT IN ? 3. Sin. In an act of rebellion, the first humans, Adam and Eve, disobey God’s law—which is near the end of his life in the 13 Century BC. TheirGenesis battles covers and more faithfulness time in have history a place than 8.01. RUTHGENESIS called sin—and the result of sin is death and destruction. Genesis helps us understand why amongany other the book greatest of the stories Bible (fromof the creationfaith in 02. EXODUS evil and sin, as well as death and destruction are part of our world. The sin deepens and the . 9. 1 spreads until God decided to destroy the earth and all human beings except Noah and his all the way to around 1800 BC). 03. LEVITICUS family. God starts over with this family, but they continue to sin. Joshua led the people to defeat the ad- 04. NUMBERS “Genesis” means origin or beginning and it 4. Grace. God promises Adam and Eve that He will send another human being, the offspring of versariesis truly a book who of opposed beginnings. God’s It ispeople. written He in 05. DEUTERONOMY Adam and Eve, to crush the head of the Serpent—the Tempter who persuaded them to sin. thennarrative oversaw form andthe divisiontakes the of reader the land from into the 06. JOSHUA God makes a covenant with Abraham and his family to send the Deliverer through Abra- thecreation tribal of allotments.everything toFinally, what wentJoshua wrong re- ham’s offspring. In spite of consistent sinfulness, God works (both providentially and mirac- newedin the world. the people The book and God.reports the terrible ulously) to keep His promise to Abraham. Theresults book of humanof Joshua sinfulness also points as well us to as the the 5. Substitution & Atonement. From God making clothing of animal skins (3:21) to providing a newprocess and that better God Joshua begins toin bringJesus aboutHimself. re- ram for Abraham and Isaac on Mount Moriah(22:13), there are glimpses of substitutionary demption and restoration. This restoration BASIC STRUCTURE Joshua’s trust, faithfulness, and obedi- BASIC STRUCTURE atonement for sin in Genesis. encewill come to God through led to the victories line of Abraham, over the withen- 24 CHAPTERS whom God makes a covenant. The entire 50 CHAPTERS emies of God. These victories gave the Israelitesnarrative ofvictorious Genesis isrest arranged in the land purpose that- 11 2 3 2 4 5 Godfully tohad promised a clear story; Abraham. it begins Jesus’ with Godlife, trust,creating and life faithfulness in a perfect worldto God and grants ends vicwith- Primeval History Patriarchal History torya dead over man death, being hell, embalmed sin, and and the placedgrave toin a coffin awaiting burial. a. Creation (1:1-2:3) a. ’s Descendants (11:27-25:18) all those who confess and believe in Him. Entrance into Conquest of Division of Joshua’s b. The First Humans (2:4-4:26) b. Isaac’s Descendants (25:19-37:1) For those that do, we too are promised a Introduction Canaan the Land the Land Farewell Genesis is part of the larger work called the c. Adam’s Descendants (5:1-6:8) c. Jacob’s Descendants (37:2-50:26) home.Pentateuch Only (5 our books) home or Torahwill be (Law in heaven of Mo- d. Noah’s Descendants (6:9-11:9) whereses). These we will books forever include: be Genesis,in the presence Exodus, e. Shem’s Descendants (11:10-26) ofLeviticus, Jesus Himself. Numbers, and Deuteronomy. JOSHUA 1:1-9 JOSHUA 1:10-5:15 JOSHUA 6:1-12:24 JOSHUA 13:1-22:34 JOSHUA 23:1-24:33 GENESIS 1-11:26 GENESIS 11:27-50:26