OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY

GENESIS (means "beginnings")
   1. Garden of Eden.  Genesis chapters 1-6
   2. The Flood.  Genesis chapters 7-10
   3. Tower of Babel.  Genesis 11
   4. Abraham.  Genesis 12
      Isaac  Genesis 21
      Esau and Jacob (Israel) Genesis 25
      12 Sons of Jacob (Israel) Genesis 30
   5. Joseph in Egypt.  Genesis 37
   6. All Israel in Egypt.  Genesis 46 - Exodus 14

EXODUS (means "exit")
   7. Wander in wilderness 40 years.  Exodus 15
        Law given.  Exodus 19-24
	Tabernacle built.  Exodus 25-40
 Laws for priests, LEVITICUS
 Census (numbering) of the people and stories of the wilderness
        journey.  NUMBERS
 Repeat (duo) of the wilderness journey, stories and laws.
	DEUTERONOMY - JOSHUA 2

JOSHUA
   8. Cross Jordan River to Promised Land.  Joshua 3
      Wars
 No king - had judges periodically.  JUDGES
 Got a king, Saul.  I SAMUEL
 Then David.  II SAMUEL
 Then Solomon.  I KINGS 1

I & II KINGS
   9. Kingdom splits.  North (Israel), South (Judah)
      I KINGS 12ff
  10. Israel taken captive to Assyria.  II Kings 15
  11. Judah taken captive to Babylon.  II Kings 25
(I & II CHRONICLES repeats and adds details of SAMUEL and KINGS.)
     Babylonian Captivity lasted 70 years.
     EZEKIEL, DANIEL and ESTHER were written in the captivity.

EZRA and NEHEMIAH
  12. Return after the 70 years to rebuild their homeland.
      HAGGAI, ZACHARIAH, & MALACHI preached during this time.

Then there were 400 "silent years" (no new Scripture) until Matthew 1:18

OVERALL VIEW OF BIBLE


Creation				Genesis chapter 1
Creation of Man			Genesis chapter 2
Fall of Man				Genesis chapter 3
	First mention of Jesus coming is Genesis 3:15

Man became worse and worse so God destroyed the world.
Genesis chapters 6-8

Man did not understand right and wrong, so God gave the Law,
condensed here in the TEN COMMANDMENTS.  Exodus 20:3-17

Man could not keep the LAW so God sent a Saviour, Jesus.

	Jesus' birth			Matthew 1:18-25
	Jesus' power	
		over sickness	Matthew 8:1-17
		over elements	Matthew 8:23-27
		over evil spirits	Matthew 8:28-34
		over death		Matthew 9:18-26
	Jesus' death			Matthew 27
	Jesus' resurrection		Matthew 28
	Jesus' return			1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

Judgment				Revelation 20:11-15

Assurance of Salvation



A.  Begin to memorize 1 John 5:11-12


B.  Write in your own words the answer to the following questions


1.  Why do men need to be saved?  Romans 5:12



2.  For what purpose did Jesus come?  1 Timothy 1:15



3.  How did Jesus accomplish this purpose?  Romans 5:8



4.  What part do good works play in the obtaining of our salvation?
    Ephesians 2:8-9



5.  What must we do to be saved and received eternal life?
    John 3:16-17



6.  Where is eternal life to be found?  1 John 5:11



7.  What does God guarantee to those who have the Son?
    1 John 5:11-12



8.  What happened the moment we believed?  John 5:24



9.  Can we know for certian that we have eternal life?
    1 John 5:13



10. Who gives us an inner assurance that we are the children
    of God?  Romans 8:16



11. Since feelings often change, upon what must we depend
    for assurance?  Why?  1 Peter 1:25



12. Write out 1 John 5:11-12 from memory.

ASSURANCE PROMISES

1. John 3:16
     Promise:


     Condition:



2. John 5:24
     Promise:



     Condition:



3. John 1:12
     Promise:



     Condition:



4. Revelation 3:20
     Promise:



     Condition:



5. Romans 10:9
     Promise:



     Condition:



6. Romans 6:23
     Promise:



     Condition:



7. 1 John 5:11-12
     Promise:



     Condition:

ETERNAL JUDGMENT

1. Who judges us? John 5:22

   Why is He the One Who judges us? v. 27, Hebrews 2:17,18; 4:15

2. When do men go to judgment? Hebrews 9:27

3. Read Luke 16:19-31  
   What happens to these people in Hades (translated "hell" in  
   King James) when the White Throne Judgment comes?  
   Revelation 20:11-15

   Who is thrown into the lake of fire'?

4. How long does the punishment last? Matthew 25:41 & 46 
   Revelation 14:10-11

RESURRECTION

1. Who gets resurrected from the dead? Acts 24:15

2. Did Jesus' body or just His Spirit rise? Luke 24:36-43
   John 20:24-29

3. Does our body or just our spirit rise? I Thes 4:16-17
   I Cor 15:51-53 Job 19:26

4. 1 John 3:2

	What will our resurrected body be like'?

	Do we know what it will look like'?

5. Read I Corinthians 15, the resurrection chapter.

	A. Who was the first to rise in the resurrection?

	B. Name the 3 stages of the resurrection given here. v.23-24

6.  Revelation 20:4-6

	A. Which people are resurrected first?

	B. When are the rest of the dead resurrected?

	C. What happens then? Rev. 20:7-15

	D. What happens after that? Rev. 21:1-5

7. What people in the New Testament did NOT believe in the
   resurrection? Acts 23:8

THINK! Is heaven a spiritual place or is it ALSO physical?

Laying on of Hands

The Old Testament very often explains the New Testament. Read 
these verses and then see if you understand the meaning of 
LAYING ON OF HANDS.

Leviticus 3:2-13  
Leviticus 4:4-24  
Leviticus 8:14  
Leviticus 16:1-26 (note verse 21)

Numbers 8:12
Numbers 27:18-23 compared with Deuteronomy 34:9

Write here what you understand LAYING ON OF HANDS to mean:




Now read these New Testament verses:

Acts 8:14-17  
Acts 19:6  
Acts 6:6

I Timothy 4:14  
I Timothy 5:22

II Timothy 1:6

DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS

Water baptism

1. Who gets baptized? Acts 2:41

2. When should one be baptized? Acts 8:35-39

3. Where were people baptized? Mark 1:5 John 3:23

4. Noah's ark was a "figure" (picture) of salvation. I Pet 3:20 
   How is baptism a picture of salvation. I Pet 3:21

5. In the Bible we only have record of one person (after John 
   the Baptist) who believed in Jesus, yet was never baptized. 
   Do you know who he was and why he was not baptized? See Luke 
   23:39-43

6. Read Romans 6:3-8

DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS

Spirit baptism

What is promised in Luke 3:16? 
	____________ would baptize in the ____________ _____________.

What people were to receive the Holy Spirit? John 7:38,39  
	A. Those who were good enough  
	B. Those who believed in Jesus  
	C. Those who prayed hard enough

This promise was fulfilled:

A. Acts 2:1-21  What kind of people received the Spirit at this time? v. 5

	What was the miracle that amazed the people who lived in other 
	countries but had come to Jerusalem for Pentecost? v. 7-8

B. Acts 8:5-6, 14-17  
    What kind of people received the Spirit at this  time? v. 14

C. Acts 10:44-45 
    What kind of people received the Spirit at this time?


Now the Holy Spirit has been given.   
     1 Cor 12:12-13  Now the ___________ ____________ baptizes us into ___________.

FOUNDATIONAL FAITH

Faith means "to believe", "to trust in"

I . We are saved by _____________ Ephesians 2:8,9

   A. What is "grace"?



   B. Is faith from ourselves?



   C. Then where does faith come from? Romans 10:17



   D. How much "good works" are required to be saved?



2. The best works we can do are in God's Law. 
   If we tried hard all our lives to keep the 
   Law, would that save us?  Romans 3:20-22,28 

   v. 28 "Justified" means "declared righteous".)  Does doing
   the right things make us righteous?



3. What does make us righteous? Romans 4:3-5



4. How do we escape destruction? John 3:16



NOTE: There is also BAD faith--that is, believing something not
trustworthy. What is the example of this in Jeremiah 17:5

In this case, what happens to someone who has this bad faith?



Should we believe everything our pastor says?



Or everything a famous Christian author says?



God called the Bereans "noble" because they did not just believe
everything Paul said. What did they do instead? Acts 17:11