EXODUS Part OLD TESTATMENT OVERVIEW GENESIS 1. The Basic Book GENESIS 2. Creator & Creation...8

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1 Rev. David Pawson

2 -OLD TESTATMENT OVERVIEW...4 -GENESIS 1. The Basic Book GENESIS 2. Creator & Creation...8 -GENESIS 3. Creatures & Evolution GENESIS 4. Eden to Babel GENESIS 5. Abraham, Isaac & Jacob EXODUS Part EXODUS Part LEVITICUS Part LEVITICUS Part NUMBERS Part NUMBERS Part DEUTERONOMY Part DEUTERONOMY Part JOSHUA Part JOSHUA Part

3 -JUDGES & RUTH Part JUDGES & RUTH Part & 2 SAMUEL Part & 2 SAMUEL Part & 2 KINGS Part & 2 KINGS Part HEBREW POETRY PSALMS Part PSALMS Part PROVERBS Part PROVERBS Part JOB Part JOB Part

4 OLD TESTATMENT OVERVIEW / B.C.2000 Election Abraham PATRIARCHS (Abraham to Joseph) ABRAHAM ISAAC JACOB GENESIS 1-11 MAN Creation, Fall, Flood, Babel JOSEPH GENESIS JOB? 400 YEAR GAP GOD SILENT INACTIVE EGYPT INDIA CHINA (O.T.) HEBREW HISTORY (B.C.) 1500 Exodus Moses PROPHETS (Moses to Samuel) EXODUS JOSHUA LEVITICUS JUDGES NUMBERS RUTH DEUTERONOMY Laws/Torah History Writings Prophets Empire Exile David Isaiah PRINCES PRIESTS (Saul to Zedekiah ) (Joshua to Caiaphas) SAUL DAVID SOLOMON ISRAEL JUDAH ELIJAH ELISHA 1,2 SAMUEL 1,2 KINGS 1,2 CHRONICLES BEFORE Psalms JOEL JONAH Song of Songs AMOS NAHUM Proverbs HOSEA OBADIAH Ecclesiastes MICAH HABAKKUK ISAIAH ZEPHANIAH DURING JEREMIAH (LAMENTATIONS) EZEKIEL AFTER HAGGAI ZECHARIAH MALACHI DANIEL ESTHER EZRA NEHEMIAH 400 YEAR GAP GOD SILENT INACTIVE SOCRATES PLATO ARISTOTLE BUDDHA CONFUCIUS ALEXANDER THE GREAT JULIUS CAESAR MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN JESUS Birth, Death, Resurrection, Ascension 4

5 HEBREW LAW (Torah, Pentateuch) In the beginning (Gen.) These are the names (Exod.) And he called (Lev.) In the wilderness (Num.) These are the words (Duet.) PROPHETS FORMER Joshua Judges Samuel Kings LATTER Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi WRITINGS Praises (Psalms) Job Proverbs Ruth Song of Songs The Preacher (Ecclesiastes) How (Lamentations) OLD TESTAMENT Esther Daniel Ezra Nehemiah 1,2 The words of the days. (Chronicles) (Luke 24:27, 44) go up (aliya) HISTORY ( past ) Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1.2 Kings 1,2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther ENGLISH POETRY (present) Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon PROPHECY (future) MAJOR Isaiah 4 Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel MINOR 12 Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi curse 5

6 Pentateuch??? PENTATEUCH -5 books of Moses TORAH -instruction WHO? WHERE? WHEN? GENESIS UNIVERSAL BEGINNINGS EXODUS NATIONAL GOING OUT LEVITICUS TRIBAL LEVITES NUMBERS NATIONAL STATISTICS DEUTERONOMY UNIVERSAL SECOND LAW CHALDEA CANAAN EGYPT S I N A I NEGEV EDOM MOAB CENTURIES (PAST) YEARS (300) MONTH (ONE) YEARS (40) CENTURIES (FUTURE) 6

7 GENESIS 1. The Basic Book GOD IS GENESIS 1- GOD NOT PERSONAL (heart, mind, will) POWERFUL (10 commands obeyed) UNCREATED (already, always there) CREATIVE (imagination variety) ORDERLY (symmetry, mathematics) SINGULAR (verbs) PLURAL (noun) GOOD (all he does because he is) LOVING (wants to bless those he makes) LIVING (active in this world) SPEAKING (communicates to relate) LIKE US (in his image) UNLIKE US (we can t create) IDENTIFIED WITH HIS CREATION DEPENDENT UPON 7

8 GENESIS 2. Creator & Creation HUMAN PHILOSOPHIES... ATHEISM: no God AGNOSTICISM: don t know ANIMISM: spirits are gods POLYTHEISM: many gods good DUALISM: two gods bad MONOTHEISM: one God DEISM: Creator can t control THEISM: Creator can control EXISTENTIALISM: experience is god HUMANISM: man is god RATIONALISM: reason is god MATERIALISM: only matter is real MYSTICISM: only spirit is real MONISM: matter & spirit are one PANTHEISM: all is god PANENTHEISM: God is in all... BIBLICAL PHILOSOPHY... TRIUNETHEISM: 3 in 1 Creator controls creatures & creation 8

9 3 GENESIS 1:3 And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. 9

10 STYLE NOT SCIENTIFIC (HOW?) BUT SIMPLISTIC (WHAT?) 1. SUBJECT (GOD, WORD, SPIRIT) 2. VERBS (CREATED, MADE) 3. OBJECTS (DAYS 1-7) STRUCTURE Uninhabitable Uninhabited GOD FORMS GOD FILLS Contrast Content 1. LIGHT FROM DARKNESS 4. SUN AND MOON (+ stars) 2. SKY FROM OCEAN 5. BIRDS AND FISH 3. LAND FROM SEA 6. ANIMALS AND HUMANS (+plants) 7. DAY OFF! 10

11 ... LOGICAL (simplified summary) 1. BRICKLAYER 2. CARPENTER 3. PLUMBER 4. ELECTRICIAN 5. PLASTERER 6. DECORATOR 7. HOLIDAY... CHRONOLOGICAL (critical path analysis) 1. BRICKLAYER 2. CARPENTER 3. PLUMBER 4. ELECTRICIAN 5. PASTERER 6. DECORATOR 7. HOLIDAYS 11

12 }????? 42.5???????? 1. REPUDIATE 2. SEGREGATE 3. INTEGRATE SCIENCE AND SCRIPTURE BELIEVERS DENY SCIENCE UNBELIEVERS DENY SCRIPTURE SCIENCE ~ PHYSICAL TRUTH ( WHEN? HOW?) SCRIPTURE ~ SPIRITUAL TRUTH (WHO? WHY?) MYTH AND HISTORY? WHERE IS LINE BETWEEN { VALUES AND FACTS? TRANSITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SCIENCE TRADITIONAL INTERPRETATIONS OF SCRIPTURE CREATION :SPEED (6 DAYS OR OVER 4 MILLION YEARS?) SEQUENCE (LIGHT BEFORE SUN, BIRDS BEFORE ANIMALS?) SELECTION (NATURAL OR SUPERNATURAL?) MAN : DERIVATION (MINERAL OR ANIMAL?) DURATION (DECADES OR CENTURIES?) DECEASE (NATURAL OR JUDICIAL?) FLOOD : EXTENT (LOCAL OR UNIVERSAL?) 12

13 1. - a. b. c a. b =YOM DAY (Hebrew=YOM) 1. LITERAL (earth-day) a. Gap b. Flood c. Antique 2. GEOLOGICAL (age-day) 3. MYTHOLOGICAL (fable-day) 4. EDUCATIONAL (school-day) a. Verbal b. Visual 5. THEOLOGICAL (God-day) all in a week s work Note length of seventh day. 13

14 GENESIS 3. Creatures & Evolution 1:1~2:3 2:4~25 ELOHIM= JHVH= = = } ~ ~ ~ CHAPTER ONE (1:1-2:3) GOD ELOHIM=THREE GODS LIKE MAN MAN LIKE GOD CHAPTER TWO (2:4-25) GOD LORD GOD JHVH=BEING, AM, ALWAYS UNLIKE MAN MAN ADAM = DUSTY( EVE =LIVELY) UNLIKE GOD LIKE UNLIKE }ANIMALS WOMAN ASSIST AGREE after made from for named by RELATIONSHIPS BELOW~SUBDUE ABOVE~SUBMIT BESIDE~SUPPORT MAN PROVIDE PROTECT 14

15 a.?? b.? c. ORIGIN OF MAN 1.BIBLICAL let us...our image created...from dust (woman from man) 2. HISTORICAL Unity of human race Agricultural archeology 3. PRE-HISTORIC Homo sapiens Neanderthal, Peking, Java, etc. SCIENCE ~ false investigation? SCRIPTURE ~ false information? a.prehistoric WAS BIBLICAL ( ie image of God) Gen 1: Paleolithic hunter Gen 2: Neolithic farmer (Adam not first man) b. PREHISTORIC BECAME BIBLICAL Did one, some, all change? Sons of God and daughters of men (Gen 6) c. PREHISTORIC NOT BIBLICAL Physical likeness, not spiritual Species now extinct 15

16 THEORY OF EVOLUTION (TERMINOLOGY) VARIATION ~ small, gradual changes in form SELECTION ~ survival by suitability to environment NATURAL ~ self-operating process (v. supernatural) MUTATION ~ big, sudden changes in form (ie internal genes) DARWIN LAMARCH MICRO-EVOLUTION Limited development within different groups MACRO-EVOLUTION Total development from single origin STRUGGLE ~ survival of the fittest (key-word) 16

17 1. MENTAL CHOICE CREATION Father God Personal choice Designed purpose Supernatural production Open situation Providence Faith based on fact God free to make man in his image EVOLUTION Mother nature Impersonal chance Random pattern Natural process Closed system Coincidence Faith based on fancy Man free to make God image in his imagination 17

18 2. MORAL CHOICE CREATION EVOLUTION God is Lord Man is lord Divine authority Human autonomy Absolute standards Relative situations Duty-responsibility Demand-rights Infant dependence Adult independence Man fallen Man rising Salvation of weak Survival of strong Right is might Might is right Peace War Obedience Indulgence Faith, hope and love Fatalism, helplessness and luck Heaven Hell 18

19 GENESIS 4. Eden to Babel 1-11 GENESIS 1-11 & CHINESE WRITING CREATE DEVIL TEMPTER BOAT mud life, motion walking man, son garden secret, private two trees cover container eight mouth, person 19

20 GENESIS 5. Abraham, Isaac & Jacob / / vs. vs. vs OUTLINE OF GENESIS 1-11 Short section (1/4) Long Period (centuries) Many people (nations) 1-2 GOOD CREATOR DIVINE ACTIONS HUMAN RELATIONS 3-11 BAD CREATURES FALL FALL OUT Long section (3/4) Short period (years) Few people (family) GOD OF ABRAHAM vs. LOT ISAAC vs. ISHMAEL JACOB vs. ESAU JOSEPH OF GOD DOWN TO PRISONER UP TO PREMIER 20

21 EXODUS Part :16 13:17-15:21 15:22-18: CHS.1-18 DIVINE DEEDS GRACE LIBERATION FROM EGYPT SLAVERY REDEMPTION 1. Multiplication and murder (ISRAEL) 2-4 Bulrushes and bush (MOSES) 5-11 Plague and pestilence (PHARAOH) 12-13:16 Feast and firstborn (PASSOVER) 13:17-15:21 Delivered and drowned (RED SEA) 15:22-18:27 Provided and protected (WILDERNESS) CHS DIVINE WORDS GRATITUDE LEGISLATION TO SINAI SERVICE RIGHTIOUSNESS Commandments and covenant (SINAI) Specification and specialists (TABERNACLE) Indulgence and intercession (GOLDEN CALF) Construction and consecration (TABERNACLE) 21

22 EXODUS Part :16 13:17-15:21 15:22-18: CHS.1-18 DIVINE DEEDS GRACE LIBERATION FROM EGYPT SLAVERY REDEMPTION 1. Multiplication and murder (ISRAEL) 2-4 Bulrushes and bush (MOSES) 5-11 Plague and pestilence (PHARAOH) 12-13:16 Feast and firstborn (PASSOVER) 13:17-15:21 Delivered and drowned (RED SEA) 15:22-18:27 Provided and protected (WILDERNESS) CHS DIVINE WORDS GRATITUDE LEGISLATION TO SINAI SERVICE RIGHTIOUSNESS Commandments and covenant (SINAI) Specification and specialists (TABERNACLE) Indulgence and intercession (GOLDEN CALF) Construction and consecration (TABERNACLE) 22

23 LEVITICUS Part 1 Pentateuch??? PENTATEUCH -5 books of Moses TORAH -instruction WHO? WHERE? WHEN? GENESIS UNIVERSAL BEGINNINGS EXODUS NATIONAL GOING OUT LEVITICUS TRIBAL LEVITES NUMBERS NATIONAL STATISTICS DEUTERONOMY UNIVERSAL SECOND LAW CHALDEA CANAAN EGYPT S I N A I NEGEV EDOM MOAB CENTURIES (PAST) YEARS (300) MONTH (ONE) YEARS (40) CENTURIES (FUTURE) 23

24 OFFERINGS & SACRIFICES JUSTIFICATION WAY TO GOD WALK WITH GOD SANCTIFICATION 8-10 PRIESTHOOD UNCLEAN CLEAN 16 DAY of ATONEMENT COMMON HOLY WORSHIP SANCTIONS & VOWS 24

25 { { OFFERINGS { BURNT GRATITUDE MEAL PEACE GUILT { SIN TRESPASS Surrender Service Serenity Substitute Satisfaction 25

26 { { FIRST COMING (PAST) SECOND COMING (FUTURE) { { FEASTS PASSOVER 15th of first month FIRSTFRUITS 3 days later PENTECOST 50 days later TRUMPETS 1st of seventh month DAY OF ATONEMENT 3 days later TABERNACLES days later REST SABBATICAL every 7th day RELEASE JUBILEE every 50th year 26

27 HOLY SACRED, GODLY CONSECRATE PROFANE LIFE COMMON SECULAR, GOOD CLEAN SIN CLEANSE POLLUTE SACRIFICE UNCLEAN SINFUL, BAD DEATH 27

28 LEVITICUS Part 2 { { OFFERINGS { BURNT GRATITUDE MEAL PEACE GUILT { SIN TRESPASS Surrender Service Serenity Substitute Satisfaction 28

29 NUMBERS Part :1-10:10 13:1-20:21 10:11-12:16 20:22-21:35 22:1-36: EGYPT EXODUS 1-11 EGYPT TO SINAI EXODUS SINAI EXODUS LEVITICUS 1-27 NUMBERS 1:1-10:10 SINAI TO KADESH NUMBERS 10:11-12:16 KADESH NUMBERS 13:1-20:21 KADESH TO MOAB NUMBERS 20:22-21:35 MOAB NUMBERS 22:1-36:13 DEUTERONOMY

30 Benjamin Asher DAN Naphtali LEVITES Merari Issachar EPHRAIM LEVITES Gershon GOD HOLY OF HOLIES HOLY PLACE MOSES PRIESTS AARON JUDAH Manasseh LEVITES Kohath Gad REUBEN Simeon Zebulun 30

31 NUMBERS Part 2 Asher DAN Naphtali Benjamin LEVITES Merari Issachar EPHRAIM LEVITES Gershon GOD HOLY OF HOLIES HOLY PLACE MOSES PRIESTS AARON JUDAH Manasseh LEVITES Kohath Gad REUBEN Simeon Zebulun 31

32 DEUTERONOMY Part ~ ~ ~ ~ :19 31: ~34 SUZERAIN TREATY (BETWEEN KING and NEW SUBJECTS) PREAMBLE... 1:1-5 HISTORICAL PROLOGUE... 1:6-4:49 DECLARATION BASIC PRINCIPLES DETAILED LEGISLATION SANCTIONS INVOCATION OF WITNESS... 30:19 / 31:19 / 32 (USUALLY DIVINE) PROVISION FOR CONTINUITY CEREMONY OF RATIFICATION 32

33 DEUTERO- NOMOS- 1. 1:1~4:43 a. 1:6~3:29 b. 4: :44~26:19 a. 4:44~11:32 b. 12:1~26: :1~34:12 a. 27:1~30:20 b. 31:1~34:12 DEUTERONOMY (DEUTERO-SECOND NOMOS-LAW) 1. PAST:RECOLLECTION (1:1-4:43) a. FAITHLESSNESS CONDEMNED (1:6-3:29) b. FAITHFULNESS COUNSELLED (4:1-43) 2. PRESENT:REGULATION (4:44-26:19) a. LOVE EXPRESSED (4:44-11:32) b. LAW EXPANDED (12:1-26:19) 3. FUTURE:RETRIBUTION (27:1-34:12) a. COVENANT AFFIRMED (27:1-30:20) b. CONTINUITY ASSURED (31:1-34:12) 33

34 DEUTERONOMY Part 2 DEUTERO- NOMOS- 1. 1:1~4:43 a. 1:6~3:29 b. 4: :44~26:19 a. 4:44~11:32 b. 12:1~26: :1~34:12 a. 27:1~30:20 b. 31:1~34:12 DEUTERONOMY (DEUTERO-SECOND NOMOS-LAW) 1. PAST:RECOLLECTION (1:1-4:43) a. FAITHLESSNESS CONDEMNED (1:6-3:29) b. FAITHFULNESS COUNSELLED (4:1-43) 2. PRESENT:REGULATION (4:44-26:19) a. LOVE EXPRESSED (4:44-11:32) b. LAW EXPANDED (12:1-26:19) 3. FUTURE:RETRIBUTION (27:1-34:12) a. COVENANT AFFIRMED (27:1-30:20) b. CONTINUITY ASSURED (31:1-34:12) 34

35 JOSHUA Part 1 OLD TESTAMENT (Hebrew) FIRST FIVE BOOKS Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy LAW (TORAH) PROMISE GRACE REDEMPTION LEGISLATION BLESSED CURSED COVENANT ESTABLISHED CAUSE NEXT SIX BOOKS Joshua Judges 1,2 Samuel 1,2 Kings PROPHETS (FORMER) FULFILMENT GRATITUDE RIGHTEOUSNESS APPLICATION OBEDIENCE Joshua (LAND GIVEN) DISOBEDIENCE (LAND TAKEN) 2 Kings COVENANT EXPRESSED EFFECT 35

36 1. 1 A. 1-9 B A. 2-5 I. 2 II. 3-4 III. 5:1-12 IV. 5:13-15 B I. 6-8 II III. 11 IV. 12 C I. 13 II III IV A. 23 B. 24 JOSHUA OUTLINE 1. HIS COMMISSION (1) A. Divine encouragement (vv.1-9) B. Human enthusiasm (vv ) 2. HIS COMMAND (2-22) A. ENTERING (2-5) I. Before (2) II. During (3-4) III. After (5:1-12) IV. Captain of Lord s host (5:13-15) B. CONQUERING (6-12) I. Centre (6-8) II. South (9-10) III. North (11) IV. List of defeated kings (12) C.DIVIDING (13-22) I. East Bank (13) II. West Bank (14-19) III. Special cities (20-21) IV. Altar of departing tribes (22) 3. HIS COMMITMENT (23-24) A. Office of leadership (23) B. Oath of loyalty (24) 36

37 JOSHUA Part A. 1-9 B A. 2-5 I. 2 II. 3-4 III. 5:1-12 IV. 5:13-15 B I. 6-8 II III. 11 IV. 12 C I. 13 II III IV A. 23 B. 24 JOSHUA OUTLINE 1. HIS COMMISSION (1) A. Divine encouragement (vv.1-9) B. Human enthusiasm (vv ) 2. HIS COMMAND (2-22) A. ENTERING (2-5) I. Before (2) II. During (3-4) III. After (5:1-12) IV. Captain of Lord s host (5:13-15) B. CONQUERING (6-12) I. Centre (6-8) II. South (9-10) III. North (11) IV. List of defeated kings (12) C.DIVIDING (13-22) I. East Bank (13) II. West Bank (14-19) III. Special cities (20-21) IV. Altar of departing tribes (22) 3. HIS COMMITMENT (23-24) A. Office of leadership (23) B. Oath of loyalty (24) 37

38 W Road Spring E W PRE-POTTERY NEOLITHIC POTTERY NEOLITHIC EARLY BRONZE MIDDLE BRONZE LATE BRONZE (JOSHUA) IRON LATER Road Spring E 38

39 A B } } A.DIVINE INTERVENTION Without him, they couldn t have done it. 1. HIS WORDS 2. HIS DEEDS B. HUMAN CO-OPERATION Without them, he wouldn t have done it. 1. THEIR ATTITUDE Confidence 2. THEIR ACTION Obedience }JERICHO WRONG ATTITUDE Self-confidence }AI WRONG ACTION Disobedience Defeated by superior troops (7) Deceived by subtle tricks (9) Divided by supposed treachery (22) 39

40 JUDGES & RUTH Part 1 HISTORY PERSONALITIES PEOPLES PATTERNS PURPOSE HUMAN FUTILITY (Judges) DIVINE FULFILMENT (Ruth) PAST PRESENT FUTURE 40

41 OPPRESSORS DELIVERERS ( Judges ) KING OF MESOPOTAMIA OTHNIEL KING OF MOAB EHUD PHILISTINES SHAMGAR KING OF HAZOR DEBORAH/BARAK MIDIANITES GIDEON UNKNOWN TOLA UNKNOWN JAIR AMMONITES JEPHTHAH UNKNOWN IBZAN UNKNOWN ELON UNKNOWN ABDON PHILISTINES SAMSON Human weakness : divine strength 41

42 A. 1:1 ~ 3: B. 3:7 ~ 6: C. 17:1 ~ 21: OUTLINE of JUDGES : A. INEXCUSABLE COMPROMISE (1:1-3:6) 1. ALLOWANCES (vulnerable valleys) 2. ALLIANCES (mixed marriages) B. INCORRIGIBLE CONDUCT (3:7-6:31) 1. SEDITION (by the people) 2. SUBJECTION (to an enemy) 3. SUPPLICATION (to the Lord) 4. SALVATION (by a deliverer) C. INEVITABLE CORRUPTION (17:1-21:25) 1. IDOLATRY (in the north) : DAN 2. IMMORALITY (in the south) : BENJAMIN No king in those days Did right in own eyes 3 4 7X!

43 JUDGES & RUTH Part 2 A. B } OUTLINE OF RUTH A. TWO INSEPARABLE WOMEN 1. MOTHER-IN-LAW S LOSS 2. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW S LOYALTY B. TWO INFLUENTIAL MEN 1. REDEEMER KINSMAN S LOVE 2. ROYAL KING S LINE Judges-bad Benjamin-Saul Samuel Ruth-good Bethlehem-David } 43

44 1 & 2 SAMUEL Part 1 A B a 13-14a b-3 14b a b. } c. d. e. } f I SAMUEL A. SAMUEL: LAST JUDGE (1-12) 1. HANNAH~anxious wife (1-2a) 2. ELI~ailing priest (2b-3) 3. ISRAEL~arrogant army (4-7) 4. SAUL~anointed king (8-12) B. SAUL: FIRST KING (13-31) 1. JONATHAN~adventurous son (13-14a) 2. SAMUEL~angry prophet (14b-15) 3. DAVID~apparent rival (16-26) a. Simple shepherd b. Skilled musician } IN c. Superb warrior d. Suspected courtier e. Stalked outlaw } OUT f. Soldiering exile 4. PHILISTINES~aggressive foe (27-31) 44

45 C a. b. c a. b. c } } } } II SAMUEL C. DAVID: BEST KING (1-31) 1. TRIUMPHANT ASCENT (1-9) a. Single tribe b. Settled nation } UP c. Sizeable empire 2. TRAGIC DESCENT (10-20) a. Disgraced man b. Disintegrated family DOWN } c. Discontented people Epilogue (21-24) DAVID S LIFE 1. IN 3. UP BEFORE REIGN 2. OUT 4. DOWN } } AFTER REIGN 45

46 1 & 2 SAMUEL Part 2 C a. b. c a. b. c } } } } II SAMUEL C. DAVID: BEST KING (1-31) 1. TRIUMPHANT ASCENT (1-9) a. Single tribe b. Settled nation } UP c. Sizeable empire 2. TRAGIC DESCENT (10-20) a. Disgraced man b. Disintegrated family DOWN } c. Discontented people Epilogue (21-24) DAVID S LIFE 1. IN 3. UP BEFORE REIGN 2. OUT 4. DOWN } } AFTER REIGN 46

47 1. 4. a. a. b. b a. a. b. b a. a. b. b. O.T. NARRATIVE LEVELS OF STUDY 1.ANECDOTAL 4. HISTORICAL (interesting stories) (national development) a.children a.leadership b.adults b.structure 2.DEVOTIONAL 5. CRITICAL (personal messages) (possible errors) a.guidance a. LOWER ~text b.comfort b. HIGHER ~context 3.BIOGRAPHICAL 6. THEOLOGICAL (character studies) (providential over-ruling) a.individual a.justice~retribution b.social b.mercy~redemption 47

48 1 & 2 KINGS Part 1 { { { + THREE PHASES, LED BY HISTORY OF ISRAEL { PROPHETS ~ Moses to Samuel KINGS ~ Saul to Zedekiah PRIESTS ~ Joshua to Caiaphas KINGDOM (S) OF ISRAEL COVERED BY FOUR BOOKS I SAMUEL~Samuel to David I KINGS~Solomon to Ahab II SAMUEL~David II KINGS~Ahab to Zedekiah TWO BOOKS IN HEBREW FOUR BOOKS IN GREEK (LXX) Kingdoms { { IN HEBREW SCRIPTURES NOT HISTORY BUT PROPHECY (Law, Prophets, Writings) FORMER PROPHETS (JOSHUA, JUDGES, SAMUEL, KINGS) LATTER PROPHETS (ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZEKIEL+ TWELVE) 48

49 KINGDOM OF ISRAEL 1.UNITED KINGDOM SAUL 40 (I Samuel) DAVID 40 (II Samuel) SOLOMON 40 (I Kings 1-10) 2.DIVIDED KINGDOM JUDAH~2 TRIBES IN SOUTH ISRAEL~10 TRIBES IN NORTH WAR 80 (I 12-16) PEACE 80 (I 16-II 10) ELIJAH (I 17-II 2) WAR 50 (II 11-17) ELISHA (I 19- II 9) ISRAEL TO ASSYRIA 721 BC. 3.SINGLE KINGDOM JUDAH ( Jew ) 140 (II 18-25) JUDAH TO BABYLON 587 BC. 49

50 1 & 2 KINGS Part 2 ISRAEL (N.10) KINGS JUDAH (S.2) SYNCHRONISED DATE OF ACCESSION DATE OF ACCESSION NAME OF CAPITAL AGE AT ACCESSION LENGTH OF REIGN LENGTH OF REIGN JUDGEMENT NAME OF MOTHER (EVIL) NAME OF FATHER JUDGEMENT (GOOD or EVIL) SOURCE REFERENCE SOURCE REFERENCE DEATH DEATH AND BURIAL SON SON (UNLESS USURPER) (SUCCESSOR) Compared to Jeroboam Compared to David 50

51 * 721 * 587 NORTH ISRAEL (10) SOUTH JUDAH (2) Prophets Kings Kings Prophets AHIJAH JEROBOAM REHOBOAM SHEMAIAH NADAB ABIJAM JEHU BAASHA ASA ELAH ZIMRI OMRI ELIJAH AHAB JEHOSHAPHAT OBADIAH MICAIAH AHAZIAH JEHORAM JEHORAM ELISHA JEHU AHAZIAH JEHOAHAZ ATHALIAH* JEHOASH JOASH JOEL JONAH JEROBOAM II AMAZIAH AMOS ZECHARIAH AZARIAH (UZZIAH) SHALLUM HOSEA MENAHEM JOTHAM ISAIAH PEKAHIAH MICAH Very Good Good Bad Very Bad Queen* PEKAH HOSHEA 721 BC AHAZ HEZEKIAH MANASSEH AMON JOSIAH JEHOAHAZ JEHOIAKIM JEHOIACHIN ZEDEKIAH NAHUM JEREMIAH ZEPHANIAH HABAKKUK DANIEL 587 BC EZEKIEL 51

52 HEBREW POETRY 1. - a. b.?? HEBREW POETRY PARALLELISM Thought-rhyme Balance of SENSE, not SOUND 1.SYNONYMOUS~Same thought-different words a. SIMPLY REPEATED b. TAKEN FURTHER Where can I go O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger. from your spirit? Or discipline me in your wrath. Where can I flee Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am faint. from your presence? O Lord, heal me, for my bones are in agony. 2. ANTITHETIC~Opposite thought Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, Will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him. 3. SYNTHETIC~Added thought The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters. 52

53 PSALMS Part } BOOKS PSALMS DIVINE NAMES YAHWEH ELOHIM I 1-41 (41) II (30) III (16) IV (16) V (43) } AUTHORS DAVID~most in I and II, some in V SONS OF KORAH~in II (42-49) and III SONS OF ASAPH~in III (73-83) ANONYMOUS~some in IV, most in V MOSES~one in IV (90) 53

54 PSALMS GROUPS : Cross, crook & crown : God is king : Hallel (Passover) : Songs of ascent : Hallelujah! TYPES LAMENT (most) GRATITUDE (many) PENITENCE (few) SPECIAL CATEGORIES ROYAL MESSIANIC WISDOM IMPRECATORY 54

55 PSALMS Part PSALMS GROUPS : Cross, crook & crown : God is king : Hallel (Passover) : Songs of ascent : Hallelujah! TYPES LAMENT (most) GRATITUDE (many) PENITENCE (few) SPECIAL CATEGORIES ROYAL MESSIANIC WISDOM IMPRECATORY 55

56 PROVERBS Part 1 1:1-7 1:8-9:18 10:1-22:16 22:17-23:14 23:15-24:22 24: :1-29:27 30: :1-31 OUTLINE OF PROVERBS PROLOGUE 1:1-7 ADVICE TO YOUTH (1:8-9:18) FROM A FATHER ABOUT BAD WOMEN PROVERBS OF SOLOMON (10:1-22:16) COLLECTED BY HIMSELF WORDS OF THE WISE (22:17-23:14) THIRTY SAYINGS ADVICE TO YOUTH (23:15-24:22) WORDS OF THE WISE (24:23-34) SIX SAYINGS PROVERBS OF SOLOMON (25:1-29:27) COPIED BY HEZEKIAH AGUR 30:1-33 ADVICE TO YOUTH (31:1-31) FROM A MOTHER ABOUT GOOD WOMEN 56

57 PROVERBS Part 2 1:1-7 1:8-9:18 10:1-22:16 22:17-23:14 23:15-24:22 24: :1-29:27 30: :1-31 OUTLINE OF PROVERBS PROLOGUE 1:1-7 ADVICE TO YOUTH (1:8-9:18) FROM A FATHER ABOUT BAD WOMEN PROVERBS OF SOLOMON (10:1-22:16) COLLECTED BY HIMSELF WORDS OF THE WISE (22:17-23:14) THIRTY SAYINGS ADVICE TO YOUTH (23:15-24:22) WORDS OF THE WISE (24:23-34) SIX SAYINGS PROVERBS OF SOLOMON (25:1-29:27) COPIED BY HEZEKIAH AGUR 30:1-33 ADVICE TO YOUTH (31:1-31) FROM A MOTHER ABOUT GOOD WOMEN 57

58 :8-9 1:8-9:18 1:20-3:26; 4:1-13; 8:1-9:12 3: : : :10-19; 4: :1-14; 6:20-7:27 6:1-5 6:6-11 9: :1-22:16 1. ~ 10:1-15:33 2. ~ 16:1-22:16 25:1-29: :1-7 26: : : : : : :1-29:27 31: : :10-31 ADVICE TO YOUTH (1:8-9:18) FROM A FATHER ABOUT BAD WOMEN 1. DO: obey your parents (1:8-9) seek & get wisdom (1:20-3:26, 4:1-13, 8:1-9:12) be kind to others (3:27-35) keep your heart (4:23-27) be faithful to your spouse (5:15-23) 2. DON T: get into bad company (1:10-19, 4:14-22) commit adultery (5:1-14, 6:20-7:27) take out loans (6:1-5) be lazy (6:6-11) befriend foolish women (9:13-18) PROVERBS OF SOLOMON (10:1-22:16) COLLECTED BY HIMSELF 1. CONTRAST~godly & wicked lines (10:1-15:33) 2. CONTENT~godly life (16:1-22:16) PROVERBS OF SOLOMON (25:1-29:27) COPIED BY HEZEKIAH 1. RELATIONSHIPS with kings (25:1-7) neighbours (25:8-20) enemies (25:21-24) yourself (25:25-28) fools (26:1-12) sluggards (26:13-16) gossips (26:17-28) 2. RIGHTEOUSNESS (27:1-29:27) ADVICE TO YOUTH (31:1-31) FROM A MOTHER ABOUT GOOD WOMEN 1. King of nation (31:1-9) 2. Queen of a home (31:10-31) 58

59 JOB Part 1 A. 1~2 B. 3~ a i ii iii b i ii C STRUCTURE OF JOB A.PROLOGUE (1-2) PROSE Two rounds : GOD and SATAN B.DIALOGUE (3-42:6) POETRY 1. HUMAN (3-37) a. ELIPHAZ, BILDAD, ZOPHAR (3-31) i. Round 1 (3-14) ii. Round 2 (15-21) iii. Round 3 (22-31) b. ELIHU (32-37) A monologue! 2. DIVINE (38-42:6) i. Round 1 (38-39) ii. Round 2 (40-42:6) C.EPILOGUE (42:7-17) PROSE Final round : GOD and JOB 59

60 JOB Part 2 A. 1~2 B. 3~ a i ii iii b i ii C STRUCTURE OF JOB A.PROLOGUE (1-2) PROSE Two rounds : GOD and SATAN B.DIALOGUE (3-42:6) POETRY 1. HUMAN (3-37) a. ELIPHAZ, BILDAD, ZOPHAR (3-31) i. Round 1 (3-14) ii. Round 2 (15-21) iii. Round 3 (22-31) b. ELIHU (32-37) A monologue! 2. DIVINE (38-42:6) i. Round 1 (38-39) ii. Round 2 (40-42:6) C.EPILOGUE (42:7-17) PROSE Final round : GOD and JOB 60

61 JOB S THREE FRIENDS ELIPHAZ BILDAD ZOPHAR RIGHTEOUS PROSPER WICKED SUFFER GOD S TRANSCENDENCE GOD S OMNIPOTENCE GOD S OMNISCIENCE 61

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