Bible Overview (Page 2)
Christians often have a hard fitting pieces of the bible together. We may have an understanding of family, church, sin, salvation, the cross and other aspects of Christianity, but a lot of times we don’t see how all of these fit together and paint a true picture of Christ.
Proverbs
Before we look at the Prophets, we need to discuss several other books, namely the books of Poetry. We will begin with the book of Proverbs, a book that is filled with wisdom that mostly comes from Solomon. The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young…
Kings and Chronicles
David, the man after God’s own heart, has now been established as king. He has been told that the line of the Messiah will come through him, and that His kingdom will last forever. And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and…
Saul and David
And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh; And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said…
Samuel
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Judges 21: 25 As the time of the judges comes to an end, the nation of Israel is the midst of great moral decay. The Patriarchs, the priests, and the judges have all failed to bring the nation of Israel out of their sin and back into right standing with God. God now raises up a deliverer for the nation…
Ruth
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued…
The Judges
The children of Israel have conquered much of the Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership. After his death, a pattern of sin, judgment, repentance, and restoration emerges. And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years…
Unbelief
Sermon previously titled: The Wilderness Wandering and Entering the Promised Land After the children of Israel receive the Law they come to the Promised Land. They send spies into the land to search it out and they bring back their report. And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and…
The Cultic Laws
After looking at the Priesthood and Tabernacle, we can see the Gospel clearly presented; but what about the cultic laws? What is a Christian supposed to do with the dietary restrictions of the Old Testament? What about the laws concerning tattoos and facial hair? What about the feasts and the other laws? For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. This…
The Priesthood
After looking at the Tabernacle, the next question is what about the High Priest? If God’s eternal purpose was that anyone who believed in Jesus could enter His presence, why did He incorporate the Levitical priesthood? For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest…
The Tabernacle
Most Christians have a very hard time understanding the place of the Law in relationship to the Gospel of Grace. What was the purpose of the Tabernacle? What place does it now have for the believer in Christ? And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. And this is the offering which ye shall…
The Old Covenant of Law (Part 2)
We saw that the Law was used to bring conviction of sin, but that the Law lacked power to make us right with God. The Law was given to teach us that we need a Savior. Now that we are saved, what is the purpose of the Law? Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.…
The Old Covenant of Law (Part 1)
Sermon previously titled: Law Is Not Our Saviour Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married…