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Cycle 1 Week 1

Cycle 1 Week 1. Genesis. “You must give to the Bible attention with intention, and it is intention that will necessitate attention. Perhaps there is so little attention in Bible reading today because there is so little intention.

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Cycle 1 Week 1

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  1. Cycle 1 Week1 Genesis

  2. “You must give to the Bible attention with intention, and it is intention that will necessitate attention. Perhaps there is so little attention in Bible reading today because there is so little intention. We must come to it with a purpose, with a clearly defined object; we must know what we are about.” - Henrietta Mears

  3. What we Hope to Achieve • Our five, weekly get-togethers every cycle will be a track to keep us all on. • An accountability check to help motivate us all to stay up with each other! • Get us all to read the Bible through this year! • Prepare a foundation for future study • Opportunity to ask questions

  4. Introduction to Old Testament Survey Reasons for studying the Bible • It will help settle us. Eph. 4:14 • It will help save us from theological food poisoning. 1 Tim. 4:13-16 • It will help us reflect God. 2 Tim. 2:15 • It will help us equip ourselves. 2 Tim. 3:13-17; Eph. 6:10-17 • We will understand the history of Israel. 1 Cor. 10:1-5 • We will understand the restoration of Israel. Rom. 11:25 • We will understand spiritual gifts. 1 Cor. 12:1 • We will understand the return of Christ. 1 Thess. 4:13-17 • We will understand the destruction of this earth. 2 Pet. 3:8, 10

  5. Introduction to Old Testament Survey What are we going to need? • Ask the Holy Spirit to help us in this mammoth task! • Attend every meeting as far as possible! • Stick to the Reading Plan • Keep up with the reading plan • Take your own notes. A famous author once wrote, “The pen is the crowbar of the mind.”Writing your thoughts will stimulate more ideas. • Decide to make it fun not a chore! • Encourage one another • Read through “Welcome to salt”

  6. Introduction to Old Testament Survey Books most referred to in New testament Isaiah, referred to 419 times in 23 New Testament books Psalms, 414 times in 23 books Genesis, 260 times in 21 books Exodus, 250 times in 19 books Deuteronomy, 208 times in 21 books Ezekiel, 141 times in 15 books Daniel, 133 times in 17 books Jeremiah, 125 times in 17 books Leviticus, 107 times in 15 books Numbers, 73 times in 4 books

  7. Introduction to Old Testament Survey The Old Testament is made up of 39 books 929 chapters 23,214 verses 593,493 words Longest book—Psalms Shortest book—Obadiah 17 historical books 5 poetical books 17 prophetical books

  8. Introduction to Old Testament Survey New Testament is made up of 27 books 260 chapters 7959 verses 181,253 words Longest book—Acts Shortest book—3 John 4 Gospels 1 historical book 22 epistles

  9. Introduction to Old Testament Survey Mark Driscoll says, “The Bible reveals to us that God is sovereign over history and works in history for individuals, family lines and nations. What makes the biblical account of history unique is that it does not merely tell us of people, events and ideas, but also explains their theological meaning in relation to God. Therefore, the historical record of the Bible is written with the primary purpose of revealing who God is through his work in history so that we can see our lives as inextricably connected to him in every way and only meaningful when understood in light of him.”

  10. Introduction to Old Testament Survey “Jesus Christ is the Key to both the inspiration and the interpretation of the Bible” - Norman Geisler

  11. Introduction to Old Testament Survey • Jesus claimed 5 times that he was the theme of the entire canon of OT Scripture. • Speaking of the Law and Prophets He said, “I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Mat 5:17) • Jesus walking with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, and “beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself” (Lk 24:27) • Later to the ten disciples, “Everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled” (Lk 24:44) • In dialogue with the Jews Jesus charged, “You search the Scriptures . . . and it is they that bear witness of me.” (Jn 5:39) • The writer of Hebrews ascribes to Christ these words of Ps 40. “It is written of me in the roll of the book” (Heb 10:7) The Bible must be interpreted Christocentrically!

  12. Types of Christ in the Old Testament: Adam: his headship over a new creation Noah: his saving life Abraham: his fatherhood Melchizedek: his priestly ministry Isaac: his death Joseph: most perfect type of Christ in the Old Testament Hated without a cause Ridiculed Plotted against Stripped of his robe Sold for silver Lied about Placed in captivity with two guilty men Unrecognized by his own

  13. Types of Christ in the Old Testament contd. Moses: his prophetical ministry Joshua: his victorious life David: his kingly ministry Solomon: his wisdom Elijah: his forerunner Elisha: his miracles Jonah: his resurrection Jeremiah: his sorrows Daniel: his acceptance by the Father Ezekiel: his parables Ezra: his zeal for the scriptures Nehemiah: his zeal for the Holy City

  14. The earliest division of the OT was a simple twofold division: The Law – Genesis-Deuteronomy The Prophets – Joshua-Malachi There was an early tendency within Jewish circles to divide the Prophets two sections called Prophets and Writings, thus making a three fold division. The Hebrew Old Testament was translated into Greek at Alexandria around 280 to 150 B.C. This translation was known as the Septuagint or LXX. At the time the books were rearranged according to subject mater. This arrangement latter served as the modern fourfold division of the Old Testament into Law, History, Poetry and Prophecy. Although the Old Testament has been variously divided into two, three and four divisions, there has been no variation in the contents of the OT! For our study this year, we will be using the fourfold division, because it fits in well with the four cycles that we will be studying the Old Testament.

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