• Creation and people begin to sin (Genesis 1-11)
    • Exodus 20:9 – The Earth was created in 6 days – not eons.
    • Genesis 3:14-19 – Man sins and was cursed.
    • Hebrews 2:14
    • I Corinthians 15:54
    • Genesis 6:17 – God brings a worldwide flood to destroy the corrupt, violent people.
    • God is in charge. Man’s great dilemma is sin.
  • Abraham and 3 promises (Genesis 12-50)
    • Genesis 12:1-7 – God makes three promises to Abraham
      • Descendants to become a great nation
      • Descendants to inherit the land of Canaan
      • Through Abraham all the nations would be blessed
  • Deliverance from Egypt, Law of Moses, Canaan (Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua)
    • Exodus 1:1-9; 12:37 – The first promise if fulfilled – Israel is a great nation!
    • Joshua 21:43; 23:14 – The second promise if fulfilled – Israel takes the promised land.
  • United and Divided Kingdom (Judges, I & II Samuel, I & II Kings, I & II Chronicles)
    • No righteous kings in Israel. Assyrian captivity after 200 years.
    • A few righteous kings in Judah. Babylonian captivity after 350 years.
    • God sends many prophets to both kingdoms to try to get them to turn back.
  • Captivity, return, and rebuilding (Ezra and Nehemiah)
    • Three waves of deportations followed by three waves of returning exiles.
    • 400 years of silence before the events of the New Testament begin.
  • Jesus and the Good News! (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
    • Acts 3:25-26 – Final promise to Abraham fulfilled in Jesus. Jesus’ earthly parents came through Abraham’s line of descendants and through Him, all mankind would be blessed.
    • Jesus is crucified and buried. On the third day, He is resurrected, appears to many, and then ascends to Heaven where He reigns today.
  • The New Covenant begins (Acts)
    • Acts 1:8
  • The Bible as a whole tells the story of sin, our greatest problem, and how God worked His plan over thousands of years to bring a Savior to the world. Now we can all unite and obey that Savior so that we can glorify God and go to Heaven in the end!