Series: 17 Periods

Service: Wednesday Bible Study

Type: Bible Class

Speaker: Jeremy Bowling

1.) Before the Flood

2.) The Flood

3.) Scattering of the People

Genesis 11
- One People & One Language
- Build & Tower & Make a Name for Ourselves
- God Confusions Language
- God Scatters People
- 10 Generations from Shem to Abram

4.) The Patriarachs

Genesis 12-50 & Job?
- 3 Promises (Nation, Land, & Seed)
- Abram/Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob/Israel
- Joseph

5.) Exodus

Exodus 1-40; Leviticus 1-27; Numbers 1-13
- Slavery in Egypt & Moses
- 10 Plagues
- Passover & Red Sea
- 1 Year at Mt. Sinai
- 12 Spies

6.) Wandering in the Wilderness

Numbers 14-36; Deuteronomy 1-34
- Sentence of 40 Years
- People Complain/Rebel
- Generation Dies
- Early Victories & 2nd Census
- Moses Dies & Joshua as New Leader

7.) Invasion & Conquest

Joshua 1-24
- Joshua as Leader & Crossing the Jordan
- Central Campaign
- Southern Campaign
- Northern Campaign
- Land Divided & Joshua's Farewell Address

8.) Judges

Judges 1-21, Ruth 1-4, I Samuel 1-7
- 5 R's
  - Rest
  - Rebel
  - Rebuke
  - Repent
  - Rescue
- 15 Judges
  - Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon
  - Abimelech, Tola, Jair, Jephtheh, Ibzan
  - Elon, Abdon, Samson, Eli, Samuel

9.) United Kingdom

I Samuel 8-31; II Samuel 1-24; I Kings 1-11; I Chronicles 10-29; II Chronicles 1-9;
Psalms; Proverbs; Ecclesiastes; Song of Solomon
- Samuel (Last Judge & God's Prophet)
- King Saul
- King David (Messianic Promise: David's Seed)
- King Solomon
- Divided Heart > Divided Kingdom

10.) Divided Kingdom

I Kings 12-22; II King 1-17; II Chronicles 10-31 (~200 years)
Isaiah; Hosea; Joel; Amos; Obadiah; Jonah; Micah
- Kingdom of Israel to the North (10 Tribes)
- Kingdom of Judah to the South (2 Tribes)
- Prophets: Elijah & Elisha
- Written Prophets: Isaiah, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadian, Jonah, Micah
- Assyria Conquers Israel... Judah is Spared

11.) Judah Alone

II Kings18-25; II Chronicles 29-36 (~130 years)
Jeremiah; Nahum; Habbakuk; Zephaniah
- Assyrians Captivity of Israel
- Judah Spared - King Hezekiah & Isaiah
- Kings - Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah
- Prophets - Jeremiah, Nahum, Habkkuk, Zephaniah
- Babylonian Captivity in 3 Waves

12.) Captivity

II Kings 24-25; II Chronicles 36
Daniel; Ezkeil; Jeremiah; Lamentations
- Babylonian Captivity in 3 Waves
- 70 Years & Future Hope
- Prophets - Daniel & Ezekiel
- Medo-Persians (Cyrus) Conquer Babylonians
- Return in 3 Waves

13.) Return

Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
- Cyrus' Decree & 1st Return under Zerubabbel & Joshua (~536 BC)
- Story of Esther (~485 BC)
- 2nd Return under Ezra (~458 BC)
- 3rd Return under Nehemiah (~445 BC)
- OT Ends with Malachi & the Promise the LORD is Coming (~400 BC)

14.) Years of Silence

Daniel
- ~400 Years of God's Silence
- Rise & Fall of Nations
  - Babylon > Persia > Greeks > Romans
- Development of Jewish Parties
  - Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots
- Judea under Roman Control & Herod the Great
- Silence broken by Angelic Announcements
  - Galatians 4:4 - "But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law..."

15.) Life of Christ

Angelic Announcements/Years of Preparation (Birth of John & Jesus; John's Ministry Preparing the Way)
Ministry of Jesus (Teachings, Choosing the Twelve, Miracles, Predicting His Death & Resurrection)
Last Week (Instituting the Lord’s Supper, Promise of the Holy Spirit, Betrayal & Arrest)
Death, Burial & Resurrection
Exaltation & Great Commission

16.) Early Church

17.) Letters to Christians