Today, and for our next two Sundays, we are surveying the 3 eras of NT history, laying out the story line of the historical events recorded in the NT. The first era of NT history is the Gospel Era. The Gospel Era includes all the events in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, as told […]
Sermons
Understanding Your Bible: New Testament Intro
It can be hard, keeping straight what’s in the OT and what’s in the NT. It’s pretty easy to get things mixed up. I’m hoping the work we are doing in this series Understanding Your Bible will help us all unmix some things, especially as we move this morning from our studies in the OT. Now […]
Prophetical Books
What comes after the 5 Poetical books are the 17 Prophetical Books of the OT. From Isaiah to Malachi, these 17 books contain the prophecies of Israel’s prophets. On your handout, we define Biblical prophecy. Prophecy defined: Biblical prophecy is proclaiming the word of God, both for the future and in the present.
Poetical Books
This Sunday we are focusing on the Poetical Books of the Old Testament. We will start with some notes about the Poetical Books in general, and then we will take a closer look at a classic passage from the poetical book of Proverbs, Proverbs 3.
Silence Era
There are 9 consecutive eras of OT history, and the ninth era is the subject of today’s study. The Silence Era of OT history. I guess it’s an era of OT history, kind of, though really the era we are talking about, there are no books of the Bible written during this era. Instead we […]
Return Era
When Esther’s countrymen, the entirety of the Jewish race, are threatened with genocide, it’s Esther who steps forward, risking her life in one selfless act, for the survival of the Hebrew people, her people.
Exile Era
God’s people lived in roller-coaster rebellion against Him for four hundred years during the Kingdom Era, continually paying the price for their rebellion, worshipping false gods, and becoming increasing immoral. Finally, their guilt became so great that judgment came in the form of military conquest and national exile. During the time of the Exile, there […]
Kingdom Era
The Kingdom Era as a four-hundred-year period during which Israel is a full-fledged nation ruled by a monarchy, by kings. The central figure of the Kingdom Era is David. David, The Giant Slayer, David, The Lord is my Shepherd David. David will be the second king to rule the nation of Israel.