Good morning,
This week we will begin a ten week series on the Old Testament foundation stones. These are the bedrock for what we believe. Without an understanding and obedience to these teachings, no one can correctly understand the rest of the Bible. Including our salvation.
Our study will encompass the whole book of Genesis 1-50 and Exodus 1-12.
We begin with an introduction to the Old Testament, things to know about the Old Testament, and the eight foundation stones.
MAKEUP OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
- 39 books a.17 Historical
Pentateuch (First 5 books: Law-Redemptive-Historical)
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
Last 12 books Historical
Joshua Judges Ruth 1-2 Samuel 1-2 Kings 1-2 Chronicles
Ezra Nehemiah Esther
b. 5 Poetry (Experiential-personal, dealing with the human heart)
Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon
c. 17 Prophetical (5 major 12 minor prophets)
Major Prophets: Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel
Minor prophets: Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi
If you have never read the Old Testament, I would encourage you to do so. Besides the Foundation Stones, there are great stories of love, war, kings and queens, obedience and disobedience to God, and pictures of the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ. A man is swallowed by a whale and lives. A man loses his family, wealth, and possessions in one day. He suffers physically, he is berated by his wife and friends. In the end he is given double what he lost. A king who committed adultery and is called a man after God’s own heart. A Moabite woman marries a Jewish man and in a few generations the Messiah Jesus is born.
The Old Testament is a book of excitement and wonder.
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001
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