Salvation History I: Old Testament

Session 0: Introduction to the bible

Get started with an introduction to the bible

God creates earth and man

Adam and Eve disobey God and leave the Garden of Eden

We meet Adam and Eve's children - Cain, Abel and Seth,

Genesis 6-10 Many generations have passed since the time of Adam and Eve, and humans have multiplied and increased in number....

Genesis 12 - 25 Time and generations have passed since the great flood. The number of people have multiplied greatly and Noah's...

Genesis 25 to 33 Abraham's son Isaac marries Rebekah and has twin sons, Jacob and Esau. Read or watch the story of Jacob and Esau. The...

Genesis 37-50 Jacob (aka Israel) fathers 12 sons and 1 daughter. Genesis 37-50 tell of how the family moves from Canaan and settles in...

Exodus 1-14 400 years pass and the descendants of Israel have multiplied and grown very strong, such that the land (Egypt) was filled...

After God frees his people from Egypt, he doesn't just leave the Israelites to make their way to the promised land (Canaan) as...

Book of Numbers After leaving Egypt, the Israelites spent about a year a Mount Sinai, where God gave them his laws and taught them how to...

Book of Joshua After leaving Egypt, the Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years. A new generation of Israelites has grown up, and...

Book of Judges After Joshua led the Israelites into the promised land, the 12 tribes settled into their designated areas. They were...

1 Samuel Chapters 1-16 In the book of Judges, we see what happens when Israel lives among the Canaanites in the promised land. They go...

In the last session, we met Saul, the first king of Israel. Over time, Saul became disobedient and proud and lost the kingdom as a...

After David dies, Solomon becomes King of Israel. He's often said to be about 20 years or younger when he assumes the throne. Read the...

1 Kings 12 - 2 Kings 8, 2 Kings 17 The kingdom of Israel was now split in 2, due to Solomon's failure to keep the Covenant and Rehoboam's...

The Southern Kingdom of Judah comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, with Jerusalem as its center. Rehoboam, Solomon's son, was...

In 722 BC, the Northern Kingdom of Israel was conquered by Assyria and scattered in exile. The Southern Kingdom of Israel was conquered...

The people of Judah were exiled in Babylon for about 70 years. In 539 BC, the Kingdom of Persia, led by King Cyrus, came into power and...