Reshape the important Jewish stories to provide hope for the Israelites

Genealogy summarizing the storyline by naming key characters

Hope through the ideal king David and for the future Messiah

Focus on king David's line and the book ends with an incomplete sentence!

All of the creation is God's temple - God's delight, modeled after garden of Eden

God dwells with His people - Work and Keep: instead of ruling with God, human...

Jesus - a new kind of priest: Jesus was the true temple!

God's temple was God's people - renewed cosmic temple: God dwells with his people

Torah - Instruction: from Adam to Moses

Nevi'im: Prophets - former prophets in exile to Babylon to latter prophets

Ketuvim: Writings - Psalms, the righteous one, and wisdom scrolls

Chronicles retells the whole story about the future King.

God made an interesting promise: someone will come to crush the serpent's head

Was David the snake crusher?

This king is eventually coming from David's line!

Why was this king bitten? Jesus restored the goodness of garden here on earth.