Early World

Genesis 1-2  & Genesis 3

Genesis 4

Genesis 6, 9

Genesis 11: 1-9

Patriarchs

Genesis 12: 1-9   God calls Abraham

Genesis 15, 17, 22   God’s covenant with Abraham

Genesis 25: 19-34   Jacob and Esau

Genesis 29:1 - 30:24  Jacob gets married;  Jacob’s children

Genesis 32: 22-32  Jacob wrestles with God and gets a new name

Genesis 37-50  Joseph and his brothers:  to just get the gist of the story, focus on Genesis 37 and 41-44

Egypt and Exodus

Exodus 3 - Moses and the burning bush

Exodus 7-10   Plagues on Egypt

Exodus 11-14   The last plague (Passover), the Exodus, the Red Sea

Exodus 32   The golden calf

Desert Wanderings

Numbers 13-14   Rebellion and forty years of wandering

Numbers 25         Israel's apostasy with the Baal of Peor

Conquest & Judges

Joshua 2      Rahab and the spies

Joshua 6      The Fall of Jerico

Judges 1:1-3:6  Conquest; overview of sin cycle

Judges 13-16    Samson and Delilah

Royal Kingdom

1 Samuel 8   Israel asks for a king

2 Samuel 7   God makes a covenant with David

1 Kings 9, 11:1-13   Solomon's reign and folly

Divided Kingdom

1 Kings 11:26-13:10, 14  The Royal Kingdom divides; sins of the North

Hosea 11, 14   A message to the North (Israel; also called "Ephraim")

Jeremiah 31:1-14   A message tot he South (Judah)

Exile

2 Kings 17   Exile of the North (Israel)

2 Kings 25:1-21  Exile of the South (Judah)

Return

Ezra 1, 3   Cyrus foretold; the Return; foundations of the Temple laid

Ezra 4-6   Samaritan opposition

Nehemiah 1, 2, 6  Nehemiah's return; rebuilding of Jerusalem walls

Maccabean Revolt

1 Maccabees 1-2   Maccabean revolt

2 Maccabees 7   Seven martyrs and their mother

Messianic Fulfillment - Part 1

Luke 1-4   Announcement of the birth of the Messiah; temptation in the desert

Luke 6:12-36   The twelve apostles; the Sermon on the Plain

Luke 9:1-36   Sending out of the Twelve; feeding of the five thousand; Peter's confession of faith; the Transfiguration

Messianic Fulfillment - Part 2

Luke 22-24   The Last Supper and the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus

Church

Acts 1:1-11   The Ascension

Acts 2   Pentecost

Acts 7-8   Stephen's martyrdom; the message begins to spread

Acts 9-11   Saul's conversion; Peter's vision

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