The Old Testament

Overview: Exodus 19-40 1. God becomes Israel’s; Israel becomes God’s (Exod. 19-24)The covenant God makes with Israel in Exodus 19-24 fulfills a promise made to Abraham to be the God of his offspring forever (Gen. 17:7). Through this covenant, God formally binds Himself to Israel. Israel becomes His, and He …

Exodus 1-18 Part 1 of 2 In Exodus, the Israelites come to Mt. Sinai, where God invites them into a covenant relationship. He wants to make them his representatives to all the nations and come to personally live in their midst. But Israel rebels by making an idol of the …

Genesis 2 Summary Nine generations of Shem’s descendants, the Semites, pass. God calls on a man named Abram, living with his father Terah and his wife Sarai in Haran, a city in upper Mesopotamia. God makes a covenant with Abram, promising to make Abram’s descendants into a great nation. Abram …

The Book of Proverbs The Book of Proverbs is divided into four main sections, with three additional sections, or appendices, included at the end. The first third of Proverbs is an extended lecture spoken by the personified voice of “Wisdom.” This section is the most conversational, narrative, and thematic portion …

The Book of Ecclesiastes The narrator of Ecclesiastes is a nameless person who calls himself a “Teacher,” and identifies himself as the current king of Israel and a son of King David. The Teacher opens with the exclamation, “Vanity of vanities . . . ! All is vanity” (1:2). He …

Bible Overview: Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes (/ɪˌkliːziˈæstiːz/; Hebrew: קֹהֶלֶת, qōheleṯ, Greek: Ἐκκλησιαστής, Ekklēsiastēs) is one of 24 books of the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible, where it is classified as one of the Ketuvim (or “Writings”). Originally written c. 450–200 BCE, it is also among the canonical Wisdom Books in the Old Testament …

Book of Lamentations Summary The book consists of five separate poems. In the first (chapter 1), the city sits as a desolate weeping widow overcome with miseries. In Chapter 2 these miseries are described in connection with national sins and acts of God. Chapter 3 speaks of hope for the …

Daniel Bible Tales of Daniel The Book of Daniel begins with an introduction telling how Daniel and his companions came to be in Babylon, followed by a set of tales set in the Babylonian and Persian courts, followed in turn by a set of visions in which Daniel sees the …

The Old Testament Told in Only 5 Minutes This is a brilliant and very quick review of the Old Testament. What’s most shocking (but accurate) is the depiction of the fall of Israel and its’ people due to disobedience to GOD. Thank you RiverGlen Christian Church for putting this together, …

5 minutes Summary for Bible Old Testament (with Chinese Caption) Summary of the Old Testament: After Adam and Eve, the Hebrew lineage truly began with Abraham (about 1900 B.C.). Abraham’s Personal Covenant (contract) with God (Genesis 12, 15, 17) God said that Abraham would be the father of “many nations” and …