Understanding The Bible |
Descriptive Statements of Jesus Christ from "What the Bible Is All About" by Henrietta C. Mears, c. 1953
1. | You Need a Believing Relationship With Jesus Christ, God the Holy Spirit, and God the Father | |
2. | You Need a Working Fellowship With Jesus Christ, God the Holy Spirit, and God the Father | |
3. | You Need a Working Prayer Life With Jesus Christ, God the Holy Spirit, and God the Father | |
4. | You Need a Systematic Theology that is: | |
Fundamental in its elements, Evangelical in its thoughts and outreach, Follows the Normal Literal Interpretation, is Historical, And No Scripture stands alone in its interpretation |
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5. | A Willing Desire to Know and Follow God's Word, even if it means hard changes |
The Law (Pentateuch) | ||
The Prophets | ||
The Former Prophets | ||
The Latter Prophets | ||
The Minor Prophets | ||
The Writings (Kethubiim) | ||
Poetry | ||
The "Rolls" | ||
Writings | ||
The New Testament | ||
The Gospels | ||
The Transitional Book of Acts | ||
The Non-Pauline Epistles | ||
The Pauline Epistles | ||
Eschatological | ||
Soteriological | ||
Christological (Prison Epistles) |
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Ecclesiological (Pastoral) |
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The Book of Revelation |
The Old Testament | Major Bible Theme | Events and Descriptions |
1. Genesis | Jesus Christ, Savior of the World | |
The Creation | ||
The Creation of Mankind | ||
The Fall of Mankind | ||
The Flood | ||
Babel, the Confusion of Tongues | ||
The Call of Abram | ||
The Emigration to Egypt | ||
2. Exodus | Jesus Christ, Our Passover Lamb | |
Bondage | ||
Passover | ||
The Exodus | ||
The Building of The Tabernacle | ||
3. Leviticus | Jesus Christ, Our Sin Sacrifice | |
The Spoken Picture Book | ||
The Feasts | ||
The Law of Moses | ||
4. Numbers | Jesus Christ, Our 'Lifted Up' Savior | |
Murmurings | ||
The Book of the Individual | ||
The Tragedy of Kadesh Barnea | ||
5. Deuteronomy | Jesus Christ, Our True Prophet | |
Remembering God's Law and Israel's Future | ||
6. Joshua | Jesus Christ Our Captain of Salvation | |
A Generation Dead in the Desert | ||
Possess The Land | ||
The Conquest of Canaan | ||
7. Judges | Jesus Christ, Our Deliverer Judge | |
8. Ruth | Jesus Christ, God Our Kinsman Redeemer | Establishing the Lineage of David |
9. 1 Samuel | Jesus Christ, Our King | Saul, David, Solomon, The Kingdom |
10. 2 Samuel | Jesus Christ, Our King | Failure of Saul, the Sucesses of David |
11. 1 Kings | Jesus Christ, Our King | 400 years of Growth and Decay |
12. 2 Kings | Jesus Christ, Our King | 400 years of Growth and Decay |
13. 1 Chronicles | Jesus Christ, Our King | 400 years of Growth and Decay |
14. 2 Chronicles | Jesus Christ, Our King | 400 years of Growth and Decay |
15. Ezra | Jesus Christ, Our Restorer | The Captives Released |
16. Nehemiah | Jesus Christ, Our Restorer | The Rebuilding of the Temple |
17. Esther | Jesus Christ, Our Advocate | The Deliverance of the Jews from Haman |
18. Job | Jesus Christ, Our Redeemer | Testing Apart From Sin |
19. Psalms | Jesus Christ, Our All in All | Songs to the Lord |
20. Proverbs | Jesus Christ, Our Wisdom | Capsules of Wisdom |
21. Ecclesiastes | Jesus Christ, Our Wisdom | The Futility of Life Without God |
22. Song of Solomon | Jesus Christ, Our Wisdom | God's Love of Israel |
23. Isaiah | Jesus Christ, Our Messiah | The downfall of Israel's enemies and the Comming Mesiah |
24. Jeremiah | Jesus Christ, Our Righteous Branch | God's Judgment because of Sin |
25. Lamentations | Jesus Christ, Our Righteous Branch | Weaping over the Sins of the people |
26. Ezekiel | Jesus Christ, The Son of Man | God Will Fulfill His Promises |
27. Daniel | Jesus Christ, The Smiting Stone | The Hand of God |
28. Hosea | Jesus Christ, The Healer of the Backslider | God Loves His People, Inspite of Their Sin |
29. Joel | Jesus Christ, The Restorer | Revival Follows Repentance |
30. Amos | Jesus Christ, The Husbandman | "Gather My Straying People" |
31. Obadiah | Jesus Christ, Our Savior | "Edom, You Looked On While Jerusalem Perished" |
32. Jonah | Jesus Christ, Our Resurrection and Life | Jonah: Israel Personified |
33. Micah | Jesus Christ, The Witness Against Rebellious Nations | God is Offended by Cruel Actions |
34. Nahum | Jesus Christ, A Stronghold in the Day of Trouble | Mercy Unheeded finally brings Judgment |
35. Habakuk | Jesus Christ, The God of My Salvation | Why Punish Judah? |
36. Zephaniah | Jesus Christ, A Jealous Lord | "For Whom The Lord Loveth He Chasteneth" |
37. Haggai | Jesus Christ, the Desire of All Nations | Persuading the People to Rebuild the Temple |
38. Zechariah | Jesus Christ, The Righteous Branch | The Presence of God to Strengthen and Help |
39. Malachi | Jesus Christ, The Sun of Righteousness | "I have Loved You, Saith The Lord" |
40. Matthew | Jesus Christ, The Promised Messiah | |
41. Mark | Jesus Christ, The Servant of God | |
42. Luke | Jesus Christ, The Son of Man | |
43. John | Jesus Christ, The Son of God | |
God Comes to Earth | ||
The Birth of the Christ | ||
The Baptism of the Christ | ||
The Temptation of Christ | ||
His Kingdom Message | ||
His Redemptive Message | ||
His Miracles | ||
His Transfiguration | ||
His Prayers | ||
His Crucifixion | ||
His Resurrection | ||
His Ascension | ||
44. Acts | Jesus Christ, The Living Lord | |
Pentecost | ||
The New Testament Church is Formed | ||
A New Age Begins | ||
The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus (Paul) | ||
45. Romans | Jesus Christ, Our Righteousness | |
46. 1 Corinthians | Jesus Christ, Our Lord | |
47. 2 Corinthians | Jesus Christ, Our Sufficiency | |
48. Galatians | Jesus Christ, Our Liberty | |
49. Ephesians | Jesus Christ, Our All-In-All | |
50. Philippians | Jesus Christ, Our Joy | |
51. Colossians | Jesus Christ, Our Life | |
52. 1 Thessalonians | Jesus Christ, The Coming One | |
53. 2 Thessalonians | Jesus Christ, Our Returning Lord | |
54. 1 Timothy | Jesus Christ, Our Teacher | |
55. 2 Timothy | Jesus Christ, Our Example | |
56. Titus | Jesus Christ, Our Pattern | |
57. Philemon | Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Master | |
58. Hebrews | Jesus Christ, Our Intercessor At The Throne | |
59. James | Jesus Christ, Our Pattern | |
60. 1 Peter | Jesus Christ, Our Precious Cornerstone of Faith | |
61. 2 Peter | Jesus Christ, Our Strength | |
62. 1 John | Jesus Christ, The Life | |
63. 2 John | Jesus Christ, The Truth | |
64. 3 John | Jesus Christ, The Way | |
65. Jude | Jesus Christ, Our Keeper | |
God's Re-Revelation of the Spiritual Life | ||
God's Revelation of "The Body of Christ" | ||
The Rapture of "The Bride of Christ" | ||
66. Revelation | Jesus Christ, Our Triumphant King | |
The Vision of Jesus Christ revealed through The Holy spirit to John, and written down by him | ||
The Judgment Seat of Christ | ||
The Marriage Feast of The Lamb | ||
The "Tribulation," Daniel's Seventieth Week, preparing Israel to receive her Lord | ||
The Second Coming of The Christ | ||
His Righteous Judicial Acts | ||
The Millennium | ||
The Final Judgment - The Great White Throne | ||
Eternity - A New Heaven and A New Earth |
2011-11-20