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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