Old Testament Mind Map

Old Testament Mind Map

1. 1. THE CREATION

   • God created the heavens and the earth
     • For every form He created He filled it.
   • God created Man
     • His was created from the dust of the earth
       • God named him Adam
         • Adam means Man
   • God created Woman
     • She was created from the rib of Adam
       • God created her because He decided that it was not good for man to be alone
         • She was named Eve
   • God gave man free will
     • God did not want to force his creations to follow Him, He wanted to them to be able to choose
   • God saw that it was good
     • Everything that God created He was very pleased with it and was happy about what He made
   • God created everything in 6 days and rested on the 7th day
     • After God worked hard He rested
       • This will eventually be a gift for the Jews to allow them to rest
         • The Jews are very grateful for this and this is God's way of trying to get their humanity back because of their enslavement for 430 years

2. 3. THE FLOOD

   • God saw that Man was wicked
     • He was very displeased with His creation
   • There was one righteous man by the name of Noah
     • Noah lived his life the way God intended
       • His neighbors were very wicked and immoral
   • God told Noah to build an ark
     • God was very pleased with the way that Noah led his life
       • He wanted to save Noah and his family
         • God told Noah to build an ark out of gopher wood
           • Everyone laughed at Noah because they thought he was crazy
             • Noah gathered two of each animal to go on the ark
   • It rained for 40 days and 40 nights
     • Noah and his family were on the boat for longer than 40 days
   • God put a rainbow over the world
     • This was God's promise to never flood the earth ever again
       • The ark landed on the mountain on the 15th day of Nissan
   • Noah and his descendants re-populated the earth

3. 2. THE FALL

   • God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
     • This was the only rule in the garden
   • Eve was tempted by a serpent
     • The serpent told Eve that if she ate the fruit she would be like God
   • Eve tempted Adam
     • Eve told Adam to eat of the apple and spread the same lie the serpent told her
   • Adam and Eve realized that they were naked
     • Because of their consumption of the fruit they felt shame
   • A curse was put upon man
     • Women would have pain in childbirth and desire their husband
       • Men would toil the earth and find their identity in their work
         • This curse still affects man today
           • The serpent was also cursed to slither along the ground
   • Man will never be able to reach for the tree of life and live forever
     • Man could no longer walk with God

4. 5. JACOB AND HIS FAMILY

   • Jacob's father was Isaac and Rebeckah
     • Esau was Isaac's favorite Son
     • Jacob was Rebekah's favorite son
       • Jacob was a mama's boy
   • Jacob had a brother named Esau
     • Esau was strong and burly and loved to hunt
   • Jacob tricked his brother Esau
     • Jacob made stew for his father and pretended to be Esau
       • He accomplished this with the help of his mother Rebekah
         • Isaac gave Jacob Esau's birthright
   • He ran away to His uncle's farm
     • Esau was very angry when he found out what his brother had stolen
       • Jacob's uncle's name was Laman
   • He fell in love with Rachel
     • One of Laman's daughters
       • Laman made Jacob work for 7 years to marry Rachel
         • He gave him Leah instead
           • Jacob worked 7 more years and finally got Rachel
   • Jacob has 12 sons
     • Leah;s sons were
       • Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun and Judah
     • Bilhah's sons were
       • Dan and Naphtali
     • Zilpah's sons were
       • Gad and Asher
     • Rachel's sons were
       • Joseph and Benjamin

5. 6. THE EXILE/POST EXILE

   • Assyria conquers Israel
     • Inbreeding creates Samaritans
       • The Jews were racist and did not like the Samaritans
   • The Babylonian empire defeated Judah
     • They lived in exile for 70 years until the Persians defeated the babylonians
   • The Jews got to know themselves better
     • The Babylonians taking over them inspired them to turn toward God
       • The believed with all their hearts that God was for them and not against them
         • They found love through their trouble
   • Persians allow Jews to return to homeland
     • They rebuilt their city and their temple to worship God
   • Relocation to the Mediterranean region
     • This relocation is referred to as the Diaspora
   • Persian rule
     • The Jews are under Persian rule but they are living in their homeland
       • The Jews finally trust that God will fulfill His promises to Abraham

6. 4. BLESSING OF ABRAHAM

   • God changed Abrahams name
     • He changed his name from Abram to Abraham
   • God promised him many things
     • He promised him that hie would have many descendants
       • As numerous as the stars in the sky
     • He promised him that he would have a child
     • He will inherit the land of Canaan (Promise Land)
   • Abraham had a son by Haagar
     • His name was Ishmael
   • Abraham had a son by Sarah
     • His name was Isaac
   • God changed Sarah's name
     • He changed her name from Sarai to Sarah
   • Abraham was told to kill Isaac
     • Abraham took Isaac to the alter to be sacrificed
       • Right before he was about to bring the knife down on his son an angel came to him and told him to stop and that he proved his faith

7. 8. THE CIVIL WAR

   • The split of one nation
     • The kingdom of Israel split into 2 separate kingdoms
   • Israel
     • The northern part of the split
       • The capital was Samaria
         • The Jews eventually grow to hate the Samaritan people
           • They are conquered by Assyria
   • Judah
     • The southern part of the split
       • The capital was Jerusalem
         • They are conquered by the Babylonians
   • Assyrian capture
     • The Assyrians tortured and killed many Jews very gruesomely
       • One Assyrian leader wrote about the graphic killings in a journal
   • Prophets
     • The prophets of Israel were Elijah and Elisha
   • Kings
     • The Kings of Israel
       • Jeroboam
     • The Kings of Judah
       • Rehoboam

8. 7. THE EXODUS

   • The Pharaoh enslaved the Jews for 430 years
     • He used the Jews to build tombs and temples and whatever he needed
   • The Pharaoh ordered the killing of every Hebrew male
     • The Pharaoh was afraid of the growing Jew population
   • Moses is hidden in a basket and sent down the Nile River
     • Moses washed up in the bath of the Pharaoh's daughter and she adopted him
       • He along with his half brother grew up in the royal palace of the Pharaoh
         • It was here that we find out that Moses is very different from the Egyptians
   • Moses kills an Egyptian and runs away
     • Moses sees and Egyptian overseer beating a Jewish slave
       • He picks up a rock, kills him, and buries his body in the sand
   • Moses speaks to God through a burning bush
     • In the wilderness God tells him that he will need to set his people free
       • Moses is doubtful so God allows Aaron to help Moses
   • 10 plagues fall over Egypt
     • The Pharaoh refuses to let the Israelites go
       • This causes 10 plagues to rain down upon Egypt
         • The 10 plagues were
           • Water to blood, Frogs, Gnats, Flies, Death of Livestock, Boils, Hail, Locusts, Darkness, and the Death of the first born
             • The Pharaoh finally lets the people go

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