Bible Overview

Bible Overview

1. Creation

   • God spoke and it was
     • Day 1: light
       • Day 2: sky and waters
         • Day 3: land/vegetation
           • Day 6: animals/man
       • Day 4: sun,moon and stars
         • Day 5: birds/marine life
           • Day 7: God rested
   • God says loneliness is got good
   • We were made in God's image and we are called to be creative
   • God brings order out of chaos
   • Because of the Old Testament we understand Jesus better
   • Genesis is written in narrative form

2. Cain and Able

   • Cain becomes the first murder ever
     • there is always consequences for sin
     • Cain became a fugitive and wonderer for the rest of his life
     • If someone were to kill Cain, they would also be killed
   • Cain gave God an bad offering and his offering was disaproved
     • Cain became jealous of Abel's offering
     • Cain told Abel to meet him out in the field
     • Cain was punished for his murder and the Bible does not follow him
   • SIn is always stalking us but God can help

3. The Flood

   • The world become corrupt and sinful
     • Noah was blameless and righteous
       • Noah is told to build an ark out of gopher wood
       • Noah is told to save his wife, sons and their wives
   • Noah was also told to bring 2 of each animal and 7 clean animals
   • It rained for 40 days and nights
     • after the flood God made his first covenant or deal with man
     • the covenant was rainbow
     • God promised he would never flood the world again

4. The Fall

   • There was the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil
   • Satan,Eve and Adam
   • God asked Adam and Eve what had happened to see their responses which was a lie
     • Satan is the father of lies
       • he told eve she would not surely die
         • he told eve she would be like God
           • he told eve she shouldn't eat from any tree in the garden
   • When God found out, Eve quickly blamed the snake
   • When God created humans he gave us free will

5. Tower of Babel

   • people move to Shiner and can speak the same language
   • God tells them to disperse around the land
   • the men disobey God and choose to build a tower to honor themselves
   • they built the tower for themselves
   • God punishes them for being disobedient
     • God confuses their language
     • God scatters them across the land
     • God stops their tower
   • God opposes the proud and disobedient