OT Mind Map - J. Moore

OT Mind Map - J. Moore

1. Noah & the Flood

   • God called onto Noah and told him that the people of the world are living unrighteously and that he will flood the earth.
     • So, God called Noah and his family to build a large ark to survive the world's flood.
       • The ark was built in cypress wood.
         • The ark consisted of Noah his wife, his three sons, and their wives.
           • Noah was ordered by God to get a pair of each animal.
             • They spent one lunar year plus ten days on the ark - 370 days.

2. Abraham

   • Abraham was born under the name Abram in the city of Ur in Babylonia.
   • Abraham was the son of Terah, and brother to Nahor and Haran.
   • Abraham was the Patriarch of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
     • At age 75, G-d appeared to Abram to tell him that G-d would assign the land to his heirs
       • According to the Book of Genesis 15:18, G-d declared all the regions of land that Abraham’s offspring would claim
         • Abraham was the first person who got circumcised.

3. King Solomon

   • Solomon built the first temple of Jerusalem.
     • Solomon had 700 wives and 300 mistresses.
       • He was blessed by God with unique wisdom and was the wisest man that ever lived.
         • Solomon wrote 3 books of the bible: The song of songs, the book of proverbs, and Ecclesiastes.
           • The length of Solomon's reign in Jerusalem, over all Israel, was 40 years.
             • Solomon was the third king of Israel.

4. Joseph

   • Joseph was born in Haran. He was the son of Jacob and Rachel.
     • He was the eleventh son of Jacob and the first born of his mother, who was not able to have any children for a long period of time.
       • Joseph's brothers were born to Jacob from three other women: Leah, Bilhah, and Zilpah.
         • When Joseph approached his brothers, they overpowered him, took his coat, and then threw him into the pit.
           • After selling Joseph for twenty pieces of silver, the brothers took the coat they had taken from him and smeared it with the blood of a slaughtered goat. The idea was to show it Jacob, to convince their father that the missing son had been killed.
             • When the brothers presented the manufactured evidence to their father, Jacob recognized the coat and surmised that an animal had killed his son. His grief was enormous, and he mourned for a long time.
               • In the meantime, Joseph was taken to Egypt, where he was bought by Potiphar, who was an officer and head of the kitchen of Pharaoh. As it turned out, Potiphar took a liking to Joseph, and he made him his personal attendant and placed him in charge of his household.

5. King Saul

   • Saul was a King and biblical figure born circa 1076 BC in the land of Benjamin in Israel.
     • He became the first King of Israel circa 1046 BC where he united tribes and defeated enemies such as the Ammonites, Philistines, Moabites, and Amalekites.
       • After disobeying God, elder Samuel anointed David as his replacement circa 1019 BC
         • Jealous of being pushed aside and the accolades bestowed upon David for slaying Goliath, Saul made several failed attempts to take David’s life.
           • Saul died circa 1004 BC.
             • Saul was a controversial leader.

6. Creation

   • This event happened during the beginning times of the world.
   • Happened in a total of 7 days.
   • God rested on the 7th day of the creation process.
   • God is the creator of the 'creation'. Genesis 1:1.
   • Adam and Eve were the first two humans to be apart of the earth.
   • Adam and Eve were the 2 people who allowed sin to enter the world.

7. The Fall

   • Adam and Eve caused the Fall to begin.
   • Adam and Eve were tricked by Satan in the form of a serpent. He tricked them into disobeying God and eating the apple off the tree.
   • The Fall allowed sin and death to come into the earth.
     • As soon as they committed the sin they felt shame, guilt, etc. Traits from sinful action.
       • Genesis 3:6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
         • Once the fall was committed by the 2 they were not allowed to enter the Garden of Eden again - they now knew good and evil.

8. King David

   • The life of David, ancient Israel’s most important king, is told in the biblical books 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 1 Chronicles.
     • David was of the tribe of Judah.
       • David was the eighth and youngest son of Jesse of Bethlehem. There is no record of David’s mother’s name.
         • Before he became a King, David was a shepherd as mentioned in 1 Samuel 17:15
           • As a young boy, David was known as a great warrior who killed the giant Philistine Goliath (Goliath of Gath).
             • David was the second of the Israelite kings (after Saul).

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