Old Testament

Old Testament

1. 1. Creation

   • In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. ~Genesis 1:1-2
   • God created the earth and everything that lives on it in "7 days"
   • On the sixth day God created man. He called him Adam.
   • The first thing God thought was not good was for man to be alone. Therefore, he created woman. He called her Eve.
   • God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden so they could rule over all of his creation.
   • God gave Adam and Eve one rule. There were two fruit bearing trees in the garden. The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. They were only allowed to eat fruit produced by the Tree of Life.

2. 3.Noah & The Flood

   • God decided to send a great flood to wipe out the human race.
   • The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled...“I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created" ~Genesis 6:6-7
   • Mankind became very evil and corrupt
   • When the flood arrived, Noah and his family entered the ark along with two of each kind of animal
   • However, one man, Noah found favor in God's eyes. God commanded him to build an ark so he would survive the flood.
   • It rained for 40 days and 40 nights. When the ark finally found land, Noah made an offering for the Lord and God placed a rainbow in the sky to mark his promise that he would never destroy all living things again.

3. 6. Moses & The Exodus

   • The Israelites are enslaved in Egypt when Pharaoh orders all the baby boys to be killed. A Israelite mother saves her son my putting him in a basket and sending him down the Nile. This boy is found by the Egyptian princess and she names him Moses.
   • "So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”~Exodus 3:10 "Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.” ~Exodus 4:12
   • After fleeing from Egypt, the Lord contacts Moses through a burning bush that does not actually burn. God tells Moses he is to deliver the Israelites out of Egypt.
   • Moses pleads with Pharaoh to let the Israelites go but Pharaoh is stubborn and refuses.
   • God sends 10 plagues to Egypt to convince him to His people go. Finally Pharaoh agrees. As the Israelites are leaving, Pharaoh has a change of heart and goes after them. The Israelites escape the Egyptians by crossing the Red Sea God had parted for them.
   • The Israelites wander the desert for 40 years before they are able to enter the promised land.

4. 5. Joseph

   • Joseph is the son of Jacob, the grandson Isaac and the great-grandson of Abraham.
   • And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. ~ Genesis 45:5
   • Joseph was Jacob's favorite out of all of his 12 sons. He gave Joseph a coat of many colors as a sign of his affection.
   • At 17, Joseph's jealous brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt. Joseph worked in Potiphar's house for 11 years before he was falsely accused of rape and put in jail.
   • While in jail, Joseph interprets dreams so accurately that he is called in front of Pharaoh. After Joseph interprets Pharoah's dreams,Pharaoh makes Joseph 2nd in command of Egypt.
   • While ruling over Egypt during the famine, Joseph's brother show up in Egypt looking for food. Joseph forgives them and is reunited with his family.

5. 8. King David

   • The prophet Samuel anoints David as the new king of Israel.
   • During a battle with the Philistines, David defeats Goliath, a 7 foot tall man, with a stone and a slingshot only.
   • I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth. ~2 Samuel 7:9
   • Once David becomes King, God makes a promise that he will make David's name great.
   • David has his good friend Uriah killed because he committed adultery with Uriah's wife, Bathsheba.
   • God punishes David by not allowing Bathsheba and David's child to live.

6. 7. Mt. Sinai and Giving of the Law

   • 3 months after the Israelites flee Egypt, God summons Moses to Mt. Sinai.
   • 18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently. 19...Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him. ~Exodus 18:18-19
   • The Lord descends on the mountain in the form of a giant cloud. Moses is on the mountain with the Lord for 40 days receiving the Ten Commandments
   • While Moses is on the mountain, the Israelites become impatient. They build a golden calf and worship it
   • When Moses comes down the mountain, he sees the people worshiping the golden calf and he becomes very angry.
   • Moses throws the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments is anger. God gives Moses another set of tablets but he is very upset with the Israelites.

7. 4.Abraham

   • God called a man named Abram to leave his country and take his family to a land that would be his.
   • Abram obeyed and left for the "Promised Land." There God promised to make Abram a great nation.
   • “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” ~Genesis 15:5
   • Abram, whose name is later changed to Abraham, is very skeptical about having children since he and his wife are very old.
   • Sarah, Abraham's wife tries to take matters into her own hands by having Abraham have a child with her servant Hagar. Hagar gives birth to a boy named Ishmeal. Ishmael is not the child God promised though.
   • God eventually blesses Abraham and Sarah with a son, Isaac, when Abraham is 100 years old.

8. 2. The Fall

   • The devil appeared to eve in the form of a serpent.
   • And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” ~ Genesis 3:22
   • The serpent convinced Eve that she was equal to God so she should eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
   • Eve ate from the tree and shred the fruit with Adam. Upon eating the fruit they realized their nakedness. They hid from God when they heard his voice.
   • God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and placed guards by the tree of life so no human could overeat form the tree and live forever.
   • On this day, sin entered the world.

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