Old Testament Mind Map

Old Testament Mind Map

1. MT. Sinai

   • Old Testaments were given to Moses
   • Moses was on the mountain for 40 ays and 40 nights
   • Joshua waited for Moses the whole time.
   • While Moses was on the Mountain there was partying and worshipping of Idols
   • When Moses saw the idol worshipping, he threw down the tablets and broke them
   • Moses grinned up the gold into dust and made everyone drink it.

2. The Exodus

   • The Israelites had been slaves for 400 years
   • God sent 10 plagues on the Egyptians to let them go
   • Pharaoh let them go but changed his mind and went after the Israelites
   • Pharaoh sent his army to get them back but God parted the Red sea and closed it the the were being chased and his army drowned
   • Pharaohs son was killed in the plagues
   • God brought his people out of being slaves

3. Blessing of Abraham

   • Abraham and Sarah could not have a kid
   • Sarah suggested he should have sex with another woman to have a child.
   • Sarah end up having the promised child Issac
   • After Sarah had Issac she didn't want the maidservant and Ishmael there
   • Sarah made them leave but God blessed them anyway
   • Abraham was blessed by God by having descendants and numerous as the stars in the sky

4. Creation

   • 7 Days of creation, man was created on the 6th day
   • God Rested on the 7th day (Sabbath)
   • God created night and day first
   • God created stars, the sun, moon, planets, and universe
   • Said "it was good" many times
   • Created man from the earth and woman from mans ribs

5. Post Exile

   • Israelites wandered in the wilderness
   • The complained even though God protected them, gave them food, and still had the promised land available
   • They were only a mile away from the promised land
   • Moses could not go into the promised land after striking the rock and disobeying God
   • No one over the age of 20 could go in the promised land because the were either evil or had no faith
   • Joshua led the Israelites into the promised land

6. The Flood

   • The world was evil and God regretted he created humans
   • God found favor in 8 people in the world
   • The only people on the ark were Noah and his wife, his 3 sons and their wives
   • it rained 40 days and 40 nights
   • every clean animal 1 male 1 female was on the ark.
   • Dove brought back a leaf when t was safe to come out of the ark

7. The Fall/Cain and Abel

   • Adam and Eve at from the tree knowledge of good and evil and were thrown out of the Garden of Eden
   • Man and woman were punished forever because of their sin.
   • They were aware they were naked when they bit the fruit
   • Cain and Abel gave offerings to God, God found favor in Abel's offering but not Cain's
   • Cain became jealous and angry and killed Abel, becoming the first murder in history
   • Cain became a wanderer and could not grow crops, which he was skilled at

8. Jacob and his family

   • Jacob loved Rachel so he worked in total of 14 years to marry Rachel
   • Jacob married Leah and Rachel
   • Rachel was not able to have children so her and leah had a competition of who could have more children
   • Jacob end up having 4 wives
   • Jacob ended with 12 sons which became the 12 tribes of Isreal
   • Jacobs's favorite son was Joseph