Old Testament

Old Testament

1. 1. Creation

   • 1st day: God created the heavens and the earth. God separated light from darkness. God called light day and darkness night.
     • 2nd day: God separated the water from the sky.
       • 3rd day: God made the land produce vegetation
         • 4th day: God created sun, moon, and stars.
           • 5th day: God created birds and water creatures.
             • 6th day: God made wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kind. God made mankind in his own image.
               • 7th day: God rested

2. 2. The Fall

   • Adam/Eve were forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but they could eat from the tree of life.
     • One day, the serpent came to Eve and told her that she would not die if she ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The serpent told her that if she ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil she would be like God knowing good and evil.
       • Eve ate the fruit and gave some to Adam. When they ate the fruit, their eyes were open and they realized they were naked.
         • As their punishment, God banished them from the Garden of Eden.
           • After he drove man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life
             • Because of Adam and Eve's decision, sin and death entered the world and we became separated from God.

3. 7. Moses & The Exodus

   • Raised by Pharaoh's daughter
   • At age 40, he was forced to flee Egypt
     • Moses delivers the Israelites from bondage
       • Each plague is an attack on a member of the Egyptian Pantheon
   • God goes to Moses in a burning bush
     • Moses died at 120 years old

4. 4. Abraham

   • God extends three promises to Abraham: The nation promise, The land promise, and The seed promise
   • Abraham has a son named Isaac in his old age. (Isaac is the child of promise)
   • One day, God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac as a burnt offering
   • When God saw the Abraham was about to kill his son, he stopped him and provided a ram for the burnt offering instead.
     • The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, "I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore.."
       • Abraham died at 175 years old

5. 5. Jacob/Israel

   • Had a twin brother named Esau. Esau was Jacob's older brother.
     • Esau came out red and hairy
   • Jacob took the birthright of Esau
     • Jacob marries Rachel and Leah
       • Rachel has 6 sons and Rachel has one son named Joseph
   • Jacob was the son of Isaac.

6. 8. King Solomon

   • King David made Solomon king
     • God gave Solomon wisdom
     • Solomon builds the temple of the Lord
       • Two young women came to King Solomon and stood before him. One of the women said that the other women had rolled on her own baby and took her baby in the middle of the night. The other woman said that was a lie and that her baby was the one that was living. So, Solomon came to the conclusion to cut the baby in half. The woman's son who was living was deeply moved by the love of her son and told Solomon not to cut the baby in half. She told Solomon to give the living baby to the other woman. The other woman said to just cut the baby in half. After that, Solomon gave the ruling that the first women was the mother.
     • King Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel 40 years
   • Solomon was David's son

7. 3. Noah & The Flood

   • Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth
     • God told Noah that he was going to put an end to all people
   • God saw that the earth was corrupt and full of violence
     • He told Noah to make the ark of cypress wood and it should be three hundred cubit long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high
       • Only Noah, his wife, his sons, and his son's wives were saved
       • God told Noah to bring two of all living creatures, male and female, into the ark.

8. 6. Joseph

   • Jacob was Joseph's father
   • Joseph's brothers sold him to Ishmaelites and the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar
     • Joseph was accused by Potiphar's wife of trying to make sport of her. Because of this, he was thrown in prison.
     • In prison, the Lord showed Joseph kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. Joseph became in charge of the prison.
     • Joseph interprets the dreams of the cupbearer and baker. Then, Joseph interprets the dreams of Pharaoh.
       • Pharaoh puts Joseph in charge of Egypt

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