Old Testament By Lindsay Harris

Old Testament By Lindsay Harris

1. 1. Creation

   • God created the heavens and the earth
     • he created everything in seven day's
       • The sun and moon were created on the 4th day
         • This allowed for people to know that the Sun and Moon were created and not something to be worshipped
     • God Spoke creation into being
   • God called everything he created good
     • God called humans very good
     • God says everything is good 5 times
     • God called loneliness not good
   • God created Man in his OWN image

2. 2. The Fall

   • Satan temps Eve to eat the apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil
     • She and Adam both eat from the tree
       • They are banished from the Garden
       • sin and death enter the world
       • Can no longer eat from the tree of life

3. 1. Creation

   • God created the heavens and the earth
     • God created everything in 7 days
       • The sun and the moon were created on day 4
         • This showed people that the sun and the moon were not superior to God
       • God created man on the 6th Day
         • God created man in his own image
   • God called everything he created good 5 times
     • God called the creation of humans very good
     • God said that loneliness was not good
   • God spoke creation into existence

4. 2. The Fall

   • Satan lies to Adam and Eve about the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
     • Satan temps eve to eat from the tree
       • Eve eats from the tree
     • He tells her she will become like God
   • God punished Adam and Eve for eating from the forbiden tree
     • Sin and Death enter the world
       • humans become separated
     • Can no longer eat from the tree of life
       • They are banished from the Garden

5. 3 Flood

   • The world becomes evil
     • God is sorry he ever created humans
       • God decides to flood the earth
         • God spares noah and his family
           • God tells Noah to build an Arc
   • Noah and his family are the only rightious people left
     • a total of eight people
   • Noah doesn't tell anybody about the flood or why he is building the arc
     • Many people probably thought he was crazy
       • They had never seen rain

6. 4, Tower of Babel

   • God tells the people to disperse and repopulated the earth
     • They don't listen and don't obey God
       • God changes all of there languages so they cannot understand eachother
         • This forces them to disperse
   • The people decided to stay in one place and build a tower to the heavens

7. 5. Blessing of Abrabam

   • God has three major promisises for Abraham
     • nation promise
       • God grants Abraham a son Isaac in his old age
       • God promises his descendants will be as numerous as the stars
         • Abraham will be the father of a great nation
     • Land Promise
     • Seed Promise
     • no promises are completed in Abraham's lifetime

8. 7. The Kings

   • The Israelites ask God for a King
     • God tells Samuel to appoint Saul
       • At first Saul is a humble good king
         • he becomes disobedient and may have a mental infirmities
   • After Saul is disobedient God chooses David to replace Saul
     • Saul becomes Jealous and tries to kill David
       • David begins his rule after Saul dies in battle
         • After David dies, Solomon becomes king
           • son of bathsheeba
           • After Solomon the 12 tribes split into 2 parts

9. 8. The Exile

   • Babylonian Exile
     • King Nebuchadnezzar defeated Jerusalem in 586 BC
       • lasted for 70 years
       • Jews use this time to rethink their national identity
         • Begin practicing Monotheism
         • many ancient writings created in this time
     • Time of Daniel
   • Persian Rule
     • Cyrus defeated the Babylonians
       • Jews under persian control
         • Allows the Jews to go home and rebuild their city and temple

10. 6. Moses

    • Moses was an israelite born into Egyptian bondage
      • Raised in Pharaohs household
    • Moses killed an Egyptian
      • he fled to Midian and lived as a shepherd for 40 years
        • The Lord spoke to Moses through a burning bush
          • asking him to deliver the Israelites from bondage
            • Pharaoh lets them go after the tenth and final plague
              • death of the firstborn son
                • This is night is where we get passover from
              • each plague was an attack against Egyptian Gods