Basic Bible Overview1 Peter 1:20-21
Tim Nay
Part of Foundations for Followers
February 26, 2023
B.I.B.L.E.
Basic. Instructions. Before.Leaving. Earth.
The Bible is divided into two parts: Old and New Testaments.
The Old Testament is mainly about the relationship God has with the nation of Israel and the promise of the Messiah being born through the lineage of the Jewish people.
3 Kinds of Books in the Old Testament;
Historical
Poetical
Prophetical
There are 400 years of ‘silence’ between the Testaments.
Tips to understanding the Bible:
-Books & letters are not in chronological order
-Names of regions and bodies of water change
-Canaan/Israel/Palestine = same general areas
-Hebrews, Israelites, & Jews are the same people group
-Israel & Jacob = sometimes used interchangeably
-Israel can also refer to just 10 of the tribes of Israel, the Northern Kingdom
-The Old Testament really ends at the crucifixion of Jesus
13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. —Colossians 2:13-14
Nine Eras of Old Testament
The New Testament is about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, the beginning of the church and Jesus’ disciples continuing to fulfill the Great Commission.
3 Kinds of Writings in the New Testament;
Historical Books
Pauline Letters
General Letteres
The Bible is all about God redeeming mankind to Himself through Jesus.
20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. —1 Peter 1:20-21
