Building off our great Walk Thru The Bible experience on Sunday, here are 12 key events in the story of the Old Testament.
- Creation – Genesis 1-2 – We learn that God is the Creator of all life and creates with a purpose and plan.
- Fall – Genesis 3 – We learn that our selfishness to choose to be our own God comes from our sinful nature.
- Abraham – Genesis 12-25 – We learn that God still desires a relationship with his fallen creation and wants us to live rightly with Him. Abraham is given a promise that God will bless Him and Abraham trust God.
- Exodus – Exodus 1-17 – We learn that God is in the business of bringing release from bondage and freedom to live rightly with Him.
- Law – Exodus 18 – Leviticus 27 – We learn that God has a plan to use the Israel people as an example for how to live and He gives them a guide (the law) to help them live in a way that will bring them blessing and peace.
- Wilderness – Deuteronomy – We learn that there are consequences to not following God, but God still is gracious with us even when we fail.
- Land – Joshua – We learn that when we obey God, we are blessed, but when we do not, we are not blessed.
- King – 1 Samuel – We learn that trying to be like everyone else (all the other people who have a king) doesn’t bring about what we want.
- David – 2 Samuel – We learn that there is still grace for those who fail, even for those described as “a man after God’s own heart”.
- Self-Destruction – 1-2 Kings – We learn that when we seek our own way (like most of the kings following David), we end up in a downward spiral that leads to destruction.
- Exile – Lamentations – We learn that God is still faithful even when our lives are turned upside down and He will restore us if we turn to Him.
- Return – Ezra & Nehemiah – We learn that God will restore us and give us a second chance!
What a great story that teaches us that God loves us and wants to live in relationship to us and lead us to a life that will bring us blessing and peace!