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THE
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I. AUTHOR
A. Moses
1. The Law of Moses. [the Torah]
2. The Hebrews were people of great tradition. (John 8:4-5, Mark 12:26, John 1, Acts 7)
II. DATE
A. 1445-1400 BC
1. The approximate time for wondering in the wilderness.
III. THEME
A. Beginnings. (The only Person without beginning is God)
1. Adam, marriage, and Mankind. (2)
2. The family. (4)
3. Government and nations. (10)
4. Languages and the Hebrew nation. (11)
V. KEY VERSE
A. Genesis 1:1 – In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Primeval history
1. Creation. (1-2)
a) Light.
b) The firmament and heavens.
c) Dry land and plants.
d) Sun, moon, and stars. [time]
e) Fish and fowl.
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SENT UNTO THE BRETHREN GENESIS 37:13; LUKE 20:13, HEBREWS 10:7
GOD WAS WITH HIM GENESIS 39:2, 21, 23; JOHN 16:32
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TWO OTHER PRISONERS – ONE SAVED, ONE LOST GENESIS 40:2-3; LUKE 23:32
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THEY KNEW HIM NOT GENESIS 42:8; JOHN 1:10-11; ACTS 3:17
REVEALED THE SECOND TIME GENESIS 45:1; ACTS 7:13, ZECHARIAH 12:10
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I. AUTHOR
A. Moses.
1. Drawn out of the Nile and the world.
2. He was a eye witness to about 1/7th of the Bible.
II. DATE
A. 1445-1400 BC
1. 1875 BC – They entered Egypt (Joseph / Jacob) and stayed there for 430 years.
III. THEME
A. Redemption is the only way to a revelation with God.
1. To redeem means to buy back.
a) This redemption is through the power of God.
b) By means of a deliverer.
c) Under the blood.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Exodus 12:13 – And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are:
and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to
destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
VI. OUTLINE
A. The exodus and the power of God. (1-18)
1. Ten plagues.
2. Parting of the Red Sea. (14)
3. In the wilderness.
B. The law and holiness of God. (19-24)
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GENESIS EXODUS
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I. AUTHOR
A. Moses.
1. Fifty times he did as the Lord commanded.
II. DATE
A. 1451 BC
1. Covers 1 month.
2. First month of the second year.
III. THEME
A. Be ye holy. (11:44; 19:2)
1. Character of God.
a) God is holy.
b) Command of God.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Leviticus 16:34 – And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement
for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD
commanded Moses.
★ The day of Atonement is the key chapter. (16)
VI. OUTLINE
A. The way to God by salvation. (1-17)
1. The burnt offering.
2. The meal offering.
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SALVATION SANCTIFICATION
DELIVERANCE DEDICATION
UNION COMMUNION
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I. AUTHOR
A. Moses. (33:2)
II. DATE
A. 1451 BC
1. Near the end of the wondering.
III. THEME
A. The goodness and severity of God. (Romans 11:22)
1. We see God severity to the old generations.
2. We see God’s goodness to the new generation –
a) By protecting them.
b) By taking care of them. (I Corinthians 10:1-6 cf Numbers 25, 21, 18)
V. KEY VERSE
A. Number 33:1 – These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of
the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Preparation at Mount Sinai. (1-10)
1. Organized.
2. Sanctified.
B. Problems in the wilderness. (10-21)
C. The plan for entering into the land. (22-36)
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WORSHIP WORK
CEREMONIAL HISTORICAL
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I. AUTHOR
A. Moses.
1. Deuteronomy is quoted more than 80x in the New Testament.
a) Also referred to as the Law of Moses.
II. DATE
A. 1406 BC
1. The end of the wilderness wonderings.
2. Covers approximately – 1 month.
III. THEME
A. Remembrance – Learn from people and don’t forget it.
1. We are most prone to forget the Lord when we are full.
a) He reminded them of the consequences of the sins.
b) He reenforced the commandments. (5:6-21)
c) He renews His covenant.
V. KEY VERSES
A. Deuteronomy 1:3 – And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the
first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all
that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them.
B. Deuteronomy 6:23 – And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to
give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
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VI. OUTLINE
A. A retrospective message. (1-4) [Past]
B. A introspective message. (5-26) [Present]
C. A prospective message. (27-34) [Future]
GENESIS DESTITUTION
EXODUS DELIVERANCE
DESTINATION
LEVITICUS DEDICATION
NUMBERS DISCIPLINE
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I. AUTHOR
A. Joshua.
1. He is both author and the main character of this book.
2. 1 month at the Jordan River.
3. 7 years in Canaan.
II. DATE
A. 1397-1390 BC
1. 1 month at the Jordan river. (1405 BC)
2. 7 years in Canaan. (April 1405-1398 BC)
3. 8 years with tribes on both sides of the Jordan river. (1397-1390 BC)
III. THEME
A. Claiming your possession.
1. We claim our possessions by faith.
2. Canaan is a picture of the spirit-filled life.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Joshua 1:3 – Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto
you, as I said unto Moses.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Commencement. (1-5)
1. The charge. (1)
2. The spies were sent out again. (2)
3. The jordan is crossed. (3)
4. They dedicate themselves to the Lord. (4)
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DEUTERONOMY JOSHUA
POSSIBILITY REALITY
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• There is as a point of grace as much above the ordinary Christian, as the ordinary
Christian is above the world. – Charles Spurgeon
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THE
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HISTORY
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I. AUTHOR
A. Samuel
1. The name of the book comes from the twelve judges.
II. DATE
A. 1043-1004 BC
1. Between King Saul and David.
2. Covers 350-400 years. (Judges 1-1 Samuel 7)
III. THEME
A. Apostasy brings anarchy.
1. Apostasy is turning from revealed truths.
B. Starts with compromise but ends in confusion.
1. The process of failing. (1-2)
a) Indifference. (1)
b) Ignorance. (2)
c) Idolatry. (2:13)
★ Sin changes your view of who the real enemy is. (20:18)
V. KEY VERSE
A. Judges 21:25 – In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was
right in his own eyes.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Not chronological – This book is more subject matter rather than historical order.
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1. Disobedience. (1-3:7)
2. Deliverance. (3:8-16)
3. Depravity. (16-21)
• Every judge was a deliverer.
(1) All of the judges are not in order.
(2) There is more about the subjects rather than the timeline.
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1. Despite the fact that the people did what they want, God still exercised judgment.
2. There is always more mercy than judgment.
a) From the death of Joshua until Saul became king. (Judge 1-I Samuel 7)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Samuel.
1. Written during the time period of the Judges.
II. DATE
A. 1300 BC
1. Covers 10 years and four geographical locations.
III. THEME
A. Redemption.
1. This is a book of romance, but greater is the redemption within the book.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Ruth 4:14 – And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left
thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
VI. OUTLINE
A. By chapter testimonies –
1. The testimony of the backslider. (1)
2. The testimony of the blessed. (2)
3. The testimony of the betrothed. (3)
4. The testimony of the bought. (4)
B. By character pictures –
1. Elimelech – A man refusing to come back to God. (1:2)
a) His name means my God is king.
b) He sojourned with his whole family. (ended up being 10 years)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Samuel. (1-24)
1. First prophet and last judge.
2. Nathan, Gad and other students in the School of the Prophets may have written some
portions of this book. (I Chronicles 29:29-30)
II. DATE
A. 1015-971 BC
1. Covers 94 years of history.
2. From the birth of Samuel to the death of Saul.
III. THEME
A. Man’s rejection of God and God’s rejection of a man.
1. Man’s rejection of God. (8:7)
a) In their leadership –
(1) Hophni and Phinehas. (1:3)
(2) Eli compromises.
(3) Samuel’s own sons.
b) When what we’re trying to do is to get creditability then we have forgotten God.
(1) Things that are tangible are temporal. [principle]
(a) Be careful when God gives you what you want rather than what you
need.
2. God’s rejection of a man. (15:23)
a) Incomplete obedience is disobedience.
b) Everything God has put in your life can become a curse in your life.
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V. KEY VERSE
A. I Samuel 10:25 – Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in
a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man
to his house.
VI. OUTLINE
A. The failure of the priestly office. (1-2)
B. The forming of the prophet’s office. (3-7)
C. The founding of the king’s office. (8-31)
1. The tragedy of Saul. (8-15)
2. The training of David. (16-31)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Primarily written by Nathan and Gad.
1. Compiled possibly by Nathan or Ezra.
2. Called the book of Jasher. (1:18)
II. DATE
A. 940 BC – Covers a 40 year period.
1. David reigns for 40 years. (5:4-5)
a) 7 years, 6 months over Judah.
b) 33 years, 6 months over all Israel.
III. THEME
A. Triumph and trouble in the life of a believer.
1. Triumph comes when we live by faith, but trouble comes when we live by the flesh.
V. KEY VERSE
A. I Samuel 10:25 – Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in
a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man
to his house.
VI. OUTLINE
A. David’s triumphs. (1-10)
1. Personal trials.
2. Spiritual trials.
3. Military trials.
B. David’s trouble. (11-24)
1. In the midst of trouble, David found fellowship with God. (12:13)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Jeremiah. [most likely]
1. I and II Kings were originally one book.
II. DATE
A. 586 BC – Covers a period of 120 years.
1. 40 year reign of Solomon.
2. 80 years in a divided kingdom.
III. THEME
A. Disobedience brings division.
1. Solomon loves the Lord. (3:3)
2. Solomon loved many strange women. (11:1-6)
3. He turned away his heart. (11:2)
4. He went not fully after the Lord like David his father. (11:6)
B. King Solomon’s divided heart eventually resulted in a divided kingdom.
C. Solomon lead Israel to the zenith of its size and glory, yet sin destroyed it all.
V. KEY VERSE
A. I Kings 2:12 – Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom
was established greatly.
VI. OUTLINE
A. The great 40 year reign of king Solomon. (1-11)
1. His accession and early acts. (1-4)
2. His Temple and palace built. (5-8)
3. His meridian fame and glory. (9-10)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Jeremiah.
1. He ministered before and up to the captivity of Judah.
II. DATE
A. 560 BC
1. Covers about 300 years.
III. THEME
A. Captivity
1. Sin always leads to captivity.
a) In I Kings we find division, but in II Kings we each nation being led captive.
(1) Israel was taken captive by the Assyrians in 722 BC. (17)
(2) Judah was taken captive by the Babylonians in 586 BC. (25)
V. KEY VERSE
A. II Kings 23:27 – And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have
removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house
of which I said, My name shall be there.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Annals of Israel – Northern Kingdom. (1-10)
1. The ministry of Elisha to the death of Jehu.
B. Alternating annals of both kingdoms. (11-17)
1. Up to the Assyrian captivity of Israel.
a) Jonah, Amos and Hosea prophesied at this time.
C. Annals of Judah – Southern Kingdom. (18-25)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Ezra. (4:17)
II. DATE
A. Sometime after the exile of Judah into captivity.
1. Covers a period of 3600 years.
2. This book has the largest scope out of any other book.
III. THEME
A. The throne is gone but the promise is not.
1. At the end of II Kings –
a) The city was destroyed.
b) The Temple was burned.
c) David’s throne was destroyed.
2. God was reminding them of His covenant.
3. Chronicles focuses on hope.
V. KEY VERSE
A. II Chronicles 15:1-4 – And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: And he
went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin;
The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of
you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. Now for a long season Israel hath been
without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. But when they in
their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of
them.
1. God is able – The sovereignty of God.
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VI. OUTLINE
A. The genealogy of the chosen line. (1-9)
1. 1500 names in this record – A reminder of God’s preservation.
2. The Line of Christ is the most important genealogy in all history.
B. The greatness of the chosen king. (10-12)
C. The glory of the chosen place. (13-16)
D. The grace of the chosen people. (17-21)
E. The grandeur of the chosen work. (22-29)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Ezra.
II. DATE
A. Covers a period from 971-535 BC
1. Sometime after the exile.
2. The time of Solomon to the end of captivity.
III. THEME
A. What you do with God will determine what God does with you. (7:14)
V. KEY VERSE
A. II Chronicles 15:1-4 – And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: And he
went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin;
The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of
you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. Now for a long season Israel hath been
without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. But when they in
their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of
them.
VI. OUTLINE
A. The reign of Solomon. (1-9)
B. The rebellion of the ten troubles. (10)
C. The reign of the kings of Judah. (11-36:16)
D. The ravaging of the people. (36:17-21)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Ezra – Yahweh helps.
1. He was a scribe.
II. DATE
A. 456 BC
1. Covers approximately 75 years.
2. Written during the 70 year captivity.
III. THEME
A. The first step to rebuilding is returning to the Lord.
1. Three things they returned –
a) Returned to the will of God. (1)
b) Returned to the worship of God. (3)
c) Returned to the word of God. (7)
• Getting back to God is not an instant thing.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Ezra 1:5 – Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests,
and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of
the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
VI. OUTLINE
A. The rebuilding of the Temple through Sheshbazzar. (1-6)
B. There is a restoring of the Temple worship through Ezra. (7-10)
• Revival begins when one man prayers and confesses his sin and seeks after God.
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I. AUTHOR
A. Nehemiah – Comforted of God.
II. DATE
A. 432 BC
1. Covers a period of approximately 12-15 years.
III. THEME
A. Spiritual leadership.
1. A man of compassion. (1:4)
2. A man of prayer. (1:5)
3. A man of vision. (2:5)
4. A man of faith. (Mark 11:22)
5. A man of organization. (4)
6. A man of hard work. (4:6)
7. A man of vigilance. (4:9)
8. A man of courage. (4:11)
9. A man of rebuke. (5:11)
10. A man of determination. (6:3)
V. KEY VERSE
A. Nehemiah 2:15 – Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and
turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
1. The people get right with God. (9)
2. The covenant is renewed. (10)
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VI. OUTLINE
A. The work of construction. (1-7)
B. The work of consecration. (8-10)
1. The preaching of the Word of God. (8)
2. The people get right with God. (9)
3. The covenant is renewed. (10)
C. The work of conciliation. (11-13)
HISTORICAL CORRESPONDENCE
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I. AUTHOR
A. Uncertain.
1. Probably a Jew living in Persia.
2. Possibly Mordecai.
II. DATE
A. 450 BC
1. Esther deals with the remaining Jews.
III. THEME
A. God’s hand is present even when His name is not.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Esther 4:14 – For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there
enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy
father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the
kingdom for such a time as this?
VI. OUTLINE
A. How the plot was formed. (1-3)
B. How the plot was fought. (4-5)
C. How the plot was foiled. (6-10)
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THE
BOOKS OF
POETRY
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I. AUTHOR
A. Unknown – Not significant however.
II. DATE
A. About 2000 BC
1. Written before Genesis.
III. THEME
A. Blessing through suffering.
1. Job is not about suffering in general, but about the suffering of a righteous man.
2. Job’s question is not about why, but rather why me.
a) Why do the righteous suffer?
(1) All suffering is God’s righteous judgment for sin.
(a) Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar gave Job the wrong answer.
(2) Suffering is God’s way of teaching us.
(a) Elihu answer is better, but incomplete. (32-37)
(3) Suffering is a test of trusting God.
(a) The Lord answered. (38-41)
V. KEY VERSE
A. Job 1:9 – Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
VI. OUTLINE
A. The Disasters of Job. (1-2)
B. The Debates of Job. (3-41)
C. The Deliverance of Job. (42)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Several.
1. David. (II Samuel 23:1) [73 Psalms are specifically written by him]
2. The sons of Korah – 10 Psalms.
3. Asap – 12 Psalms.
4. Solomon – 2 Psalms.
5. Ethan – 1 Psalm.
6. Heman – 1 Psalm.
7. Moses – 1 Psalm. (Psalm 90)
8. Anonymous – 50 Psalms.
II. DATE
A. Covers over a period of 500-1000 years.
III. THEME
A. Worship.
1. The origin of worship.
a) The origin of worship is from God Himself.
2. The object of worship.
a) The object of worship is God.
3. The offering of worship.
a) The attitude and activity of worship.
b) Every experience in life is an opportunity to worship God.
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V. KEY VERSE
A. Psalm 29:2 – Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the
beauty of holiness.
VI. OUTLINE
A. By sequence –
1. Psalms 1-41 – Genesis - Man and God’s counsel for man. (Doxology – 41:13)
2. Psalms 42-72 – Exodus - Israel as a nation. (Doxology – 17:18-20)
3. Psalms 73-89 – Leviticus - The Temple. (Doxology – 89:52)
4. Psalms 90-106 – Numbers - Israel and the other nations. (Doxology – 106:49)
5. Psalms 107-150 – Deuteronomy - The Word of God. (Doxology – 150:1-6)
a) All have a doxology.
b) The law itself was written from the perspective of the congregation to the Lord.
c) The pentateuch by David.
B. By special features –
1. 52 Psalms have meager titles.
2. 14 Psalms refer to a specific time.
3. 31 Psalms are word specific
4. 4 Psalms give a distinct purpose.
5. 35 have no inscription at all.
6. 15 Psalms of degree. (120-134) [Hezekiah]
a) Some suggest that these are songs of degrees because there were 15 steps up to
the Temple.
120-122 123-125 126-128 129-131 132-134
C. By subject matters –
1. Instructional Psalms.
2. Historical Psalms.
3. Penitential Psalms.
a) If you want to enjoy life you have to confess your sins.
b) Psalm 53 – Most famous psalm of David.
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4. Supplication Psalms.
5. Thanksgiving Psalms.
6. Nature Psalms.
7. Imprecatory Psalms.
a) David saw his enemies as God’s enemies.
8. Messianic Psalms.
a) A psalm that is dedicated to Christ. (102:23)
b) Weeping. (102:9)
c) Wrath. (102:10)
d) Withered. (102:11)
9. Hallelujah Psalms.
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I. AUTHOR
A. Solomon’s Proverbs.
1. Wisest king. (I Kings 3)
2. He knew about every aspect of life.
3. Spoke 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs. (I Kings 4:22)
B. Sundry Proverbs.
1. Augr.
2. King Lemuel or his mother. (31:1)
C. Scattered Proverbs.
1. Compiled throughout Israel’s history.
II. DATES
A. 950-900 BC (Solomon compiled 1-24)
B. 700 BC (Hezekiah compiled 25-29)
1. Ezra the scribe compiled the book as it is now.
III. THEME
A. The laws of God for the lives of men.
1. The message of Proverbs: God wisdom is supposed to affect every aspect of our lives.
2. Wisdom and Instruction at the beginning and repeated later at the end. (1:1-6)
3. Wisdom refers to skill – How to do something.
a) Instruction is discipline.
b) No skill is useful with out discipline.
c) Skill with the discipline.
d) True wisdom is knowing the Lord.
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V. KEY VERSE
A. Proverb 1:7 – The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise
wisdom and instruction.
VI. OUTLINE
A. The commendation of wisdom over folly. (1-9)
1. Wisdom begin and ends with the fear of God.
B. The contrast of wisdom and folly. (10-24)
C. The counsel of wisdom. (25-31)
1. You will tell how wise a person is by how they make a decision rather than how fast
they make it.
a) Counsel in relationships. (25-26)
b) Counsel in regulating decisions. (27-29)
c) Counsel in marriage. (30-31)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Solomon.
1. Wrote Song of Solomon in his youth.
2. Wrote Proverbs in his middle ages.
3. Wrote Ecclesiastes in his last years.
II. DATE
A. 935 BC
1. Written late in Solomon’s reign.
III. THEME
A. Life under the sun is vanity.
1. The more he got, the less he realized he wanted.
2. Solomon says a lot of things that are not true.
a) This is a true record of what Solomon felt.
(1) He was a backslider.
b) When you put God out of His place your world will be a mess, but when you get
close to God, He brings clarity
3. Solomon always refers to God as Elohim, but not Jehovah.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Ecclesiastes 2:11 – Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the
labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and
there was no profit under the sun.
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VI. OUTLINE
A. The preacher’s subject. (1:1-11) [Introduction]
B. The preacher’s sermon. (1:12-10:20) [Body]
1. Things he sought after and tired.
2. Things he had seen.
3. Things he had studied.
C. The preacher’s summary. (11-12) [Conclusion]
1. His compliant. (11)
2. The bottom line. (12)
a) The course of life. (12:1-7)
b) All is vanity. (12:8-12)
c) The Conclusion. (12:13-14)
• Fear God and keep His commandments.
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I. AUTHOR
A. Solomon.
II. DATE
A. 965 BC
III. THEME
A. Union and communion. [marital and spiritual intimacy]
1. By union we have a relationship. (salvation)
a) Loving.
b) Lasting.
c) Living.
2. By communion we are together on this journey.
a) A mutual agreement.
b) He see me in my perfected state.
c) He doesn’t see the sin, He sees only the blood.
B. A divine love song.
1. Referred to as the song of psalms or theme of themes.
2. Three interruptions. (2:7, 5:8, 8:4)
V. KEY VERSE
A. Song of Solomon 6:3 – I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among
the lilies.
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VI. OUTLINE
A. Love expressed. (1:1-2:7)
B. Love enlarged. (2:8-3:5)
C. Love enjoyed. (3:6-5:1)
D. Love entreated. (5:2-6:3)
E. Love enduring. (6:4-8:14)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Isaiah – The salvation of Jehovah.
1. Messianic prophet.
II. DATE
A. 745-680 BC
III. THEME
A. To reveal the throne and the Lamb.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Isaiah 53:5 – But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Prophetic section. (1-35)
1. Problem – Israel’s sin. (1)
2. Prediction – Judgment. (2-4)
3. Picture – Parable of the vineyard. (5)
4. Prophet’s encounter with God. (6)
5. Promise – The Messiah will come. (7-12)
6. A progression of judgment. (13-35)
B. Historical section. (36-39)
1. A deal with king Hezekiah.
C. Messianic section. (40-66)
1. Deliverance. (40-48)
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2. Deliverer. (49-57)
3. Delivered. (58-66)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Jeremiah – Jehovah appoints.
1. Weeping prophet.
a) He grieved with God over the people’s sin.
b) He grieved with the people over judgment.
2. He was a man who got God’s heart.
3. He is the only man in the Bible told not to marry.
II. DATE
A. 626-580 BC
1. 100 years after Isaiah.
2. This was Judah’s midnight hour.
III. THEME
A. Judgment on Judah.
1. The picture of two vessels.
a) The potter’s marred vessel. (18)
(1) Still in the hand of God.
b) The vessel is judged and destroyed. (19)
(1) On the shelf.
• If you let your heart get hard, God will break you.
2. Sin’s two-fold judgment.
a) Forgetting and forsaking.
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V. KEY VERSES
A. Jeremiah 7:28 – But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice
of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from
their mouth.
B. Jeremiah 46:1 – The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the
Gentiles.
VI. OUTLINE
A. A crisis in Judah. (1:1-29:31)
B. The consolation of Jehovah. (30-33) [the book of consolation]
C. The captivity of Jerusalem. (34-45)
D. The condemnation of Jeremiah. (46-51)
E. The collapse of Jerusalem. (52) [main event]
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I. AUTHOR
A. Jeremiah.
1. His spirit is still broken.
2. His message was rejected, but he has the heart of God.
II. DATE
A. January 588-July 586 BC
1. Jerusalem’s fall. (July 19, 586 BC)
2. Jerusalem’s burning. (August 15, 586 BC)
III. THEME
A. Weeping from A to Z.
1. The method – Lamentations is a acrostic.
a) There are twenty-two letters in the Hebrew alphabet.
(1) Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 have 22 verses each.
(2) Chapter 3 has 66 verses. (22x3)
V. KEY VERSE
A. Lamentations 2:11 – Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is
poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the
children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Jerusalem’s affliction. (1)
1. Seen in the third person. (1:1-11)
2. The lament of the city. (1:12-22)
B. Jehovah’s anger. (2)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Ezekiel – God strengthen me.
1. Ezekiel – Hope. [the work of the Holy Spirit]
2. Isaiah – Faith. [the work of the Son]
3. Jeremiah – Love. [the Father weeping over His children]
II. DATE
A. 593 BC
1. 30th year of his life.
2. 5th year of captivity.
3. For the past 25 years he grew up around the ministry of Jeremiah.
III. THEME
A. Knowing God and His glory.
1. God always sought fellowship with man.
a) Not only to rule over, but to have fellowship with man.
2. When you see the glory of God it will change your life.
V. KEY VERSES
A. Ezekiel 1:1 – Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth
day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens
were opened, and I saw visions of God.
B. Ezekiel 1:28 – As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was
the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of
the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one
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that spake.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Judah’s foreteller. (1-3)
1. The hand of the Lord was upon me. (7x)
2. The Word of the Lord came to me. (49x)
B. Judah’s fall. (4-24)
1. Judgment on Judah.
C. Judah’s foes. (25-32)
1. Seven enemy Gentile nations.
D. Judah’s future. (33-48)
1. God doesn’t leave them in Babylon.
2. The book ends with a restored nation.
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I. AUTHOR
A. Daniel – God is my Judge.
1. Possibly a descendent of king Hezekiah.
2. There was no evil spoken of him.
3. He is the John of the Old Testament.
4. Greatly beloved.
II. DATE
A. 605-530 BC
1. Prophesied for 90 years.
2. Under the influence of Jeremiah and Hezekiah.
3. He was between 16-21 years old during the first deportation.
III. THEME
A. The Godless kingdoms and the kingdom of God.
1. Daniel was a prophet to the Gentile godless nations.
a) He speaks of the times of the Gentiles.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Daniel 2:22 – He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the
darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
VI. OUTLINE
A. The historical night. (1-6) [Darkness]
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GOLD ASSYRIA
SILVER PERSIA
BRASS GREECE
IRON ROME
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I. AUTHOR
A. Hosea – Salvation.
1. The prophet of preserving love.
2. He is the weeping prophet in Israel.
II. DATE
A. 754-714 BC
1. 40 years in the Northern Kingdom.
III. THEME
A. The unfaithful wife and the faithful husband.
B. The unfaithful Israel and the faithful God.
1. Degree of sin – Adultery.
2. Determination of sin – Immorality.
3. Dishonor of sin – Shame.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Hosea 14:9 – Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall
know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the
transgressors shall fall therein.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Tragedy in Hosea’s home life. (1-3)
B. Tragedy in Hosea’s home land. (4-14)
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B. His is the last preacher they will hear before the captivity.
C. He refers to Ephraim the most.
1. Ephraim was the largest tribe in Judah.
D. His children –
1. Jezereel – God sows. [Hosea’s child]
2. Lo-ruhamah – Unloved.
3. Lo-ammi – Not my people.
a) Take away the Lo and you get loved and my people.
b) The Lord changed their names.
E. Joshua and Jesus come from the same root word as Hosea.
F. A cure for the backsliding Christian – Turn from your sin and return to the Lord.
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I. AUTHOR
A. Joel – Jehovah is God.
1. A very common name in the Bible. (12x)
2. The prophet with a rent heart.
3. Oldest prophet.
II. DATE
A. 835-796 BC
1. He could have known Elijah or Elisha.
III. THEME
A. The day of the Lord. (5x) [30x]
1. Immediate day of the Lord. (1-2)
2. Impending day of the Lord.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Joel 2:13 – And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your
God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth
him of the evil.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Desolation. (1:1-2:17)
B. Deliverance. (2:18-3:21) [First promise of Pentecost]
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I. AUTHOR
A. Amos – Burden.
1. The troubler from Tekoa.
II. DATE
A. 765-755 BC
1. 30 years before judgment.
III. THEME
A. God’s judgment on every nation.
B. Vision. (7:7-9)
1. The privilege.
2. The plumbline.
3. The promise.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Amos 4:12 – Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto
thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
VI. OUTLINE
A. The verdict – Guilty. (1-2)
1. Eight burdens.
a) Gentile. (6x)
b) Judah. (1x)
c) Israel. (1x)
B. The voice. (3-6)
1. Hear ye the word of the Lord. (3x)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Obadiah – Worshipper or Servant of Jehovah.
B. He is the prophet of poet.
II. DATE
A. 586 BC
1. Questionable if this actually refers to the 586 BC invasion of Jerusalem.
2. Suggested dates – 926 BC, 848-841 BC, or 586 BC.
III. THEME
A. The product of pride. (3)
V. KEY VERSE
A. Obadiah 15 – For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it
shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
VI. OUTLINE
A. The doom of Edom. (1-16)
B. The deliverance of Israel. (17-21)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Jonah – Dove.
1. He was the son of Amittai.
2. He is the runaway prophet.
3. He was a patriot that loved his country.
II. DATE
A. 770 BC (II Kings 14:25)
III. THEME
A. The pity of God.
1. Jonah was mad and frustrated at the Lord. (4)
2. God had pity on even the babies and animals that lived in the city. (4:10-11)
3. The fish was an act of preservation.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Jonah 3:2 – Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I
bid thee.
VI. OUTLINES
A. Outline 1 –
1. Jonah and the storm. (1)
2. Jonah and the fish. (2)
3. Jonah and the city. (3)
4. Jonah and the Lord. (4)
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B. Outline 2 –
1. A word from God. (1)
2. A word with God. (2)
3. A word for God. (3)
4. A word about God. (4)
C. Outline 3 –
1. God commissions. (1)
2. God hears. (2)
3. God spares. (3)
4. God reproves. (4)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Micah – Who is a God liken unto me.
1. The prophet of the poor.
2. He is a contemporary of Hosea.
3. He had 40 years of ministry.
II. DATE
A. 734-732 BC
1. Samaria and Judah still exist.
III. THEME
A. The failure of the rulers and the faithful ruler.
1. When leadership fails, Christ succeeds.
a) Princes.
b) Prophets.
c) Priests.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Micah 6:2 – Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations
of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with
Israel.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Hear the indignation of God. (1)
B. Hear the indictment of His people. (2-3)
C. Hear the imminence of His coming. (4-5)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Nahum – Comfort.
1. His name is a shortened form of Nehemiah.
II. DATE
A. 650-612 BC
III. THEME
A. Judgment restrained is judgment reserved.
1. He suffers long with the evil doers. (Jonah 4:2)
2. Nahum saw God angry.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Nahum 1:8-9 – But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place
thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. What do ye imagine against the LORD?
he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Nineveh’s doom declared. (1)
B. Nineveh’s doom described. (2)
C. Nineveh’s doom deserved. (3)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Habakkuk – Embrace.
1. Prophet to Judah.
2. The questioning prophet.
3. The Job of the prophets.
4. The doubting Thomas of the Old Testament.
II. DATE
A. 622-605 BC
1. Just before Babylon invaded.
III. THEME
A. Faith must govern every area of your life.
1. Faith is how you live everyday.
a) You have to learn to be a rejoicing Christian.
b) Faith is choosing to see when you can’t logically see.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Habakkuk 2:4 – Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall
live by his faith.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Outline 1 –
1. There is a burden. (1)
a) Faith says – A double problem.
2. There is a vision. (2)
a) Faith seen – A double pledge.
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I. AUTHOR
A. Zephaniah – Hidden of Jehovah.
1. Grandson of king Hezekiah.
2. Preacher of hellfire and brimstone.
3. We know more of his pedigree than any other prophet.
4. Contemporary of Jeremiah.
II. DATE
A. 636-623 BC
1. He was one of the last prophets before the Babylonian captivity.
III. THEME
A. Judgment brings bitterness and blessings.
1. Bitterness is the extent of judgment.
2. Blessing is the intent of judgment.
V. KEY VERSES
A. Zephaniah 1:4 – I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the
name of the Chemarims with the priests.
B. Zephaniah 3:13 – The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall
a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none
shall make them afraid.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Look at home. (1:1-2:3)
B. Look around. (2:4-3:7)
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1. West – Philistines.
2. East – Moab.
3. South – Ethiopia.
4. North – Nineveh and Assyria.
5. Home – Jerusalem.
C. Looks ahead. (3:8-20)
1. A double prophecy.
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I. AUTHOR
A. Haggai – Festive.
1. Called the successful prophet.
2. Contemporary to Zechariah.
II. DATE
A. 521 BC
1. Haggai returns with Zerubbabel in 536 BC.
III. THEME
A. Build the house.
1. When they saw the Temple they knew God was with them.
2. The Temple was more important that the walls.
a) The priority of the work of God. (1:3-5)
b) The principle of the work of God. (1:9-11)
c) The purpose of the work of God.
V. KEY VERSE
A. Haggai 1:8 – Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take
pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Four sermons in four months.
1. The dangers of waiting.
a) When we should be working. (1:1-15)
2. The dangers of lamenting.
a) The past and missing the present. (2:1-9)
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I. AUTHOR
A. Zechariah – The one who Jehovah remembers.
1. Slightly younger than Haggai.
a) His father was Berechian – Jehovah blesses.
b) His grandfather was Iddo – In his appointed time. [prophet]
II. DATE
A. 520-516 BC
1. Before the Temple. (1-8)
2. After the Temple. (9-14)
III. THEME
A. By my Spirit. (4:6)
V. KEY VERSE
A. Zechariah 8:2 – Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy,
and I was jealous for her with great fury.
VI. OUTLINE
A. Pictures – Eight visions. (1-6)
B. Problems – Four messages. (7-8)
1. Each begins with the word of the Lord came.
C. Prediction – Two burdens. (9-14)
1. The rejection of the Messiah. (John 1:8)
2. The reign of the Messiah.
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I. AUTHOR
A. Malachi – Jehovah’s messenger. (3x)
II. DATE
A. 433 BC
1. 75-100 years after Haggai.
III. THEME
A. To expose the seeds of Pharisaism and Saduceeism and to encourage the remnant. (3:6-8)
PHARISAISM SADUCESSISM
FORMALISM SKEPTICISM
V. KEY VERSE
A. Malachi 3:8 – Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we
robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
VI. OUTLINE
A. The care of God. (1:1-5) [Past]
B. The complaint of God. (1:6-3:15) [Present]
C. The coming of God. (3:16-4:6) [Future]
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