Spiritual Entry: The Holy Bible (Part 1)
What is The Holy Bible?
The word “Holy” biblical definition translates to 1: Sacred or Set a apart for God’s use . The word “Bible” means book or collection of books. So the Holy Bible is a collection of books that is Sacred or set apart for God. The Bible contain 66 books and all of the books topic the very same subject, God’s message to mankind. The Bible tells us about God, shows us his mighty acts, and how people have responded to God. Also we learn who God is and, what he expects from us. The Holy Bible took approximately 1,500 years to be written from the time of Moses in Genesis through Revelation written by the apostle John roughly around 65 years after the death of Jesus.
Overview of the Old Testament:
The Old Testament is a collection of 39 books, both Jews and Christians acknowledge these books as scripture . The Old testament starts the Creation of the universe and of the human race, including how sin entered the world. Then it continues with the history of God’s chosen people, the descendants of Abraham. In the Old Testament God begins to show his plan for saving people from sin. Through his prophets he promised many times to send the Messiah, the savior of everyone who trust in him for salvation.
Genesis: Describes God’s Creation of the World, the sin of the first humans and history of the Hebrew people.
Exodus: Israel’s miraculous freedom from slavery in Egypt; the giving of the Law and the building of the tabernacle.
Leviticus: Hebrew ceremonial law for rules for living.
Numbers: The story of Israel’s wanderings in the wilderness after disobeying God.
Deuteronomy: Moses reiterates the Law for the people as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.
Joshua: Israel conquers the Promised Land and the land is divided among the 12 tribes.
Judges: The history of a chaotic period in the life of Israel from Joshua to Samson.
Ruth: A Moabite woman follows her mother-in-law back to Israel and is blessed for her faithfulness.
1 Samuel: The story of Israel during the judgeship of Samuel and the reign of Israel’s 1st king, Saul.
2 Samuel: The reign of King David.
1 and 2 Kings: The history of the nation of Israel from the death of King David and Solomon’s reign to the dividing of the kingdom and the destruction of Judah.
1 and 2 Chronicles: The historical records of Israel and Judah.
Ezra: A small group of Jews return to Jerusalem from the captivity Babylon to rebuild the temple.
Nehemiah: Another group of Jews return form captivity and rebuilds the wall around Jerusalem.
Esther: A young Jewish woman becomes queen of Persia and saves the Jewish people from being wiped out by the order of the king of Persia.
Job: Pain and patience teach to trust in God alone.
Psalms: A collection songs that were used to worship God.
Proverbs: Practical wisdom from King Solomon and others.
Ecclesiastes: A poem that leads the reader to examine what’s truly important in life.
Song of Songs: A poetic rendering of love and the desire between a husband and wife.
Isaiah: Israel’s greatest prophets foretells the birth of Jesus and describes his works.
Jeremiah: Predicts the coming captivity of Judah, what it will suffer, and indicates that God will one day allow the people return to the land.
Lamentations: Jerimiah’s song of sorrow over what Jerusalem will experience.
Ezekiel: Message of both warning and comfort sent to Jews who were in captivity.
Daniel: Wise Jewish captives remain faithful to God; Daniel also prophesies about the future.
Hosea: A picture of God’s unfaithful people through the allegory of a faithless wife.
Joel: Predicts Judah’s coming judgement with a promise that God will reward the faithful people.
Amos: Predicts that Israel and it’s surrounding neighbors will be punished; points to the Messiah’s kingdom.
Obadiah: Predicts the destruction of Edom.
Jonah: A reluctant prophet is sent to proclaim judgement to the Assyrian city of Nineveh.
Micah: Predicts the the Babylonian captivity and points toward the birth of the Messiah in Bethlehem.
Nauhum: Predicts the destruction of Assyria.
Habakkuk: A prophet chooses to trust God in the face of national destruction.
Zephaniah: Predicts the overthrow of Judah because of it’s unfaithfulness to God.
Haggai: Prophecies about the rebuilding of the temple.
Zechariah: Prophecies about the rebuilding of the temple and the Messiah.
Malachi: A prophet calls the nation of Israel to remain faithful to the Lord.
