1. Unit 1 Introduction to Old Testament studies
Bible School 201
Unit 1
Introduction to Old Testament studies
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2. CWay Bible School 201 – Unit 1
Proverbs:
1: 1-7
3: 5-6
24: 3-4
25: 2
MEAT IS LEKKER !!!
“Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly – mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it.”
1 Cor 3 v 1-2

3. 1. The theatre of God’s activity

4. 1. The theatre of God’s activity

5. 2. The OT through Jesus’s eyes
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
“Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you that everything written about me in the
LAW
of Moses and the PROPHETS
and the
PSALMS (writings)
must be fulfilled”.
Lk 24: 44
Minor:
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Major:
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekial
Daniel
History:
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Poetry and wisdom:
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
The Song of Solomon

6. 2. The OT through Jesus’s eyes
1. Law
2. Prophets (major)
Prophets (minor)
3. History
4. Poetry and wisdom
Genesis
Beginnings
Isaiah
Salvation is of the Lord
Hosea
Loyal of God for Israel
Micah
Judgement and restoration of Judah
Joshua
Conquest
1 Kings
Division of the Kingdom
Job
God is sovereign
Exodus
Redemtion
Jeremiah
Judah’s last hour
Joel
The great and terrible day of the Lord
Nahum
The judgement of Nineveh (how the mighty fall)
Judges
Cycle
2 Kings
Destruction and captivity
Psalms
Worship
Leviticus
Lamentations
Lamenting, mourning
Amos
The coming judgement of Israel
Habakkuk
“the just shall live by faith”
Ruth
Kinsman-Redeemer
1 Chronicles
Priestly view of David’s reign
Proverbs
Wisdom
Numbers
Wandering
Ezekiel
The future restoration of Israel
Obadiah
The judgement of Edom
Zephaniah
The day of the Lord
1 Samuel
Transition (from Judges to Kings)
2 Chronicles
Priestly view of Judah
Ecclesiastes
Vanity
Deuteronomy
Renewed Covenant
Daniel
Encouragement for the future restoration
Jonah
Revival in Nineveh (anti-rascist)
Haggai
The reconstruction of the Temple (Remnant must reorder its priorities
2 Samuel
David
Ezra
Restoration of the Temple
The Song of Solomon
Love in marriage
Zechariah
Prepare for the Messiah
Nehemiah
Restoration of the “Walls”
Malachi
An appeal to backsliders
Esther
Salvation through God’s Providence

7. 3. The OT points towards Jesus Christ
Hebrews 1:1
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.

8. 4. Seeing the OT through NT apostolic eyes
Hebrews 1:1
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.

9. Next week Genesis and the Law Date Session Reading Schedule 13 Feb
Bible School 201:
Unit 2 – The flow of OT history
Get ready for March:
Genesis and the Law