Run Through the Old Testament

COVER TO COVER OVERVIEW

TODAY we are going to RUN through the whole OT

I LOVE TV SHOWS — Worst is when they don’t release all at once — I forget what happened before next episode releases — COVER it all at once today

39 BOOKS

28 AUTHORS

2,000 YEARS

90% of all messages preached are in NT. Missing out on all of God’s story.

CREATION — APPLE

God made man. 6 Days — Rested on the 7th.

We were made in God’s image. And given a choice. A free will to choose God or to choose to be master over our own lives. ADAM / EVE MADE CHOICE and sinned against God.

GOD IS HOLY / PERFECT we are not. because of that sin there was a separation. GOD COULD HAVE SAID “STINKS TO BE YOU”. But what did He do? God takes an innocent animal, and uses it’s hide to clothe Adam and Eve. FIRST GLIMPSE AT WHAT JESUS WOULD DO. This glimpse at forgiveness and redemption and sacrifice.

THE FRANCHISE PLAYERS

ABRAHAM, ISSAC & JACOB. Not perfect, they are fallen, BUT THEY ARE MEN OF FAITH.

ABRAHAM — Father of nations. count the stars thats your offspring. Sand on sea shore. Go to the land i’ll show you.

ISSAC — Abraham son that was promised to him. Waited 25 years for God’s promise.

JACOB — Issac son. Made a lot of mistakes but still used by God and a man of faith. Jacob had a son named JOSEPH. Coat of many colors. Sold into slavery by his own brothers. Works his way up to second in command over Egypt. Drought and Famine comes. His family comes for food and he saves them. THEY LIVE THERE AND GROW IN POPULATION. That ends up upsetting one of the next Pharaohs. And we come to the book of EXODUS.

EXODUS

Because Pharaoh wasn’t a fan of the Israelites, they were enslaved by them for 400 years. INTRO MOSES! Called by God to lead his people. Did’t want to because he had a speech problem. GOD CHOOSES UNLIKELY PEOPLE TO DO GREAT THINGS.

MOSES LEADS them out of slavery… See the foreshadowing to Jesus? WE WERE IN BONDAGE to Sin and Jesus made a way out for us.

The Israelites are set free! They then are lead to the place where God gives the the 10 commandments and Plans for the Tabernacle Dwelling place for God until they reached promised land.

Supposed to be a quick trip to Promised land… takes 40 YEARS. DISOBEDIENCE God allows that Generation to not see the promised land, they die before they ever get there. Missed out on God all because of Disobedience.

CONQUEST

THE GREAT REAL ESTATE DEAL

When Moses passes away a new man takes over JOSHUA

He takes them to PROMISE LAND! Tells Joshua to move all the ungodly people out so His people could move in. Just like Abraham — Obey me and everything’s gonna go great… ALMOST DID IT. They disobey God

REPETITIVE STORY — GOD’S GRACE

When they mess up God sends...

JUDGES

SAMSON — GIDEON — SAMUEL

SPIN CYCLE — FALLING, FAILURE, FORGIVENESS

Can you see the frustration?? Judges tried to bring them back

AND HERE is what the people did...

KINGS

You know how Kids want what they don’t have? Christmas? — Like their toy until they see what the next person opens.

GOD’S PEOPLE SAW THAT OTHER NATIONS HAD KINGS — SO THEY WANTED ONE — DON’T NEED ONE we have God. KEEP ASKING. God says okay cool here ya go. PART OF OUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE.

GOD GAVE THEM SAUL

Handsome — 4.3 Mil on Insta — 6 Pack Abs — SUPER JEALOUS guy tried to have David killed

DAVID — Awesome but messed up — BATHSHEBA

THE KINGS didn’t get God’s people where they thought they would… so then you have the… —

DIVISION

DIVISION of the 12 tribes.

ISRAEL to the North — JUDAH to the South

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Nahum, and Habakkuk, and people like that, and Micah and Malachi. They are all coming around during this time.

When we search for our own way… not God’s way… We end up living a divided life. And that happens to them…

EXILE

Assyria comes and takes out 10 of the 12 tribes.

God will allow you to make your own choices. But the consequences are still going to come…

The two tribes, Judah, were taken captive from the Babylonians and then to fast forward because of time. Persia comes in and conquers everybody and they allow some of the Jews to come back

THE RETURN

(Jerusalem), rebuild the walls (Nehemiah), worship (Ezra), and then you have it all moving toward Malachi, who says, “You’re still not living for the Lord.. All the way to the last book of OT Malachi — Under a CURSE…

THE SILENCE

For the next 400 years God is silent. The people were used to, whether good or bad hearing from God. But it’s like God’s phone was on silent. While in your Bible it’s just one page between the old and new testament, After Malachi delivers the last words from God there is a 400 year GAP before they hear from God again.

Malachi’s last prophetic word from God was a rebuke it was letting the know that they are still running from God. Not living like they should. And then 400 years.

But as we talked about at Christmas this was setting the scene for Jesus.

THAT’S THE 30,000 FT OVERVIEW OF THE OT!!

BUT THERE IS SOMETHING AMAZING ABOUT THE OT…

THE OT IS ALSO ALL ABOUT JESUS. He’s revealed and and His character and his love grace and mercy and sacrifice is alluded too all throughout the OT

In Genesis he’s our Creator.

In Exodus he’s our Passover Lamb.

In Leviticus he’s our High Priest.

In Numbers he’s our Cloud by day and a Fire by night.

In Deuteronomy he’s our promise-keeping and Promise-making God.

In Joshua he’s the Captain of our salvation.

In Judges he’s our Law-giver.

In Ruth he’s our Kinsman Redeemer.

In 1 and 2 Samuel he’s our Prophet.

In Kings and Chronicles he’s our reigning King.

In Ezra he’s our Worship.

In Nehemiah he’s our Wall-builder.

In Esther he’s our Mordecai.

In Job he’s our Healer.

In Psalms he’s our Good Shepherd.

In Proverbs and Ecclesiastes he’s our Wisdom.

In Song of Solomon he’s the Initiator of Marital Love.

In Isaiah he’s our Prince of Peace.

In Jeremiah he’s our Potter and we are the clay.

In Lamentations he’s our weeping Prophet.

In Ezekiel he’s the Wheel within the wheel.

In Daniel he’s the fourth Man in the fiery furnace.

In Hosea he’s our faithful Husband.

In Joel he’s the One who pours out his spirit on all people.

In Amos he’s our burden Bearer.

In Obadiah he’s Mighty to save.

In Jonah he’s our foreign Missionary.

In Micah he’s our Hope of restoration.

In Nahum he’s our Avenger of God’s elect.

In Habakkuk he’s God’s evangelist.

In Zephaniah he’s our Savior.

In Haggai he’s our Restorer.

In Zachariah he’s our Fountain.

In Malachi he’s our Tithe.

I’m talking about the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Author of our Salvation, Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!