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THE BIBLE IS NOT
ONE BOOK
BUT A
LIBRARY OF
66BOOKS
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Written by over40 men
Overa period of
1500 Years
1400 B.C. to 65
A.D.
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30
A.D
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2000A.D.
1400B.C..
Moses
Moses wrote the
first five books of
the Bible
GENESIS
EXODUS
LEVITICUS
NUMBERS
DEUTERONOMY
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The Forty
Write
rsof the Bible
Were
Shepherds
Kings
Fishermen
Peasant
s
Doctors
Tax-collectors
From
Rome
Jerusalem
Babylon (Iraq)
Pers
ia (Iran)
Greece
Turkey
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30
A.D
.
40 Different
Writers
Almost 1500
years
2000A.D.
Moses
1400B.C..
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THE BIBLE 66 books
40 different writers
Almost 1500 Years
Over10,000 events
One Story
Unity of Theme
No contradictions
40 writers, 15
centuries, yet claims
ONE AUTHOR
Holy men of God spoke as they were moved
by the Spirit of God (2 Peter1:21)
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Moses
Of the 66
books, 39 werewritten before
the birth of
Jesus
These 39 are called the
Old TESTAMENT
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Of the 66
books, 27 werewritten soon
after the death
of Jesus
NEW
TESTAMENT
400B.C..
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The Old Testament
39book
s
All written before Jesus came.
1400-400 B.C.
Testament means covenant oragreement
The Old Covenant is an agreement that God
made with the nation ofIsrael The Old Testament was written in Hebrew
the language of Israel
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Modern Map of Same Area
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The Old Testament
39 books
All written 400 yearsbefore Jesus birth
1400-400 B.C.
Testament meanscovenant oragreement
The Old Covenant is anagreement that God madewith the nation of
ISRAEL
The Old Testament waswritten in Hebrew thelanguage of Israel
All written AFTER his
death
48-65 A.D.
The New Covenant is an
agreement that God has
made forALL NATIONS
The New Testament was
written in Greek
The New Testament
27 books
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Moses
Moses wrote the
first five books of
the Bible
GENESIS
EXODUS
LEVITICUS
NUMBERS
DEUTERONOMY
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2000A.D.
1400B.C..
Moses
They are
sometimes called
theLawofMoses
GENESIS
EXODUS
LEVITICUS
NUMBERS
DEUTERONOMY
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THE FIRST FIVE
BOOKS -- LOOK
BACK FROM THE
DEATH OF
MOSES -- ALLTHE WAY TO THE
BEGINNING OF
THE WORLD
Beginning.
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The First Book
GENESIS Chapters 1-11
Creation of the world
First human family
Spread of evil
World wide flood
Division of mankind intonations and languages
Creation
ofworld 2500B.C.
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The First Book
GENESISchapters
12-50 God chooses the
FATHERS of the future
nation of Israel
FourGenerations
grow from 1 couple to
70 people
Creation
ofworld 2500B.C.
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Creation
ofworld 2500B.C.
Books 2-5 (Moses)
EXODUS, LEVITICUS,NUMBERS,
DEUTERONOMY
Tells about the
beginning of the nation
And how God gave
them His Laws
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Creation
ofworld 2500B.C.
Books 6-17
ARE BOOKS OF HISTORY
WRITTEN BY VARIOUSAUTHORS
1400 400 B.C.
Possession of their land,the establishment of the
kingdom, the captivity and
return to their land
400B.C..
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1400B.C..
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Creation
ofworld 2500B.C.
Books 18-22
ARE BOOKS OF POETRY
AND WISDOM
Job is about mansquestion about suffering
Psalms i
sa collection ofpoems put to music
Proverbs is a collection ofshort wise sayings
400B.C..
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1400B.C..
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Creation
ofworld 2500B.C.
Books 18-22
ARE BOOKS OF POETRY
AND WISDOM
Ecclesiastes tells how tolive life in a world whereall is vanity
Song ofSolomon is apoem about true romanticlove
400B.C..
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Creation
ofworld 2500B.C.
Books 23-39
Throughout the history
of Israel, various
prophets predicted that
SOMEONE from Israelwill one day be a
SAVIOR & KING of the
world
400B.C..
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Even the Fathers of the
nation of Israel were toldby God that one of their
descendents would one
day be born and bless the
entire world
2000A.D.
1400B.C..
Moses
Creation
ofworld 2500B.C.
400B.C..
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THE STORY OF THE OLD
TESTAMENTwas
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All the Prophets,
Priests
and Kings
ofIsrael were
ANNOINTED
with oil when theytook theiroffice
It was like aninauguration ceremony
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The Prophets of Israel predicted that one day
Godwould anoint a world leaderwith his
Spirit
Anoint English
Messiah Hebrew
Christ - Greek
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THE MESSAGE OF THE
PROPHETS OF THE OLDTESTAMENT WAS
2000
A.D.
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B.C..
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Creation
ofworld 2500
B.C.
400
B.C..
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400B.C..
New Testament
All 27 books written
after the death ofJesus.
First four tell an
independent account
of the life, death, and
resurrection of Jesus
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The New Testament
The First Four Books
Called the fourgospels (gospel is a Greekword forgood news)
Named after the authors Matthew, Mark,Luke, John. Three were eyewitnesses, Lukeknew many of the eyewitnesses.
Jesus
lived & died in30 A.D., all 27 NewTestament books were written while
eyewitnesses were alive
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400B.C..
New Testament
The FourGospels
give evidence thatJesus is the Christ(the anointed ofGod), the one
predicted in the OldTestament times.
Shows howprophecy wasfulfilled in the life
and death of Jesus
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The FourGospels
Matthew,Mark, Luke,John
Tell the purpose of Jesus coming
Reveal his perfect life and service
Gives the true source of his teaching
Gives evidence that he is the Son of God
and deserves ourworship
Help usunderstand why his own nation
killed him
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The FourGospelsMatthew,Mark, Luke,John
Do not Contain everything Jesus did
(John 21:25) Jesus did many other things as well. If every
one of them were written down, I suppose that even the
whole world would not have room for the books that
would be written. (NIV)
(John 20:3
0-3
1) Jesus
did many other
mirac
ulous
sign
sinthe presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this
book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you
may have life in his name. (NIV)
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A.D.
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B.C..
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B.C..
New Testament
Fifth Book
Acts, written by
Luke tells the
story of the first
30 years ofChristianity
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B.C..
New Testament books 6-26
Are letters writtenby apostles andprophets in thechurch to variouschurches andindividuals
Instruction inChristian livingfound here
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2000
A.D.
1400
B.C..
Moses
400
B.C..
New Testament Book
27
A prophecy of thedestruction of
Jerusalem and the
fall of the Jewish
Nation in 70 A.D. atthe hand of the
Roman Empire
70A.D.
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A.D
.
2000
A.D.
1400
B.C..
Moses
Of the 66
books,39
werewritten before
the birth of
Jesus
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A.D
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2000
A.D.
1400
B.C..
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New Testament
All 27 book
swritten after the
death of Jesus.
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Summary
The OLD TESTAMENT emphasizes thehistory of one nation Israel
This nation is emphasized because it was
one man from that nation, that would oneday change the world
The Coming of Jesus Christ is theCENTRAL EVENT IN ALL OF HUMAN
HISTORY
How did the writers of the Bible know torecord the history of his ancestors?
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Jesus Christ is more than a historical
figure
The Evidence presented in the
Bible proves that ..
Will you investigate the
claims of the Bible?
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