Download Big Idea of the Old Testament - Part 4

The Big Idea
Of the
Old Testament
© John Stevenson Bible Studies, 2007
Old Testament
Law
Historical Books
Old Testament
Major Prophets
Minor Prophets
Poetic Books
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of
Solomon
Suffering
Man on his face
before God
Worship
Man before the
throne of God
Man receiving
Wisdom
instruction from God
Life
Man looking for
satisfaction in life
Love
Man in a loving
relationship
Dan
Elijah & Elisha
Isaiah
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Micah
ISRAEL

Shechem
Bethel

Jonah
JUDAH
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Penuel
ASSYRIA
721 B.C.
ISRAEL
ASSYRIA
JUDAH
Jeremiah
Nahum
Obadiah
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Nobility (Included
Daniel & his
friends)
Tradesmen
JUDAH
(Included Ezekiel)
BABYLON
Ezekiel 10:4
Then the glory of the LORD went up from
the cherub to the threshold of the temple, and the
temple was filled with the cloud, and the court
was filled with the brightness of the glory of the
LORD.
Ezekiel 10:18-19
Then the glory of the LORD departed from
the threshold of the temple and stood over the
cherubim. 19 When the cherubim departed, they
lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my
sight with the wheels
beside them; and
they stood still at the
entrance of the east
gate of the LORD's
house. And the glory
of the God of Israel
hovered over them.
Ezekiel 11:23
And the glory of the LORD went up
from the midst of the city, and stood over
the mountain which is east of the city.
BABYLON
JUDAH
586 B.C.
Psalm 137:1-4
By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down and wept,
When we remembered Zion.
2 Upon the willows in the
midst of it
We hung our harps.
3 For there our captors
demanded of us songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying,
"Sing us one of the songs of Zion."
4 How can we sing the LORD's song
In a foreign land?
1
Now in the first year of
Cyrus king of Persia - in
order to fulfill the word of
the Lord by the mouth of
Jeremiah -JUDAH
the Lord stirred
up the spirit of Cyrus king of
Persia, so that he sent a
proclamation throughout his
kingdom... (2 Chronicles
36:22).
PERSIA
Babylon
2 Chronicles 36:23
Cyrus
the
Great
"Thus says Cyrus
king of Persia, 'The LORD,
the God of heaven, has
given me all the kingdoms
of the earth, and He has
appointed me to build Him
a house in Jerusalem,
which is in Judah.
Whoever there is among
you of all His people, may
the LORD his God be with
him, and let him go up!'"
Three
Deportations
Three
Returns
Nobility (Included
Daniel & his friends)
1st Return
Zerubbabel
Babylon
2nd Return
Ezra
Tradesmen
(Included Ezekiel)
General
Population
3rd Return
Nehemiah
"Behold, I am
going to send My
messenger, and
he will clear the
way before Me.
And the Lord,
whom you seek,
will suddenly
come to His
temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in
whom you delight, behold, He is coming," says the
LORD of hosts. (Malachi 3:1).
A Prophet
I will raise up a prophet from among
their countrymen like you, and I will
put My words in his mouth, and he
shall speak to them all that I
command him (Deuteronomy 18:18)
A Priestly Sacrifice
But He was pierced through for
our transgressions, He was
crushed for our iniquities; The
chastening for our well-being fell
upon Him, And by His scourging
we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5).
A King
And to Him was given dominion,
glory and a kingdom, that all the
peoples, nations, and men of
every language might serve
Him. His dominion is an
everlasting dominion which will
not pass away; and His kingdom
is one which will not be
destroyed. (Daniel 7:14).
But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From you One will go forth for Me
to be ruler in Israel.
His goings forth are from long ago,
From the days of eternity.
(Micah 5:2)