These men called the people of Israel and Judah to repentence and faith in God. Three of the major prophets are Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. The period that followed is known as the time of the Prophets. Unfortunately, the kingdom was beset by trouble and was divided in two - Israel and Judah. David's successor, his youngest son, Solomon, was famous for his wisdom and for building the Temple. He was followed by David, who was known for his great leadership and for making Jerusalem the center of worship. Saul, by God's favor, became the first king. The Kings of Israelĭuring the time of the Judges, the Israelites kept asking for a king. Although Moses did not live to enter the Promised Land, God called his deputy, Joshua, to lead the people and take over the land. Moses led the people through the desert, and during the journey, received the precepts for faithful living that we call the Ten Commandments. God heard the cries of His people and called Moses to lead them to freedom. This is the event where the Hebrew people (Israelites), who were living as slaves in Egypt, were liberated. Like the Jewish people, we believe in God's intervention in human history during the Exodus. It is Jacob's 12 sons who become the famous Twelve Tribes of Israel. Isaac is the father of Jacob, whose name is Israel. Although their story is fraught with crises, Abraham and Sarah do have a son, Isaac. He made a covenant with Abraham and his wife, Sarah, in which God promised numerous descendants and a land of their own - the Promised Land. We believe God formed a special relationship with His people. Adam and Eve's fall from the grace of God is called original sin. We call the first humans Adam (from the Hebrew meaning "man" or "mankind") and Eve (from the Hebrew meaning "source of life"). We believe that God created everything that exists - and that He created a universe that was good. Jews and Christians share the first books of the Bible - for Christians, they are called the Old Testament. It is recorded in the Bible, which simply means "book". Our story is humanity's story, and begins before time was even measured. It is not hard to do, and it is not boring if we are prepared to put in a bit of study with prayer and fervor, and just perhaps you can make use of a Bible Timeline as well.įor more info about a Bible TimeLine go to our Bible TimeLine Chart site and view the Bible study resource.-Adapted from "Welcome to Our Church" by FaithCatholic. Let's us as instructors and preachers stitch together the aspects of God's Word and God's plan into a logical whole that our people are able to draw on for the remainder of life, helping them to figure out God, His Eternal Plan, the function of the Church and ways to better interpret the Bible to model our lives by. Constantly we are bombarded with new books, modernist ideas, a number of them perilously leaning toward Liberal thinking, when if we could be taught the basic principles of Church history, we then wouldn't be so bound to repeat it. We teach on a verse from Haggai and a narrative about Joseph and Mary and a topic from the book of Matthew and then the obedience of Peter or the healings through Peter - pieces from here and everyplace, but we do not put it all at once in a clear understandable, simple to remember, perspective with a decent Bible TimeLine including Church History as well. Why do we get stuck in a rut of our pet topics and sugar coated discourses? I have since compiled a Bible chronological banner and shown in a more graphic way the time period of people and occasions. Moses lived some 500 years after Abraham and so it is not possible. In our Bible class some years ago, one person who had been a Christian and laboured in the Church for many years, asserted that,"Yes, but Abraham had the Law and so he understood about." (they were not talking about the pre-Moses law) I wonder how many Christians would actually pick up the error in this claim. Teaching Scripture More Effectively With A Biblical Timeline
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