Bible Study
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The Bible is God's written revelation of His will to man. II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:21. |
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The central theme of the Bible is Jesus Christ. I Timothy 3:16. |
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The Bible contains 66 Books, written by 40 authors covering approximately 100 years. |
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The Old Testament was written mostly in Hebrew (a few short passages in Aramaic). The New Testament was written in Greek. Our Bible is a translation from these languages. |
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The word "Testament" means "Covenant" or agreement. The Old Testament is the covenant God made with man about his relationship before Christ came. The New Testament is the agreement God made with man about his relationship with the Father after Christ came. |
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In the Old we have the Covenant of the Law. In the New, the Covenant of Grace through Jesus Christ. Galatians 3:19-25; Galatians 3:13-14. |
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The Old Testament - The First Seventeen Books. The first five (5) Books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy are called the Pentateuch -- all from the pen of Moses and are five in number. They are called "The Law" but they are redemptive and historical in nature. (Pentateuch means five.) |
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Next twelve (12) In number are: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I Samuel, II Samuel, I Kings, II Kings, I Chronicles, II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Ester . These make up the second main group of Books in the Old Testament. Note, there are 12 in number and they are historical in nature. So the first section of the Old Testament is 17 in number, falling into a natural subdivision of |
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Five (Pentateuch) -- Law -- Redemptive-- Historical |
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Twelve (Joshua Through Ester) -- Historical |
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The Old Testament -- The Middle Five Books. These are: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiates, Song of Solomon. These five are individual and experiential. All of the former 17 were national--these are personal, dealing with human problems of the heart. All of the first 17 were prose -- these are poetry. They are five in number and they are experiential in nature. |
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The Old Testament -- Last Seventeen Books. The final seventeen books - The Prophetical Books. They are: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lemantations, Ezekial, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. These 17 are divided into two groups as the first 17 were: The first 5-- are the "Major Prophets". The last 12--are the "Minor Prophets". |
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The New Testament -- The First Five Books. The foundational Books are: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and the historical Book of Acts. These are foundational to all that has preceded and all that follows. |
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The New Testament -- The Next Twenty-One -- The Epistles. Fourteen are the Epistles of Paul. They are divided as follows: Nine - Church Epistles -- Romans, I Corinthians, II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I Thessalonians, II Thessalonians. Five -- Pastoral or Personal -- I Timothy, II Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews (and the authorship of Hebrews by Paul is debated, but we shall consider it as Paul's based upon Hebrews 13:23). Seven are General Epistles. The names of the seven are the same as their authors -- James, I Peter, II Peter, I, II, II John and Jude. The Last One -- Prophecy -- The Apocalypse -- The Revelation of Jesus Christ penned by John. |
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God, man, sin, redemption, justification, sanctification. In two words -- grace, glory. In One word -- Jesus. |
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Christ quoted from 22 Old Testament Book: Matthew (19 times); Mark (15 times); Luke (25 times); John (11 times) |
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There are 1,189 chapter in the Bible |
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There are 31, 373 verses in the Bible |
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There are 775,693 words in our King James Version |
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Longest chapter is Psalm 119 |
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Shortest chapter is Psalm 117 |
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Longest Book in Old Testament is Psalm |
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Longest Book in New Testament is Luke |