THE BIbLE At A GLANCE

OLD TESTAMENT PERIOD ANTIQUITY CREATION ADAM THE & EVE FLOOD
CREATION & CRISIS GENESIS 111
God creates the world Adam & Eve disobey Sin infects all life God promises a solution

NEW TESTAMENT PERIOD 1000 BC DAVID & SOLOMON 500 BC MOST OF THE PROPHETS 0 AD 25 JESUS EARTHLY LIFE
THE SOLUTION MATTHEWJOHN
God sends Jesus Jesus obeys God Jesus dies and is resurrected

2500 BC

2000 BC ABRAHAM JACOB

FATHER OF ISRAELS 12 TRIBES

1500 BC MOSES

AD 50 PAULS MISSIONARY ACTIVITY

AD 75

FUTURE NEW CREATION

A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE REVELATION
Beauty and harmony All nations worship God Jesus is king

CONSTRUCTION OF TEMPLE

GODS SOLUTION UNFOLDS GENESIS 11MALACHI

God chooses Abraham and forms a nation Israel disobeys and loses her freedom God promises a solution

GODS NEW MULTICULTURAL ACTSJUDE COMMUNITY

God gives his Spirit and a new heart to all ethnicities A new people of God is born

39 OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS

GENESIS 111
The story of the creation of all life and the special creation of human life, disobedience, and the resultiing consequences

27 NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS

WRITINGS
Comprised of three wisdom books, ve scrolls and four historical books

THE LAW
The rst ve books which gave Jews their ethical framework

THE PROPHETS
Message from God to the Jews through a spokesman

THE GOSPELS
Accounts of the life of Jesus from four different perspectives

GENESIS EXODUS LEVITICUS NUMBERS DEUTERONOMY

JOSHUAJUDGES 1&2 SAMUEL1&2 KINGS ISAIAHJEREMIAHEZEKIEL HOSEAJOELAMOS OBADIAHJONAHMICAH NAHUMHABAKKUK ZEPHANIAHHAGGAI ZECHARIAHMALACHI

PSALMSPROVERBSJOB SONG OF SONGS RUTHLAMENTATIONS ECCLESIASTESESTHER DANIELEZRANEHEMIAH 1&2 CHRONICLES

MATTHEW MARK LUKE JOHN

Gods revelation Accounts of the missionary activity to John about of early Christian leaders, and their the scope of history letters to new communities of Christians

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES & THE EPISTLES

THE REVELATION

ACTSROMANS 1&2 CORINTHIANSGALATIANS EPHESIANSPHILIPPIANSCOLOSSIANS 1&2 THESSALONIANS1&2 TIMOTHY TITUSPHILEMONHEBREWSJAMES 1&2 PETER1,2&3 JOHNJUDE

This chart is taken from the I-DIG International Disciples Group guide (tiny.cc/idig), published by InterVarsity International Student Ministry in May, 2013. The Bible at a Glance chart is adapted from Passport to the Bible by Fred Wagner. Copyright 1999 by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. Used by permission of InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400 Downers Grove, IL 60515. www.ivpress.com. Download this chart at 2100.intervarsity.org