Though one of our most recent trials has been the Covid pandemic, every year of our earthly lives has its share of trials and challenges. [Read more…]
6 Ways Christmas Shows Us How God Works In Historical Events
When we see how God has worked in and through history it is incredibly exciting! A number of years ago I was looking at maps of the ancient world and realized starting putting together how God used the exile of the Jews, the spread of Alexander the Great’s empire, and the Roman Roads so everything fit together for the coming of Jesus. [Read more…]
#57 The Romans Road, part one—The Road to Salvation
Christians often refer to themselves as “saved”, but what does it mean to be “saved”? Saved from what?
In today’s podcast we’ll talk about the meaning of salvation and how to get from wherever we are to this spiritual destination. Our roadmap for this journey is found in the book of Romans.
Click the following link to download the notes: NOTES The Romans Road, part 1—the plan of salvation
Romans Road, part 2 The rest of the journey home
If you invited someone to your home for dinner and they stopped halfway there, what would you think? That they didn’t care? Didn’t really want to be with you? [Read more…]
Book Recommendation: How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
Even more tragic than not reading the Bible at all is to read it incorrectly and to think it says something it doesn’t say. Another tragic mistake is to think the Bible promises something that it doesn’t and then to get angry with God because He didn’t do what you thought He should do because you didn’t understand what the Bible passage was truly about. [Read more…]
How to daily live a life pleasing to God—what all the theology about dying to sin really means
How are we supposed to live our daily lives if our faith in Jesus is real?
If God saves us as a free gift of grace, dependent on Jesus’ death on the cross, does he really care what we do after we accept him? Can we do whatever we want, knowing we’ll be forgiven? [Read more…]
Chart of Old Testament Prophets and Kings—where they fit in history, plus a book of additional INFOGRAPHICS
One of the most important things to keep in mind when you read through the Old Testament Prophets is that all these stories took place in real lives in actual history.
To understand their messages correctly, you need to understand their historical context, and to help you do that, I created a chart that will help you see what prophets preached when. To download the infographic that helps you see this clearly, click on the image.
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Here is a video that explains the chart of the prophets:
More about the timeline of the Old Testament Prophets
In the overall history of the prophets in the latter part of our Bible, the nation of Israel was divided into two parts, Israel and Judah, after the reign of Solomon. Both nations deteriorated in their faithfulness to God, though Judah had some periods of revival. Ultimately Israel was conquered by Assyria and went into captivity in 721 BC, never to return as an independent nation. Judah was conquered by Babylon in 586 BC and returned to the land after 70-year captivity.
During all these times, God sent his prophets to challenge and encourage his people. The history of this time is told in the books of Kings and Chronicles, but the preaching of the prophets is scattered, and not in chronological order in the final books of the Old Testament. Unless you read the messages of the prophets in their proper historical setting, outside of a few verses pulled out of context, they make little sense. This chart will help you see overall how they fit correctly into the history of the time.
I organized the chart so that the prophets of Israel are grouped together; as are the prophets
of Judah. The ones who spoke to other nations are clearly marked. Each of the historical periods before, during, and after the captivity of Judah is also clearly marked.
Go to the lessons with the name of the prophet for more detailed teaching on each of them (just enter the prophet’s name into the search box above.)
Following is a PDF of the chart—you can use it however you want.
Click on the chart below to download—you may use it however you wish.
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