THE PLOT
God wanted a relationship with people like us.
(Creation)

People like us broke the relationship.
(The fall of man.)

The rest of the story is how God worked through history to restore that relationship with us.
(The central theme of the bible.)

THE PROMISE (Genesis 12)
I will give you land. (Canaan)

I will give you a nation. (Israel)

I will give you a people. (Jews/Jesus)

THE PLAN
THE SAVIOR IS COMING. (Old Testament)

THE SAVIOR HAS COME. (The Gospels)

THE SAVIOR IS COMING BACK. (Acts–Revelation)

The Old Testament seeks to set the standard for behavior – which is called the law.

Romans 7:7

Romans 3:20

Leviticus 17:11

Hebrews 10:1-10

I John 4:9-10