Basic Bible Overview
1 Peter 1:20-21
Tim Nay
Part of Foundations for Followers
February 26, 2023

B.I.B.L.E.

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The Bible is divided into two parts:

and Testaments.

The

Testament is mainly about the God has with the nation of and the of the Messiah being born through the lineage of the Jewish people.

3 Kinds of Books in the Old Testament;



There are

years of ‘silence’ between the Testaments.

Tips to understanding the Bible:

-Books & letters are

in chronological order
-Names of regions and bodies of water
-Canaan/Israel/Palestine = general areas
-Hebrews, Israelites, & Jews are the people group
-Israel & Jacob = sometimes used
-Israel can also refer to just 10 of the tribes of Israel, the Kingdom
-The Old Testament really at the of Jesus

13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. —Colossians 2:13-14

Nine Eras of Old Testament

The

Testament is about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, the beginning of the and Jesus’ disciples continuing to fulfill the Commission.

3 Kinds of Writings in the New Testament;

Books
Letters
Letteres

The Bible is all about God

mankind to Himself through .

20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. —1 Peter 1:20-21