BTC Old Testatment Book Themes & Passage Summaries
Berean Training Center Old Testament book themes and passage summaries
Questions (en-US) | Answers (en-US) |
|---|---|
Genesis | Beginnings |
Genesis 1 | Creation |
Genesis 1:27 | Man in God’s image |
Genesis 2 | Creation, 6th day |
Genesis 2:24 | Purpose of marriage |
Genesis 3 | Temptation, sin, fall, curse |
Genesis 3:15 | First gospel |
Genesis 6 to 9 | The Flood |
Genesis 11 | Babel, origin of nations |
Genesis 12:1 to 3 | Abrahamic covenant |
Genesis 15:6 | Righteousness by faith |
Genesis 22 | Isaac offered up |
Genesis 50:20 | You meant for evil, God meant for good |
Exodus | Redemption |
Exodus 3:14 to 15 | God’s name “I AM” |
Exodus 4:11 | God created the handicapped |
Exodus 7 to 11 | Ten plagues |
Exodus 12 | The Passover |
Exodus 14 | Red Sea |
Exodus 18 | Delegation advice from Jethro |
Exodus 19:5 to 6 | God’s special people |
Exodus 20 | The Ten Commandments |
Exodus 21:22 to 24 | Life in the womb |
Exodus 32 | Golden calf |
Leviticus | Holiness and worship |
Leviticus 1 to 7 | Five sacrifices |
Leviticus 10 | Nadab and Abihu |
Leviticus 16 | Day of Atonement |
Leviticus 18 | Holiness code |
Leviticus 19:2 | Be holy as God is holy |
Leviticus 19:18 | Love neighbor as self |
Numbers | Wanderings and disbelief |
Numbers 13 | 12 spies into Canaan |
Numbers 23:19 | God does not lie |
Deuteronomy | Second Law |
Deuteronomy 6:4 to 5 | The Shema: God is one, love God |
Deuteronomy 6:6 to 9 | Biblical parenting |
Deuteronomy 13 | Test for false prophets |
Deuteronomy 17 | Instructions for a king over Israel |
Deuteronomy 18:15 | The prophet to come |
Deuteronomy 24 | Divorce and remarriage |
Deuteronomy 28 | Blessings and curses |
Deuteronomy 29:29 | The secret things |
Deuteronomy 32:39 | I kill, make alive; wound, heal |
Joshua | Conquer and Divide |
Joshua 1 | Be strong, courageous, keep the law |
Joshua 24:15 | Choose whom you will serve |
Judges | Cycles (disobedience and defeat) |
Judges 21:25 | No king in Israel, everyone did what was right in his own eyes |
1st Samuel | Judges to Kings (Samuel to Saul) |
1st Samuel 13:14 | A man after God’s own heart |
1st Samuel 15:22 | To obey better than sacrifice |
1st Samuel 16:7 | David anointed king; the Lord looks at the heart |
1st Samuel 17 | David and Goliath |
2nd Samuel | David’s Reign as King |
2nd Samuel 7 | Davidic covenant |
2nd Samuel 11 to 12 | Bathsheba, consequences, rebuke, confession |
2nd Samuel 12:23 | Babies go to heaven passage |
2nd Samuel 24:24 | Not give to the Lord that which costs me nothing |
1st Kings | United & Divided Kingdom |
1st Kings 3 | Solomon asks for wisdom |
1st Kings 8 | Solomon’s temple dedicated |
1st Kings 11 | Solomon compromises |
1st Kings 17 to 19 | Elijah’s ministry |
2nd Kings | Captivities |
2nd Kings 5 | Gehazi’s greed |
2nd Kings 17 | Israel’s fall, Assyrian captivity |
2nd Kings 24 to 25 | Judah’s fall, Babylonian captivity |
1st Chronicles | God’s view on David |
1st Chronicles 17 | Davidic covenant |
2nd Chronicles | God’s view on Judah’s kings |
2nd Chronicles 34 to 35 | Josiah’s reign, He hears the word of God |
Ezra | Rebuild the Temple |
Ezra 7:10 | The priority of a Bible teacher |
Nehemiah | Rebuild the Walls |
Nehemiah 8:8 | How old testament teachers practiced good exegesis |
Esther | Providence & Preservation |
Esther 4:14 | The providence of God in Esther |
Job | Suffering and Sovereignty |
Job 1 to 2 | God is sovereign over Satan and suffering |
Job 19:25 to 26 | A redeemer and bodily resurrection |
Job 38 to 41 | God’s speech |
Job 42 | Job repents |
Psalms | Worship |
Psalm 1 | Two ways contrasted |
Psalm 2 | Messiah’s reign |
Psalm 19 | General and special revelation |
Psalm 22 | Messiah’s suffering |
Psalm 23 | The Lord is my shepherd |
Psalm 32 | Blessings of forgiveness |
Psalm 51 | Confession of sin |
Psalm 73 | Apparent prosperity of the wicked |
Psalm 90 | Man’s transitoriness |
Psalm 119 | The word exalted 22 ways |
Psalm 127 | The blessing of children |
Psalm 139 | God’s omniscience and omnipresence |
Proverbs | Wisdom |
Proverbs 3:5 to 8 | Trust in the Lord |
Proverbs 5 | Be satisfied with your wife |
Proverbs 7 | The adulterous woman |
Proverbs 15:1 | A gentle answer turns away wrath |
Proverbs 22:6 | Train up a child |
Proverbs 23:13 to 14 | Discipline with the rod |
Proverbs 27:17 | Iron sharpens iron |
Proverbs 31 | The excellent wife |
Ecclesiastes | Vanity |
Ecclesiastes 12 | Fear God and keep His commandments |
Isaiah | Salvation |
Isaiah 6 | Isaiah’s call, vision of God |
Isaiah 7:14 | Virgin birth |
Isaiah 9:6 | Birth and reign of Prince of Peace |
Isaiah 48:16 | Best of Trinity verse |
Isaiah 53 | Suffering servant |
Isaiah 64:6 | Righteous deeds like filthy garments |
Isaiah 65 to 66 | End of history |
Jeremiah | Warning (the last hour) |
Jeremiah 1:5 | In the womb I knew you |
Jeremiah 17:9 | The heart more deceitful |
Jeremiah 23 | Wicked shepherds |
Jeremiah 31 | A new covenant, Israel’s restoration |
Lamentations | Mourning (a lament) |
Lamentations 3:22 to 23 | God is faithful |
Lamentations 3:37 to 38 | God is sovereign over calamity |
Ezekiel | Restoration |
Ezekiel 8 to 11 | God’s glory departs |
Ezekiel 28 | The fall of Satan |
Ezekiel 36 | A new covenant, Israel’s restoration |
Ezekiel 37 | Valley of dry bones, Davidic kingdom |
Ezekiel 40 to 48 | Future temple, God's glory, worship and land restored |
Daniel | Destiny |
Daniel 2 | Golden statue vision, God’s kingdom supreme |
Daniel 3 | Fiery furnace, no compromise |
Daniel 4 | Nebuchadnezzar’s pride and conversion |
Daniel 6 | Daniel in the lion’s den |
Daniel 7:13 to 14 | Son of Man prophecy |
Daniel 9:24 to 27 | 70 weeks prophecy |
Daniel 12:2 to 3 | Old testament resurrection predicted |
Hosea | Loyal Love (faithfulness) |
Hosea 6:6 | Loyalty over sacrifice |
Joel | The Day of the Lord |
Joel 2:12 to 14 | Repent in your heart, not externally |
Joel 2:28 to 30 | Promise of the Spirit at Pentecost and day of the Lord |
Amos | Social injustice of Israel |
Amos 8:11 to 12 | A Famine for the word |
Micah | The Justice of God |
Micah 5:2 | Eternal Christ from Bethlehem |
Micah 6:8 | God requires justice, walk humbly |
Habakkuk | Judgment on Judah through deportation |
Habakkuk 2:4 | Live by faith |
Habakkuk 3:18 to 19 | The Lord is my strength |
Zechariah | Preparation for the Messiah |
Zechariah 4:6 | By the Spirit only |
Zechariah 12:10 | Israel repents over pierced Messiah |
Zechariah 14:9 to 11 | Christ will rule as king in the land |
Malachi | True Worship of the Lord |
Malachi 1:6 to 14 | Imperfect sacrifice |
Malachi 2:16 | Hate divorce |
Malachi 3:8 | Will a man rob God |
1446 BC | Exodus |
1406 BC | Conquest |
1011 BC | David ascends |
931 BC | Kingdom divides |
722 BC | Fall of Israel, Assyrian captivity |
605 BC | First Babylonian exile (Daniel) |
597 BC | Second Babylonian exile (Ezekiel) |
586 BC | Third Babylonian exile (Jeremiah) |
536 BC | First return (Zerubbabel) |
457 BC | Second return (Ezra) |
444 BC | Third return (Nehemiah) |