Category: BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

Writer UNKNOWN (Jeremiah?)
Between 561 BC – 539 BC
The Jews are Exiled to Babylon
Demonstrates the value of obeying God
Key Verse: 2 Kings 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
1-8 The Prophet Elisha
9-16 Kings of Judah and Israel
17-21 Fall of Israel
22-23 King Joshiah
24-25 Fall of Judah; Exile

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Writer UNKNOWN (Jeremiah?)
Between 561 BC – 539 BC
The Jews are Exiled to Babylon
Demonstrates the value of obeying and the danger of disobeying God
Key Verse: 1 Kings 3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
1-4 King Solomon’s Reign
5-8 Temple Construction
9-10 Queen of Sheba
11-16 Kingdom Splits
17-22 Prophet Elijah

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Writer UNKNOWN (Samuel, Gad, and Nathan?)
Between 1100 BC – 931 BC
The Jews were in Israel and Judah
Demonstrate the prominence of David’s line.
Key Verse: 2 Samuel 7:9 (God told Samuel to tell David) And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
1-4 David’s Reign in Judah
5-10 David unites Israel
11-12 David and Bathsheba
13-20 Family Problems
21-24 Conclusions

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Probably written by Samuel
Between 1030 BC – 930 BC
The Jews were in Canaan
To show the kind of faithfulness, godliness, loyalty and love that God desires for His people.
Key Verse: Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
1 Naomi and Ruth
2 Ruth meets Boaz
3 The Threshing Floor
4 The Marriage

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Written by Paul the Apostle about 60 AD – 62 AD
To Gentile Believers, While in Rome, in Prison
To express Paul’s love and affections for the Philippians|
Key Verse: Philippians 2:14-15 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
1 Joy of Life
2 Humility of Christ
3 Finish the Race
4 Thanks and Greetings

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Written by Paul the Apostle about 60 AD – 62 AD
To Gentile Believers, While in Rome, in Prison
Key Verse: Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
1-3 Spiritual Blessings
4-6 The Believer’s Life

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Written by Paul the Apostle about 48 AD – 49 AD
From Asia Minor to the Gentile believers in Galatia
To warn against Legalism and defend justification by faith as well as Paul’s apostolic authority
Key Verse: Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
1-2 Paul’s Defense
3-4 Justification by Faith
5-6 The Believer’s Life

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Written by Paul the Apostle about 56 AD
From Philippi to the Gentile believers in Corinth
To defend Paul’s call as an apostle to the gentiles and to address deceivers
Key Verse: 2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
1-7 Apostolic Characteristics
8-9 Giving
10-13 Paul’s Defense

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Written by Daniel around 605 BC – 535 BC
From Babylonian
Prophecy and Apocalyptic (predicting end times))
To confront the Jew that God is sovereign and to provide them with a vision of their future redemption.
Key Verse: Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
1-6 Daniel and his friends
7-12 Apocalyptic Visions

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Written by John (The Beloved) an Apostle, to Elect Lady about 85 AD – 95 AD
John was in Ephesus
To warn against heresy and false teachers
Key Verse: 2 John 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

The “Elect Lady” is often interpreted as either a specific woman known to John or as a metaphor for a local church.

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