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CAN YOU SUMMARIZE OT HISTORY?
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Acts 7
Memorise Acts 7:49-50 "Hath not my hand made all these things?"
CAN YOU SUMMARIZE OT HISTORY?
God’s plan is always perfect. Following the history of the Old Testament, it might not be so readily evident. But we know that God is perfect in wisdom and always in control. He ordered every single event through the history of time for His specific reasons and purposes.
Stephen’s sermon in Acts 7 gives us a very wonderful and succinct summary of the whole history of the Old Testament from Abraham till Jesus. It begins with Abraham, the father of nations. He was called by God to leave home and journey to Canaan, for the promise was that God would use him to form a great nation from whom all would be blessed. Out of Abraham’s grandson Jacob would be 12 sons who would be the father of the 12 tribes of Israel. Through Joseph, God led this family to Egypt, where they stayed for 400 years, in which time they multiplied from just 75 souls to a host of more than 2 million people! Moses was then called by God to lead them out of bondage in Egypt, and enter into the Promised Land. However, because of his sin, Moses was not allowed to enter in, and the mantle of leadership was passed on to Joshua, who led the conquest of the land, thereby forming the nation. The next 400 years was the period of the judges, where Israel had no king and every man did that which was right in his own eyes. The first king of Israel would be Saul, followed by David and Solomon, whose reigns led the nation to its most glorious and influential period. Solomon’s backsliding led to the kingdom being divided, where it became the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Israel lasted only about 200 years before God judged them with the Assyrians and destroyed them, whilst Judah lasted another 136 years before they were taken captive by the Babylonians and Jerusalem was destroyed. After 70 years of captivity, Zerubabbel and later Ezra and Nehemiah led groups of Jews back to Jerusalem to rebuild the city and occupy the land once again. The story of the Old Testament ends here, for it would be about 400 years of silence before the time of the gospels, where Jesus Christ is born to die for the salvation of man. Thus we see God working quietly behind the scenes, ensuring that the conditions would be perfect for Jesus to come in the fullness of time. As we put it all together in our minds, we can but marvel at the amazing way in which everything was ordered perfectly by God, all to lead up to the birth of our Saviour!
Thought: God planned it all even before the foundation of the world!
Prayer: Lord I thank You for Your wonderful plan of redemption.
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Acts 7
Memorise Acts 7:49-50 "Hath not my hand made all these things?"
CAN YOU SUMMARIZE OT HISTORY?
God’s plan is always perfect. Following the history of the Old Testament, it might not be so readily evident. But we know that God is perfect in wisdom and always in control. He ordered every single event through the history of time for His specific reasons and purposes.
Stephen’s sermon in Acts 7 gives us a very wonderful and succinct summary of the whole history of the Old Testament from Abraham till Jesus. It begins with Abraham, the father of nations. He was called by God to leave home and journey to Canaan, for the promise was that God would use him to form a great nation from whom all would be blessed. Out of Abraham’s grandson Jacob would be 12 sons who would be the father of the 12 tribes of Israel. Through Joseph, God led this family to Egypt, where they stayed for 400 years, in which time they multiplied from just 75 souls to a host of more than 2 million people! Moses was then called by God to lead them out of bondage in Egypt, and enter into the Promised Land. However, because of his sin, Moses was not allowed to enter in, and the mantle of leadership was passed on to Joshua, who led the conquest of the land, thereby forming the nation. The next 400 years was the period of the judges, where Israel had no king and every man did that which was right in his own eyes. The first king of Israel would be Saul, followed by David and Solomon, whose reigns led the nation to its most glorious and influential period. Solomon’s backsliding led to the kingdom being divided, where it became the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Israel lasted only about 200 years before God judged them with the Assyrians and destroyed them, whilst Judah lasted another 136 years before they were taken captive by the Babylonians and Jerusalem was destroyed. After 70 years of captivity, Zerubabbel and later Ezra and Nehemiah led groups of Jews back to Jerusalem to rebuild the city and occupy the land once again. The story of the Old Testament ends here, for it would be about 400 years of silence before the time of the gospels, where Jesus Christ is born to die for the salvation of man. Thus we see God working quietly behind the scenes, ensuring that the conditions would be perfect for Jesus to come in the fullness of time. As we put it all together in our minds, we can but marvel at the amazing way in which everything was ordered perfectly by God, all to lead up to the birth of our Saviour!
Thought: God planned it all even before the foundation of the world!
Prayer: Lord I thank You for Your wonderful plan of redemption.
Posted in Teens RPG