THE ROYAL STORY 1 GENESIS TO 2 SAMUEL A

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a. C_____________ Gen 1-2

b. R_____________ Gen 3-11

c. R_____________ Gen 12-Rev 19

d. R_____________ Rev 20-21

2. One main character

Luke 24:44-45

3. For all people in all places

a. People don’t change.

Romans 5:12 You can trace through the Bible, the state of people’s hearts:
E.g. Genesis 6:5 (see also 8:21 post-flood!)  Psalm 51:5  Jeremiah 17:9  Mark 7:18-23  and the battle continues for Christians Galatians 5:16-26.

b. God doesn’t change

e.g. Numbers 23:19; Malachi 3:6

c. His word doesn’t change
e.g. Matt 22:31-32 quoting Exodus 3:6

4. It’s all we need

2 Timothy 3:15-17

See also Jude 3; Hebrews 1:1

5. We need all of it

Acts 20:27

6. It’s always right

Philippians 3:15

See also 2 Timothy 2:7; Psalm 119:18.

Bible Overview: A Biblical method

Deuteronomy 1:6–4:1; Nehemiah 9; Psalm 78; Psalm 105; Psalm 106; Psalm 136; Acts 7; Acts 13; Hebrews 11.

The Standard Bible Overview: People, Land, Blessing

Genesis 1-2

Genesis 3

Genesis 12:1-3

Thinking Biblically about kings...

B. BIBLE OVERVIEW OF KINGS: GENESIS TO RUTH

1. The King of the world

Genesis 1:1

2. The kings of the world

Genesis 1:26 

3. The wrong king of the world

Genesis 3:4-6

See also Matthew 4:8-9

Genesis 3:17

4. A future king of the world

Genesis 3:15

5. Kings promised

Genesis 17:6

See also 17:16; 35:11

 

Genesis 49:8-12

6. The Battle of the two kings

Exodus 1:8-11

Exodus 19:5-6

7. Kings promised

Numbers 24:7

Numbers 24:17-19

Numbers 23:21

Deuteronomy 17:14-20

What are the kings to be like?

8. Kings needed

Judges 2:10-19

The Judges of Israel
	Verses	Sin	Punishment		Repentance		Mercy
							Judge	Rest
1	3:7-11	Serve idols	Ruled by king of Mesopotamia for 8 yrs		They cry out to God		Othniel	40 yrs
2	3:12-30	Serve idols	Ruled by king of Moab for 18 yrs		They cry out to God		Ehud	80 yrs
3	3:31	Shamgar
4	4:1-5:31	Serve idols	Ruled by king of Canaan for 20 yrs	They cry out to God			Barak	40 yrs
5	6:1-8:32	Serve idols	Ruled by king of Midian for 7 yrs	They cry out to God			Gideon	40 yrs
	8:33-9:57	Abimelech: self-appointed, sinful murderer. Not a judge. Does not rescue Israel. An anti-judge.
6	10:1-2	Tola						23 yrs
7	10:3-5	Jair						22 yrs
8	10:6-12:7	Serve idols	Ruled by Philistines and Ammonites for 18 yrs		They cry out to God	Jephthah		6 yrs
9	12:8-10	Ibzan						7 yrs
10	12:11-12	Elon						10 yrs
11	12:13-15	Abdon						8 yrs
12	13:1-16:31	Serve idols	Ruled by Philistines for 40 years				Samson	20 yrs

Judges 17:6

Judges 18:1

Judges 19:1

Judges 21:25

Summary

C BIBLE OVERVIEW OF KINGS: 1 -2 SAMUEL

1. Getting ready for the king: Samuel

1 Samuel 2:10

2. Wait...kings are bad?

1 Samuel 8:4-7

Why is asking for a king so terrible?

1 Samuel 8:20

1 Samuel 12:12

1 Samuel 12:8-11

3. The people’s king: Saul

4. God’s king: David

1 Samuel 16

a. God’s king chosen against expectations

b. God’s king serving against expectations

What does the new king do? Why is this surprising?

5. God’s king’s kingdom established

2 Samuel 5:1-3 Coronation

2 Samuel 5:7 Jerusalem

2 Samuel 5:11-12 Palace

2 Samuel 5:25 Victory

2 Samuel 6:17 Ark

6. God’s king’s eternal kingdom

2 Samuel 7:8-11

2 Samuel 7:12-13, 16

7. God’s king’s reign

2 Samuel 8:6, 8:14 Victory

2 Samuel 8:15 Justice and righteousness

2 Samuel 9:1 Grace

2 Samuel 10:2 Justice over enemies

8. God’s king’s downfall

9. God’s people’s downfall

A chain of sin...

2 Samuel 13:1, 14

2 Samuel 13:21

2 Samuel 13:28

2 Samuel 13:39

2 Samuel 14:33

2 Samuel 15:10, 12-13

2 Samuel 20:1-2

2 Samuel 24:1, 10, 15

Summary

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