The warnings – God warned Israel and Judah many times to return unto the Lord. But because Israel refused to hear the prophets and return to the Lord, they were turned over to their enemies. The Northern Kingdom of Israel conquered and scattered – After many wicked kings in Israel, God gave Israel over to their enemies to be destroyed. The northern kingdom was overtaken and destroyed by Assyria and all the people were scattered among the nations. This included the ten tribes of Israel who were still in the north. (This is the beginning of Ephraim becoming the multitude of nations, which is the fullness of the Gentiles prophesied by Jacob. Israel’s seedline would be mixed and their ethnicity would no longer be the same). Samaria no longer belonged…
The people wanted a king – After the period of the Judges, Israel’s mistrust in God caused them to desire a King to reign in Israel like they saw the other nations have. God’s desire was that He be the one true spiritual King of Israel, but they could not be obedient to the Spirit and needed a man to rule over them. The period of the kings was a time where the land of Israel saw many kings and faced many enemies. There were very few faithful kings that would rule over God’s people, therefore the land of Israel saw great affliction and distress because of their wickedness. Only a few faithful men ruled Israel with righteous intent. The ones who did, saw the great blessings of God upon…
The Judges – Now living in Canaan, Israel was commanded to serve God and be a blessed people. They conquered the city of Jerusalem, which became a dwelling place for the people of God. But soon after their faithful leader, Joshua, died, Israel was continually seduced to work evil by the surrounding nations. Israel was taken into captivity by their enemies over and over again. Through many years, God raised up Judges in Israel that would be saviors, delivering Israel from their enemies. Every time a Judge was in rule, Israel was faithful. But after each Judge died, Israel became wicked and fell into the captivity of their enemies. This was a continual cycle of disobedience and death. It was always followed by great sorrow and a need for repentance.…
The promised land – Through many battles, Israel conquers the inhabitants of the land of Canaan, including the great city of Jericho, and possesses it for themselves. This is a fulfillment of the word that Abraham received from the Lord that God would give them a land to inherit that they would call their own. Joshua divides the land up for each tribe to take possession and prosper. (This is a great example of the spiritual possession that God has given you. A new land that is fruitful and prosperous. That land is your soul, a land free from enemies, and overflowing with the abundance of God’s blessing. As a type and shadow, Israel did not fully enter into those blessings in the old testament, but it can be fulfilled…
Moses sent to deliver Israel – While tending sheep, Moses is called up to Mount Horeb where the angel of the Lord appears to him in a burning bush. The bush is on fire but is not consumed. The experience is very powerful for Moses, but God spares his life and sends him to be a deliverer of Israel from their captivity in Egypt. (Moses was said to be a prophet like unto Christ because he followed the pattern of Christ in the Old Testament). Moses returns to Egypt – Moses enters Egypt with a word from God that will teach all nations that the Lord is the one true God. In this message from Moses, Israel is given a promise by God that they will receive a new land…
Jacob moves to Egypt – When Jacob (Israel) heard that Joseph was alive, it immediately revived his spirit. God then visited Israel in a vision and said to him “fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will make of you there a great nation: I will go down with you into Egypt; and I will also surely bring you up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon your eyes.” When Jacob arrives in Egypt, it’s a celebration of sorts for Joseph. They unite with great joy and Jacob is brought in to see Pharaoh. Jacob blesses Pharaoh and begins to establish his people in Goshen, outside of Egypt. This again is proof that it was God’s will to send Israel to Egypt that they may learn how…
Abram called by God – The time of the Patriarchs is when God begins to establish His covenant with man through a nation of people. His covenant begins with Abram, to whom God told to leave his father’s house and land so that he could gain a new land and become a great nation in God. This is the beginning of God choosing a people to live with and walk with. God made a promise to Abram that he would become a great nation and that his seed (children) would be as the stars of heaven. Those stars would begin to multiply with God’s promise to Abram about his son. The promise says that he would have one son, and that son would be born of a spiritual promise and…
Great wickedness in the earth – As man lived and multiplied in the earth, the sons of God took the daughters of men as wives. Because of this, man’s heart was filled with wicked imaginations. As wickedness began to spread among the people, they would no longer hear God when He spoke. So God told Noah that He was going to flood the earth and destroy all flesh. Even though this event was going to happen on the earth, God did have a plan to save the righteous and preserve His seed in their future generations. Noah, the preacher of righteousness – In the midst of all this wickedness, a man named Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Noah was a just man and perfect in his…
The first man Adam – After the earth is created, God forms man from the dust of the ground, and he becomes a living soul. The name of that man is Adam. God then planted a garden and called it Eden. He took the man and put him into the garden of Eden and commanded him to take care of it. In the midst of the garden of Eden there were many trees, but there were two trees in particular that God addressed with Adam. First is the tree of life, and the second tree was the knowledge of good and evil. God told the man that he could eat of every tree of the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He was commanded not…
1. The Beginning Creation – God created heaven and the earth. Each day of creation is a day of division, it is God dividing and separating heaven and the earth, the light and the darkness. God worked for six days and on the seventh day, He rested. Creation Days 1-7 Day 1 – Created Light. Day vs Night. God divided the light from the darkness. He called the light day and the darkness he called night. Genesis 1:1-4 Day 2 – Heaven. God made heaven in the midst of the waters and divided the waters above the heaven from the waters below the heaven. Genesis 1:6-8 Day 3 – Earth and Sea. God divided the dry land (earth) from the waters (sea), and said let the earth bring forth grass,…
