The Timeline: Part 1

C4:  Timeline Notes:

Oct. 14

Oval at the beginning:  

·         Genesis: Adam and Eve, Noah’s Ark, Tower of Babel

-- (side-note) entire thing would be about 5000 years’ worth of history—

·         Old Testament Broken Down:

o   Out of nothing- into something

o   Exiting- entering

o   United- divided

o   Scattered- gathered

Three Stick Figures:

·         Abraham/Isaac/Jacob

12 Figures:

·         12 sons of Jacob including Joseph (encircled)

75 people grew to over 2 million:

Moses:

·         Big stick man in the crowd

·         The exodus

·         (Moses was 80 when he saw the burning bush)

Ten Commandments:

·         Gives them the law

Israelites In The Desert:

·         Weren’t just aimlessly wandering- pillar of cloud by day & pillar of fire by night leading them

--God had a 12 year campaign to conquer the land of Israel—

·         (When they unearthed the city of Jericho it was just as described in the bible)

·         God’s been providing for them as they wander

·         Took only 2 years to get to the promised land, wandered 38 more afterwards

336 year period of sin

·         Cycle (sin-suffer-cry out-savior sent-experience-peace-sin again-etc.)

·         Samuel will reunite them

Box with box, squiggles, and circle:

·         Box-represents temporary security

·         Book of Judges

·         Dot- represents the remnant of God’s people

Samuel:

·         Hannah has Eli who becomes the voice of God

·         Israelites want a king really badly even though God keeps telling them they don’t need one

·         Samuel grows up and leads & when he ends up not becoming king God gives them Saul (who ends up being their worst nightmare) to satisfy them

Saul:

On The Literal Interpretation Of Genesis- By Dr. Soden & Dr. Miller

~Faith is what fills the gaps in your knowledge.

(Notes from lecture/discussion from Ben Bixby)