Introduction to the Bible
Journey through the Bible with Tiglath
Mauvine found this introduction to the Bible, which we hope will be interesting to the older as well as to the younger readers – Hopefully we will have a reading each month - a journey which will last for about many years as we travel through the Bible’s sixty-six books.
Index to the Bible : stories in our magazines
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Preparing to Depart |
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Ur to Canaan |
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Abraham, Ishmail, Lot, Isaac, Sodom and Gomorrah |
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God promises to make a great nation through Ishmael + a romantic story |
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Abraham dies, Esau and Jacob |
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Jacob’s Ladder |
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Joseph - sold by his brothers, taken to Egypt, then in the right place at the right time |
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Jacob's family is reunited and they move to Egypt |
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Joseph takes over when his father Jacob dies |
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Israelites in deep trouble after living in Egypt for more than 350 years |
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Moses as a young man murders a fellow Hebrew and flees Egypt |
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God instructs Moses as to what he must say to Pharaoh |
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The plagues hit Egypt, and the Israelites leave there after 430 years. |
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Crossing the Red Sea |
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Manna from heaven |
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Moses goes up Mount Sinai |
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The Ten Commandments |
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Cloud and fire lead the way through the desert |
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The sacrifice laws God told Moses (helps make sense of the Crucifixion) |
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The scapegoat |
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In Sinai (after Egypt) but before reaching the Land of Milk and Honey (Canaan) |
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The people complain and the food, and are then overfed with quails |
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Numbers 12 to 15 |
The move towards Canaan |
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Still wandering in the desert - and arguing - then, after 38 years, they enter Canaan |
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Fighting their way into the Promised Land & Balaam the oracle |
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The final stage of reaching the Promised Land & new laws about women's rights |
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Numbers 33 to 36 |
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Deuteronomy 1 to 3 |
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Moses gives a very long speech to the Israelites |
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Moses continues, preparing the Israelites for settling down from their long travels |
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Moses continues to set out the laws and customs needed for a settled people... |
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...and yet more rules and regulations. |
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Moses dies |
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Joshua is appointed leader by God, and receives support from the army |
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Much fighting and slaughter as the Israelites take possession of the land |
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The two heroines of the story are Deborah and Jael |
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The story of Gideon |
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Abimelech tried to be a king and failed. Tola and then Jait followed - as Judges |
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The story of Jephthah, the son of a harlot |
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Judges 14 to 15 |
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Ruth, a book about everyday Israeli farming folk - the start of the family line that leads to Jesus Christ (Ruth then Obed then Jesse then David then...) |
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The rise of David to king, and the call of Samuel |
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The Philistines take the ark of God! |
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The Israelites turn back to God and escape the Philistines, but then want a King… |
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Saul annihilates the Ammonites, and Jonathan enrages the Philistines |
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Saul thinks he must kill his son for eating honey. God appears to turn away from Saul |
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Saul rejects God. David and Goliath |
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Saul continues to try to capture David. Saul’s’ son Jonathan befriends David |
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Saul searches for David |
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Saul chases for David |
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Civil war! |
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David is anointed King |
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David wishes to build a house for God |
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Stuff for a soap opera - about David and his sons, especially Absalom |
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Rebellion and bad blood between Israel and Judah |
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David is on the point of death |
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Building the Temple in Jerusalem |
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Solomon rebuilds Gezer for his daughter |
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The curious story of Jeroboam |
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Quarrels between Israel and Judah |
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Confrontation of Elijah with the pagan King Ahab and his wife, Jezebel |
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God versus Baal - no contest! Jezebel is angry. God speaks to us quietly. |
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Elijah anoints Elisha to become a prophet, King Ahab and Jezebel |
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Elisha goes to heaven, the waters of Jordan part |
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Inter-tribal wars, and Elisha miracles |
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Naaman’s leprosy |
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Elisha makes iron swim! |
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What happened to the Shunammite woman |
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Why God sent lions to eat… |
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Hezekiah has his life lengthened and the sun goes ten degrees backward. |
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Josiah is killed fighting Egypt. Nebuchadnezzah. |
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Chronicles (start to chapter 12 in the second book) - the past history of the Jews |
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Abijah makes war against Jeroboam |
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Jehosaphat, a good king |
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Good kings, bad kings |
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The Jews return to Jerusalem. Political problems rebuilding the temple. |
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Ezra tries to bring the Jews back to worshipping God. |
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Troubles the Jews had rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem |
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The walls are finished despite plotting. Rebuilding the religious side of things. |
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The interesting story of a beautiful woman |
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The start of this mysterious book... fable? parable? |
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(on the Christmas story) |
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... a complex book ... pre-dates Genesis? ... major links with Christianity |
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Chapter 5 to the end |
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Next month |
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