Wednesday Evenings, 7:00pm to 8:15pm.
Our OT Narrative Bible Class finished November 16. You can view video of each class, and view and download the class outline, below. Wednesday Evenings will now feature worship services, first for Thanksgiving Eve (11/23), and then for Advent (Wednesdays in December). Our next class (topic yet to be determined) will begin in January.
Overall Class Outline for OT Narrative history:
Wednesday, November 16: Units 32-34. Return from Exile.
Wednesday, November 9: Units 27-31, The decline and exile of Judah.
The South (Judah): Last Hopes for Reform
Isaiah and Hezekiah 2 Kings 18-20
Jeremiah and Josiah 2 Kings 22-23:30 (Jer 22:8-9)
Catastrophe: The Fall and Exile of Judah 2 Kings 24-25
Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles (Jer. 29:1-23)
Lamentations Lam 1 and 3
Ezekiel in Babylon Ez 1:1-3; 4:1-5:9; 9:3; 10:4; 10:18; 11:22-25
Wednesday, November 2: Units 20-26, The decline and destruction of the Northern Tribes.
Rehoboam and Split 1 Kings 12:1-24
The Sin of Jeroboam 1 Kings 12:25-33
Ahab, Jezebel and Elijah 1 Kings 16:29-22:40 (See esp. Ch 18-19)
Elisha 2 Kings 2:1-25; 4:1-5:14
The North (Israel): A String of Evil Kings
Other Prophets in the North: Amos, Hosea, Joel
The Fall of Israel 2 Kings 17
Wednesday, October 26: Units 16-19, focus on David’s own failures, the price he pays for this, the high water mark of the United Kingdom under Solomon, as well as Solomon’s less than stellar finish.
Bathsheba: 2 Sam 11:1-12:25
Absalom’s Rebellion: 2 Sam 13:1-16:23; 18:1-19:15; 1 Kings1:1-53; 1 Kings 2:13-31
The Glory Days of Solomon:
Solomon’s Wisdom 1 Kings 3
The Temple 1 Kings 6:1-14; 8:1-61 (Esp 8:22-53)
Some Rot in Denmark: 1 Kings 11:1-13
Wednesday, October 19: We continued our examination of Theocracy, and looked carefully at David and Saul, and focusing on God’s promise to David in 2 Sam 7.
Saul and David: 1 Sam 18:1-16; 20:1-42; 24:1-22; 28:1-25; 1 Sam 31:1-2 Sam 1:17
David Consolidates Power: 2 Sam 2:1-5:5; 2 Sam 6:1-23
God’s Promise to David: 2 Sam 7:1-29.
Wednesday, October 12: We turn from Part I of our Survey of the Old Testament Narrative to Part II, where our focus will shift from the giving of the Covenant at Mt. Sinai to the rise of King David and the promise God made to him of an eternal Kingdom. To prepare:
The Judges: Jdg 1:27-2:23; 3:7, 12, 4:1, 6:1; 6:11-8:35; 13:1:31; 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; Ruth 1-4 (see 4:18-22)
Samuel: 1 Sam 1:1-3:21, 5:1-7:2; 8:1-9:27
Saul: 1 Sam 15:1-16:23
Saul and David: 1 Sam 18:1-16; 20:1-42; 24:1-22; 28:1-25; 1 Sam 31:1-2 Sam 1:17
Wednesday, October 5: I plan to wrap up the section on the Books of Moses and the giving of the covenant at Mt. Sinai. To prepare, read what we didn’t get to last week on the conquest of the Promised Land:
Joshua leads the the People In: Josh 1:1-11; 2:1-3:17; 5:13-6:27; 9:1-11:23; 24:1-32
Additional texts: Ps 78, Ps 105, Ps 106, Ps 136
Wednesday, September 28: We covered from Numbers 9 through Deuteronomy. We didn’t quite get to the Joshua readings, so we will save them for next week. We covered:
Aborted Entry into the Land: Nu 13-14
The Wilderness Years: Nu 9:15-23; 11:1-12:16; 20:1-21:9
On the Border: Dt 1-4:40; 30; 34
Wednesday, September 21: If you have time, read all of Ex 1-24, and Ex 32-34. The passages in bold are especially recommended. That’s 15 Chapters. These are perhaps the most important chapters in the entire Hebrew Scriptures. The events recorded here are alike in importance to the events of Holy Week!
Moses and the Covenant at Mt. Sinai:
Before the Plagues: Exodus 1-6 (Esp. Ex 1-3)
The Plagues of Egypt: Exodus 7-10
The Last Plague; The Passover; The Exodus: Exodus 11-14, 16-17
Covenant at Mt. Sinai: Exodus 19-24 (Esp. 19-20, 24)
Covenant Broken and Restored: Exodus 32-34
Wednesday, September 14: The Patriarchs and Moses before the plagues. The passages in bold are especially recommended.
Abraham: Gen 12-23 (Gen 12 & 15)
Isaac: Gen 24
Jacob/Israel: Gen 28-33
Joseph: Gen 37-46
Moses: Exodus 1-6
Or, if you’re really bold, read all the way through: Gen 12-Exodus 6!
Wednesday, September 7: To begin our survey of the Old Testament, we are going to examine briefly the three most significant events of the Old Testament, the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai, God’s promise to David, and the catastrophe of the Exile. In subsequent classes we will examine the events leading up to and out of each of these three events as well. In preparation for this class, try to read the following. If you have time, read the psalms in parenthesis below as well!
The Covenant at Mt Sinai: Ex 19-20; (Ps 105)
The Promise to David: 2 Sam 7; (Ps 89:19-37)
The Calamity of Exile: 2 Kings 17 & 24-25; (Ps 89:38-51; Ps 137)
Click here to watch the class.
For upcoming classes, view or download my ambitious plan, which you should see below. Page three has a schedule of topics mapped to upcoming Wednesdays. I am sure I will be updating this and making some changes as we go along.
Archived Classes:
Wednesday, June 15: The second of two classes dealing with Messianic Prophecies. In this class our focus will be on on four passages in Isaiah describing the ‘Servant of the Lord”. These passages are:
Is 42:1-9
Is 49:1-7
Is 50:4-10
Is 52:13-53:12
See you at 7:00!
Wednesday, June 8: The first of a brief two-class examination of how the Old Testament pre-figures and predicts the coming of Jesus and the Kingdom He established.
Previous Classes:
Link to Augsburg Confession, Part II classes. May 4 through June 1, 2022.
First Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 