Looking at the overview of the bible, based on research from Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason in his "The Bible Fast Forward" series. This covers the main theme of the Bible, as well as the 12 major events of the Old Testament.

1. THE BIBLE FAST FORWARD
Putting the Pieces of the Bible Together

2. GREG KOUKL
Founder and President of Stand to Reason
www.str.org

5. WHAT IS THE BIBLE?
Is it just a collection of parts,
or is it a cohesive whole?

6. THE WHOLE
IS THE KEY TO
UNDERSTANDING
THE PARTS

8. WHAT DO YOU CALL IDEAS
THAT CONNECT TOGETHER
TO FORM A COHESIVE
WHOLE?
WORLDVIEW

10. WE ARE GOING TO
BUILD A FRAMEWORK
OF THE BIBLE
TOGETHER

11. 2 KINDS OF THEOLOGY
Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology

12. SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
The main topics of the Bible when it comes
to God’s salvation project
The nature of God
The nature of Man
The coming of Christ
The work of the Cross
The final
Resurrection

13. BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
The unfolding plan of God through the
biblical record.
Examining how the central topics of the
Bible (revealed by systematic theology)
play out in human history. The unfolding
story of redemption.
The events and promises and covenants
of the Old Testament come to fulfillment
in the person of Jesus Christ.

14. OUR FAITH IS
TESTABLE BECAUSE
IT IS
HISTORICAL

15. WHAT WE WILL COVER
The history of Israel in God’s plan of
redemption.
How the central topics of the Bible
(God, man, sin, cross, resurrection)
play out in history.

16. WHAT WE WILL COVER
The unifying theme of the whole Bible
The essential elements of the Abrahamic Covenant,
the Mosaic Covenant, and the New Covenant
How the New Testament and the Old
Testament are inseparably linked.

17. OUR PURPOSE
To give a practical, historical overview of the Old
Testament emphasizing the unfolding plan of salvation
as God reveals it through His covenants with the nation
of Israel, and the fulfillment of those covenants in the
person of Jesus of Nazareth.

18. THE 12 KEY EVENTS
of the Nation of Israel

19. THE CALL
of Abraham

20. THE BIRTH
of Isaac

21. JOSEPH
in Egypt

22. THE EXODUS

23. MOSES
gets the Law

24. JOSHUA
conquers the land

25. THE THREE
KINGS
of the United Kingdom:
Saul, David & Solomon

26. THE
KINGDOM
SPLITS
Israel and Judah

27. THE
ASSYRIAN
DISPERSION
of Israel

28. THE
BABYLONIAN
CAPTIVITY
of Judah

29. THE
RETURN
to the Land

30. THE
COMING
of Messiah

31. 12 MAJOR EVENTS
1. The Call of Abraham
2. The Birth of Isaac
3. Joseph in Egypt
4. The Exodus
5. Moses Gets the Law
6. Joshua Conquers
the land
7. The three kings of the United
Kingdom (Saul, David & Solomon)
8. The Kingdom Splits: Israel & Judah
9. The Assyrian Dispersion
(of Israel)
11. The Return to the Land
12. The Coming of Messiah
10. The Babylonian Captivity
(of Judah)

32. REVELATION IS
PROGRESSIVE:
Revelation is given in stages
New revelation is always interpreted
in light of previous revelation.

33. WE INTERPRET THE N.T.
IN LIGHT OF THE O.T.
and NOT the other way around

34. THE MAIN THEME
of the Bible

36. COMMON ANSWERS
Love
Relationship
Salvation

37. THE MAIN THEME
of the Bible is:
RULERSHIP

38. RULERSHIP
or as commonly referred to as:
“The kingdom of God”
The phrase “kingdom of God” is too common to us
and has become religious noise.
The idea is the same:
God is the sovereign king
and He rules everything.

39. RULERSHIP
or as commonly referred to as:
“The kingdom of God”
The primary thing men rebel against is the
rule of God in their own lives. This is the
essence of sin: the rejection of God’s
rulership over us.

40. FACT:
is the central focus the New Testament
THE KINGDOM OF GOD

41. MATTHEW
3:1-2
“Now in those days John the Baptist came,
preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
“Repent! For the kingdom of heaven
is at hand.”
JOHN THE BAPTIST

42. MATTHEW
4:4:23
“And Jesus was going about in all Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming
the gospel of the kingdom....”
JESUS

43. ACTS
19:8
“And he entered the synagogue and
continued speaking out boldly for three
months, reasoning and persuading them
about the kingdom of God. ”
PAUL THE APOSTLE

44. FACT:The phrase “kingdom of God” or
“kingdom of heaven” occurs
OVER 100 TIMES
in the New Testament

45. From beginning to end,
the Bible is all about the
RULERSHIP
of God.
FACT:

46. WHAT IS OUR ROLE
in God’s plan?

47. GOD’S STEWARD
over the Earth
Man is

48. WE ARE GOD’S STEWARDS
God has chosen us to rule with Him
on the Earth
Man is not autonomous. We will always be
under God’s rulership
Earth was made for man.
Nature (including animals) is not above
or equal to man.

49. WE ARE GOD’S STEWARDS
God has chosen us to rule with Him
on the Earth
We should not ask the question, “What is
God’s plan for my life?”
Instead, we should ask,
“How does my life fit in God’s plan?”

50. THE PROBLEM
Man wants to live outside of God’s
rulership and authority.
Man has rejected God’s rulership over
his life, and in doing so brings upon
ourselves a problem that only God can
solve.

51. NEXT WEEK:
The call of Abraham, The Birth of Isaac
and Joseph in Egypt

52. BEFORE WE GO:
A reflection from King David
about our role in God’s plan

53. PSALM
8:3-9
When I consider your heavens,
the work of your hands,
The moon and the stars
which you have ordained,

54. PSALM
8:3-9
What is man
that you take thought of him
Or the son of man
that you care for him?

55. PSALM
8:3-9
Yet you have made him a little lower than
God, And crowned him with glory and
majesty!

56. PSALM
8:3-9
You make him to rule
over the works of your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,

57. PSALM
8:3-9
All sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
The birds of the heavens
and the fish of the sea....

58. YOUR NAME
in all the Earth!
OH LORD, OUR LORD!
How majestic is
8:3-9
PSALM

59. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!
Week 2: The Fall of Man and
the Abrahamic Covenant