Copyright 2019 by Thomas J. Doyle
ISBN: 978-1-7338142-0-1
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Contents
Charts
Judges
Joshua and Judges
1 Samuel
1 and 2 Kings
Elijah and Elisha
Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles
Nehemiah
Historical and Poetical Books
Daniel
Isaiah and Micah
Zechariahs Visions
Between the Testaments
Introduction
The Apostle and the Traveler
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
Psalm 119:105
Life is filled with journeys. The most important one we take is the journey with God throughout our days on the earth. At the center of our relationship with our Father is the Bible. God revealed Himself to us with an up-close-and-personal picture on every page of Scripture. We can know what His character is like and we can know Him intimately by just opening this amazing book. The Bible was not written to merely give us information. It was written to transform our lives. But this will never happen if we dont understand it.
In the book of Acts, the apostle Philip encountered a man who was on a journey himself. While on the road, the traveler was reading from the prophet Isaiah, and Philip asked him this profound question: Do you understand what you are reading? The man from Ethiopia answered: How can I unless someone explains it to me? (8:3031).
The interchange between the apostle and the traveler explains precisely why The Incredible Journey was written. The Bible is a large book, and it also can be confusing at times. It requires explanation. Surely God didnt write it and hope that somehow we might get a clue along the way as to what it means. He wants us to study the Scriptures, understand them, and then live them. But we must be trained how.
The Incredible Journey is a short Bible survey that will help you navigate your way through the Bible from cover to cover. Each book is summarized and explained so you can maximize your daily Bible reading and aim at living out the truths contained in each one. Reading through the Bible is one of the most important things we can do, and we pray that this resource serves to guide you all along the way.
Have an Incredible Journey!
Tom Doyle
The Word of God
The Book that Changes Lives
Give me a Bible and a candle and shut me up in a dungeon, and I will tell you what the world is doing. an old divine saying
[The] New Testament is the best book that ever was, or will be, known in the world. Charles Dickens
Let the world progress as much as it likes, let all branches of human research develop to the very utmost, nothing will take the place of the Bible.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is impossible mentally and socially to enslave a Bible-reading people. The principles of the Bible are the ground-work of human freedom. Horace Greeley
[The Bible] is a book worth more than all the other books that were ever printed.
Patrick Henry
There is one thing more I wish I could leave you allthe religion of Jesus Christ. With this, though you had nothing else, you could be happy; without this, though you had all things else, you could not be happy. Patrick Henrys will
The best evidence of the Bible being the word of God is to be found between its covers. Charles Hodge
The study of this Book in your Bible classes is a postgraduate course in the richest library of human experience. Herbert Hoover
If a mans Bible is coming apart, it is an indication that he himself is fairly well put together. James E. Jennings
[The Bible] is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Saviour gave to the world was communicated through this book. Abraham Lincoln
This Book will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this Book.
Dwight L. Moody
The Nature of the Bible
The Eight Wonders of the BibleGods Masterpiece
1. The Wonder of Its Construction
God put it together over a period of 1,500 years.
2. The Wonder of Its Unity
God used forty different authors to write sixty-six books, yet it remains completely unified and consistent.
3. The Wonder of Its Historical Accuracy
The Bible has never been proved wrong.
4. The Wonder of Its Scientific Accuracy
Although not a book of science, when the Bible speaks on the subject, it is scientifically accurate.
5. The Wonder of Its Indestructibility
Though attempted repeatedly, the Bible can never be destroyed completelyby man or government.
6. The Wonder of Its Prophecy
The Bible has the ability to predict the future with 100 percent accuracy.
7. The Wonder of Its Christ-Centeredness
From cover to cover, the Bible presents Christ as the center of the Scriptures.
8. The Wonder of Its Transforming Capabilities
Since the Bible is alive, it has the ability to transform us inwardly.
Conclusion:
The Bible is the most amazing book ever written. God wrote it through human authors over several centuries, yet it remains cohesive and consistent in theme from Genesis to Revelation. It is a divinely written miraculous book that produces growth in believers and brings light to the world. It is the power of God that produced it, protects it, and propagates it around the world to be the true Bread of Life for all.
OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis
The Book of Beginnings
OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
Genesis is in many ways the most important book in the Bible. In this pivotal book we learn who God is, how man failed, and how Satan tempts us to sin. God provides the solution to our sins in the descendant of Abraham, who would bless the whole world. His name would be Jesus.
FAST FACTS
Genesis was written by Moses in approximately 1450 BC.
Genesis through Deuteronomy is called the Law or Pentateuchwhich means five books. The books were authored by Moses.
Genesis 1:1: In the beginning is to be understood as not the beginning of eternity but of the creation of the world.
