September 29, 2019 - Big Picture Storyline? (What is the Bible really all about?)

The Bible is the Word of God recorded in a collection of books that reveals God and His redemptive story.

The Story of the Bible

the Bible Project video “The Story of the Bible”

What is the Big Picture?

Basic Plot Structure

Each part of scripture fits into the Big Picture Storyline

Examples in Scripture

Peter’s sermon at Pentecost (Acts 2:14-41); 
Stephen’s speech (Acts 7:2-53);
Paul’s first sermon recorded in Acts (Acts 13:15-39);
Offspring of Abraham (Gal. 3:15-29);
Hagar and Sarah (Gal. 4:21-31);
Jesus a Better Covenant (Heb. 8:4-7)

Big Picture of God’s Plan

Ephesians 1:9-10
Colossians 1:16, 20

Big Picture storyline within individual passages

Old Testament

• Creation (Gen. 3)
• The Fall (Gen. 3)
• God Chooses Noah (Gen. 6-7)
• The Tower of Babylon (Gen. 11)
• Abraham’s Call and Covenant (Gen. 12, 15)
• Sacrifice of Isaac (Gen. 22)
• Birth of Jacob and Esau (Gen. 25)
• Leah and Rachel (Gen. 29-30)
• Joseph's Coat, Dreams and Sold (Gen. 37)
• Moses’s Birth and Encounter with God (Gen. 2-3)
• Egypt’s Plagues (Exod. 7-11)
• Passover and Exodus (Exod. 12)
• Ten Commandments (Exod. 20)
• Samson (Judg. 13-16)
• Ruth (Ruth 1-4)
• David and Goliath (1 Sam. 17)
• Elijah and the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18)
• Daniel in the Lions Den (Daniel 6)
• Jonah (Jonah 1-4)

New Testament

• John the Baptist (Matt. 3)
• Jesus’ Birth (Matt. 1, Luke 1)
• Jesus in the wilderness (Matt. 4, Luke 4)
• Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7)
• Transfiguration of Jesus (Mark 9, Luke 9, Matt. 17)
• Last Supper (Matt 26, Mark 14, Luke 22)
• Crucifixion (Matt. 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19)
• Paul’s Conversion (Acts 9)
• Epistles (Corinthians – Jude)
• Revelation