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ROUTE 66: OLD TESTAMENT

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Genesis

  • Updated Apr 9, 2019

The word “genesis” means origin or beginning. Written sometime between 1600 and 1300 B.C., most likely by Moses, Genesis is a compilation of stories that tell one larger story—much like the Bible as a whole.

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Exodus

  • Updated Apr 9, 2019

Exodus is a continuation of God’s story, which began in Genesis. Exodus, also presumably written by Moses, takes place about 400 years after Abraham’s grandson, Jacob, brought his family to Egypt where the family grew and filled the land. Unfortunately, a new Pharaoh comes to power who fears…

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Leviticus

  • Updated Apr 9, 2019

In the book of Leviticus, God shows the people of Israel that despite their sin, they can still enjoy God’s presence and display His holiness to the world. In order to heal the damage from Israel’s rebellion against His instructions, God established a way for people’s sins to be covered thro…

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NUMBERS

  • Updated Apr 9, 2019

Numbers is the fourth book of the Bible, written by Moses around 1400 B.C. Numbers, named for censuses taken at the beginning and end of the book, continues the story of Moses and the Israelites who have been freed from slavery in Egypt and are on their way to the Promised Land.

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Deuteronomy

  • Updated Apr 9, 2019

Deuteronomy is the final book of the Pentateuch and the fifth book of the Bible. The name Deuteronomy comes from a Greek word that means “second law,” because in Deuteronomy, Moses repeats the laws given by God to the people of Israel. The book picks up where the previous book, Numbers, left…

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Joshua

  • Updated Apr 9, 2019

Joshua is the sixth book of the Bible, written by Joshua, the man who takes over leadership of Israel after Moses dies at the end of Deuteronomy.

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Judges

  • Updated Apr 9, 2019

The book of Judges follows Joshua and tells the tragic tale of Israel’s moral corruption, bad leadership, idol worship and abandonment of the God who, despite their failure, continues to rescue them.

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Ruth

  • Updated May 19, 2020

The book of Ruth takes place during the time of the judges in Israel, though it was most likely written during the reign of King David several decades later.

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1 Samuel

  • Updated May 19, 2020

The book of First Samuel comes after Ruth, but follows the book of Judges chronologically, as Ruth took place “during the time of the judges” (Ruth 1:1). In the wake of Israel’s moral and spiritual failure under the leadership of the judges, the need for Israel to have a wise, faithful leade…

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2 Samuel

  • Updated May 19, 2020

The book of Second Samuel continues the story of Israel’s first two kings, Saul and David, and focuses on the reign of King David.

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1 Kings

  • Updated May 19, 2020

The book of First Kings tells the story of the kings of Israel who came after David.

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2 Kings

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Second Kings is part two of the story of the kings of Israel who followed David.

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1 Chronicles

  • Updated May 23, 2019

The book of First Chronicles follows Second Kings in today’s Bible, but in the Hebrew Bible, Chronicles is the last book.

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2 Chronicles

  • Updated May 23, 2019

Like First Chronicles, Second Chronicles is a lot of repeat content from earlier books of the Bible. Second Chronicles retells many of the stories of the kings who ruled Israel after David from First and Second Kings. Though we learn in First Kings that Israel divided into two kingdoms—South…

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Ezra

  • Updated Jul 26, 2019

Ezra comes after First and Second Chronicles in the Bible, though it was likely written about 200 years earlier, and tells the story of a large group of Israelites returning from exile in Babylon.

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Nehemiah

  • Updated Jul 26, 2019

The book of Nehemiah follows the same story as the Bible’s previous book, Ezra. It takes place more than 50 years after the Babylonian Empire conquers Jerusalem and exiles some of Israel’s people to Babylon.

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Esther

  • Updated Jul 26, 2019

A classic story of good versus evil, the Book of Esther is a unique account in the Bible. It gives us a glimpse of the Jews who remained outside their homeland after the exile, particularly the Jews living in the Persian Empire.

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Job

  • Updated Jul 26, 2019

The book of Job is set in a faraway land called Uz. The author of Job is anonymous, and the time in which the book was written is unknown. The ambiguity of the book’s setting is intentional. Rather than focusing on the historical details of the story, the author invites the reader to focus o…

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Psalms

  • Updated Jul 26, 2019

The book of Psalms is a collection of more than 150 ancient Hebrew poems, songs and prayers that come from all different periods of Israel’s history. Many of the Psalms were written by King David. Others were written by Solomon, some of Israel’s priests and other worshipers. There’s even a P…

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Proverbs

  • Updated Jul 26, 2019

The book of Proverbs is the first book of Biblical wisdom and includes hundreds of short sayings designed to teach every person how to live and act wisely. Each verse touches on a common area of life and shows us what kind of world we live in and what it looks like to live well before God an…

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Ecclesiastes

  • Updated Jul 26, 2019

Ecclesiastes is one of the Bible’s books of wisdom literature, and it explores the meaning of life through the word of the “Teacher.”

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Song of Songs

  • Updated Aug 2, 2019

Song of Songs is a collection of love poems, meant to be read as a flowing whole story and simply enjoyed.

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Isaiah

  • Updated Aug 2, 2019

Isaiah is the first prophetic book of the Old Testament. At 66 chapters, it is also the longest.

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Jeremiah

  • Aug 1, 2019

Jeremiah was a Jewish priest who lived in the Southern kingdom of Judah just before and during its exile to Babylon. The book of Jeremiah is a collection of the prophet’s sermons, poems and other writings, as well as Jeremiah’s scribe’s writings about him.

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Lamentations

  • Aug 8, 2019

Lamentations was written anonymously, though many scholars believe it was written by the prophet Jeremiah. It is a collection of five lament or funeral poems offered on behalf of Jerusalem after its destruction by Babylon in 587 B.C. (2 Kings 24-25).

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Ezekiel

  • Aug 15, 2019

Ezekiel was an Israelite priest living in Jerusalem during the first Babylonian attack on the city. Ezekiel was among the first Israelites exiled from Jerusalem, and this book was written after God revealed Himself to Ezekiel while he was in exile. Ezekiel’s message is, like the other prophe…

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Daniel

  • Aug 22, 2019

The book of Daniel begins right after Babylon captured Jerusalem and took the first wave of Israelites into exile. Among them were four men from the royal family of David: Daniel, who would be renamed Belteshazzar by the Babylonians, and his three friends, commonly known by their Babylonian …

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Hosea

  • Aug 29, 2019

Hosea was a prophet who lived in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, also called Ephraim or Jacob, during the reign of Jeroboam II, arguably one of the most idolatrous and oppressive kings in Israel’s history (see 2 Kings 14).

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Joel

  • Sep 5, 2019

The Book of Joel was written by the prophet Joel, who likely lived sometime after the return from exile, though the book does not explicitly give a time period.

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Amos

  • Sep 12, 2019

The Book of Amos is a collection of the sermons, poems and visions of Amos of Tekoa, a shepherd and farmer who lived on the border of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms of Israel about 150 years after the kingdom split in two, during the reign of Jeroboam, a greedy, idolatrous and unjust kin…

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Obadiah

  • Sep 19, 2019

With just one chapter with 21 verses, Obadiah is the smallest book in the Old Testament. There is no background information given in Scripture on Obadiah, but it’s clear that Obadiah was a prophet, and the message God gave him was directed at the Edomites shortly after the Babylonian Empire …

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Jonah

  • Sep 26, 2019

The book of Jonah tells one of the most familiar, yet unique stories in all of Scripture. It’s a story of a rebellious prophet who despises God for loving his enemies.

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Micah

  • Oct 3, 2019

Micah was a prophet living in the Southern Kingdom of Judah during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah. The book of Micah is a collection of Micah’s writings, which contained messages of judgment and restoration for both Judah and Israel.

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Nahum

  • Oct 10, 2019

Nahum was a prophet while the Northern Kingdom of Israel was exiled in Assyria, and this book is a collection of his writings announcing Assyria’s downfall, specifically its capital city, Nineveh.

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Habakkuk

  • Oct 17, 2019

Habakkuk was a prophet in the Southern Kingdom of Judah, right before its destruction by the Babylonians. The world in which Habakkuk lived was full of injustice and idolatry, and the book of Habakkuk is a compilation of the prophet’s laments to God.

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Zephaniah

  • Oct 24, 2019

Zephaniah was a prophet to the Southern Kingdom of Judah, who lived in the final decades before it was overthrown by Babylon. Verse one says that Zephaniah lived during the reign of King Josiah, one of the few faithful, God-fearing kings of Judah. Second Kings 22:2 says, “He did what was rig…

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Haggai

  • Oct 31, 2019

Haggai was a prophet to the people of Judah around 70 years after they were conquered and sent into exile by the Babylonians.

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Zechariah

  • Nov 7, 2019

Zechariah was a prophet to the Israelites who returned to Jerusalem after being exiled to Babylon 70 years earlier. The Babylonians were conquered by the Persians, and they allowed a group of Israelites to return home.

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Malachi

  • Nov 14, 2019

Malachi is the final book of the Old Testament. It is a collection of writings from the prophet Malachi, who spoke on God’s behalf to the Israelites living in Jerusalem about 100 years after the exile.

ROUTE 66: NEW TESTAMENT

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The Gospels

  • Updated May 19, 2020

The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament, and they tell the same story from four perspectives. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all tell the greatest redemption story in history: the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

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Matthew

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Matthew is the first Gospel and the first book of the New Testament. The word “Gospel” means “Good News,” and the Good News is, of course, the story of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

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Mark

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Though it comes second in the New Testament, the Gospel of Mark is considered the earliest Gospel account. It was most likely written 20 to 30 years after Jesus’ resurrection by John Mark, a scribe and coworker of the apostles Peter and Paul.

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Luke

  • Updated May 19, 2020

The Gospel of Luke was written by Luke, a physician and companion of Paul on his missionary journeys in the Book of Acts. Luke also wrote Acts, which chronologically follows his Gospel account.

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John

  • Updated May 19, 2020

The Gospel of John was written by John, son of Zebedee, one of the original 12 disciples and a close friend of Jesus. John’s Gospel account was most likely the last of the Gospels to be written, somewhere around 70 to 90 A.D.

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Acts

  • Updated May 19, 2020

The Acts of the Apostles, or Acts, is a historical account of the arrival of the Holy Spirit, the birth of the early church and the expansion of the Gospel message to the ends of the earth.

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Romans

  • Updated May 19, 2020

The book of Romans is the first epistle, or letter, in the New Testament.

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1 Corinthians

  • Updated May 19, 2020

First Corinthians is the second of Paul’s epistles in the New Testament. It was written to the church that Paul started in Corinth, which is described in Acts 18.

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2 Corinthians

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Second Corinthians is a letter written by Paul to the church in Corinth during a tense period in his relationship with the church.

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Galatians

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Galatians is Paul’s letter to several churches in the region of Galatia, a Roman-controlled province in Asia Minor, or modern-day Turkey.

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Ephesians

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Ephesians is Paul’s letter to the church in Ephesus, a major city in modern-day Turkey. Ephesus was known for its Greco-Roman culture and was a center for worshiping Greek and Roman gods. In the city center was the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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Philippians

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Philippians is Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi, a region of modern-day Greece, written while Paul was in prison in Rome.

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Colossians

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Colossians is Paul’s letter to the church in Colossae, a city in the region of Phrygia in modern-day Turkey. Colossae was under Roman control during the time of Paul, and Paul’s letter to the Colossians was written while he was in a Roman prison for preaching the Gospel.

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1 Thessalonians

  • Updated May 19, 2020

First Thessalonians is Paul’s first letter to the early church in Thessalonica in Greece. It is most likely Paul’s earliest letter in the New Testament.

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2 Thessalonians

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Second Thessalonians is Paul’s follow-up to his first letter to the church in Thessalonica in Greece. Paul wrote this letter after receiving a report that the issues he addressed in his first letter had not only continued, but worsened.

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1 Timothy

  • Updated May 19, 2020

First Timothy is Paul’s first pastoral letter. First and Second Timothy and Titus are called pastoral letters because they were written to pastors and discuss the qualifications and duties of pastors.

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2 Timothy

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Second Timothy is considered Paul’s most personal letter. It was written to Timothy, one of Paul’s young coworkers, from prison and is likely Paul’s final letter before he was executed.

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Titus

  • Updated May 19, 2020

The last of Paul’s pastoral letters, Titus is written to a fellow church planter and one of Paul’s coworkers. Paul wrote this letter to Titus to instruct him to go to the Greek island of Crete and restore the small house churches there.

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Philemon

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Paul’s letter to Philemon addresses the oneness and equality people have in Christ, regardless of background, status or circumstances. Philemon is the shortest letter in the New Testament, with just 25 verses, but the letter contains powerful language and a strong message.

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Hebrews

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Hebrews is a letter most likely addressed to Jewish Christians during a time of hardship and persecution, in the late 60s A.D.

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James

  • Updated May 19, 2020

James, the half-brother of Jesus, wrote the book of James to Christians living all over the world during a time of famine, poverty and persecution. It is considered a “general letter,” because unlike Paul’s letters, it was not written to a specific church or person, but rather was widely pub…

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1 Peter

  • Updated May 19, 2020

First Peter was a letter written by Peter, one of Jesus’ 12 disciples and a key leader in the early church in Jerusalem, to persecuted Gentile Christians living in Asia Minor, or modern-day Turkey, around the early 60s A.D.

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2 Peter

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Second Peter was the Apostle Peter’s second and final letter to a group of persecuted churches in Asia Minor. The letter is a follow-up to his first letter and also a farewell to these churches. Shortly after this letter was written, Peter was martyred in Rome.

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1, 2, 3 John

  • Updated May 19, 2020

First, Second and Third John are letters written by the Apostle John to a group of Christians living in Ephesus, a city in modern-day Turkey and the location of one of the largest early church communities.

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Jude

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Jude is a letter written by Jude (or Judah in Hebrew), one of Jesus’ half-brothers, to a group of Christians in the mid-first century to warn against false teachers in the church.

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Revelation

  • Updated May 19, 2020

Revelation is the final book of the Bible, written by the apostle John to seven churches in Asia Minor, or modern-day Turkey, while John was living as an exile on Patmos, an island off the coast of Greece.

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