The Bible Story
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Introduction
Introduction
The Bible is a long book written over an incredibly long period of time by authors from unique backgrounds and perspectives.
But it has a consistent message.
It is not, however, a straight line.
Themes are introduced, set aside, and revisited over and over again.
It can feel confusing to simply pick this book up and start reading.
Today we are going to deal with a VERY abbreviated synopsis of the Bible.
Hopefully, we will provide a helpful groundwork for much more investigation in the future.
If you have a Bible, you are more than welcome to follow along. There are Bibles underneath your pews and those are the same translation I will be posting on the screen this morning as we go along.
The Bible Story
The Bible Story
We are introduced to the main character (Gen. 1:1-5).
The secondary character is introduced (Gen. 1:26-27)
There is a choice about the nature of the relationship (Gen. 2:16-17).
This choice is one of who will be God in your life (Gen. 3:5, 22).
They choose to trust themselves rather than God and curses enters in (Gen. 3:17-18).
What God had created as a blessing for man, became a curse instead.
This is the choice we make.
Listen to the creator about His creation or try to go it on our own and meet with disastrous results.
One more consequence is that a relationship in harmony with God sustains life while rejection of God is rejection of life (Gen. 3:24).
But the story ends with a reconciliation of these losses (Rev. 22:1-3).
The plan for this is foretold even in the midst of the curse (Gen. 3:15).
But things get worse before they get better (Gen. 4:8; 5:5; 6:5-6).
The plan begins to take shape (Gen. 12:1-3).
God delivers the children of Abraham and forms them into a nation with His holy law as their guide (Deut. 6:4-5; Lev. 19:17-18).
This Law would have brought them back into alignment with God (Lev. 19:2).
But the people consistently repeat the choice of Adam and Eve (Judges 2:10; 21:25).
God consistently teaches Israel that His way is better (1 Sam. 16:7).
With fits and starts, God brings Israel at last to a climax of fulfillment of all the promises (1 Kgs. 8:56).
But like all of the highlights of Israel’s history, it does not last (1 Kgs. 11:11).
And so Israel ends up back in the clutches of the world where Abraham was originally called out from (Hab. 1:6).
It seemed hopeless but God preached hope (Ezek. 37:11-14).
Indeed God did bring them back once again and rebuilt the city of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:15-16).
But we close the Old Testament without ever really seeing all of God’s promises finally fulfilled (Malachi 4:1-3).
But are also left with anticipation (Mal. 4:5-6).
That anticipation is left for 400 years and then picked right up where it leaves off (Lk. 1:17).
Jesus came and fulfilled all the unsatisfied promises left at the end of the Old Testament (Matt. 5:17; Lk. 2:29-32).
He came and took on every enemy of man and was victorious (Heb. 2:9, 14; Rev. 12:9).
The result is that he is a King unlike any other (Acts 2:36; Phil. 2:6-11).
He is the King who has given everything for me, and asks my undying loyalty in return (Rev. 2:10).
The result will be a place where sin and all that comes with it are abolished forever (Rev. 21:3-7).
Conclusion
Conclusion
That is the story in extremely abbreviated form.
I hope it is one that you might want to know more about.
But perhaps there is one here who already knows the story.
Maybe you know He is King, you have heard His story and His call but have not yet yielded to it.
Don’t listen to the lie. You are not your own best guide. Our enemy even still tries to convince us of that. But he has been exposed and defeated. So yield to the victorious King instead of the defeated prince of this world.