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(5 books)</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Genesis</FONT> - <I>God created, Satan corrupted, man fell, and Jehovah promised to save</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Exodus</FONT> - <I>Christ is the redemption, salvation, and supply of God's people and the means for them to worship and serve God so that in Him they may be built up with God together for them and God to meet, communicate and dwell mutually [Israel's captivity in Egypt; God leading them out of Egypt using the ten great plagues; Israel beginning their journey to the promised land which should have taken an 11 days journey; Israel sentenced to 40 years in the wilderness where all would die except Caleb and Joshua]</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Leviticus </FONT>- <I>Christ is everything in the fellowship, service, and life of God's redeemed people [The major sacrifices and ordinances </I><I>to worship God and to maintain and restore fellowship with God and His people </I><I>are laid out for Israel]</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Numbers </FONT>- <I>Christ is the meaning of life, the testimony, the center of God's people, and the Leader, the Way, and the Goal of their journey and fighting [Wandering in the wilderness for 40 years]</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Deuteronomy </FONT>- <I>Christ is the Instructor and Leader of the people of God that they may be able to enter in the Heavenly territory and participate in His riches [A respeaking of God's law and ordinances as Israel journeys in the wilderness and comes to the entrance of the promised land]</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The <B>Historical</B> books (12 books)</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Joshua </FONT>- <I>Israel's occupying and possessing the good land for the carrying out of God's economy</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Judges </FONT>- <I>Israel's forsaking God, suffering defeat by their enemies, and becoming rotten ... yet God continues His faithful, loving, salvation in Israel's seemingly hopeless condition</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ruth </FONT>(~1322 - 1312 B.C.)<B> </B>- <I>A complete prefigure of the Gentile sinners' being brought, with Israel, God's elect into the divine inheritance through the redemption of Christ in their union with Him [Ruth, a Moabite, was an outcast to Israel because of incest.  After 10 generations she takes the opportunity to be joined to Israel's salvation through Boaz and becomes in the lineage of Christ]</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1 & 2 Samuel</FONT> - <I>The illustrations of the way to enjoy the God-given good land [A history of Israel in the good land with the appointing of their first king, Saul, the rise and fall of the great king David, the rise and fall of Solomon which includes the building of the temple of God, and the remainder of the kings of Israel until the intertestimental period.]</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1 & 2 Kings</FONT> - <I>God's governmental dealing in God's economy, with the devastation and ruin of the divine kingship on earth by the kings and the tragic issue of the just dealing of God</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1 & 2 Chronicles</FONT> - <I>A full chronology of God's move in man's history from Adam through Samuel to Israel's return from their captivity, with a presentation of some of the important details of God's dealing with the kings of Judah</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ezra </FONT>(written ~536 - 457 B.C.) -<I> The return of the children of Israel from their captivity and the rebuilding of the House of God, as the initiation of God's recovery among His elect for His testimony on the earth according to His economy</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Nehemiah </FONT>(written ~446 - 434 B.C.) - <I>The rebuilding of the wall of the city of Jerusalem as a continual recovery among God's elect for His testimony for the accomplishment of His economy</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Esther </FONT>(written ~486 - 465 B.C.) - <I>The very God who chose Israel as His elect becoming a hidden God to them to take care of them secretly and to save them openly, yet in secrecy during their captivity among the Gentile nations</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Reign of King David (~1010 - 1070 B.C.) establishing the kingdom of Israel in peace</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Reign of King Solomon [</B><I><B>peace</B></I><B>] </B><B> (~1070 - 930 B.C.) building the Temple of God in Jerusalem</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The books of <B>Poetry</B> and Songs (5 books)</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Job </FONT>(contemporary of Abraham) - <I>The purpose of God's dealing with His holy one in an age of the "knowledge of good and evil"; God comes to Job according to Job's perspective, yet unveils Himself as inward life in a divine, mysterious way that </I><I>Job </I><I>only comprehends after the breaking of his outer man through much trial and suffering.  [Satan's operation in relation to God's economy is also unveiled]</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Psalms </FONT>- <I>The expressions of the sentiments, feelings, impressions, and experiences of Godly men seeking and contacting God through their praises, prayers, and singing with exultation</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Proverbs </FONT>- <I>Words of wisdom teaching people how to behave and how to build up their character in the human life</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ecclesiastes </FONT>(written ~977 B.C.) - <I>The teachings of Solomon, showing that the human life in the corrupted world is a vanity, a chasing after the wind and concluding that only God is not vain.</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Song of Solomon</FONT> - <I>The history of love in an excellent marriage, revealing the progressive experience of an individual believer's loving fellowship with Christ and also presenting a "type" of the marriage of Christ with His Bride, the people of God.</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Babylonian Captivity (~606 - 536 B.C.)</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Rebuilding of the Temple (~536 - 446 B.C.)</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The "Major" <B>Prophets</B> (5 books)</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Isaiah </FONT>(written ~760 - 700 B.C.) - <I>The salvation of Jehovah through the incarnated, crucified, resurrected, ascended, and coming Christ</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Jeremiah </FONT>(written ~629 - 558 B.C.) - <I>Christ being made the righteousness of Jehovah to God's elect as their center and circumference, in God's dealings with Israel and the nations</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lamentations </FONT>(written ~560 B.C.) - <I>The expression of Jeremiah's sorrow and love over the Holy City and the holy people of God</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ezekiel </FONT>- <I>God's appearing to man in glory, His judgment upon both His people and the nations, and His recovery of His chosen people for the building up of a dwelling place as a mutual abode and complete expression for and of Himself</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Daniel </FONT>(written ~600 - 535 B.C.) - <I>The destiny of Israel apportioned out by God - the contents of the seventy weeks [eschatalogy].  Written during Israel's captivity in Babyon pointing towards the coming of Messiah, the Christ.  [Daniel and three companions are God's overcomers in a heathen kingdom among their captive people, Israel]</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The term "major" and "minor" prophets refer mainly to the size of the book.  The Major Prophets in general are quite long compared to the Minor Prophets.  Daniel, having only 12 chapters, may be included in the Major Prophets because of its importance and scope sin the matter of prophesy.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The "Minor" <B>Prophets</B> (12 books)</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Hosea </FONT>(written ~785 - 725 B.C.) - <I>Jehovah as the salvation to the adulterous and apostate Israel in receiving her back and restoring Her</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Joel </FONT>(written ~800 B.C.; after the prophet Elisha) - <I>The devastation of the human government on Israel in four stages and the destruction of Christ over the devastators and His reign among Israel in the restoration</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Amos </FONT>(written ~787 B.C.) - <I>Jehovah's judgments on Israel and the surrounding nations, with the issue of restoration</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Obadiah </FONT>(written ~880 B.C. or 587 B.C.) - <I>Jehovah's dealing with Esau, and Jacob's victory for the Kingdom of Jehovah</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Jonah </FONT>(written ~862 B.C.) - <I>Jehovah's salvation reaching even unto the Gentile city Nineveh</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Micah </FONT>(written ~750 - 710 B.C.) - <I>Jehovah's reproof on Israel and His restoration of Israel</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Nahum </FONT>(written ~713 B.C.) - <I>Jehovah's judgment on Nineveh as the capital of the evil Assyria</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Habakkuk </FONT>(written ~626 B.C.) - <I>The righteous judgment of God first on Israel by the Chaldeans and then on the Chaldeans by the nations</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Zephaniah </FONT>(written ~630 B.C.) - J<I>ehovah's judgment on Israel and on the nations and His salvation to the Gentiles and to Israel</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Haggai <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(written ~520 B.C.) - Jehovah's dealing with the returned captives for the building of His house</FONT></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000bf00.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Zechariah <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(written ~520 B.C.) - Jehovah's hearty consolation and promise to His chastised chosen people through the redemption of Christ, who in His humiliation became their suffering companion in their captivity</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00BF00" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000bf0000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Malachi </FONT>(written ~400 BC) - <I>Jehovah's dealing with the sons of Levi (the priests of Israel) and with the sons of Jacob (the people of Israel)</I></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>