OT Overview 2022

OT Overview Devotions Week 22: Revelation 21-22 Day 1 Take a moment to recall how the Old Testament account ends in the book of Nehemiah. Praise God for the restoration he has brought in...

This week as we look at Nehemiah, we are seeing how God’s people return to Jerusalem after the exile. Nehemiah’s return marks the third wave of the exile. As we read through Nehemiah this...

Day #1: This week, we head back to look at the end of Ezekiel’s prophetic ministry. In order for our hearts to be affected by what God is saying in these chapters, we once...

As we read past Isaiah 1-39 into chapters 52-54, bear in the mind the above. Consider how an Israelite in exile would receive Isaiah’s words while under Babylonian rule. Day #1: Recall some of...

From Isaiah 1:1 and other narrative events in Isaiah, Southern Judah heard his prophecies almost 100 years before the temple destruction in 586BC. As we read Isaiah this week, pay particular attention to when...

This week, we enter the time of the Prophets in our OT Overview, starting with Ezekiel. Ezekiel was among the first wave of exiles taken to Babylon along with King Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24)....

Day #1: Remember: what was the picture painted for us in 1 Kings 8 of Israel under a good & righteous king? Briefly read 1 Kings 11:1-13; 12:16-24. What happens to Solomon and his...

Day #1: Recall the amazing promises in the Davidic covenant for those who would be His redeemed people forever under the rule of His eternal king. How have these shaped the way you think...

Day #1: What have we learnt so far about a king from Deuteronomy 17:14-20 and 1 Samuel? Why do the people of God need a king as described in the Deut. passage? How has...

This study in 1 Samuel marks a major turning point in the Overview as we reach the time of Israel’s monarchy, where the role of Israel’s King becomes crucial in the rest of God’s...