圣经情节 超详细

Part 1

The Beginning

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The Story Set-up:

God Creates a Good World

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God creates the universe and people

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God tells man how to live

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Everything is in harmony with itself and God

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Life is beautiful and people can live forever as long as they follow God

B) The Conflict / Problem:

People Rebel and Throw the World Into Disarray

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The first people choose to disobey God

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They experience shame, guilt and fear for the first time

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As a result, God says life will now be full of pain, futility, conflict, and death

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Peo

ple are cast out of God’s presence on earth

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Within one generation, we have the first murder

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brother kills brother

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As people multiply, violence and corruption spreads across the world

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God grieves over how bad things get.

He sends a worldwide flood to destroy all but the

family of Noah and one pair of each animal who can repopulate the earth.

Noah’s descendents ignore God and seek to build a city and tower to their own greatness.

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God breaks them up by separating them into different languages and nations across the

world.

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In summary, people have turned away from God, messed up their lives and the world, and

they keep doing this over and over.

C) The Solution - First Phase:

God’s Chooses Abraham and Some of His Descendents

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God talks to a man Abraham. God says he will bless Abraham, make of him a great nation,

and through him all nations will be blessed.

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Though imperfect, Abraham believes God and follows him, even though he and his wife

are very old and have no son.

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After 25 years of waiting, God gives Abraham and his wife a son, Isaac, who will inherit

God’s promises.

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When he grows up, Isaac has twin sons.

God chooses the younger twin, Jacob, to inherit

his promises.

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Jacob is a schemer, but God changes him, and changes his name to Israel.

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Israel has 12 sons.

One son, Joseph, trusts in and obeys God.

But the other brothers

are jealous of Joseph and sell him into slavery.

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Through amazing circumstances, Joseph becomes prime minister of Egypt, and the rest of

the family comes to join him.

Part 2

The Middle

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The Second Part Set-up:

God Establishes Israel As His Chosen Nation

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Many years later, Israel’s descendents have grown to hundreds of thousands, but they are

now all Egyptian slaves.

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God raises up a man, Moses, to lead them out of Egypt.

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After a series of 10 divinely caused plagues, the Egyptian king agrees to let Moses and

the Israelites leave miraculously.

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Once they are out of Egypt, God gives Moses and the Israelites 10 commandments and

other laws to follow, saying they will be blessed if they obey, but cursed if they disobey.

B) The 2nd Part Conflict / Problem:

The Israelites Usually Don’t Trust in God

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The rescued Israelites keep rebelling against God.

So God says He will not permit them

to enter their promised land.

They have to travel in the wilderness until their generation

dies out.

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After

40

years,

God

renews

his

covenant

with

the

next

generation

of

Israelites.

Then

Moses

’ successor, Joshua, leads

them into the Promised Land.

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However, the very next generation turns to worshipping other gods.

For the next 300 years, the Israelites follow a pattern:

They face a foe, they call out to God, God

sends someone to help them, but once their problem is solved, they turn away from God again.

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The

Israelites

ask

God

for

a

king,

and

after

warning

them

about

how

kings

act,

God

chooses Saul to be their first king.

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Saul begins well, but he starts disobeying God and God tells Saul (through a prophet) he

will replace him.

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God

chooses

David

to

be

the

next

king,

David

obeys

and

trusts

in

God,

and

Israel

prospers.

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God

promises

David

that

a

dynasty

and

a

kingdom

will

come

from

him

that

will

last

forever.

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When David gets older though, he commits adultery and murder, and he and his kingdom

starts to deteriorate.

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David’s

son

Solomon

becomes

king

next,

and

he

rules

wi

sely.

But

eventually

he

worships other Gods.

God says he will remove most of Israel from his dynasty because

of this.

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After Solomon dies, Israel splits into two kingdoms.

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For the next few hundred years, Israel’s kings and people keep disobeying God.

Aft

er

sending

many

warnings

through

prophets,

God

has

the

northern

kingdom

overrun

by

Assyrians in 722 BC.

Most are shipped away, never to return.

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During

this

same

time

period,

a

few

kings

and

people

in

Judah

trust

in

God,

but

most

don’t. After many warnings, in 586 BC, after Israel’s fall, God has Judah conquered also.

However, God promises

he will bring a remnant

back

to

their land.

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The Judeans (i.e., ―Jews‖) live in exile in Babylon.

But 70 years later, the Persian king

who conquered Babylon says Jews can return to their land and rebuild their capital and

temple.

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These

returning Jews

are

the

first

generation

to

permanently

forsake

worshipping

other

gods, and they show concern to obey God.

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However, they soon start growing cooler toward God.

C) The Solution, Phase 2:

God Promises to Send a Savior

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In addition to warnings, through prophets, God gives the Israelites promises he will raise

up

from

them

a

deliverer

who

will

establish

a

wonderful

eternal,

worldwide

kingdom

—

one filled with people who trust in Him.

Part 3

The End

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The Final Part Set-up:

God Sends Jesus to Save the World

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400 years after the Old Testament ends, Jesus is born.

His birth’s details fit the ancient

prophecies of the promised one.