Overview of the Bible
The above Video, “The Entire Bible Explained in Three Minutes,” was made by Allen Parr. I do not receive any commission or payments for promoting Allen Parr's Website, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. I do this because Mr. Parr is a good teacher and knows how to deliver the Word of God in a way that helps the viewer understand the Holy Bible. Also, I do this solely because I want you, the reader, to develop a closer relationship with God by reading the Bible, Studying the Bible, Praying to God, and Seeking God's face.
IN THIS LESSON: The Bible contains 66 Books, Narrative, Poetry, Prophecy, Gospel, and Epistles.
This is for those who have little to no knowledge of the Bible. If you want to see or get the overall picture of the Bible, you can review what the Old Testament & New Testament Books are about. Also, everything in the Bible points to Jesus Christ, even the Old Testament.
39 Old Testament Books
The Old Testament (39 Books): Narrative, Poetry, and Prophecy / Prophetic Books
The Bible contains 66 books (39 OT & 27 NT
(Narratives) The Pentateuch is known as The Law & the first five Books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
(Narratives) 12 Books of History: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
(Poetry) Wisdom Literature Books: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song Of Songs and “Lamentations”
( Prophecy)Prophetic Books: Isaiah, Jeremiah, “Lamentations,” Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
27 New Testament Books
The New Testament (27 Books): Narrative, Poetry, Prophecy, Gospel and Epistles
The Gospel: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
Narrative: Acts
Epistles Paul’s 13 Letters/Epistles: Romans, 1&2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1&2 Thessalonians, 1&2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
Epistles General Letters/Epistles: Hebrews, James, 1&2 Peter, 1,2&3 John, Jude
Prophecy / Prophetic: Revelations
There are books that fits into the contents of another book (The Old Testament)
Book of Job: most scholars believe that Job existed sometimes before Abraham. (Job’s story is found in Genesis)
The Books of Psalms: most were written by King David, but you can find David in 2nd Samuel
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs: written by King Solomon. You can find him in 1st Kings
All of the Prophetic books: you can find them speaking in 1&2 Kings and 1&2 Chronicles
There are books that fits into the contents of another book (The New Testament)
Acts is the story of how the church spread: the 13 first books fits into the books of Acts because that is where they were written. (Romans, 1&2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1&2 Thessalonians, 1&2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon)
Written by 40 different authors
Written on 3 different continents
Written in 3 different languages: The OT was written primarily in Hebrew with a little bit of Aramaic, and the NT was written in Koine Greek
Written in various literary styles
Addresses various topics
Has been translated into 2,200 languages
The Bible is historically and scientifically accurate
OVERALL MESSAGE: redemption