Matthew

A brief history of the life of Christ.

Acts

The history of the labors of the apostles and of the foundation of the Christian Church.

Romans

A treatise by St. Paul on the doctrine of justification by Christ.

Ephesians

A treatise by St. Paul on the power of divine grace.

Philippians

St. Paul sets forth the beauty of Christian kindness.

1 Thessalonians

St. Paul exhorts his disciples to continue in the faith and in holy conversation.

2 Thessalonians

St. Paul corrects an error concerning the speedy coming of Christ the second time.

Hebrews

St. Paul maintains that Christ is the substance of the ceremonial law.

1 Peter

Exhortations to a Christian life, with various warnings and predictions.

2 Peter

Exhortations to a Christian life, with various warnings and predictions.

Jude

Warnings against deceivers.

Joshua

The story of the conquest and partition of Canaan.

Judges

The history of the nation from Joshua to Samson.

Ruth

The story of the ancestors of the royal family of Judah.

Ezra

The story of the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, and of the rebuilding of the temple.

Nehemiah

A further account of the rebuilding of the temple and city, and of the obstacles encountered and overcome.

Esther

The story of a Jewess who becomes queen of Persia and saves the Jewish people from destruction.

Isaiah

Prophecies respecting Christ and his kingdom.

Jeremiah

Prophecies announcing the captivity of Judah, its sufferings, and the final overthrow of its enemies.

Ezekiel

Messages of warning and comfort to the Jews in their captivity.

Daniel

A narrative of some of the occurrences of the captivity, and a series of prophecies concerning Christ.

Hosea

Prophecies relating to Christ and the latter days.

Joel

Prediction of woes upon Judah, and of the favor with which God will receive the penitent people.

Amos

Prediction that Israel and other neighboring nations will be punished and of the fulfillment of the Messiah's kingdom.

Obadiah

Prediction of the desolation of Edom.

Jonah

Prophecies relating to Nineveh.

Micah

Predictions relating to the Babylonish captivity and the birth of the Messiah in Bethlehem.

Nahum

Prediction of the downfall of Assyria.

Habakkuk

A prediction of the doom of the Chaldeans.

Zephaniah

A prediction of the overthrow of Judah for its idolatry and wickedness.

Haggai

Prophecies concerning the rebuilding of the temple.

Zechariah

Prophecies relating to the rebuilding of the temple and the Messiah.

Malachi

Prophecies relating to the calling of the Gentiles and the coming of Christ.

Adam and Eve

Adam was created by God on the sixth day of creation. Then God gave Adam a partner by creating Eve.

Joseph

Joseph was one of twelve sons of Jacob. He was the first born son of Rachel.

Amram and Jochebed

Ambram was father to Moses, and Jochebed was a descendant of Levi and the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Moses

Moses, son of Amram and Jochebed from the tribe of Levi, and the younger brother of Miriam and Aaron.

Joshua

The son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim. Moses' successor as the leader of Israel.

Caleb

He was one of the twelve spies sent to scout the land of Canaan.

Rahab

Rahab was given the promise that she and her family would be spared when the Israelite army attacked Jericho.

Achan

Achan was an Israelite who fought the battle of Jericho with Joshua.

Elkanah

Was father of Samuel the prophet, an 'Ephrathite', but lived at Ramah, a man of wealth and high position.

Hannah

In the Temple at Shiloh, she made a vow to God that if He granted her a son, she would dedicate him to the Lord.

Hophni and Phineas

Hophni and his brother Phineas were two worthless men with no regard for the Lord.

Cain and Able

God accepted the offering of Abel, but rejected Cain's. Angered by this rejection, Cain killed his brother.

Samuel

Samuel, the son of Elkanah, and his wife Hannah, was a prophet and the last of Israel's Judges.

Enoch

Enoch was the son of Jared, the father of Methuselah, and the great-grandfather of Noah

Noah

Son of Lamech, Noah was one of eight people that lived before, during, and after the Great Flood.

Abraham

Abraham was the first patriarch of Israel. He was the son of Terah, and brother to Nahor and Haran.

Eliezer

Eliezer was a son of Moses and Zipporah, and the brother to Gershom.

Isaac

Isaac, the second patriarch of Israel, son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob and Esau.

Esau

Esau became the ancestor of the people of Edom, which was a country near Israel during ancient times.

Jacob

Jacob was the son of Isaac and Rebekah, and the twin brother of Esau.

Saul

Saul was the first king of Israel. He was the son of Kish of the tribe of Benjamin.

David

He was handpicked by God, anointed by Samuel, and became Israel's second, and greatest, king.

Solomon

Solomon was renown for his wisdom, wealth and for his construction projects.

Jeroboam

The first king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which included the city of Jerusalem and the Temple.

Rehoboam

Rehoboam, son of Solomon and Naamah the Ammonitess, became the first ruler of the Southern Kingdom of Judah.

Shishak

Shishak provided refuge to Jeroboam during the later years of Solomon's reign.

Omri

Omri was worse than any of the kings who had ruled Israel before his reign.

Ben-Hadad

King of Aram Damascus and contemporary of Kings Baasha and Ahab of Israel and Asa of Judah.

Ahab

Ahab, under Jezebel's influence, built a pagan temple, and allowed idols into Samaria.

Elijah

Elijah, a Tishbite from the region of Gilead, was a prophet in Israel during the reigns of Ahab, Ahaziah and Jehoram

Jehoshaphat

The fourth King of Judah. He eradicated the pagan cults and sent priests and Levites all over the country to teach the Law of God.

Ahaziah

Ahaziah was the eighth king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He was the son of Ahab and Jezebel.

Mesha

Mesha was a king of Moab, and paid an annual tribute of 100,000 lambs and the wool from 100,000 rams to King Ahab of Israel

Elisha

Elisha, like Elijah, performed some extraordinary miracles as a prophet of God.

Hazael & Jehu

Hazael, King of Syria, and a powerful enemy of Israel. Jehu was the tenth King of the northern kingdom of Israel.

Jezebel

Jezebel worshiped a pagan god called Baal and she helped to corrupt Israel with idol worship.

Joash

He became king at the age of seven, after Jehoiada the priest rebelled against Athaliah, and proclaimed Joash the rightful ruler.

Jehoahaz

He reigned for 17 years in Samaria, and followed the same path as Jeroboam, leading the people of Israel to sin.

Amaziah

Amaziah assembled an army from Judah and Benjamin, and re-conquered Edom, which gained its independence from Judah 50 year's earlier.

Hezekiah

Hezekiah undertook a religious reform, in removing idolatrous elements from worship, cleansing and sanctifying the Temple.

Ezra

Ezra was the leader of a group of Jews returning to Jerusalem from the Babylonian Exile.

Nehemiah

Was appointed to be the governor of Judah and permitted him to go to Jerusalem to help his fellow Jews rebuild.

Later Kings

Some of the later Kings of Israel and Judah.

Exile

From the fall of Jerusalem to Babylon to the fall of Babylon to the Medes and Persians.

Return

The later years of exile and the return to Israel.

Micah

Micah predicted the downfall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple, which were fulfilled by the Babylonians and Romans

Isaiah

Isaiah is considered by some to be the greatest Old Testament prophets, his disciples continued his teachings long after he died.

Hosea

Hosea spoke of the desolations that would result from being unfaithful to God, and of God's promise to later restore Israel.

Zephaniah

Zephaniah was a prophet to Judah, during the year before its destruction by the Babylonians.

Nahum

Nahum explains that because of Assyria's pride and cruelty in their destruction of Israel, their empire would be destroyed.

Habakkuk

Habakkuk lived in Judah and was a contemporary of the prophets Nahum and Jeremiah. He preached during the last days of Judah.

Jeremiah

Jeremiah warned the people of Jerusalem that they would be punished harshly for their sins.

Daniel

Because of his faith in God he was persecuted by the Babylonians. At one point, he was thrown into a den of lions, but survived.

Ezekiel

Ezekiel's prophecies about the destruction of Jerusalem caused friction among the Jews who were with him in Babylon.

Return

Gods answers to the prophets during the return to Israel from exile.

Haggai

Haggai was sent by God to preach to the restored community of Jews in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity had ended.

Zechariah

Zechariah's prophecies came from visions that showed God's power, judgment, importance of spiritual strength, and promise of the Messiah.

Malachi

Warnings from Malachi

The Tabernacle

Parts and pieces of the Tabernacle

Mercy of God

Worship

The Doctrine of God

Churches of the Apocalypse

The Ten Commandments

Early New Testament Manuscripts