21.Ecclesiastes - Outline (12)
22.Song of Songs - Outline (8)
23.Isaiah - Outline (66)
24.Jeremiah - Outline (52)
25.Lamentations - Outline (5)
26.Ezekiel - Outline (48)
27.Daniel - Outline (12)
** 12 Minor Prophets:
28.Hosea - Outline (14)
29.Joel - Outline (3)
30.Amos - Outline (9)
31.Obadiah - Outline (1)
32.Jonah - Outline (4)
33.Micah - Outline (7)
34.Nahum - Outline (3)
35.Habakkuk - Outline (3)
36.Zephaniah - Outline (3)
37.Haggai - Outline (2)
38.Zechariah - Outline (14)
39.Malachi - Outline (4)

OLD TESTAMENT 

The Old Testament has three major divisions: Law, Prophets (Former and Latter), and Writings. 

The Law (Genesis—Deuteronomy) begins with the creation of the world and concludes as Israel is about to enter the Promised Land. 

The Prophets—Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah Ezekiel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets—continue with the nation in the land of Palestine until the Exile and includes prophetic messages delivered to the nation. 

The Writings (all other books) contain the account of the return from Exile, collected wisdom literature from throughout the nation’s history, and selected stories about God’s leading in individual lives.

1.Genesis - Outline (50):
1-- Genesis 1:27; 12:2,3
1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
12:2 "I will make you (Abram) into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

I. The story of creation (1:1-2:3)
   A. The beginning (1:1-2:3)

II. The story of Adam (2:4-5:32)
   A. Adam and Eve (2:4-3:24)
       1. The fall of man (3:1-24)
   B. Cain and Abel (4:1-26)
   C. Adam's descendants (5:1-32)
       1. From Adam to Noah (5:1-32)

III. The story of Noah (6:1-11:32)
   A. The flood (6:1-8:22)
   B. Repopulating the earth (9:1-10:32)
       1. God's covenant with Noah (9:1-17)
       2. The Sons of Noah (9:18-29)
       3. The Table of Nations (10:1-32)
            a. The Japhethites (10:2-5)
            b. The Hamites (10:6-20)
            c. The Semites (10:21-32)
   C. The tower of Babel (11:1-32)
       1. From Shem to Abram (11:10-32)

IV. The story of Abraham (12:1-25:18)
   A. God promises a nation to Abraham (12:1-20)
       1. The call of Abram (12:1-9)
       2. Abram in Egypt (12:10-20)
   B. Abram and Lot (13:1-14:24)
       1. Abram and Lot separate (13:1-18)
       2. Abram rescues Lot (14:1-24)
   C. God promises a son to Abram (15:1-17:27)
       1. God's covenant with Abram (15:1-21)
       2. Hagar and Ishmael (16:1-16)
       3. The Covenant of Circumcision (17:1-27)
   D. Sodom and Gomorrah (18:1-20:18)
       1. The three visitors (18:1-15)
       2. Abraham pleads for Sodom (18:16-33)
       3. Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed (19:1-29)
       4. Lot and His Daughters (19:30-38)
       5. Abraham and Abimelech (20:1-18)
   E. Birth and near sacrifice of Isaac (21:1-23:20)
       1. The birth of Isaac (21:1-7)
       2. Hagar and Ishmael sent away (21:8-21)
       3. The treaty at Beersheba (21:22-34)
       4. Abraham tested (22:1-19)
       5. Nahor's sons (22:20-24)
       6. The death of Sarah (23:1-20)
   F. Isaac and Rebekah (24:1-67)
   G. Abraham dies (25:1-18)
       1. The death of Abraham (25:1-11)
       2. Ishmael's sons (25:12-18)

V. The story of Isaac (25:19-28:9)
   A. Jacob and Esau (25:19-34)
   B. Isaac and Abimelech (26:1-35)
   C. Jacob gets Isaac's blessing (27:1-28:9)
       1. Jacob flees to Laban (27:41-28:9)

VI. The story of Jacob (28:10-36:43)
   A. Jacob starts a family (28:10-30:43)
       1. Jacob's dream at Bethel (28:10-22)
       2. Jacob arrives in Paddan Aram (29:1-14)
       3. Jacob marries Leah and Rachel (29:15-30)
       4. Jacob's children (29:31-30:24)
       5. Jacob's flocks increase (30:25-43)
   B. Jacob returns home (31:1-36:43)
       1. Jacob flees from Laban (31:1-21)
       2. Laban pursues Jacob (31:22-55)
       3. Jacob prepares to meet Esau (32:1-21)
       4. Jacob wrestles with God (32:22-32)
       5. Jacob meets Esau (33:1-20)
       6. Dinah and the Shechemites (34:1-31)
       7. Jacob returns to Bethel (35:1-15)
       8. The deaths of Rachel and Isaac (35:16-29)
       9. Esau's descendants (36:1-30)
       10. The rulers of Edom (36:31-43)

VII. The story of Joseph (37:1-50:26)
   A. Joseph is sold into slavery (37:1-36)
       1. Joseph's Dreams (37:1-11)
       2. Joseph sold by his brothers (37:12-36)
   B. Judah and Tamar (38:1-30)
   C. Joseph is thrown into jail (39:1-40:23)
       1. Joseph and Potiphar's wife (39:1-23)
       2. The cupbearer and the baker (40:1-23)
   D. Joseph is placed in charge of Egypt (41:1-57)
       1. Pharaoh's dreams (41:1-40)
       2. Joseph in charge of Egypt (41:41-57)
   E. Joseph and his brothers meet in Egypt (42:1-45:28)
       1. Joseph's brothers go to Egypt (42:1-38)
       2. The second journey to Egypt (43:1-34)
       3. A silver cup in a sack (44:1-34)
       4. Joseph makes himself known (45:1-28)
   F. Jacob's family moves to Egypt (46:1-47:27)
       1. Jacob goes to Egypt (46:1-47:12)
       2. Joseph and the famine (47:13-27)
   G. Jacob and Joseph die in Egypt (47:28-50:26)
       1. Manasseh and Ephraim (48:1-22)
       2. Jacob blesses his sons (49:1-28)
       3. The death of Jacob (49:29-50:14)
       4. Joseph reassures his brothers (50:15-21)
       5. The death of Joseph (50:22-26)

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1.GENESIS

I. The Nature of Human Life (1:1-11:9)
   A. Humans are made in His image and are the climax of His creation (1:1-2:1)
   B. Human nature has needs and limits (2:2-25)
   C. Human sin brings alienation and punishment (3:1-24)
   D. God punishes human pride and irresponsibility, yet His grace protects the sinner (4:1-15)
   E. Human nature produces astonishing cultural achievements and deadly pride (4:16-24)
   F. Humans respond to God, develop into a large society, but seek relief from their burdens (4:25-5:32)
   G. God punishes sinful society but preserves a faithful remnant (6:1-8:22)
   H. God renews His commission to the creature made in His image and makes a covenant not to repeat the disastrous punishment of the flood (9:1-17)
   I. Sin and disrespect set the pattern for international relations (9:18-10:32)
   J. Pride and failure to trust God and other people bring separation and loss of communication (11:1-9)

II. The Mission and Nature of God's Family (11:10-50:26)
   A. The Lord has a redemptive plan for His world (11:10-25:18)
       1. God's family originated in a foreign land (11:10-32)
       2. The Lord calls people to Himself (12:1-9)
       3. God plagues the nations which misuse God's people (12:10-20)
       4. God renews His promises and blessings when His family blesses the nations (13:1-15:21)
       5. The promises depend on God's grace, not human cunning (16:1-17:27)
       6. God's faithful servant intercedes with God for the wicked nations (18:1-19:38)
       7. Even deception by God's servant can result in blessing to God-fearing nations (20:1-18)
       8. God fulfills His promises both to His family and to the nations (21:1-21)
       9. God's obedient servant wins recognition from the nations (21:22-34)
       10. God tests His servant and renews His promises to the faithful servant (22:1-24)
       11. God's people begin to own the land (23:1-20)
       12. God proves His faithfulness for the next generation (24:1-67)
       13. God cares for the Arabian tribes (25:1-18)
   B. God works through human conflicts to protect His people and His land (25:19-36:43)
       1. God works His purpose even in family conflicts (25:19-34)
       2. God renews His promises because of obedience of the old generations (26:1-5)
       3. God works through international conflict to preserve His people (26:6-35)
       4. God directs and blesses His people and the nations despite their family disputes (27:1-33:20)
       5. Human revenge and trickery accomplish nothing (34:1-31)
       6. Recommitment to God brings renewal of His covenant promises (35:1-15)
       7. Death and sin do not mean the end of God's covenant people (35:16-29)
       8. God's leadership is evident even in the history of neighboring nations (36:1-43)
   C. God brings reconciliation even in exile in an enemy land (37:1-50:26)
       1. Human jealousy brings hatred, separation, and grief (37:1-36)
       2. God works out His purposes despite human sin, injustice, and conniving (38:1-30)
       3. God's presence is the only blessing His servant needs (39:1-23)
       4. God leads through hardship to blessing and responsibility (40:1-41:52)
       5. God brings reconciliation through trial, confession, acceptance of responsibility, and forgiveness (41:53-45:28)
       6. God leads and rules even in a foreign kingdom (46:1-47:31)
       7. The patriarchal blessings belong to the tribes of Israel (48:1-49:33)
       8. Israel must responsibly fulfill the charges of the patriarchs (50:1-14)
       9. God renews His promises to a forgiving, faithful people (50:15-26)

2.Exodus - Outline (40):
2-- Exodus 3:7,10
7 The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.
10 So now, go. I am sending you (Moses) to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.

I. Israel in Egypt (1:1-12:30)
   A. Slavery in Egypt (1:1-22)
       1. The Israelites oppressed (1:1-22)
   B. God chooses Moses (2:1-4:31)
       1. The birth of Moses (2:1-10)
       2. Moses flees to Midian (2:11-25)
       3. Moses and the burning bush (3:1-22)
       4. Signs for Moses (4:1-17)
       5. Moses returns to Egypt (4:18-31)
   C. God sends Moses to Pharaoh (5:1-7:13)
       1. Bricks without straw (5:1-21)
       2. God promises deliverance (5:22-6:12)
       3. Family record of Moses and Aaron (6:13-27)
       4. Aaron to speak for Moses (6:28-7:7)
       5. Aaron's staff becomes a snake (7:8-13)
   D. Plagues strike Egypt (7:14-11:10)
       1. The plague of blood (7:14-25)
       2. The plague of frogs (8:1-15)
       3. The plague of gnats (8:16-19)
       4. The plague of flies (8:20-32)
       5. The plague on livestock (9:1-7)
       6. The plague of boils (9:8-12)
       7. The plague of hail (9:13-35)
       8. The plague of locusts (10:1-20)
       9. The plague of darkness (10:21-29)
       10. The plague on the firstborn (11:1-10)
   E. The Passover (12:1-30)

II. Israel in the desert (12:31-18:27)
   A. The exodus (12:31-13:16)
       1. Passover restrictions (12:43-51)
       2. Consecration of the firstborn (13:1-16)
   B. Crossing the sea (13:17-15:21)
       1. The song of Moses and Miriam (15:1-21)
   C. Complaining in the desert (15:22-18:27)
       1. The waters of Marah and Elim (15:22-27)
       2. Manna and quail (16:1-36)
       3. Water from the rock (17:1-7)
       4. The Amalekites defeated (17:8-16)
       5. Jethro visits Moses (18:1-27)

III. Israel at Sinai (19:1-40:38)
   A. Giving the law (19:1-24:18)
       1. The Ten Commandments (20:1-21) [Deut. 5:6-21]
       2. Idols and altars (20:22-26)
       3. Hebrew servants (21:1-11)
       4. Personal injuries (21:12-36)
       5. Protection of property (22:1-15)
       6. Social responsibility (22:16-31)
       7. Laws of justice and mercy (23:1-9)
       8. Sabbath laws (23:10-13)
       9. The three annual festivals (23:14-19)
       10. God's angel to prepare the way (23:20-33)
       11. The covenant confirmed (24:1-18)
   B. Tabernacle instructions (25:1-31:18)
       1. Offerings for the tabernacle (25:1-9)
       2. The ark (25:10-22)
       3. The table (25:23-30)
       4. The lampstand (25:31-40)
       5. The tabernacle (26:1-37)
       6. The altar of burnt offering (27:1-8)
       7. The courtyard (27:9-19)
       8. Oil for the lampstand (27:20-21)
       9. The priestly garments (28:1-5)
       10. The ephod (28:6-14)
       11. The breastpiece (28:15-30)
       12. Other priestly garments (28:31-43)
       13. Consecration of the priest (29:1-46)
       14. The altar of incense (30:1-10)
       15. Atonement money (30:11-16)
       16. Basin for washing (30:17-21)
       17. Anointing oil (30:22-33)
       18. Incense (30:34-38)
       19. Bezaleel and Oholiab (31:1-11)
       20. The Sabbath (31:12-18)
   C. Breaking the law (32:1-34:35)
       1. The golden calf (32:1-33:6)
       2. The tent of meeting (33:7-11)
       3. Moses and the glory of the Lord (33:12-23)
       4. The new stone tablets (34:1-28)
       5. The radiant face of Moses (34:29-35)
   D. Tabernacle construction (35:1-40:38)
       1. Sabbath regulations (35:1-3)
       2. Materials for the tabernacle (35:4-29)
       3. Bezaleel and Oholiab (35:30-36:7)
       4. The tabernacle (36:8-38)
       5. The ark (37:1-9)
       6. The table (37:10-16)
       7. The lampstand (37:17-24)
       8. The altar of incense (37:25-29)
       9. The altar of burnt offering (38:1-7)
       10. Basin for washing (38:8)
       11. The courtyard (38:9-20)
       12. The materials used (38:21-31)
       13. The priestly garments (39:1-31)
             a. The ephod (39:2-7)
             b. The breastpiece (39:8-21)
             c. Other priestly garments (39:22-31)
       14. Moses inspects the tabernacle (39:32-43)
       15. Setting up the tabernacle (40:1-33)
       16. The glory of the Lord (40:34-38)

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2.EXODUS

I. God Saves His People (1:1-4:17)
   A. God's people face oppression in fear (1:1-22)
   B. God raises up a deliverer for His oppressed people (2:1-4:17)

II. God Sends His Leader on a Difficult Mission (4:18-7:2)
   A. God uses all means to accomplish His will against an ungodly ruler (4:18-26)
   B. God fulfills His angry promise to provide a helper for His leader (4:27-31)
   C. God's leader delivers God's message to pagan leaders (5:1-23)
   D. God promises deliverance to a deaf people (6:1-9)
   E. God reaffirms His insecure leaders (6:10-7:2)

III. God Reveals Himself in Punishing His Enemy (7:3-12:30)
   A. God is sovereign over enemy powers (7:3-13)
   B. Miracles do not bring belief (7:14-25)
   C. Enemy powers seek compromise not conversion (8:1-15)
   D. God's power convinces enemy religious leaders (8:16-19)
   E. Political deceit cannot defeat God's purposes (8:20-32)
   F. God's power is superior to pagan religious symbols (9:1-7)
   G. God's power affects people as well as animals (9:8-12)
   H. Terror and admission of sin are not adequate responses to the actions of the only God (9:13-35)
   I. God's saving acts are to be taught to coming generations (10:1-20)
   J. God's will must be followed completely (10:21-29)
   K. God distinguishes between His people and His enemies when He punishes (11:1-10)
   L. God judges other gods but preserves an obedient people (12:1-13)
   M. God's people are to remember and celebrate His deliverance (12:14-28)
   N. God punishes His proud, stubborn enemies (12:29-30)

IV. God Reveals Himself by Delivering His People from Bondage (12:31-15:21)
   A. God delivers and blesses His people and those who join them (12:31-51)
   B. God instructs His people to remember, celebrate, and teach His mighty salvation (13:1-16)
   C. God leads and protects His obedient people (13:17-22)
   D. God gains glory and evokes faith by saving His troubled people (14:1-31)
   E. God's people praise Him for their deliverance (15:1-21)

V. God Provides for His Doubting, Complaining People (15:22-18:27)
   A. God promises healing to an obedient people (15:22-27)
   B. God reveals His glory and tests His people's faith while meeting their needs (16:1-36)
   C. Doubting people test God's presence (17:1-7)
   D. God delivers His people and permanently curses their enemy (17:8-16)
   E. Foreign relatives testify to God's superiority over all gods (18:1-12)
   F. God's people must have effective teaching and administrative leadership (18:13-27)

VI. God Covenants with His People (19:1-20:21)
   A. God's covenant is based upon His act of deliverance and upon the people's obedience as a kingdom of priests (19:1-8)
   B. God prepares His people for His coming down to make a covenant (19:9-15)
   C. God's awesome presence confirms His covenant (19:16-25)
   D. The Ten Commandments are God's covenant ground rules for life with Him (20:1-17)
   E. Awestruck people need a human mediator with the holy God (20:18-21)

VII. God Gives Civil, Ceremonial, and Criminal Laws to Help His People (20:22-23:33)
   A. Instructions for acceptable worship (20:22-26)
   B. Treatment of Hebrew slaves (21:1-11)
   C. Dealing with a person who injures or kills another person (21:12-32)
   D. Justice for damage done to another's property (21:33-22:15)
   E. Justice when a virgin is seduced (22:16-17)
   F. Punishment for sorcery, bestiality, and idolatry (22:18-20)
   G. Care for the stranger, widow, orphan, and poor (22:21-27)
   H. Respect for God and human rulers, dedication of children, and being holy (22:28-31)
   I. Practice honesty; do not hurt the righteous or innocent (23:1-9)
   J. Keep the sabbatic year, the sabbath day, sacred occasions (23:10-19)
   K. God will provide spiritual guidance (23:20-33)

VIII. God and His People Must Ratify the Covenant (24:1-18)
   A. The people commit themselves to do God's will (24:1-11)
   B. God ratifies the covenant with His holy presence (24:12-18)

IX. God Plans to Be Present with His People (25:1-31:17)
   A. As their hearts move them, people are to give for God's worship place (25:1-7)
   B. God will dwell among His peple in His place of holy worship (25:8-27:21)
   C. God's minister mediates His holy presence for a holy people (28:1-29:37)
   D. People respond to the holy Presence with sacrificial giving (29:38-30:38)
   E. Craftsmen respond to the holy Presence by dedicating God-given skills (31:1-11)
   F. People respond to the holy Presence with sabbath worship (31:12-17)

X. God Restores a Sinful People (31:18-34:35)
   A. God provides guidelines for life in His presence (31:18)
   B. An impatient people break the covenant by making and worshiping other gods (32:1-6)
   C. God reacts against a disobedient people in wrath (32:7-10)
   D. Intercessory prayer brings divine repentance (32:11-14)
   E. Judgment comes to a disobedient people through God's chosen leaders (32:15-29)
   F. A mediator's majestic intercession is not sufficient (32:30-35)
   G. God withdraws His immediate presence from a sinful people (33:1-4)
   H. Mourning and repentance, even by a disobedient people, catch God's attention (33:5-6)
   I. Worship at God's chosen place is an essential element in restoring the covenant (33:7-11)
   J. The unseeable presence of God reaffirms the covenant relationship (33:12-23)
   K. God renews His covenant with His people (34:1-35)

XI. God Honors the Obedience of His People with His Holy Presence (35:1-40:38)
   A. God gives His people specific requirements (35:1-19)
   B. Obedient people provide resources and skills needed for God's work (35:20-36:7)
   C. Obedient people use their resources to build God's dwelling place (36:8-39:43)
   D. The leader of God's people prepares for worship (40:1-33)
   E. God's presence fills the worship place continually for His obedient people (40:34-38)

3.Leviticus - Outline (27):
3-- Leviticus 19:2
"Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

I. Worshiping a holy God (1:1-17:16)
   A. Instructions for the offerings (1:1-7:38)
       1. The burnt offering (1:1-17)
       2. The grain offering (2:1-16)
       3. The fellowship offering (3:1-17)
       4. The sin offering (4:1-5:13)
       5. The guilt offering (5:14-6:7)
       6. The burnt offering (6:8-13)
       7. The grain offering (6:14-23)
       8. The sin offering (6:24-30)
       9. The guilt offering (7:1-10)
       10. The fellowship offering (7:11-21)
       11. Eating fat and blood forbidden (7:22-27)
       12. The priests' share (7:28-38)
   B. Instructions for the priests (8:1-10:20)
       1. The ordination of Aaron and his sons (8:1-36)
       2. The priests begin their ministry (9:1-24)
       3. The death of Nadab and Abihu (10:1-20)
   C. Instructions for the people (11:1-15:33)
       1. Clean and unclean food (11:1-47)
       2. Purification after childbirth (12:1-8)
       3. Regulations about infectious skin diseases (13:1-46)
       4. Regulations about mildew (13:47-59)
       5. Cleansing from infectious skin diseases (14:1-32)
       6. Cleansing from mildew (14:33-57)
       7. Discharges causing uncleanness (15:1-33)
   D. Instructions for the altar (16:1-17:16)
       1. The Day of Atonement (16:1-34)
       2. Eating blood forbidden (17:1-16)

II. Living a holy life (18:1-27:34)
   A. Standards for the people (18:1-20:27)
       1. Unlawful sexual relations (18:1-30)
       2. Various laws (19:1       -37)
       3. Punishments for sin (20:1-27)
   B. Rules for priests (21:1-22:33)
       1. Unacceptable sacrifices (22:17-33)
   C. Seasons and festivals (23:1-25:55)
       1. The Sabbath (23:3)
       2. The Passover and unleavened bread (23:4-8)
       3. Firstfruits (23:9-14)
       4. Feast of Weeks (23:15-22)
       5. Feast of Trumpets (23:23-25)
       6. Day of Atonement (23:26-32)
       7. Feast of Tabernacles (23:33-44)
       8. Oil and bread set before the Lord (24:1-9)
       9. A blasphemer stoned (24:10-23)
       10. The Sabbath year (25:1-7)
       11. The Year of Jubilee (25:8-55)
   D. Receiving God's blessing (26:1-27:34)
       1. Reward for obedience (26:1-13)
       2. Punishment for disobedience (26:14-46)
       3. Redeeming what is the Lord's (27:1-34)

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3.LEVITICUS 

I. Offer Yourself in Praise and Adoration to God (1:1-7:38)
   A. Offer pleasing sacrifices (1:1-6:7)
       1. Offer burnt offerings (1:1-17)
       2. Offer cereal offerings (2:1-16)
       3. Offer peace offerings (3:1-17)
       4. Offer sin offerings (4:1-35)
       5. Offer guilt offerings (5:1-6:7)
   B. Give instructions to the priests who offer pleasing sacrifices (6:8-7:38)
       1. Give priestly instructions for burnt offerings (6:8-13)
       2. Give priestly instructions for cereal offerings (6:14-23)
       3. Give priestly instructions for sin offerings (6:24-30)
       4. Give priestly instructions for guilt offerings (7:1-10)
       5. Give priestly instructions for peace offerings (7:11-38)

II. Consecrate Priests to Mediate Between God and People. (8:1-10:20)
   A. Set apart priests who mediate (8:1-36)
   B. Sacrifice for the priests who mediate (9:1-24)
   C. Warn the priests who mediate (10:1-20)

III. Purify Yourself Before God (11:1-16:34)
   A. Eat clean animals; reject unclean animals (11:1-47)
   B. Purify mother and child after childbirth (12:1-8)
       1. Purify the mother of a male infant (12:1-4)
       2. Purify the mother of a female infant (12:5)
       3. Worship the Lord who gives life (12:6-8)
   C. Test for an infectious skin disease and remove the infected one from the camp (13:1-59)
       1. Examine the inhabitant who appears with an infection (13:1-8)
       2. Examine the infected inhabitant for progress toward wholeness (13:9-17)
       3. Examine the inhabitant who appears with a boil (13:18-23)
       4. Examine the inhabitant who appears with a burn (13:24-28)
       5. Examine the inhabitant who appears with an infection on the head or beard (13:29-37)
       6. Examine the inhabitant who appears with bright spots on the skin (13:38-39)
       7. Examine the inhabitant who appears with hair loss (13:40-44)
       8. Remove the infection from the camp (13:45-59)
   D. Restore the cleansed inhabitant to the community (14:1-32)
   E. Remove the threat of infection from the house (14:33-57)
   F. Cleanse unhealthiness within the community (15:1-33)
   G. Make atonement for the community (16:1-34)
       1. Remove sin from the congregation (16:1-10)
       2. Atone for the sins of the mediators (16:11-14)
       3. Atone for the sins of the people, and make purification for the tent and its articles. (16:15-19)
       4. Remove sin from the congregation (16:20-22)
       5. Atone for the sins of the people, and make purification for the tent and its articles. (16:23-28)
       6. Deal with the sin problem yearly (16:29-34)

IV. Present Yourself in Holiness Before God (17:1-26:46)
   A. Give attention to acceptable slaughter of beasts (17:1-16)
       1. Make proper sacrifices before the Lord (17:1-9)
       2. Sanctify life by refusing to eat blood (17:10-16)
   B. Follow the commandments of the Lord (18:1-20:27)
       1. Reject abominable sexual practices (18:1-23)
       2. Warn concerning the danger of abominable practices (18:24-30)
       3. Reverence God in worship (19:1-8)
       4. Show love for your neighbor by righteous living (19:9-18)
       5. Observe proper practices in agriculture, slavery, sacrifices, and the body (19:19-29)
       6. Honor God through worship (19:30-31)
       7. Honor God through life (19:32-37)
       8. Worship God alone; forsake other god (20:1-8)
       9. Honor father and mother (20:9)
       10. Reject abominable sexual practices (20:10-21)
       11. Give diligence to obeying God (20:22-27)
   C. Charge mediators to follow regulations which allow presence before God (21:1-24:23)
       1. Present themselves holy before God (21:1-24)
       2. Present holy gifts to God (22:1-33)
       3. Lead worship at holy times (23:1-44)
       4. Prepare the holy place (24:1-9)
       5. Keep the congregation holy before God (24:10-23)
   D. Present both land and people holy before God (25:1-55)
       1. Observe the sabbath year (25:1-7)
       2. Observe the jubilee year (25:8-22)
       3. Care for the poor brother and his land (25:23-55)
   E. Remember the blessings and curses concerning the covenant people (26:1-46)
       1. Remember the blessings associated with holy living (26:1-13)
       2. Remember the penalties associated with disobedience (26:14-39)
       3. Remember the faithfulness of God (26:40-46)

V. Offer Proper Vows Before God (27:1-34)
   A. Offer proper vows related to people (27:1-13)
   B. Offer proper vows related to a house (27:14-15)
   C. Offer proper vows related to fields (27:16-25)
   D. Offer proper vows related to firstborn animals (27:26-27)
   E. Keep your vows (27:28-34)

4.Numbers - Outline (36):
4-- Numbers 14:22,23
22 Not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have seen My glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they tested Me by refusing to listen.
23 They will never even see the land I swore to give their ancestors. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will enter it.

I. Preparing for the journey (1:1-10:10)
   A. The first census of the nation (1:1-2:34)
       1. The arrangement of the tribal camps (2:1-34)
   B. The role of the Levites (3:1-4:49)
       1. The Levites (3:1-51)
       2. The Kohathites (4:1-20)
       3. The Gershonites (4:21-28)
       4. The Merarites (4:29-33)
       5. The numbering of the Levite clans (4:34-49)
   C. The purity of the camp (5:1-9:14)
       1. Restitution for wrongs (5:5-10)
       2. The test for an unfaithful wife (5:11-31)
       3. The Nazarite (6:1-21)
       4. The priestly blessing (6:22-27)
       5. Offerings at the dedication of the tabernacle (7:1-89)
       6. Setting up the lamps (8:1-4)
       7. The setting apart of the Levites (8:5-26)
       8. The Passover (9:1-14)
   D. Receiving guidance for the journey (9:15-10:10)
       1. The cloud above the tabernacle (9:15-23)
       2. The silver trumpets (10:1-10)

II. First approach to the promised land (10:11-14:45)
   A. The people complain (10:11-11:35)
       1. The Israelites leave Sinai (10:11-36)
       2. Fire from the Lord (11:1-3)
       3. Quail from the Lord (11:4-35)
   B. Miriam and Aaron oppose Moses (12:1-16)
   C. The spies incite rebellion (13:1-14:45)
       1. Exploring Canaan (13:1-25)
       2. Report on the exploration (13:26-33)
       3. The people rebel (14:1-45)

III. Wandering in the desert (15:1-21:35)
   A. Additional regulations (15:1-41)
       1. Supplementary offerings (15:1-21)
       2. Offerings for unintentional sins (15:22-31)
       3. The Sabbath-breaker put to death (15:32-36)
       4. Tassels on garments (15:37-41)
   B. Many leaders rebel against Moses (16:1-17:13)
       1. Korah, Dathan and Abiram (16:1-50)
       2. The budding of Aaron's staff (17:1-13)
   C. Duties of priests and Levites (18:1-19:22)
       1. Offerings for priests and Levites (18:8-32)
       2. The water of cleansing (19:1-22)
   D. The new generation (20:1-21:35)
       1. Water from the rock (20:1-13)
       2. Edom denies Israel passage (20:14-21)
       3. The death of Aaron (20:22-29)
       4. Arad destroyed (21:1-3)
       5. The bronze snake (21:4-9)
       6. The journey to Moab (21:10-20)
       7. Defeat of Sihon and Og (21:21-35)

IV. Second approach to the promised land (22:1-36:13)
   A. The story of Balaam (22:1-25:18)
       1. Balak summons Balaam (22:1-20)
       2. Balaam's donkey (22:21-41)
       3. Balaam's first oracle (23:1-12)
       4. Balaam's second oracle (23:13-26)
       5. Balaam's third oracle (23:27-24:14)
       6. Balaam's fourth oracle (24:15-19)
       7. Balaam's final oracles (24:20-25)
       8. Moab seduces Israel (25:1-18)
   B. The second census of the nation (26:1-27:23)
       1. Zelophehad's daughters (27:1-11)
       2. Joshua to succeed Moses (27:12-23)
   C. Instructions concerning offerings (28:1-30:16)
       1. Daily offerings (28:1-8)
       2. Sabbath offerings (28:9-10)
       3. Monthly offerings (28:11-15)
       4. The Passover (28:16-25)
       5. Feast of Weeks (28:26-31)
       6. Feast of Trumpets (29:1-6)
       7. Day of Atonement (29:7-11)
       8. Feast of Tabernacles (29:12-40)
       9. Vows (30:1-16)
   D. Vengeance on the Midianites (31:1-54)
       1. Dividing the spoils (31:25-54)
   E. The Transjordan tribes (32:1-42)
   F. Camped on the plains of Moab (33:1-36:13)
       1. Stages in Israel's journey (33:1-56)
       2. Boundaries of Canaan (34:1-29)  
       3. Towns for the Levites (35:1-5)
       4. Cities of refuge (35:6-34)
       5. Inheritance of Zelophehad's daughters (36:1-13)

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4.NUMBERS

NUMBERS, BOOK OF Fourth book of Old Testament that teaches the identity of the people of God, God’s provision for authority over His people, and God’s plan for their fulfillment as a nation. It answers the questions: 
"Who are the people of God?" 
"Who is in charge here?" and, 
"What are we doing?"

Numbers 1:1-10:10     What happened at Sinai;
Numbers 10:11-20:13 What happened in the wilderness; and
Numbers 20:14-36:13 What happened from Kadesh to Moab.

Outline:

I. Who are the People of God?

A. Those who are ready to defend the camp through military means (Numbers 1; Numbers 26);

B. Those who dwell in a camp with provision for God’s presence in their midst (Numbers 2);

C. Those who participate in a religious system under the authority of the Aaronite priesthood and ministry of the Levites (Numbers 3; Numbers 4);

D. Those who uphold the laws of ritual purity to keep the camp from becoming physically or morally contaminated or are willing to undertake appropriate rituals to restore wholeness (Numbers 5; Numbers 6; Numbers 19);

E. Those who furnish the tabernacle of God’s presence with appropriate furnishings and utensils (Numbers 7-8);

F. Those who worship according to sacred rituals established by God (Numbers 9; Numbers 28-30);

G. Those who are willing to migrate according to God’s instructions (Numbers 10);

H. Those who depend upon the priesthood to mediate the awesome presence of God (Numbers 18);

I. Those who recognize that secular authority is dependent on religious authority (Numbers 27);

J. Those who have an allegiance to justice beyond the idea of a family-blood feud (Numbers 35).

II. Who is in charge of the People of God?

A. Moses is prime authority under God’s direction and through God’s intervention in vindicating him after rebellions (Numbers 11-12; Numbers 14; Numbers 16);

B. Aaron is a prime spiritual authority due to God’s active support (Numbers 17);

C. Even Moses and Aaron are inadequate without God’s support (Numbers 20);

D. God Himself is final authority (ch. 21);

E. God will guide the priesthood in directing Israel away from apostasy and toward Him (Numbers 25).

III. What are the People of God to accomplish?

A. They are to examine and investigate the land of promise (Numbers 13-14);

B. They are to be victorious over God’s enemies through ritualized ‘holy war’ (Numbers 21);

C. They are to recognize that no rival religious authority can spoil God’s plan regarding the land of promise (Numbers 22-24);

D. They are to keep the land of promise within the tribes and people it was promised to (in spite of extraordinary circumstances) (Numbers 27);

E. They are to provide for ‘bonus’ land beyond the initial promise (Numbers 32);

F. They are to provide for keeping the land of promise secure (Numbers 36).

In this way, the reader is able to see that every aspect of life during the wilderness wandering was permeated with the centrality of God. Under God’s instructions Israel conscripted an army; God’s presence radiated both a sense of awe and well-being in the center of the camp; God’s promise of a landed inheritance gave them a goal to strive for and an identity; and God was the ultimate authority and spoke both indirectly through His human representatives and directly through His miraculous power. The rebellion narratives (Numbers 11:1-12:16; Numbers 14; Numbers 16; Numbers 17; Numbers 20; Numbers 21:4-9; and Numbers 25:1-18), as well as the account of Balaam the wizard (Numbers 22-24), serve to show how God’s plan and provision cannot be thwarted by any rival possibility or power. Israel needed to stay on God’s side to find success.

5.Deuteronomy - Outline (34):
5-- Deuteronomy 7:9
"Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments.

I. What God has done for us: Moses' first address (1:1-4:43)
   A. The command to leave Horeb (1:1-8)
   B. The appointment of leaders (1:9-18)
   C. Spies sent out (1:19-25)
   D. Rebellion against the Lord (1:26-46)
   E. Wanderings in the desert (2:1-23)
   F. Defeat of Sihon king of Heshbon (2:24-37)
   G. Defeat of Og king of Bashan (3:1-11)
   H. Division of the land (3:12-20)
   I. Moses forbidden to cross the Jordan (3:21-29)
   J. Obedience commanded (4:1-14)
   K. Idolatry forbidden (4:15-31)
   L. The Lord is God (4:32-40)
   M. Cities of refuge (4:41-43)

II. Principles for godly living: Moses' second address (4:44-28:68)
   A. Introduction to the law (4:44-49)
   B. The Ten Commandments (5:1-33)  [Exodus 20:1-21]
   C. Love the Lord your God (6:1-11:32)
       1. Driving out the nations (7:1-26)
       2. Do not forget the Lord (8:1-20)
       3. Not because of Israel's righteousness (9:1-6)
       4. The golden calf (9:7-29)
       5. Tablets like the first ones (10:1-11)
       6. Fear the Lord (10:12-22)
       7. Love and obey the Lord (11:1-32)
   D. Laws for proper worship (12:1-16:17)
       1. The one place of worship (12:1-32)
       2. Worshiping other gods (13:1-18)
       3. Clean and unclean food (14:1-21)
       4. Tithes (14:22-29)
       5. The year for canceling debts (15:1-11)
       6. Freeing servants (15:12-18)
       7. The firstborn animals (15:19-23)
       8. Passover (16:1-8)
       9. Feast of Weeks (16:9-12)
       10. Feast of Tabernacles (16:13-17)
   E. Laws for ruling the nation (16:18-20:20)
       1. Judges (16:18-20)
       2. Worshiping other gods (16:21-17:7)
       3. Law courts (17:8-13)
       4. The king (17:14-20)
       5. Offerings for priests and Levites (18:1-8)
       6. Detestable practices (18:9-13)
       7. The prophet (18:14-22)
       8. Cities of refuge (19:1-14)
       9. Witnesses (19:15-21)
       10. Going to war (20:1-20)
   F. Laws for human relationships (21:1-26:19)
       1. Atonement for an unsolved murder (21:1-9)
       2. Marrying a captive woman (21:10-14)
       3. The right of the firstborn (21:15-17)
       4. A rebellious son (21:18-21)
       5. Various Laws (21:22-22:12)
       6. Marriage violations (22:13-30)
       7. Exclusion from the assembly (23:1-8)
       8. Uncleanness in the camp (23:9-14)
       9. Miscellaneous laws (23:15-25:19)
       10. Firstfruits and tithes (26:1-15)
       11. Follow the Lord's commands (26:16-19)
   G. Consequences of obedience and disobedience (27:1-28:68)
       1. The altar on Mount Ebal (27:1-8)
       2. Curses from Mount Ebal (27:9-26)
       3. Blessings for obedience (28:1-14)
       4. Curses for disobedience (28:15-68)

III. A call for commitment to God: Moses' third address (29:1-30:20)
   A. Renewal of the covenant (29:1-29)
   B. Prosperity after turning to the Lord (30:1-10)
   C. The offer of life or death (30:11-20)

IV. The change in leadership: Moses' last days (31:1-34:12)
   A. Joshua to succeed Moses (31:1-8)
   B. The reading of the law (31:9-13)
   C. Israel's rebellion predicted (31:14-29)
   D. The song of Moses (31:30-32:47)
   E. Moses to die on Mount Nebo (32:48-52)
   F. Moses blesses the tribes (33:1-29)
   G. The death of Moses (34:1-12)

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5.DEUTERONOMY 

I. Introduction: Historical Setting (1:1-5)

II. Moses' First Sermon: Learn from God's Saving Acts (1:6-4:43)
   A. Historical memories call for present faith action (1:6-3:29)
   B. God's Word is the foundation for His people's life (4:1-43)

III. Second Sermon: God's Law Guides and Gives Unique Identity to God's People (4:44-28:68)
   A. Covenant faith demands total allegiance and unchanging love for God (4:44-11:32)
   B. God expresses His demands in worship, leadership, daily life, business life, legal practices, family life, and care for others (12:1-28:68)

IV. Third Sermon: God Seeks to Renew Covenant Relationships (29:1-30:20)

V. Conclusion: God Seeks Continuity in Leadership for His People (31:1-34:12)

6.Joshua - Outline (24):
6-- Joshua 1:11
"Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’"

I. Entering the promised land (1:1-5:12)
   A. Joshua leads the nation (1:1-2:24)
       1. The Lord commands Joshua (1:1-18)
       2. Rahab and the spies (2:1-24)
   B. Crossing the Jordan (3:1-5:12)
       1. Circumcision at Gilgal (5:1-12)

II. Conquering the promised land (5:13-12:24)
   A. Joshua attacks the center of the land (5:13-8:35)
       1. The fall of Jericho (5:13-6:27)
       2. Achan's sin (7:1-26)
       3. Ai destroyed (8:1-29)
       4. The covenant renewed at Mount Ebal (8:30-35)
   B. Joshua attacks the southern kings (9:1-10:43)
       1. The Gibeonite deception (9:1-27)
       2. The sun stands still (10:1-15)
       3. Five Amorite kings killed (10:16-28)
       4. Southern cities conquered (10:29-43)
   C. Joshua attacks the northern kings (11:1-15)
   D. Summary of conquests (11:16-12:24)
       1. List of defeated kings (12:1-24)

III. Dividing the promised land (13:1-24:33)
   A. The tribes receive their land (13:1-19:51)
       1. Land still to be taken (13:1-7)
       2. Division of the land east of the Jordan (13:8-33)
       3. Division of the land west of the Jordan (14:1-5)
       4. Hebron given to Caleb (14:6-15)
       5. Allotment for Judah (15:1-63)
       6. Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh (16:1-17:18)
       7. Division of the rest of the land (18:1-10)
       8. Allotment for Benjamin (18:11-28)
       9. Allotment for Simeon (19:1-9)
       10. Allotment for Zebulun (19:10-16)
       11. Allotment for Issachar (19:17-23)
       12. Allotment for Asher (19:24-31)
       13. Allotment for Naphtali (19:32-39)
       14. Allotment for Dan (19:40-48)
       15. Allotment for Joshua (19:49-51)
   B. Special cities are set aside (20:1-21:45)
       1. Cities of refuge (20:1-9)
       2. Towns for the Levites (21:1-45)
   C. Eastern tribes return home (22:1-34)
   D. Joshua's farewell to the leaders (23:1-24:33)
       1. The covenant renewed at Shechem (24:1-27)
       2. Buried in the promised land (24:28-33)

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6.JOSHUA 

I. God Brought Victory to a People of the Book (1:1-12:24)
   A. To possess the promise, God's people must be faithful to the book (1:1-18)
   B. God uses unexpected persons to fulfill His promises (2:1-24)
   C. God exalts His leaders and proves His presence so all people may know Him (3:1-4:24)
   D. God's people must worship Him to prepare for the victories He promises (5:1-15)
   E. Divine power, not human might, provides victory for God's people (6:1-27)
   F. A disobedient people cannot expect God's victories (7:1-26)
   G. A repentant people receive a strategy for victory from God (8:1-35)
   H. Human cunning and disobedience cannot overcome the purposes of God (9:1-27)
   I. God fights for His people (10:1-43)
   J. God fulfills His promises, giving victory to an obedient people (11:1-12:24)

II. God Divides the Spoils of Victory According to the Needs of His People (13:1-21:45)
   A. The complete rest is still incomplete (13:1-7)
   B. History shows God's provision for His people (13:8-33)
   C. God rewards heroes of faith (14:1-15)
   D. God fulfilled His promise of land to His people (15:1-17:13)
   E. God provided for specific needs of His people (17:14-18)
   F. God called a hesitant people to action to receive the promised gift (18:1-10)
   G. God gave the land to an obedient people (18:11-19:48)
   H. God and His people rewarded their faithful leader (19:49-51)
   I. God decreed legal protection for the accused among His people (20:1-9)
   J. God provided for the needs of His priests (21:1-42)
   K. God fulfills all His promises (21:43-45)

III. God Calls His Victorious People to Unity in Worship and Devotion (22:1-24:33)
   A. God's rest, commandments, and blessing unify His people (22:1-6)
   B. Worship unifies God's people forever despite geographical barriers (22:7-34)
   C. Israel had to be faithful to God's direction or face the loss of His gifts (23:1-16)
   D. God calls His people to remember the history of God's faithfulness and choose to serve only Him (24:1-28)
   E. Faithful leaders keep a people faithful (24:29-33)

7.Judges - Outline (21):
7-- Judges 17:6
In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.

I. The military failure of Israel (1:1-3:6)
   A. Incomplete conquest of the land (1:1-2:5)
       1. Israel fights the remaining Canaanites (1:1-36)
       2. The angel of the Lord at Bokim (2:1-5)
   B. Disobedience and defeat (2:6-3:6)

II. The rescue of Israel by the judges (3:7-16:31)
   A. First period: Othniel (3:7-11)
       1. Othniel (3:7-11)
   B. Second period: Ehud and Shamgar (3:12-31)
       1. Ehud (3:12-30)
       2. Shamgar (3:31)
   C. Third period: Deborah and Barak (4:1-5:31)
       1. Deborah (4:1-24)
       2. The song of Deborah (5:1-31)
   D. Fourth period: Gideon, Tola and Jair (6:1-10:5)
       1. Gideon (6:1-8:35)
           a. Gideon defeats the Midianites (7:1-25)
           b. Zebah and Zalmunna (8:1-21)
           c. Gideon's ephod (8:22-27)
           d. Gideon's death (8:28-35)
       2. Abimelech (9:1-57)
       3. Tola (10:1-2)
       4. Jair (10:3-5)
   E. Fifth period: Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon and Abdon (10:6-12:15)
       1. Jephthah (10:6-11:40)
       2. Jephthah and Ephraim (12:1-7)
       3. Ibzan, Elon and Abdon (12:8-15)
   F. Sixth period: Samson (13:1-16:31)
       1. The birth of Samson (13:1-25)
       2. Samson's marriage (14:1-20)
       3. Samson's vengeance on the Philistines (15:1-20)
       4. Samson and Delilah (16:1-22)
       5. The death of Samson (16:23-31)

III. The moral failure of Israel (17:1-21:25)
   A. Idolatry in the tribe of Dan (17:1-18:31)
       1. Micah's idols (17:1-13)
       2. Danites settle in Laish (18:1-31)
   B. War against the tribe of Benjamin (19:1-21:25)
       1. A Levite and his concubine (19:1-30)
       2. Israelites fight the Benjamites (20:1-48)
       3. Wives for the Benjamites (21:1-25)

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7.JUDGES 

I. Disobedience Causes Chaos (1:1-3:6)
   A. Partial obedience is disobedience (1:1-36)
   B. Disobedience exposes people to further temptation (2:1-5)
   C. Leaders who neglect God's covenant lead the people into punishment (2:6-15)
   D. Failure to heed God's leaders leads to defeat (2:16-23)
   E. God tests His people to see if they will obey (3:1-6)

II. Repentence Is the Only Hope of Deliverance (3:7-16:31)
   A. God listens to the agonized cries of His people (3:7-31)
   B. God uses women leaders to achieve His purpose for His people (4:1-24)
   C. A delivered people praised God for His gift of victory (5:1-31)
   D. God provided a prophet to correct His people (6:1-10)
   E. God called people even from insignificant families to deliver His people (6:11-24)
   F. God proved more powerful than Baal (6:25-32)
   G. God's Spirit gives power to God-called leaders (6:33-40)
   H. Divine power, not human numbers, provides victory for God's people (7:1-25)
   I. God is King and can rule His people without power groups, institutions, or symbols (8:1-35)
   J. God does not honor self-seeking leaders of His people (9:1-57)
   K. God's deliverance comes only to a confessing, repenting people (10:1-16)
   L. God uses leaders considered unworthy in human eyes (10:17-11:11)
   M. God honors leaders who learn the lessons of history (11:12-40)
   N. God does not honor power-seekers (12:1-15)
   O. God blesses families who honor Him (13:1-25)
   P. God can turn human trickery, treachery, and hatred to accomplish His purposes (14:1-15:20)
   Q. Unfaithful leaders cannot follow selfish lusts and expect God's blessing (16:1-21)
   R. God delivers His people by the prayers and efforts of His leader (16:22-31)

III. Chaos Is the Moral and Social Result of Disobedience (17:1-21:25)
   A. Leaderless people use unscrupulous means even in religion (17:1-18:31)
   B. Sexual crimes can lead to civil war (19:1-20:48)
   C. Worship can become a ruse (21:1-25)

8.Ruth - Outline (4):
8-- Ruth 1:16
16 But Ruth replied (to Naomi), "Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.

I. Ruth remains loyal to Naomi (1:1-22)
   A. Naomi and Ruth (1:1-22)

II. Ruth gleans in Boaz's field (2:1-23)
   A. Ruth meets Boaz (2:1-23)

III. Ruth follows Naomi's plan (3:1-18)
   A. Ruth and Boaz at the threshing floor (3:1-18)

IV. Ruth and Boaz are married (4:1-22)
   A. Boaz marries Ruth (4:1-12)
   B. The genealogy of David (4:13-22)

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8.RUTH 

I. Trial and Tragedy Seemed to Offer Little Hope for God's Redeeming Grace (1:1-22)
   A. The trial of famine gave way to the tragedy of death for Naomi (1:1-5)
   B. The hint of blessing was seen in the tearful parting of Naomi from Orpah and the determined love of Ruth for her mother-in-law (1:6-14)
   C. In spite of Naomi's urging, Ruth resisted the injunction of her mother-in-law to remain in Moab and accompanied Naomi as she returned to Judah (1:15-18)
   D. The "emptiness" of Naomi's return to Judah provided the transition to God's grace by means of Ruth (1:19-22)

II. In the Ordinary Actions of a Foreigner, God Began to Prepare the Way of Blessing (2:1-23)
   A. Ruth's initiative provided not only food for the present, but a foundation for the future welfare of her family (2:1-7)
   B. Ruth demonstrated that inclusion into the people of God is not predicated on birth alone (2:8-13)
   C. The encounter of Boaz and Ruth opened the way for God to bless in an unexpected manner (2:14-23)

III. In More Ways Than One, God Took a Potential Scandal and Made It the Way of Grace (3:1-18)
   A. Naomi proposed a daring strategy in her matchmaking effort (3:1-5)
   B. The character of both Boaz and Ruth was demonstrated in the encounter at the threshing floor (3:6-13)
   C. The blessing of God began to be given to Ruth and Naomi through Boaz (3:14-18)

IV. Through Boaz, the "Kinsman Redeemer," God "Filled" the "Emptiness" of Naomi and Demonstrated His Presence Through the Blessing of His People (4:1-22)
   A. Boaz became "kinsman redeemer" (4:1-6)
   B. Before the assembled witnesses, Boaz fulfilled the custom of levirate marriage and received the blessing of witnesses (4:7-12)
   C. God "filled" the "emptiness" of Naomi through a son born to Ruth and Boaz, a son who was none other than the grandfather of the great King David (4:13-22)

9.1 Samuel - Outline (31):
9-- 1 Samuel 8:7,9
7 And the LORD told Samuel: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
9 Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do."

I. Eli and Samuel (1:1-7:17)
   A. Samuel's birth and childhood (1:1-3:21)
       1. The birth of Samuel (1:1-20)
       2. Hannah dedicates Samuel (1:21-28)
       3. Hannah's prayer (2:1-11)
       4. Eli's wicked sons (2:12-26)
       5. Prophecy against the house of Eli (2:27-36)
       6. The Lord calls Samuel (3:1-21)
   B. War with the Philistines (4:1-7:17)
       1. The Philistines capture the ark (4:1-11)
       2. Death of Eli (4:12-22)
       3. The ark in Ashdod and Ekron (5:1-12)
       4. The ark returned to Israel (6:1-7:1)
       5. Samuel subdues the Philistines at Mizpah (7:2-17)

II. Samuel and Saul (8:1-15:35)
   A. Saul becomes king of Israel (8:1-12:25)
       1. Israel asks for a king (8:1-22)
       2. Samuel anoints Saul (9:1-10:8)
       3. Saul made king (10:9-27)
       4. Saul rescues the city of Jabesh (11:1-11)
       5. Saul confirmed as king (11:12-15)
       6. Samuel's farewell speech (12:1-25)
   B. God rejects Saul for disobedience (13:1-15:35)
       1. Samuel rebukes Saul (13:1-15)
       2. Israel without weapons (13:16-22)
       3. Jonathan attacks the Philistines (13:23-14:14)
       4. Israel routs the Philistines (14:15-23)
       5. Jonathan eats honey (14:24-48)
       6. Saul's family (14:49-52)
       7. The Lord rejects Saul as king (15:1-35)

III. Saul and David (16:1-31:13)
   A. Samuel anoints David (16:1-23)
       1. David in Saul's service (16:14-23)
   B. David and Goliath (17:1-58)
   C. David and Jonathan become friends (18:1-20:42)
       1. Saul's jealousy of David (18:1-30)
       2. Saul tries to kill David (19:1-24)
       3. David and Jonathan (20:1-42)
  D. Saul pursues David (21:1-26:25)
       1. David at Nob (21:1-9)
       2. David at Gath (21:10-15)
       3. David at Adullam and Mizpah (22:1-5)
       4. Saul kills the priests of Nob (22:6-23)
       5. David saves Keilah (23:1-6)
       6. Saul pursues David (23:7-29)
       7. David spares Saul's life (24:1-22)
       8. David, Nabal and Abigail (25:1-44)
       9. David again spares Saul's life (26:1-25)
   E. Saul's defeat and death (27:1-31:13)
       1. David among the Philistines (27:1-12)
       2. Saul and the witch of Endor (28:1-25)
       3. Achish sends David back to Ziklag (29:1-11)
       4. David destroys the Amalekites (30:1-31)
       5. Saul takes his life (31:1-13)

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9. 1 SAMUEL 

I. God Gives His People an Example of Dedicated Leadership (1:1-7:17)
   A. A dedicated leader is the answer to parental prayers (1:1-28)
   B. A dedicated leader comes from grateful, sacrificial parents who worship the incomparable God (2:1-10)
   C. A dedicated leader is a priest who faithfully serves God rather than seeking selfish interests (2:11-36)
   D. A dedicated leader is a prophet who is called by the Word of God and who faithfully delivers the Word of God (3:1-4:15)
   E. Superstitious use of religious relics is not a substitute for dedicated leadership (4:16-22)
   F. Only a dedicated priest, not foreign gods nor disobedient persons, can stand before God (5:1-7:2)
   G. A dedicated political leader is a man of prayer (7:3-17)

II. Human Kingship Represents a Compromise with God by a People Who Have Rejected the Kingship of God (8:1-15:35)
   A. Hereditary kingship is a rejection of God which hurts His people and separates them from God (compare Judges 8:22-9:57). (8:1-22)
   B. A dedicated king is a humble person from a humble family who knows he owes his position to God's choice (9:1-10:27)
   C. The dedicated king is a Spirit-filled deliverer (11:1-15)
   D. The dedicated leader is morally pure and uses the history of God's people to call them to obedience (12:1-25)
   E. Kingship depends on obedience to God, not human wisdom (13:1-23)
   F. A dedicated leader is used by God to unify and deliver His people (14:1-23)
   G. God delivers His dedicated leader from inadvertent sins (14:24-46)
   H. The king is responsible to defeat the enemies of the people of God (14:47-52)
   I. A disobedient king is rejected by God (15:1-35)

III. God Raises Up New Leadership for His People (16:1-31:13)
   A. God gives His Spirit to the chosen person meeting His leadership qualifications (16:1-13)
   B. God provides unexpected opportunities of service for His chosen king (16:14-23)
   C. God uses the skills and faith of His leader to defeat those who would defy God (17:1-58)
   D. God provides His presence and the loyalty of friends to protect His chosen one from the jealous plots of an evil leader (18:1-20:42)
   E. God's priests affirm the special position of God's chosen leader (21:1-9)
   F. God protects His benevolent and faithful leader from the vengeance of evil enemies (21:10-22:23)
   G. God heeds the prayer of His chosen and delivers him from treacherous enemies (23:1-29)
   H. God honors the righteousness of His chosen leader (24:1-22)
   I. God avenges His chosen against the insults of foolish enemies [25:1-39a] (25:1-39)
   J. God provides family for His chosen [25:39b-44] (25:40-44)
   K. God rewards the righteousness and faithfulness of His chosen leader (26:1-25)
   L. The chosen leader cunningly begins building his kingdom even under adverse circumstances (27:1-12)
   M. God fulfills His prophecy and destroys disobedient leaders (28:1-25)
   N. God protects His chosen leader from compromising situations (29:1-11)
   O. God restores the property taken from His chosen leader (30:1-20)
   P. God's chosen leader shares His goods with the needy and with colleagues (30:21-31)
   Q. God destroys disobedient leaders (31:1-7)
   R. God honors people who express loyalty to their chosen leaders (31:8-13)

10.2 Samuel - Outline (24):
10-- 2 Samuel 5:12
And David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

I. David's successes (1:1-10:19)
   A. David becomes king over Judah (1:1-4:12)
       1. David hears of Saul's death (1:1-16)
       2. David's lament for Saul and Jonathan (1:17-27)
       3. David anointed king over Judah (2:1-7)
       4. War between the houses of David and Saul (2:8-3:5)
       5. Abner goes over to David (3:6-21)
       6. Joab murders Abner (3:22-39)
       7. Ish-Bosheth murdered (4:1-12)
   B. David becomes king over Israel (5:1-7:29)
       1. David conquers Jerusalem (5:6-16)
       2. David defeats the Philistines (5:17-25)
       3. The ark brought to Jerusalem (6:1-23)
       4. God's promise to David (7:1-17)
       5. David's prayer (7:18-29)
   C. David conquers the surrounding nations (8:1-10:19)
       1. David's victories (8:1-14)
       2. David's officials (8:15-18)
       3. David and Mephibosheth (9:1-13)
       4. David defeats the Ammonites (10:1-19)

II. David's struggles (11:1-24:25)
   A. David and Bathsheba (11:1-12:31)
       1. Nathan rebukes David (12:1-31)
   B. Turmoil in David's family (13:1-14:33)
       1. Amnon and Tamar (13:1-22)
       2. Absalom kills Amnon (13:23-39)
       3. Absalom returns to Jerusalem (14:1-33)
   C. National rebellion against David (15:1-20:26)
       1. Absalom's conspiracy (15:1-12)
       2. David flees (15:13-37)
       3. David and Ziba (16:1-4)
       4. Shimei curses David (16:5-14)
       5. The advice of Hushai and Ahithophel (16:15-17:29)
       6. Absalom's death (18:1-18)
       7. David mourns (18:19-19:8)
       8. David returns to Jerusalem (19:9-43)
       9. Sheba rebels against David (20:1-26)
   D. The later years of David's rule (21:1-24:25)
       1. The Gibeonites avenged (21:1-14)
       2. Wars against the Philistines (21:15-22)
       3. David's song of praise (22:1-51)
       4. The last words of David (23:1-7)
       5. David's mighty men (23:8-39)
       6. David counts the fighting men (24:1-17)
       7. David builds an altar (24:18-25)

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10.2 SAMUEL

I. To Achieve His Purposes, God Honors Obedience Not Treachery (1:1-6:23)
   A. Those who dishonor God's chosen leaders are punished (1:1-16)
   B. God's leader honors the memory of his predecessors (1:17-27)
   C. God leads people to honor His obedient leader [2:1-4a] (2:1-4)
   D. God honors loyal, obedient people [2:4b-7] (2:5-7)
   E. God blesses efforts for peace (2:8-28)
   F. God strengthens His obedient leader (2:29-3:19)
   G. God's leader refuses to honor treachery and revenge (3:20-4:12)
   H. God fulfills His promises to His patient servant (5:1-16)
   I. God provides victory for His people (5:17-25)
   J. God's people must honor His holy presence (6:1-23)

II. God Establishes His Purposes Through His Faithful Yet Fallible Servant (7:1-12:31)
   A. God promises to bless the house of David forever (7:1-17)
   B. God's servant praises the incomparable God (7:18-29)
   C. God gives victory to His faithful servant (8:1-18)
   D. God's servant shows kindness in memory of his departed friends (9:1-13)
   E. Enemy coalitions cannot prevent God from taking vengeance (10:1-19)
   F. Disobedience from God's leader displeases the Lord and brings judgment but also mercy [11:1-12:14a] (11:1-12:14)
   G. God brings honor to His penitent servant [12:14b-31] (12:15-31)

III. Lack of Attention to Family Relations Leads to National Problems for God's Leader (13:1-20:26)
   A. The inattention of a godly father can lead to family feuds, shame, and vengeance (13:1-39)
   B. Reconciliation, not anger and judgments, should mark the family life of God's servants (14:1-33)
   C. Unhealed family wounds lead to revolt (15:1-37)
   D. Leaders need advisors whom God can use to accomplish His purposes (16:1-17:29)
   E. The time of sorrow is too late to set family relationships right (18:1-33)
   F. God's victorious servant deals kindly with those who helped and those who opposed him (19:1-40)
   G. Victory cannot remove rivalries among God's people (19:41-20:26)

IV. God's People Learn from the Experience and Example of God's Leader (21:1-24:25)
   A. God blesses the leader who is faithful to the tradition of His people (21:1-22)
   B. God's leader praises God for His deliverance (compare Psalm 18). (22:1-51)
   C. God's leader teaches what he has learned--his experiences with God (23:1-7)
   D. God's leader depends on brave, faithful associates (23:8-39)
   E. The leader's foolish decisions bring punishment even on a repentant leader (24:1-17)
   F. Proper worship brings God's mercy for His people (24:18-25)

11.1 Kings - Outline (22):
11-- 1 Kings 9:4,5
4 As for you (Solomon), if you will follow Me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, always obeying My commands and keeping My laws and regulations,
5 then I will establish the throne of your dynasty over Israel forever. For I made this promise to your father, David: ‘You will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

I. The united kingdom (1:1-11:43)
   A. Solomon's becomes king (1:1-2:46)
       1. Adonijah sets himself up as king (1:1-27)
       2. David makes Solomon king (1:28-53)
       3. David's charge to Solomon (2:1-12)
       4. Solomon's throne established (2:13-46)
   B. Solomon's wisdom (3:1-4:34)
       1. Solomon asks for wisdom (3:1-15)
       2. A wise ruling (3:16-28)
       3. Solomon's officials and governors (4:1-19)
       4. Solomon's daily provisions (4:20-28)
       5. Solomon's wisdom (4:29-34)
   C. Solomon builds the temple (5:1-8:66)
       1. Preparations for building the temple (5:1-18)
       2. Solomon builds the temple (6:1-38)
       3. Solomon builds his palace (7:1-12)
       4. The temple's furnishings (7:13-51)
       5. The ark brought to the temple (8:1-21)
       6. Solomon's prayer of dedication (8:22-61)
       7. The dedication of the temple (8:62-66)
   D. Solomon's greatness and downfall (9:1-11:43)
       1. The Lord appears to Solomon (9:1-9)
       2. Solomon's other activities (9:10-28)
       3. The queen of Sheba visits Solomon (10:1-13)
       4. Solomon's splendor (10:14-29)
       5. Solomon's wives (11:1-13)
       6. Solomon's adversaries (11:14-25)
       7. Jeroboam rebels against Solomon (11:26-40)
       8. Solomon's death (11:41-43)

II. The divided kingdom (12:1-22:53)
   A. Revolt of the northern tribes (12:1-33)
       1. Israel rebels against Rehoboam (12:1-24)
       2. Golden calves at Bethel and Dan (12:25-33)
   B. Kings of Israel and Judah (13:1-16:34)
       1. The man of God from Judah (13:1-34)
       2. Ahijah's prophecy against Jeroboam (14:1-20)
       3. Rehoboam king of Judah (14:21-31)
       4. Abijah king of Judah (15:1-8)
       5. Asa king of Judah (15:9-24)
       6. Nadab king of Israel (15:25-32)
       7. Baasha king of Israel (15:33-16:7)
       8. Elah king of Israel (16:8-14)
       9. Zimri king of Israel (16:15-20)
       10. Omri king of Israel (16:21-28)
       11. Ahab becomes king of Israel (16:29-34)
   C. Elijah's ministry (17:1-21:29)
       1. Elijah fed by ravens (17:1-6)
       2. The widow at Zarephath (17:7-24)
       3. Elijah and Obadiah (18:1-15)
       4. Elijah on Mount Carmel (18:16-46)
       5. Elijah flees to Horeb (19:1-8)
       6. The Lord appears to Elijah (19:9-18)
       7. The call of Elisha (19:19-21)
       8. Ben-Hadad attacks Samaria (20:1-12)
       9. Ahab defeats Ben-Hadad (20:13-34)
       10. A prophet condemns Ahab (20:35-43)
       11. Naboth's vineyard (21:1-29)
   D. Kings of Israel and Judah (22:1-53)
       1. Micaiah prophesies against Ahab (22:1-28)
       2. Ahab killed at Ramoth Gilead (22:29-40)
       3. Jehoshaphat king of Judah (22:41-50)
       4. Ahaziah king of Israel (22:51-53)

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12.1 KINGS

I. God Works Out His Purposes Even Through Human Revenge and Treachery (1:1-2:46)

II. God Works Through the Wisdom He Gives His Humble Leader (3:1-7:51)
   A. God honors His humble leader's request and equips him with divine wisdom (3:1-28)
   B. God's leader administers his people wisely (4:1-34)
   C. God's leader wisely follows divine directives to build a house of worship (5:1-7:51)

III. God Responds to the Worship and Sin of His People (8:1-11:43)
   A. God fulfills His promise to His people and their leaders (8:1-21)
   B. The incomparable God of heaven hears the prayers of His repentant people anywhere (8:22-53)
   C. The faithful God leads His people to faithfulness and calls the nations to recognize His uniqueness (8:54-61)
   D. God's people worship joyfully in His house (8:62-66)
   E. God's favor is related to His people's obedience (9:1-9)
   F. God blesses the efforts of His faithful leader (9:10-10:29)
   G. A leader's unfaithfulness brings divine discipline on His people (11:1-43)

IV. Disobedience Brings Results (12:1-16:34)
   A. Leaders who refuse to be servants lose their subjects (12:1-24)
   B. False worship leads to doom for God's people and their leader (12:25-13:10)
   C. God's prophets must obey God's voice (13:11-25)
   D. Disobedience leads a nation to eternal ruin (13:26-14:20)
   E. God is faithful to His promises even when a people disobey (14:21-15:8)
   F. In the midst of disobedience God honors a faithful leader (15:9-24) 
   G. God fulfills His threats against evil leaders (15:25-16:34)

V. God Works in History Through His Prophetic Messengers (17:1-22:53)
   A. God blesses and brings recognition to His faithful prophet (17:1-24)
   B. Yahweh proves His claim to be the only God of Israel through His prophet (18:1-46)
   C. God revives His depressed prophet and provides for His purposes to be worked out (19:1-21)
   D. God uses a prophet to prove His lordship over history [20:1-30a] (20:1-30)
   E. God sends prophets to condemn His disobedient leaders [20:30b-43] (20:31-43)
   F. God uses His prophets to bring guilty leaders to repentance (21:1-29)
   G. God speaks through His chosen prophet, not through those depending on human appointment and provisions (22:1-40)
   H. God blesses the faithful but is angry at the disoobedient (22:41-53)

12.2 Kings - Outline (25):
12-- 2 Kings 17:13,14 
13 The LORD warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and seers: "Turn from your evil ways. Observe My commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your fathers to obey and that I delivered to you through My servants the prophets."
14 But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked as their fathers, who did not trust in the LORD their God.

I. The divided kingdom (1:1-17:41)
   A. The Lord's judgment on Ahaziah (1:1-18)
   B. Elisha's ministry (2:1-8:15)
       1. Elijah taken up to heaven (2:1-18)
       2. Healing of the water (2:19-22)
       3. Elisha is jeered (2:23-25)
       4. Moab revolts (3:1-27)
       5. The widow's oil (4:1-7)
       6. The Shunammite's son restored to life (4:8-37)
       7. Death in the pot (4:38-41)
       8. Feeding of a hundred (4:42-44)
       9. Naaman healed of leprosy (5:1-27)
       10. An axhead floats (6:1-7)
       11. Elisha traps blinded Arameans (6:8-23)
       12. Famine in besieged Samaria (6:24-7:2)
       13. The siege lifted (7:3-20)
       14. The Shunammite's land restored (8:1-6)
       15. Hazael murders Ben-Hadad (8:7-15)
   C. Kings of Israel and Judah (8:16-16:20)
       1. Jehoram king of Judah (8:16-24)
       2. Ahaziah king of Judah (8:25-29)
       3. Jehu anointed king of Israel (9:1-13)
       4. Jehu kills Joram and Ahaziah (9:14-29)
       5. Jezebel killed (9:30-37)
       6. Ahab's family killed (10:1-17)
       7. Ministers of Baal killed (10:18-36)
       8. Athaliah and Joash (11:1-21)
       9. Joash repairs the temple (12:1-21)
       10. Jehoahaz king of Israel (13:1-9)
       11. Jehoash king of Israel (13:10-25)
       12. Amaziah king of Judah (14:1-22)
       13. Jeroboam II king of Israel (14:23-29)
       14. Azariah king of Judah (15:1-7)
       15. Zechariah king of Israel (15:8-12)
       16. Shallum king of Israel (15:13-16)
       17. Menahem king of Israel (15:17-22)
       18. Pekahiah king of Israel (15:23-26)
       19. Pekah king of Israel (15:27-31)
       20. Jotham king of Judah (15:32-38)
       21. Ahaz king of Judah (16:1-20)
   D. Israel is exiled to Assyria (17:1-41)
       1. Hoshea last king of Israel (17:1-6)
       2. Israel exiled because of sin (17:7-23)
       3. Samaria resettled (17:24-41)

II. The surviving kingdom (18:1-25:30)
   A. Kings of Judah (18:1-23:35)
       1. Hezekiah king of Judah (18:1-16)
       2. Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem (18:17-37)
       3. Jerusalem's deliverance foretold (19:1-13)
       4. Hezekiah's prayer (19:14-19)
       5. Isaiah prophesies Sennacherib's fall (19:20-37)
       6. Hezekiah's illness (20:1-11)
       7. Envoys from Babylon (20:12-21)
       8. Manasseh king of Judah (21:1-18)
       9. Amon king of Judah (21:19-26)
       10. The book of the law found (22:1-20)
       11. Josiah renews the covenant (23:1-30)
       12. Jehoahaz king of Judah (23:31-35)
   B. Judah is exiled to Babylon (23:36-25:30)
       1. Jehoiakim king of Judah (23:36-24:7)
       2. Jehoiachin king of Judah (24:8-17)
       3. Zedekiah king of Judah (24:18-20)
       4. The fall of Jerusalem (25:1-26)
       5. Jehoiachin released (25:27-30)

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12.2 KINGS 

I. Through His Prophets God Guides History and Reveals His Will (1:1-8:29)
   A. God alone controls the fortunes of His people (1:1-18)
   B. God provides spiritual leadership for His people (2:1-25)
   C. The prophetic word from God controls history (3:1-27)
   D. God's minister helps God's faithful people in their time of need (4:1-44)
   E. God's mercy reaches across international lines [5:1-19a] (5:1-19)
   F. Greedy ministers cannot deceive God [5:19b-27] (5:20-27)
   G. God defeats the enemies of His people (6:1-7:20)
   H. God does not forget His faithful people (8:1-6)
   I. God controls the destiny of all nations (8:7-29)

II. God's Mercy Has Limits (9:1-17:41)
   A. God keeps His threats against false worship but honors those who carry out His will (9:1-10:36)
   B. God protects His chosen leader (11:1-21)
   C. God's people support His house of worship (12:1-16)
   D. God's offerings are not to be used for political purposes (12:17-21)
   E. God's mercy and faithfulness protect even His disobedient people (13:1-14:29)
   F. God works to punish a people who remain disobedient (15:1-16:20)
   G. God brings an end to the nation that refuses to follow the prophetic word (17:1-41)

III. God Honors Righteous Rulers but Punishes a Sinful People (18:1-25:30)
   A. God rewards those who trust in Him but punishes those who mock Him (compare to Isaiah 36:1-37:38) (18:1-19:37)
   B. God hears the prayers of His faithful servant (compare to Isaiah 38:1-22). (20:1-11)
   C. God knows the future of His people (compare to Isaiah 39:1-8). (20:12-21)
   D. Rebellion against God brings divine rejection (21:1-26)
   E. A righteous ruler can delay divine judgment (22:1-20)
   F. A righteous ruler cannot avert judgment forever (23:1-30)
   G. Deserved punishment comes to God's disobedient people (23:31-25:26)
   H. God preserves hope for His people (25:27-30)

13.1 Chronicles - Outline (29):
13-- 1 Chronicles 14:2
And David realized that the LORD had made him king over Israel and had made his kingdom very great for the sake of His people Israel.

I. The genealogies of Israel (1:1-9:44)
   A. Ancestry of the nation (1:1-3:24)
       1. Historical records from Adam to Abraham (1:1-27)
           a. To Noah's sons (1:1-4)
           b. The Japhethites (1:5-7)
           c. The Hamites (1:8-16)
           d. The Semites (1:17-27)
       2. The family of Abraham (1:28-34)
           a. Descendants of Hagar (1:29-31)
           b. Descendants of Keturah (1:32-33)
           c. Descendants of Sarah (1:34)
       3. Esau's sons (1:35-54)
           a. The people of Seir in Edom (1:38-42)
           b. The rulers of Edom (1:43-54)
       4. Israel's sons (2:1-2)
       5. Judah (2:3-3:24)
           a. To Hezron's sons (2:3-9)
           b. From Ram son of Hezron (2:10-17)
           c. Caleb son of Hezron (2:18-24)
           d. Jerahmeel son of Hezron (2:25-41)
           e. The clans of Caleb (2:42-55)
           f. The sons of David (3:1-9)
           g. The kings of Judah (3:10-16)
           h. The royal line after the exile (3:17-24)
   B. The tribes of Israel (4:1-9:1)
       1. Other clans of Judah (4:1-23)
       2. Simeon (4:24-43)
       3. Reuben (5:1-10)
       4. Gad (5:11-22)
       5. The half-tribe of Manasseh (5:23-26)
       6. Levi (6:1-81)
           a. The temple musicians (6:31-81)
       7. Issachar (7:1-5)
       8. Benjamin (7:6-12)
       9. Naphtali (7:13)
       10. Manasseh (7:14-19)
       11. Ephraim (7:20-29)
       12. Asher (7:30-40)
       13. The genealogy of Saul the Benjamite (8:1-9:1)
   C. Returnees from exile in Babylon (9:2-44)
       1. The people in Jerusalem (9:2-34)
       2. The genealogy of Saul (9:35-44)

II. The reign of David (10:1-29:30)
   A. David becomes king over all of Israel (10:1-12:40)
       1. Saul takes his life (10:1-14)
       2. David becomes king over Israel (11:1-3)
       3. David conquers Jerusalem (11:4-9)
       4. David's mighty men (11:10-47)
       5. Warriors join David (12:1-22)
       6. Others join David at Hebron (12:23-40)
   B. David brings the ark to Jerusalem (13:1-17:27)
       1. Bringing back the ark (13:1-14)
       2. David's house and family (14:1-7)
       3. David defeats the Philistines (14:8-17)
       4. The ark brought to Jerusalem (15:1-16:6)
       5. David's psalm of thanks (16:7-43)
       6. God's promise to David (17:1-15)
       7. David's prayer (17:16-27)
   C. David's military exploits (18:1-22:1)
       1. David's victories (18:1-13)
       2. David's officials (18:14-17)
       3. The battle against the Ammonites (19:1-19)
       4. The capture of Rabbah (20:1-3)
       5. War with the Philistines (20:4-8)
       6. David numbers the fighting men (21:1-22:1)
   D. David arranges for the building of the temple (22:2-29:30)
       1. Preparations for the temple (22:2-19)
       2. The Levites (23:1-6)
       3. Gershonites (23:7-11)
       4. Kohathites (23:12-20)
       5. Merarites (23:21-32)
       6. The divisions of Priests (24:1-19)
       7. The rest of the Levites (24:20-31)
       8. The singers (25:1-31)
       9. The gatekeepers (26:1-19)
       10. The treasurers and other officials (26:20-32)
       11. Army divisions (27:1-15)
       12. Officers of the tribes (27:16-24)
       13. The king's overseers (27:25-34)
       14. David's plans for the temple (28:1-21)
       15. Gifts for building the temple (29:1-9)
       16. David's prayer (29:10-20)
       17. Solomon acknowledged as king (29:21-25)
       18. The death of David (29:26-30)

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13.1 CHRONICLES 

I. Israel's People of Faith (1:1-9:44)
   A. Godly line of Adam (1:1-4)
   B. Sons of Noah focusing on Shem (1:5-27)
   C. Sons of Abraham focusing on Isaac [1:28-34a] (1:28-34)
   D. Sons of Isaac focusing on Israel [1:34b-54] (1:35-54)
   E. Sons of Israel focusing on Judah and Levi (2:1-9:44)

II. David's Learning Obedience (10:1-22:1)
   A. God's replacing rebellious Saul with David (10:1-14)
   B. God's bringing David to power (11:1-12:40)
   C. David's seeking to build around God's presence: David's son to build God's house (13:1-17:27)
   D. David's marring his victories by his sin (18:1-21:17)
   E. God's revelation in mercy of the site of the Temple and the place of the altar of sacrifice (21:18-22:1)

III. David's Preparing to Build God's House (22:2-29:30)
   A. Preparing workmen and materials (22:2-5)
   B. Preparing Solomon to build (22:6-16)
   C. Charging the princes to help Solomon (22:17-19)
   D. Making Solomon king (23:1)
   E. Ordering the priests and Levites and princes for service (23:2-27:34)
   F. Charging Solomon and the people (28:1-21)
   G. Inspiring gifts to build (29:1-9)
   H. Worshiping God and enthroning Solomon (29:10-25)
   I. Summarizing David's reign (29:26-30)

14.2 Chronicles - Outline (36):
14-- 2 Chronicles 7:14
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

I. The reign of Solomon (1:1-9:31)
   A. Solomon asks for wisdom (1:1-17)
   B. Solomon builds the temple (2:1-5:1)
       1. Preparations for building the temple (2:1-18)
       2. Solomon builds the temple (3:1-17)
       3. The temple's furnishings (4:1-5:1)
   C. Solomon dedicates the temple (5:2-7:22)
       1. The ark brought to the temple (5:2-6:11)
       2. Solomon's prayer of dedication (6:12-42)
       3. The dedication of the temple (7:1-10)
       4. The Lord appears to Solomon (7:11-22)
   D. Solomon's riches and wisdom (8:1-9:31)
       1. Solomon's other activities (8:1-18)
       2. The queen of Sheba visits Solomon (9:1-12)
       3. Solomon's splendor (9:13-28)
       4. Solomon's death (9:29-31)

II. The kingdom of Judah (10:1-36:23)
   A. The northern tribes revolt (10:1-11:17)
       1. Israel rebels against Rehoboam (10:1-11:4)
       2. Rehoboam fortifies Judah (11:5-17)
   B. History of apostasy and reform (11:18-36:1)
       1. Rehoboam's family (11:18-23)
       2. Shishak attacks Jerusalem (12:1-16)
       3. Abijah king of Judah (13:1-14:1)
       4. Asa king of Judah (14:2-15)
       5. Asa's reform (15:1-19)
       6. Asa's last years (16:1-14)
       7. Jehoshaphat king of Judah (17:1-19)
       8. Micaiah prophesies against Ahab (18:1-27)
       9. Ahab killed at Ramoth Gilead (18:28-19:3)
       10. Jehoshaphat appoints judges (19:4-11)
       11. Jehoshaphat defeats Moab and Ammon (20:1-30)
       12. The end of Jehoshaphat's reign (20:31-21:3)
       13. Jehoram king of Judah (21:4-20)
       14. Ahaziah king of Judah (22:1-9)
       15. Athaliah and Joash (22:10-23:21)
       16. Joash repairs the temple (24:1-16)
       17. The wickedness of Joash (24:17-27)
       18. Amaziah king of Judah (25:1-28)
       19. Uzziah king of Judah (26:1-23)
       20. Jotham king of Judah (27:1-9)
       21. Ahaz king of Judah (28:1-27)
       22. Hezekiah purifies the temple (29:1-36)
       23. Hezekiah celebrates the Passover (30:1-31:1)
       24. Contributions for worship (31:2-21)
       25. Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem (32:1-23)
       26. Hezekiah's pride, success and death (32:24-33)
       27. Manasseh king of Judah (33:1-20)
       28. Amon king of Judah (33:21-25)
       29. Josiah's reforms (34:1-13)
       30. The book of the law found (34:14-33)
       31. Josiah celebrates the Passover (35:1-19)
       32. The death of Josiah (35:20-36:1)
   C. Judah is exiled to Babylon (36:2-23)
       1. Jehoahaz king of Judah (36:2-4)
       2. Jehoiakim king of Judah (36:5-8)
       3. Jehoiachin king of Judah (36:9-10)
       4. Zedekiah king of Judah (36:11-14)
       5. The fall of Jerusalem (36:15-23)

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14.2 CHRONICLES 

I. Solomon's Building God's House (1:1-9:31)
   A. God's blessing of Solomon to build (1:1-17)
   B. Construction and consecration (2:1-7:22)
   C. Solomon's other achievements (8:1-18)
   D. Solomon's wisdom and wealth and fame (9:1-28)
   E. Concluding Solomon's reign (9:29-31)

II. God's Judging Judah's Kings by Their Faithfulness to His House (10:1-36:21)
   A. The wicked reign of Rehoboam (10:1-12:16) 
   B. The wicked reign of Abijah (13:1-22)
   C. The sin-marred reign of good King Asa (14:1-16:14)
   D. The godly reign of Jehoshaphat (17:1-21:1)
   E. The wicked reign of Jehoram (21:2-20)
   F. The wicked reign of Ahaziah (22:1-9)
   G. The wicked reign of Athaliah (22:10-23:21)
   H. The good reign of Joash (24:1-27)
   I. Imperfect devotion of Amaziah (25:1-28)
   J. Uzziah's violation of the priestly office (26:1-23)
   K. Good but imperfect reign of Jotham (27:1-9)
   L. Wicked reign of Ahaz (28:1-27)
   M. Unqualified good reign of Hezekiah (29:1-32:33)
   N. Conversion of wicked King Manasseh (33:1-20)
   O. Wicked reign of Amon (33:21-25)
   P. Unqualified good reign of Josiah (34:1-35:27)
   Q. Wicked reigns of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim: beginning of Exile (36:1-8)
   R. Wicked reigns of Jehoiachin and Zedekiah: final stage of Exile (36:9-21)

III. Providential Decree to Rebuild God's House (36:22-23)
   A. Date and origin of decree [36:22a] / Purpose of decree[36:22b] (36:22)
   B. Motivating force of decree; Substance of decree (36:23)

15.Ezra - Outline (10):
15-- Ezra 6:21,22
21 The Passover meal was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile and by the others in the land who had turned from their immoral customs to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.
22 They ate the Passover meal and celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. There was great joy throughout the land because the LORD had changed the attitude of the king of Assyria toward them, so that he helped them to rebuild the Temple of God, the God of Israel.

I. The return led by Zerubbabel (1:1-6:22)
  A. The first group of exiles returns to the land (1:1-2:70)
       1. Cyrus helps the exiles to return (1:1-11)
       2. The list of the exiles who returned (2:1-70)
  B. The people rebuild the temple (3:1-6:22)
       1. Rebuilding the altar (3:1-6)
       2. Rebuilding the temple (3:7-13)
       3. Opposition to the rebuilding (4:1-5)
       4. Later opposition under Xerxes and Artaxerxes (4:6-24)
       5. Tattenai's letter to Darius (5:1-17)
       6. The decree of Darius (6:1-12)
       7. Completion and dedication of the temple (6:13-18)
       8. The Passover (6:19-22)

II. The return led by Ezra (7:1-10:44)
   A. The second group of exiles returns to the land (7:1-8:36)
       1. Ezra comes to Jerusalem (7:1-10)
       2. King Artaxerxes' letter to Ezra (7:11-28)
       3. List of the family heads returning with Ezra (8:1-14)
       4. The return to Jerusalem (8:15-36)
  B. Ezra opposes intermarriage (9:1-10:44)
       1. Ezra's prayer about intermarriage (9:1-15)
       2. The people's confession of sin (10:1-17)
       3. Those guilty of intermarriage (10:18-44)

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15.EZRA

I. God's Worship Must Be Restored (1:1-6:22)
   A. God can use a pagan "to fulfill the word of the Lord." (1:1-4)
   B. God's people respond to God's ways. (1:5-6)
   C. God will recover and reclaim His possessions. (1:7-11)
   D. God's people, by name and as individuals, are important. (2:1-67)
   E. God's people are generous givers for a good cause. (2:68-70)
   F. God's people worship, regardless of the circumstances. (3:1-6)
   G. God's people will give and organize to get a job done. (3:7-9)
   H. God's people praise Him in success or in disappointment. (3:10-13)
   I. God's people must reject some offers of help. (4:1-3)
   J. God's work can be opposed and stopped. (4:4-24)
   K. God's work and workers must be encouraged. (5:1-2)
   L. God's work and workers are in His watchcare. (5:3-5)
   M. God's work may get pagan authorization and support. (5:6-6:12)
   N. God's work must ultimately be completed. (6:13-15)
   O. God's work must be dedicated publicly with joyful celebration. (6:16-22)

II. God's Word Must Be Followed. (7:1-10:44)
   A. God's Word needs skilled teachers and helpers. (7:1-7)
   B. God's Word elicits commitment. (7:8-10)
   C. God's work accepts all the help it can get from many different sources. (7:11-26)
   D. God blesses His workers and expects to be praised. (7:27-28)
   E. God's work warrants good records. (8:1-14)
   F. God's work must enlist trained workers. (8:15-20)
   G. God's work calls for faith, prayer, and humility. (8:21-23)
   H. God's work warrants division of responsibility. (8:24-30)
   I. God's work necessitates good stewardship and generous sacrifice. (8:31-36)
   J. Gross violations of God's Word must be acknowledged. (9:1-5)
   K. Acknowledged sin leads to prayer and confession with deep theological insights. (9:6-15)
   L. God's grace and human confession call for active commitment. (10:1-4)
   M. God's people must act unitedly. (10:5-9)
   N. God's call for the separated life must be made clear by God's leaders to God's people. (10:10-11)
   O. God's way utilizes practical solutions for difficult problems. (10:12-17)
   P. God's way expects "fruit in keeping with repentance" (Matthew 3:8) from all who are guilty. (10:18-44)

16.Nehemiah - Outline (13):
16-- Nehemiah 6:15,16
15 So on the twenty-fifth of Elul (October 2!) the wall was finally finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun.
16 When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.

I. Rebuilding the wall (1:1-7:73)
   A. Nehemiah returns to Jerusalem (1:1-2:10)
       1. Nehemiah's prayer (1:1-11)
       2. Artaxerxes sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem (2:1-10)
   B. Nehemiah leads the people (2:11-7:73)
       1. Nehemiah inspects Jerusalem's walls (2:11-20)
       2. Builders of the wall (3:1-32)
       3. Opposition to the rebuilding (4:1-23)
       4. Nehemiah helps the poor (5:1-19)
       5. Further opposition to the rebuilding (6:1-14)
       6. The completion of the wall (6:15-7:3)
       7. The list of the exiles who returned (7:4-73)

II. Reforming the people (8:1-13:31)
   A. Ezra renews the covenant (8:1-10:39)
       1. Ezra reads the law (8:1-18)
       2. The Israelites confess their sin (9:1-37)
       3. The agreement of the people (9:38-10:39)
   B. Nehemiah establishes policies (11:1-13:31)
       1. The new residents of Jerusalem (11:1-36)
       2. Priests and Levites (12:1-26)
       3. Dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (12:27-47)
       4. Nehemiah's final reforms (13:1-31)

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16.NEHEMIAH 

I. God's Work Must Be Done (1:1-7:73)
   A. God's leaders must be informed of needs in God's work (1:1-3)
   B. God's leaders must be responsive spiritually to needs in God's work and must pray (1:4-11)
   C. God's leaders must enlist the aid of others, sometimes outside the family of God (2:1-9)
   D. God's leaders likely will encounter opposition (2:10)
   E. God's leaders must exercise caution and discretion along with careful planning (2:11-16)
   F. God's leaders must inform and challenge God's people to work (2:17-20)
   G. God's work demands hard work, good organization, plenty of cooperation, and good records to give credit where credit is due (3:1-32)
   H. God's leaders will pray in the face of ridicule and insult (4:1-9)
   I. God's leaders may expect opposition from within as well as from without (4:10-12)
   J. God's leaders must encourage weary workers with practical, prayerful faith (4:13-15)
   K. God's work gets done by hard work and committed workers (4:16-23)
   L. God's work is slowed by internal problems of unfairness (5:1-5)
   M. God's leaders must confront profiteering problem causers (5:6-13)
   N. God's leaders at times can be sacrificially generous to meet a pressing need (5:14-19)
   O. God's leaders know opposition can be very personal and must deal with it head on (6:1-14)
   P. God's help and the cooperation of many workers bring success (6:15-16)
   Q. God's work can have traitors within (6:17-19)
   R. God's leaders will enlist others and give them clear instructions (7:1-5)
   S. God's leaders need to keep and use good records (7:6-73)

II. God's Way Must Include Revival and Reformation (8:1-13:31)
   A. God's people want to hear God's Word (8:1-3)
   B. God's Word must be read and then interpreted (8:4-8)
   C. God's way calls for joyous celebration (8:9-12)
   D. God's way prescribes formal expressions of joyous worship (8:13-18)
   E. God's way elicits confession (9:1-5)
   F. God's people give practical expression to prayerful repentance (9:6-37)
   G. God's people are willing to commit themselves (9:38)
   H. God's people will sign pledges of commitment (10:1-27)
   I. God's people must give practical expressions of commitment (10:28-39)
   J. God's people must be willing to make some changes (11:1-2)
   K. God's work requires good records (11:3-12:26)
   L. God's work should be dedicated and celebrated (12:27-47)
   M. God's people must be a separated people (13:1-9)
   N. God's work, including His finance program, must not be neglected (13:10-14)
   O. God's day must be respected (13:15-22)
   P. God's way demands purity in marriage and in ministers (13:23-31)

17.Esther - Outline (10):
17-- Esther 4:14
(Mordecai to Esther) "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"

I. Esther becomes queen (1:1-2:23)
   A. Queen Vashti deposed (1:1-22)
   B. Esther made queen (2:1-18)
   C. Mordecai uncovers a conspiracy (2:19-23)

II. The Jews are threatened (3:1-4:17)
   A. Haman's plot to destroy the Jews (3:1-15)
   B. Mordecai persuades Esther to help (4:1-17)

III. Esther intercedes for the Jews (5:1-8:17)
   A. Esther's request to the king (5:1-8)
   B. Haman's rage against Mordecai (5:9-14)
   C. Mordecai honored (6:1-14)
   D. Haman hanged (7:1-10)
   E. The king's edict in behalf of the Jews (8:1-17)

IV. The Jews are delivered (9:1-10:3)
   A. Triumph of the Jews (9:1-17)
   B. Purim celebrated (9:18-32)
   C. The greatness of Mordecai (10:1-3)

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17.ESTHER 

I. Humble faithfulness can lead to large responsibilities (1:1-2:18)
   A. Political power of ungodly rulers may be far-reaching (1:1-8)
   B. Protection of personal rights may result in loss of position and rights (1:9-15)
   C. Family relationships and respect cannot be enforced by political means (1:16-22)
   D. Self-giving love and loyalty to family, nation, and God may require hiding one's identity to gain opportunity to serve (2:1)
   E. Humble obedience can lead to opportunities to serve (2:2-18)

II. Faithfulness to one's people can be expressed through service to a foreign ruler (2:19-3:15)
   A. Loyalty to one's people does not require participation in conspiracy against foreign rulers (2:19-23)
   B. Loyalty to the foreign ruler does not mean participating in immoral government practices (3:1-2)
   C. Loyalty to God and godly traditions over loyalty to foreign rulers may cause personal and even national persecution (3:3-15)

III. Positions of influence bring responsibility to act for God's people (4:1-17)
   A. Mourning rites are appropriate responses to national danger (4:1-4)
   B. God's people must act and pray in times of danger (4:5-17)

IV. Responsible actions for God are honored by God's actions for His people (5:1-8:17)
   A. Self-giving action is rewarded in unexpected ways (5:1-8)
   B. Human pride leads to rash actions (5:9-14)
   C. Honor comes to God's faithful at the opportune moment (6:1-3)
   D. Human pride often leads to humiliation (6:4-12)
   E. God's people will experience vindication eventually (6:13-14)
   F. Brave action for God's people brings deliverance (7:1-10)
   G. God's providence brings reward for faithfulness and joy to God's people (8:1-17)

V. Celebration through the ages helps God's people remember His salvation and the lessons of history (9:1-32)

VI. Work for God's people can bring new opportunities for service and honor (10:1-3)

18.Job - Outline (42):
18-- Job 2:3
"Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited Me against him to ruin him without any reason."

I. Job is tested (1:1-2:13)
   A. Prologue (1:1-5)
   B. Job's first test (1:6-22)
   C. Job's second test (2:1-10)
   D. Job's three friends (2:11-13)

II. Three friends answer Job (3:1-31:40)
   A. First round of discussion (3:1-14:22)
       1. Job speaks (3:1-26)
       2. Eliphaz (4:1-5:27)
       3. Job (6:1-7:21)
       4. Bildad (8:1-22)
       5. Job (9:1-10:22)
       6. Zophar (11:1-20)
       7. Job (12:1-14:22)
   B. Second round of discussion (15:1-21:34)
       1. Eliphaz (15:1-35)
       2. Job (16:1-17:16)
       3. Bildad (18:1-21)
       4. Job (19:1-29)
       5. Zophar (20:1-29)
       6. Job (21:1-34)
   C. Third round of discussion (22:1-31:40)
       1. Eliphaz (22:1-30)
       2. Job (23:1-24:25)
       3. Bildad (25:1-6)
       4. Job (26:1-31:40)

III. A young man answers Job (32:1-37:24)
   A. Elihu (32:1-37:24)

IV. God answers Job (38:1-41:34)
   A. The Lord speaks (38:1-41:34)

V. Job is restored (42:1-17)
   A. Job (42:1-6)
   B. Epilogue (42:7-17)

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18.JOB 

I. Prologue: A Righteous Man Can Endure Injustice Without Sinning (1:1-2:10)

II. First Round: Will a Just God Answer a Righteous Sufferer's Questions? (2:11-14:22)
   A. Job: Why must a person be born to a life of suffering? (2:11-3:26)
   B. Eliphaz: Do not claim to be just, but seek the disciplining God, who is just (4:1-5:27)
   C. Job: Death is the only respite for a just person persecuted by God (6:1-7:21)
   D. Bildad: A just God does not punish the innocent (8:1-22)
   E. Job: Humans cannot win an argument in court against the Creator (9:1-10:22)
   F. Zophar: Feeble, ignorant humans must confess sins (11:1-20)
   G. Job: An intelligent person demands an answer from the all-powerful, all-knowing God, not from other humans (12:1-14:22)

III. Second Round: Does the Fate of the Wicked Prove the Mercy and Justice of God? (15:1-21:34)
   A. Eliphaz: Be quiet, admit your guilt, and accept your punishment (15:1-35)
   B. Job: Oh that an innocent person might plead my case with the merciless God (16:1-17:16)
   C. Bildad: Wise up and admit you are suffering the just fate of the wicked (18:1-21)
   D. Job: In a world without justice or friends, a just person must wait for a Redeemer to win his case (19:1-29)
   E. Zophar: Your short-lived prosperity shows you are a wicked oppressor (20:1-29)
   F. Job: Lying comforters do not help my struggle against the injustice of God (21:1-34)

IV. Third Round: Can the Innocent Sufferer Ever Know God's Ways and Will? (22:1-28:28)
   A. Eliphaz: You wicked sinner, return to Almighty God and be restored (22:1-30)
   B. Job: I cannot find God, but evidence shows He pays undue attention to me but gives no attention to the wicked (23:1-24:25)
   C. Bildad: No person can be righteous before the awesome God (25:1-6)
   D. Job: Neither your meaningless counsel nor God's faint word helps the innocent sufferer (26:1-27:23)
   E. Job: Humans cannot know wisdom; only God reveals its content: Fear the Lord (28:1-28)

V. Job's Summary: Let God Restore the Good Old Days or Answer My Complaint (29:1-31:40)
   A. In the good old days I had respect and integrity (29:1-25)
   B. Now men and God are cruel to me (30:1-31)
   C. In my innocence, I cry out for a hearing before God (31:1-40)
       1. I have not looked with lust on a maiden (31:1-4)
       2. I am not guilty of lying or deceit (31:5-8)
       3. I have not committed adultery (31:9-12)
       4. I have treated my servants fairly (31:13-15)
       5. I have been generous and kind to the poor and the disadvantaged (31:16-23)
       6. I have not worshiped gold nor celestial bodies (31:24-28)
       7. I have not rejoiced in others' ruin (31:29-30)
       8. I have not refused hospitality to anyone (31:31-32)
       9. I have nothing to hide, but I wish God would give me a written statement of charges (31:33-37)
       10. I have not withheld payment for the laborers on my land (31:38-40)

VI. Elihu: An Angry Young Man Defends God (32:1-37:24)
   A. Elihu is angry with Job and with the friends (32:1-22)
   B. Elihu speaks to Job as a man; God speaks through dreams, visions, pain, and deliverance (33:1-33)
   C. God is just; Job speaks without knowledge (34:1-37)
   D. Is there any advantage in serving God? Human sin is no threat to God; human righteousness is no gift to Him (35:1-16)
   E. God is just, all-wise, mysterious, and sovereign over humans and nature (36:1-37:24)

VII. Dialogue: Prove Your Wisdom Is Sufficient to Contend with the Eternal Creator (38:1-42:6)
   A. God: Can you control the inanimate and animate creation? (38:1-39:30)
   B. Job: I am overwhelmed and powerless to answer (40:1-5)
   C. God: Will you condemn God to justify yourself? (40:6-9)
   D. God: Take charge of the universe. (40:10-14)
   E. Two inexplicable creatures illustrate God's unfathomable ways (40:15-41:34)
   F. Job: Seeing God, I confess His power and repent of sin (42:1-6)

VIII. Epilogue: Prayer Brings Reconciliation, Forgiveness, and Restoration (42:7-17)

19.Psalms - Outline (150):
19-- Psalms 150:6
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.

I. Book I (1:1-41:13)
   A. Psalm 1. Psalm of the two ways: introductory to entire Psalter (1:1-6)
   B. Psalm 2. Psalm of the King: 
       (1) rejected; (2) established; (3) reigning over the nations (2:1-41:13)

II. Book II (42:1-72:20)
III. Book III (73:1-89:52)
IV. Book IV (90:1-106:48)
V. Book V (107:1-150:6)
   A. Psalm 119 (119:1-150:6)

PSALMS, BOOK OF

Book of PSALMS,   A collection of songs of praise that are theological statements and poetically represent human dialogue with God. The Psalms is the most complete collection of Hebrew poetry and worship material in the Hebrew Bible. The Psalms give clues for understanding Israelite worship on both a corporate and individual level. The psalms typify different responses to God’s actions and word.

Outline

The Book of Psalms is divided into five sections just as the Pentateuch has five books. Each section of the Book of Psalms concludes with a doxology. See Psalm 41:13; Psalm 72:18-19; Psalm 89:52; Psalm 106:48; Psalm 150.

Psalm 1 introduces the book by dividing people into two categories and describing the fate of each. Psalm 150 closes Psalms with a symphony of praise. Otherwise, a way to describe a theological structure for the book as a whole has not been found. What devoted students of God’s Word have discovered is the limited number of types of prayer represented in the Psalms. A look at the major types helps us understand how many different functions prayer and praise can serve as we communicate with and worship God.

1. Psalms of lamentation or complaint cry out for help in a situation of distress or frustration. Psalmists protest their innocence or confess their sins. They vow to praise God and give thanks for deliverance. Such psalms show prayer as an honest communication with God in life’s worst situations. 
The following psalms are laments: Psalm 3; Psalm 4; Psalm 6; Psalm 7; Psalm 12; Psalm 13; Psalm 17; Psalm 22; Psalm 25; Psalm 26; Psalm 28; Psalm 35; Psalm 38; Psalm 39; Psalm 40; Psalm 41; Psalm 42-43; Psalm 44; Psalm 51; Psalm 54; Psalm 55; Psalm 56; Psalm 57; Psalm 59, Psalm 60; Psalm 61; Psalm 63; Psalm 64; Psalm 69; Psalm 70; Psalm 71; Psalm 74; Psalm 77; Psalm 79; Psalm 80; Psalm 83; Psalm 85; Psalm 86; Psalm 88; Psalm 90; Psalm 94; Psalm 102; Psalm 109; Psalm 123; Psalm 126; Psalm 130; Psalm 134; Psalm 137; Psalm 140; Psalm 141; Psalm 142; Psalm 143; Psalm 144.

2. Psalms of thanksgiving describe a situation of distress and how God delivered the psalmist. The psalmist promises to fulfill vows made to God during the distress and invites the congregation to join in thanksgiving and praise to God. These psalms show us our need to acknowledge God’s work in our times of trouble and to witness to others of what God has done for us. 
Thanksgiving psalms are Psalm 9-10; Psalm 18; Psalm 30; Psalm 31; Psalm 32; Psalm 34; Psalm 66; Psalm 92; Psalm 107; Psalm 116; Psalm 118; Psalm 120; Psalm 124; Psalm 129; Psalm 138; Psalm 139.

3. Hymns lift the congregation’s praise to God, describing God’s greatness and majesty. In the hymn, worshipers invite one another to praise God and to provide reasons for such praise. 
These psalms are hymns: Psalm 8; Psalm 19; Psalm 29; Psalm 33; Psalm 65; Psalm 100; Psalm 103; Psalm 104; Psalm 105; Psalm 111; 113; Psalm 114; Psalm 117; Psalm 135; Psalm 136; Psalm 145; Psalm 146; Psalm 147; Psalm 148; Psalm 149; Psalm 150.

4. Wisdom psalms probe life’s mysteries to teach the congregation about itself and God. 
These include psalms Psalm 1; Psalm 14; Psalm 36; Psalm 37; Psalm 49; Psalm 53; Psalm 73; Psalm 78; Psalm 112; Psalm 119; Psalm 127; Psalm 128; Psalm 133.

5. Kingship psalms detail the role of the human king in God’s rule over His people. They also point ahead to the Messiah, who would inaugurate God’s kingdom. From them we learn to pray for and respect the role of government officials as well as praise God’s Messiah. 
These include Psalm 2; Psalm 18; Psalm 20; Psalm 21; Psalm 28; Psalm 45; Psalm 61; Psalm 63; Psalm 72; Psalm 89; Psalm 101; Psalm 110; Psalm 132.

6. Entrance ceremonies provide questions and answers to teach the expectations God has of His worshipers. Psalm 15 and Psalm 24 are entrance ceremonies.

7. Enthronement psalms praise Yahweh as the King enthroned over His universe. They include Psalm 47; Psalm 93; Psalm 96; Psalm 97; Psalm 98; Psalm 99.

8. Songs of Zion praise God indirectly by describing the Holy City where He has chosen to live among His people and be worshiped. They show God lives among His people to protect and direct their lives. 
These are Psalm 46; Psalm 48; Psalm 76; Psalm 84; Psalm 87; Psalm 122; Psalm 132.

9. Psalms of confidence express trust in God’s care for and leadership of His people. These appear in Psalm 4; Psalm 11; Psalm 16; Psalm 23; Psalm 27; Psalm 62; Psalm 125; Psalm 131.

10. Prophetic psalms announce God’s will to His worshiping people. These are Psalm 50; Psalm 52; Psalm 58; Psalm 81; Psalm 82; Psalm 91; Psalm 95.

11. Liturgical psalms describe activities and responses of God’s worshiping congregation. These appear in Psalm 67; Psalm 68; Psalm 75; Psalm 106; Psalm 108; Psalm 115; Psalm 121.

20.Proverbs - Outline (31):
20-- Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, 
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

I. Wisdom for young people (1:1-9:18)
   A. Prologue: purpose and theme (1:1-7)
   B. Exhortations to embrace wisdom (1:8-9:18)
       1. Warning against enticement (1:8-19)
       2. Warning against rejecting wisdom (1:20-33)
       3. Moral benefits of wisdom (2:1-22)
       4. Further benefits of wisdom (3:1-35)
       5. Wisdom is supreme (4:1-27)
       6. Warning against adultery (5:1-23)
       7. Warnings against folly (6:1-19)
       8. Warning against adultery (6:20-35)
       9. Warning against the adulteress (7:1-27)
       10. Wisdom's call (8:1-36)
       11. Invitations of wisdom and of folly (9:1-18)

II. Wisdom for all people (10:1-24:34)
   A. Proverbs of Solomon (10:1-22:16)
   B. Sayings of the wise (22:17-24:22)
   C. Further sayings of the wise (24:23-34)

III. Wisdom for the leaders (25:1-31:31)
   A. More proverbs of Solomon (25:1-29:27)
   B. Sayings of Agur (30:1-33)
   C. Sayings of King Lemuel (31:1-9)
   D. Epilogue: the wife of noble character (31:10-31)

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20.PROVERBS 

I. Proverbs Is Designed to Impart Divine Wisdom Concerning Life (1:1-6)

II. Wisdom's Contribution to Life Is to Be Praised (1:7-9:18)
   A. The goal of all wisdom is that people "fear . . . the Lord" (1:7)
   B. Wisdom identifies sin and calls sinners to repentance (1:8-33)
   C. Wisdom enables the sinner to be set free and experience meaningful life (2:1-22)
   D. Wisdom produces a sense of divine presence, joy, and peace in the believer (3:1-26)
   E. Wisdom admonishes believers to share God's love with others (3:27-35)
   F. Wisdom helps a father instruct his son how to obtain a meaningful life (4:1-27)
   G. Wisdom calls for purity and honesty in all marriage relationships (5:1-23)
   H. Wisdom admonishes the believer to work hard and spend wisely (6:1-19)
   I. Wisdom warns against the peril of adultery (6:20-7:27)
   J. Through divine wisdom, God offers Himself to humankind (8:1-36)
   K. Wisdom presents us with two choices, life or death (9:1-18)

III. One's Response to Wisdom Brings About Earthly Consequences (10:1-22:16)
   A. The righteous find blessings, but the wicked suffer greatly (10:1-32)
   B. The deceitful pay a terrible price, but the honest find God's favor (11:1-31)
   C. The righteous are open to instruction, but the wicked are not (12:1-28)
   D. The righteous are obedient to God's will; however, the wicked rebel (13:1-25)
   E. The foolish will be judged, but the righteous will be accepted by God (14:1-35)
   F. The Lord watches over all humankind and judges each accordingly (15:1-33)
   G. The Lord is the fountain of life for the faithful (16:1-33)
   H. The foolish thrive on bribery, but the wise are honest yet merciful (17:1-28)
   I. The foolish are haughty, but the righteous are humble (18:1-24)
   J. The poor are to be pitied, but the wealthy are honored by God (19:1-29)
   K. The wise work hard and treat both friend and foe with love (20:1-30)
   L. God requires holy lives and not just holy rituals (21:1-31)
   M. The wise discipline themselves to follow God in everything (22:1-16)

IV. Wisdom Provides Prudent Counsel for Both the Present and the Future (22:17-24:34)
   A. Wisdom tells one when to speak and when to be silent (22:17-21)
   B. The wise ones care for and protect the poor (22:22-29)
   C. Wisdom warns one not to fall into the trap of another's craftiness (23:1-11)
   D. Youth need instruction and correction to become what they should be (23:12-28)
   E. The drunkard destroys his life and that of others (23:29-35)
   F. Wisdom leads to a meaningful life, but wickedness leads to destruction (24:1-9)
   G. The wise ones steadfastly trust God in both the good and bad times (24:10-22)
   H. Wisdom promotes true justice (24:23-34)

V. Wisdom Constantly Reminds People of Their Past Heritage (25:1-29:27)
   A. The king shares in the responsibility for promoting wisdom (25:1-14)
   B. The righteous exercise self-discipline and love in all of life (25:15-28)
   C. The foolish fail the test of life and face God's judgment (26:1-28)
   D. Life's quest for meaning is brief and frustrating at times (27:1-22)
   E. People should learn to live as responsible stewards (27:23-27)
   F. God expects justice from His followers (28:1-28)
   G. Discipline is an essential part of life (29:1-27)

VI. The True Source of Meaningful Existence Can Be Found Only in God (30:1-31:31)
   A. Human beings cannot fully discover or understand God's wisdom (30:1-33)
   B. Humans can practice righteousness and show loving-kindness (31:1-9)
   C. The key to meaningful existence is found in one's faith relationship to God (31:10-31)

21.Ecclesiastes - Outline (12):
21-- Ecclesiastes 12:13
(Solomon) Here is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is the duty of every person.

I. Solomon's personal experience (1:1-2:26)
   A. Everything is meaningless (1:1-11)
   B. Wisdom is meaningless (1:12-18)
   C. Pleasures are meaningless (2:1-11)
   D. Wisdom and folly are meaningless (2:12-16)
   E. Toil is meaningless (2:17-26)

II. Solomon's general observations (3:1-5:20)
   A. A time for everything (3:1-22)
   B. Oppression, toil, friendlessness (4:1-12)
   C. Advancement is meaningless (4:13-16)
   D. Stand in awe of God (5:1-7)
   E. Riches are meaningless (5:8-20)

III. Solomon's practical counsel (6:1-8:17)
   A. Wisdom (7:1-8:1)
   B. Obey the king (8:2-17)

IV. Solomon's final conclusion (9:1-12:14)
   A. A common destiny for all (9:1-12)
   B. Wisdom better than folly (9:13-10:20)
   C. Bread upon the waters (11:1-6)
   D. Remember your creator while young (11:7-12:8)
   E. The conclusion of the matter (12:9-14)

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21.ECCLESASTES 

I. Life is vanity because nothing new ever occurs (1:1-11)
II. Wisdom produces only vanity (1:12-18)
III. Pleasure and possessions are all vanity (2:1-11)
IV. Wisdom is no better than folly (2:12-17)
V. Labor brings only vanity (2:18-26)
VI. God plans the world but hides the plan (3:1-11)
VII. The wise conclusion: seek to enjoy life (3:12-22)
VIII. Illustrations show life is vanity (4:1-16)
IX. The wise conclusion: fear God (5:1-7)
X. Wealth brings no advantage (5:8-6:12)
XI. Proverbs illustrate the way of wisdom (7:1-14)
XII. Righteousness results in vanity (7:15-25)
XIII. Warnings are needed against the wiles and devices of women (7:26-29)
XIV. Wise conclusion: obey the King (8:1-9)
XV. Righteousness goes unrewarded (8:10-17)
XVI. All people share the same ultimate fate (9:1-12)
XVII. Wisdom does not provide the ultimate answer (9:13-10:20)
XVIII. Wise conclusion: act in the face of vanity (11:1-8)
XIX. Youth has the advantage (11:9-12:7)
XI. Wise conclusion: everything is vanity (12:8)
XII. Parting advice: Learn from the teacher and obey God (12:9-14)

22.Song of Songs - Outline (8):
22-- Song of Solomon 6:3
I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; 
he pastures his flock among the lilies.


I. The wedding day (1:1-2:7)
II. Memories of courtship (2:8-3:5)
III. Memories of engagement (3:6-5:1)
IV. A troubling dream (5:2-6:3)
V. Praising the bride's beauty [6:4-7:9A] (6:4-7:9)
VI. The bride's tender appeal [7:9B-8:4] (7:10-8:4)
VII. The power of love (8:5-14)


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22.SONG OF SOLOMON

I. Longing Is a Part of Love (1:1-8)
II. Love Will Not Be Silent (1:9-2:7)
III. Spring and Love Go Together (2:8-17)
IV. Love Is Exclusive (3:1-5)
V. Love Is Enhanced by Friendship (3:6-11)
VI. Love Sees Only the Beautiful (4:1-7)
VII. Love Involves Giving and Receiving (4:8-5:1)
VIII. Love Means Risking the Possibility of Pain (5:2-6:3)
IX. Words Fail for Expressing Love (6:4-7:9)
X. Love Must Be Given Freely (7:10-13)
XI. True Love Is Priceless (8:1-14)

23.Isaiah - Outline (66):
23-- Isaiah 53:5
But He was wounded and crushed for our sins. He was beaten that we might have peace. He was whipped, and we were healed!

I. Words of Judgment (1:1-39:8)
   A. The sins of Israel and Judah (1:1-12:6)
       1. A rebellious nation (1:2-31)
       2. The mountain of the Lord (2:1-5)
       3. The day of the Lord (2:6-22)
       4. Judgment of Jerusalem and Judah (3:1-4:1)
       5. The branch of the Lord (4:2-6)
       6. The song of the vineyard (5:1-7)
       7. Woes and judgments (5:8-30)
       8. Isaiah's commission (6:1-13)
       9. The sign of Immanuel (7:1-25)
       10. Assyria, the Lord's instrument (8:1-10)
       11. Fear God (8:11-22)
       12. To us a child is born (9:1-7)
       13. The Lord's anger against Israel (9:8-10:4)
       14. God's judgment on Assyria (10:5-19)
       15. The remnant of Israel (10:20-34)
       16. The branch from Jesse (11:1-16)
       17. Songs of praise (12:1-6)
   B. Judgment against pagan nations (13:1-23:18)
       1. A prophecy against Babylon (13:1-14:23)
       2. A prophecy against Assyria (14:24-27)
       3. A prophecy against the Philistines (14:28-32)
       4. A prophecy against Moab (15:1-16:14)
       5. An oracle against Damascus (17:1-14)
       6. A prophecy against Cush (18:1-7)
       7. A prophecy about Egypt (19:1-25)
       8. A prophecy against Egypt and Cush (20:1-6)
       9. A prophecy against Babylon (21:1-10)
       10. A prophecy against Edom (21:11-12)
       11. A prophecy against Arabia (21:13-17)
       12. A prophecy about Jerusalem (22:1-25)
       13. A prophecy about Tyre (23:1-18)
   C. God's purpose in judgment (24:1-27:13)
       1. The Lord's devastation of the earth (24:1-23)
       2. Praise to the Lord (25:1-12)
       3. A song of praise (26:1-21)
       4. Deliverance of Israel (27:1-13)
   D. Jerusalem's true and false hopes (28:1-35:10)
       1. Woe to Ephraim (28:1-29)
       2. Woe to David's city (29:1-24)
       3. Woe to the obstinate nation (30:1-33)
       4. Woe to those who rely on Egypt (31:1-9)
       5. The kingdom of righteousness (32:1-8)
       6. The women of Jerusalem (32:9-20)
       7. Distress and help (33:1-24)
       8. Judgment against the nations (34:1-17)
       9. Joy of the redeemed (35:1-10)
   E. Events during the reign of Hezekiah (36:1-39:8)
       1. Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem (36:1-22)
       2. Jerusalem's deliverance foretold (37:1-13)
       3. Hezekiah's prayer (37:14-20)
       4. Sennacherib's fall (37:21-38)
       5. Hezekiah's illness (38:1-22)
       6. Envoys from Babylon (39:1-8)

II. Words of comfort (40:1-66:24)
   A. Israel's release from captivity (40:1-48:22)
       1. Comfort for God's people (40:1-31)
       2. The helper of Israel (41:1-29)
       3. The servant of the Lord (42:1-9)
       4. Song of praise to the Lord (42:10-17)
       5. Israel blind and deaf (42:18-25)
       6. Israel's only savior (43:1-13)
       7. God's mercy and Israel's unfaithfulness (43:14-28)
       8. Israel the chosen (44:1-5)
       9. The Lord, not idols (44:6-23)
       10. Jerusalem to be inhabited (44:24-45:25)
       11. Gods of Babylon (46:1-13)
       12. The fall of Babylon (47:1-15)
       13. Stubborn Israel (48:1-11)
       14. Israel freed (48:12-22)
   B. The future redeemer (49:1-59:21)
       1. The servant of the Lord (49:1-7)
       2. Restoration of Israel (49:8-26)
       3. Israel's sin and the servant's obedience (50:1-11)
       4. Everlasting salvation for Zion (51:1-16)
       5. The cup of the Lord's wrath (51:17-52:12)
       6. The suffering and glory of the servant (52:13-53:12)
       7. The future glory of Zion (54:1-17)
       8. Invitation to the thirsty (55:1-13)
       9. Salvation for others (56:1-8)
       10. God's accusation against the wicked (56:9-57:13)
       11. Comfort for the contrite (57:14-21)
       12. True fasting (58:1-14)
       13. Sin, confession and redemption (59:1-21)
   C. The future kingdom (60:1-66:24)
       1. The glory of Zion (60:1-22)
       2. The year of the Lord's favor (61:1-11)
       3. Zion's new name (62:1-12)
       4. God's day of vengeance and redemption (63:1-6)
       5. Praise and prayer (63:7-64:12)
       6. Judgment and salvation (65:1-16)
       7. New heavens and a new earth (65:17-25)
       8. Judgment and hope (66:1-24)

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23.ISAIAH  

I. God Knows His Peoples' Sins But Calls Them Back to Himself (1:1-12:6)
   A. Though your sins are many, forgiveness is possible (1:1-5:30)
   B. People need God, but God also needs people to call His people (6:1-13)
   C. National leaders may refuse God's help (7:1-8:15)
   D. Waiting for God to act is part of serving Him (8:16-22)
   E. With God the future is bright (9:1-7)
   F. Fallen nations teach lessons (9:8-10:4)
   G. Pride destroys individuals and nations (10:5-19)
   H. God can do His work with a righteous few (10:20-23)
   I. Faith in God conquers fear of all else (10:24-34)
   J. An ideal age is a human dream, but a divine accomplishment (11:1-16)
   K. Anytime is the right time for thanksgiving (12:1-6)

II. God's Sovereignty Extends to All Nations Whether Acknowledged or Not (13:1-23:18)
   A. God's judgment is real (13:1-21:17)
   B. God's judgment is impartial (22:1-23:18)

III. God's Triumph Over Evil Means Deliverance for His People (24:1-27:13)
   A. God's judgment time is a time of mourning and singing (24:1-23)
   B. God's judgment time is a time of thanksgiving (25:1-12)
   C. God's judgment time is a time of victory (26:1-27:13)

IV. God's People Must Be Different (28:1-39:8)
   A. Tragedy strikes when leaders fail (28:1-29:24)
   B. The power of God overshadows the power of nations (30:1-35:10)
   C. A triumphant faith is a faith that will not let go (36:1-39:8)
 
V. God's Word for His Confused People (40:1-55:13)
   A. God comes to His people when judgment has passed (40:1-31)
   B. God holds His people by the hand (41:1-29)
   C. Send the light of truth to those in darkness (42:1-25)
   D. God alone is Savior of His people (43:1-28)
   E. Homemade gods can never save (44:1-28)
   F. God may use an unbeliever (45:1-25)
   G. False gods make life's load heavier (46:1-13)
   H. Ruin follows wickedness as night follows day (47:1-15)
   I. Let the redeemed of the Lord proclaim it (48:1-52:15)
   J. Healing comes to many through the suffering of One (53:1-12)
   K. God keeps His promises (54:1-17)
   L. God's finest invitation: Return to Me (55:1-13)

VI. God's Word to His Imperfect People (56:1-66:24)
   A. Salvation is for all people (56:1-12)
   B. Idolatry is an ever present temptation (57:1-21)
   C. Worship and right living are inseparable (58:1-14)
   D. Repentance brings reconciliation with God (59:1-21)
   E. Light from God brings life (60:1-62:12)
   F. Prayer brings God's help (63:1-65:25)
   G. Judgment and deliverance are rights of God alone (66:1-24)

24.Jeremiah - Outline (52):
24-- Jeremiah 2:19
"Your own wickedness will punish you. You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is to forsake the LORD your God, having no fear of Him. I, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, have spoken!"

I. God's judgment on Judah (1:1-45:5)
   A. The call of Jeremiah (1:1-19)
   B. Jeremiah condemns Judah for her sins (2:1-10:25)
       1. Israel forsakes God (2:1-3:5)
       2. Unfaithful Israel (3:6-4:4)
       3. Disaster from the north (4:5-31)
       4. Not one is upright (5:1-31)
       5. Jerusalem under siege (6:1-30)
       6. False religion worthless (7:1-29)
       7. The valley of slaughter (7:30-8:3)
       8. Sin and punishment (8:4-9:26)
       9. God and idols (10:1-16)
       10. Coming destruction (10:17-22)
       11. Jeremiah's prayer (10:23-25)
   C. Jeremiah prophesies destruction (11:1-20:18)
       1. The covenant is broken (11:1-17)
       2. Plot against Jeremiah (11:18-23)
       3. Jeremiah's complaint (12:1-4)
       4. God's answer (12:5-17)
       5. A linen belt (13:1-11)
       6. Wineskins (13:12-14)
       7. Threat of captivity (13:15-27)
       8. Drought, famine, sword (14:1-15:21)
       9. Day of disaster (16:1-17:18)
       10. Keeping the Sabbath holy (17:19-27)
       11. At the potter's house (18:1-19:15)
       12. Jeremiah and Pashhur (20:1-6)
       13. Jeremiah's complaint (20:7-18)
   D. Jeremiah accuses Judah's leaders (21:1-29:32)
       1. God rejects Zedekiah's request (21:1-14)
       2. Judgment against evil kings (22:1-30)
       3. The righteous branch (23:1-8)
       4. Lying prophets (23:9-32)
       5. False oracles and false prophets (23:33-40)
       6. Two baskets of figs (24:1-10)
       7. Seventy years of captivity (25:1-14)
       8. The cup of God's wrath (25:15-38)
       9. Jeremiah threatened with death (26:1-24)
       10. Judah to serve Nebuchadnezzar (27:1-22)
       11. The false prophet Hananiah (28:1-17)
       12. A letter to the exiles (29:1-23)
       13. Message to Shemaiah (29:24-32)
   E. Restoration is promised (30:1-33:26)
       1. Restoration of Israel (30:1-31:40)
       2. Jeremiah buys a field (32:1-44)
       3. Promise of restoration (33:1-26)
   F. God's promised judgment arrives (34:1-45:5)
       1. Warning to Zedekiah (34:1-7)
       2. Freedom for slaves (34:8-22)
       3. The Recabites (35:1-19)
       4. Jehoiakim burns Jeremiah's scroll (36:1-32)
       5. Jeremiah in prison (37:1-21)
       6. Jeremiah thrown into a cistern (38:1-13)
       7. Zedekiah questions Jeremiah again (38:14-28)
       8. The fall of Jerusalem (39:1-18)
       9. Jeremiah freed (40:1-6)
       10. Gedaliah assassinated (40:7-41:15)
       11. Flight to Egypt (41:16-43:13)
       12. Disaster because of idolatry (44:1-30)
       13. A message to Baruch (45:1-5)

II. God's judgment on the nations (46:1-52:34)
   A. Prophecies about foreign nations (46:1-51:64)
       1. A message about Egypt (46:1-28)
       2. A message about the Philistines (47:1-7)
       3. A message about Moab (48:1-47)
       4. A message about Ammon (49:1-6)
       5. A message about Edom (49:7-22)
       6. A message about Damascus (49:23-27)
       7. A message about Kedar and Hazor (49:28-33)
       8. A message about Elam (49:34-39)
       9. A message about Babylon (50:1-51:64)
   B. The fall of Jerusalem (52:1-34)
       1. Jehoiachin released (52:31-34)

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24.JEREMIAH 

I. God Calls His Spokesman (1:1-19)

II. God's Spokesman Warns His People (2:1-6:30)
   A. God brings a lawsuit against His unfaithful people (2:1-37)
   B. God pleads with His faithless people to return (3:1-4:4)
   C. God threatens judgment through invasion (4:5-6:30)

III. Prophetic Theology Opposes Traditional Theology (7:1-11:17)
   A. A place of worship cannot save (7:1-15)
   B. A prophet cannot fulfill his traditional role for a people who foresake God (7:16-20)
   C. Obedience, not ritual, is the most important (7:21-28)
   D. False worship will have its terrible reward (7:29-8:13)
   E. Lamentation, not praise, is the appropriate worship in face of desolation and deceitfulness (8:14-9:22)
   F. Worship of images is folly in light of God's creative power (9:23-10:16)
   G. God threatens judgment through exile (10:17-25)
   H. A covenant brings disaster on God's people (11:1-17)

IV. Struggle with God Defines the Prophetic Role (11:18-20:18)
   A. Prophesying can be life-threatening (11:18-12:6)
   B. God laments His errant people (12:7-17)
   C. God's purpose is to punish pride and promote humility (13:1-27)
   D. God can reject and prohibit prayers for forgiveness (14:1-15:9)
   E. God's spokesman makes personal sacrifices because of God's calling (15:10-16:21)
   F. Trust in humans rather than God leads to destruction (17:1-11)
   G. God's spokesman must keep listening to God and preaching (17:12-27)
   H. God's spokesman centers his message on God's freedom, not on human expectations (18:1-23)
   I. God's message leads to persecution of His spokesman (19:1-20:6)
   J. God's spokesman struggles with God over the hostility of the people (20:7-18)

V. God's Spokesman Confronts Unfaithful Leaders (21:1-29:32)
   A. God's spokesman calls for sorrow and judgment based on the king's injustice (21:1-22:30)
   B. God's spokesman bases hope on future righteous leaders (23:1-8)
   C. God's spokesman must condemn those who preach lies (23:9-40)
   D. God's word of hope is based in faithful, suffering people, not in institutions (24:1-25:38)
   E. Prophetic hope lies in repentance, not in the Temple (26:1-6)
   F. A prophetic precedent protects the endangered prophet (26:7-24)
   G. God can condemn faithless leaders to serve enemies to fulfill His purpose (27:1-22)
   H. God's true prophet overcomes false prophecy through God's divine Word (28:1-17)
   I. Hope rests in dependence on God, not on popular prophecies or political power (29:1-32)

VI. God Promises Restoration (30:1-33:26)
   A. Restoration is based on God's promises in His preserved Word (30:1-24)
   B. Restoration is based on God's faithfulness (31:1-14)
   C. Restoration is based on God's mercy (31:15-26)
   D. Restoration is based on God's promises to establish a new covenant with His people (31:27-40)
   E. God's spokesman demonstrates his trust by a purchase of land (32:1-44)
   F. Restoration is based on God's promises to restore the nation and David's dynasty (33:1-26)

VII. God Protects His Spokesman (34:1-40:6)
   A. God promises punishment upon the privileged for their treachery to their slaves (34:1-22)
   B. God commends the Rechabites for their faithfulness (35:1-19)
   C. God protects His servants and His Word from a wicked ruler (36:1-32)
   D. God protects His servant from a weak and foolish ruler (37:1-38:28)
   E. Prophetic preaching proves true (39:1-10)
   F. Even foreign leaders acknowledge prophetic authority (39:11-14)
   G. God protects His servant during a national crisis (39:15-40:6)

VIII. God's Spokesman Warns Those Who Continue in Unfaithfulness (40:7-45:5)
   A. Political intrigue offers no basis for hope (40:7-41:18)
   B. Disobeying God's Word brings disaster, not hope, for the remnant (42:1-43:13)
   C. Disobeying God's law of loyal worship brings disaster, not hope, for the remnant (44:1-14)
   D. The people answer God's spokesman with continued defiance (44:15-19)
   E. Jeremiah promises punishment for the people (44:20-30)
   F. God promises His faithful servant his life despite desperate changes (45:1-5)

IX. God's Spokesman Warns the Nations (46:1-51:64)
   A. God promises judgment upon Judah's pagan neighbors (46:1-49:39)
   B. God promises perpetual desolation for the destroyer of His people (50:1-51:64)

X. Unfaithfulness Causes Destruction for God's People (52:1-34)

25.Lamentations - Outline (5):
25-- Lamentations 2:11
I have cried until the tears no longer come. My heart is broken, my spirit poured out, as I see what has happened to my people. Little children and tiny babies are fainting and dying in the streets.

I. Jeremiah mourns for Jerusalem (1:1-22)
II. God's anger at sin (2:1-22)
III. Hope in the midst of affliction (3:1-66)
IV. God's anger is satisfied (4:1-22)
V. Jeremiah pleads for restoration (5:1-22)


I. The Appalling Price of Sin (1:1-22)
   A. Description of punishment for sins (1:1-17)
   B. Admission of sin (1:18-20)
   C. Cry for vengeance (1:21-22)

II. God Is the One Who Punishes Sin (2:1-22)
   A. God has done as He said (2:1-17)
   B. Call the people to repent (2:18-19)
   C. Call on the Lord to relent (2:20-22)

III. A Personal Cry to God (3:1-66)
   A. I am suffering (3:1-18)
   B. I cry to God in hope (3:19-21)
   C. God will hear and help (3:22-33)
   D. God knows our unacceptable actions (3:34-36)
   E. God punishes unforgiven sin (3:37-54)
   F. God will hear, respond, and requite the enemy (3:55-66)

IV. A Graphic Portrayal of Suffering Caused by Sin (4:1-22)

V. A Plea to God (5:1-22)
   A. Remember us, O God, (5:1-18)
   B. Restore us, O God, (5:19-22)

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25.LAMENTATIONS 

I. The Appalling Price of Sin (1:1-22)
   A. Description of punishment for sins (1:1-17)
   B. Admission of sin (1:18-20)
   C. Cry for vengeance (1:21-22)

II. God Is the One Who Punishes Sin (2:1-22)
   A. God has done as He said (2:1-17)
   B. Call the people to repent (2:18-19)
   C. Call on the Lord to relent (2:20-22)

III. A Personal Cry to God (3:1-66)
   A. I am suffering (3:1-18)
   B. I cry to God in hope (3:19-21)
   C. God will hear and help (3:22-33)
   D. God knows our unacceptable actions (3:34-36)
   E. God punishes unforgiven sin (3:37-54)
   F. God will hear, respond, and requite the enemy (3:55-66)

IV. A Graphic Portrayal of Suffering Caused by Sin (4:1-22)

V. A Plea to God (5:1-22)
   A. Remember us, O God, (5:1-18)
   B. Restore us, O God, (5:19-22)

26.Ezekiel - Outline (48):
26-- Ezekiel 36:24-26
24 "‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.
25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

I. Messages of doom (1:1-24:27)
   A. Ezekiel's call and commission (1:1-3:27)
       1. The living creatures and the glory of the Lord (1:1-28)
       2. Ezekiel's call (2:1-3:15)
       3. Warning to Israel (3:16-27)
   B. Visions of sin and judgment (4:1-11:25)
       1. Siege of Jerusalem symbolized (4:1-5:17)
       2. A prophecy against the mountains of Israel (6:1-14)
       3. The end has come (7:1-27)
       4. Idolatry in the temple (8:1-18)
       5. Idolaters killed (9:1-11)
       6. The glory departs from the temple (10:1-22)
       7. Judgment on Israel's leaders (11:1-15)
       8. Promised return of Israel (11:16-25)
   C. Punishment is certain (12:1-24:27)
       1. The exile symbolized (12:1-28)
       2. False prophets condemned (13:1-23)
       3. Idolaters condemned (14:1-11)
       4. Judgment inescapable (14:12-23)
       5. Jerusalem, a useless vine (15:1-8)
       6. An allegory of unfaithful Jerusalem (16:1-63)
       7. Two eagles and a vine (17:1-24)
       8. The soul who sins will die (18:1-32)
       9. A lament for Israel's princes (19:1-14)
       10. Rebellious Israel (20:1-29)
       11. Judgment and restoration (20:30-44)
       12. Prophecy against the south (20:45-49)
       13. Babylon, God's sword of judgment (21:1-32)
       14. Jerusalem's sins (22:1-31)
       15. Two adulterous sisters (23:1-49)
       16. The cooking pot (24:1-14)
       17. Ezekiel's wife dies (24:15-27)

II. Messages against foreign nations (25:1-32:32)
   A. A prophecy against Ammon (25:1-7)
   B. A prophecy against Moab (25:8-11)
   C. A prophecy against Edom (25:12-14)
   D. A prophecy against Philistia (25:15-17)
   E. A prophecy against Tyre (26:1-21)
   F. A lament for Tyre (27:1-36)
   G. A prophecy against the king of Tyre (28:1-19)
   H. A prophecy against Sidon (28:20-26)
   I. A prophecy against Egypt (29:1-21)
   J. A lament for Egypt (30:1-26)
   K. A cedar in Lebanon (31:1-18)
   L. A lament for Pharaoh (32:1-32)

III. Messages of hope (33:1-48:35)
   A. Restoring the people of God (33:1-39:29)
       1. Ezekiel a watchman (33:1-20)
       2. Jerusalem's fall explained (33:21-33)
       3. Shepherds and sheep (34:1-31)
       4. A prophecy against Edom (35:1-15)
       5. A prophecy to the mountains of Israel (36:1-38)
       6. The valley of dry bones (37:1-14)
       7. One nation under one king (37:15-28)
       8. A prophecy against Gog (38:1-39:29)
   B. Restoring the worship of God (40:1-48:35)
       1. The new temple area (40:1-4)
       2. The east gate to the outer court (40:5-16)
       3. The outer court (40:17-19)
       4. The north gate (40:20-23)
       5. The south gate (40:24-27)
       6. Gates to the inner court (40:28-37)
       7. The rooms for preparing sacrifices (40:38-43)
       8. Rooms for the priests (40:44-47)
       9. The temple (40:48-41:26)
       10. Rooms for the priests (42:1-20)
       11. The glory returns to the temple (43:1-12)
       12. The altar (43:13-27)
       13. The prince, the Levites, the priests (44:1-31)
       14. Division of the land (45:1-12)
       15. Offerings and holy days (45:13-46:24)
       16. The river from the temple (47:1-12)
       17. The boundaries of the land (47:13-23)
       18. The division of the land (48:1-29)
       19. The gates of the city (48:30-35)

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26.EZEKIEL 

I. Introduction: Yahweh's Glory Watches Over the Captives in Babylon (1:1-28)

II. The Glory Brings Divine Judgment on Israel. (2:1-24:27)
   A. By calling Ezekiel to be a prophet (2:1-3:27)
   B. By predicting the fall of Jerusalem (4:1-5:17)
   C. By condemning Jerusalem's idolatry and sins (6:1-7:27)
   D. By describing and explaining why the Glory departed from the city (8:1-11:25)
   E. By showing the futility of the nation's leadership (12:1-15:8)
       1. The Davidic ruler would be taken into captivity. (12:1-28)
       2. The false prophets and prophetesses would be swept away by a storm. (13:1-23)
       3. The idolatrous community leaders had created such a state of alienation from Yahweh that prayer for deliverance would be ineffectual. (14:1-23)
       4. Like a useless vine the city would be burned up. (15:1-8)
   F. As a means of providing reconciliation (16:1-18:32)
       1. In spite of Israel's ingratitude and unfaithfulness, Israel will be restored. (16:1-63)
       2. In spite of the king's failure, a universal kingdom will flourish. (17:1-24)
       3. On the basis of individual responsibility, the relationship between God and Israel will be maintained. (18:1-32)
   G. Resulting in the nation's destruction (19:1-23:49)
       1. In spite of the hopeless situations of their rulers (19:1-14)
       2. Because of Israel's constant state of apostasy (20:1-49)
       3. By means of a sword (21:1-32)
       4. Because Israel refused to live by God's covenant demands (22:1-31)
       5. Because of the two sisters' (Oholah and Oholibah) incessant immoralities (23:1-49)
   H. As seen in two events of unparalleled sadness (24:1-27)
       1. In the siege and destruction of Jerusalem (24:1-14)
       2. In the death of Ezekiel's wife (24:15-27)

III. The Glory Brings Divine Judgment to the Nations. (25:1-32:32)
   A. Against Ammon because of her joy over Israel's distress (25:1-7)
   B. Against Moab because of her failure to recognize Israel's revelatory status (25:8-11)
   C. Against Edom because of her lust for vengeance (25:12-14)
   D. Against Philistia because of her perpetual hostility (25:15-17)
   E. Against Tyre because of her greed for self-gain at Israel's expense (26:1-28:19)
   F. Against Sidon because of her constant threat to Israel's welfare (28:20-26)
   G. Against Egypt because of her pride and deceit (29:1-32:32)

IV. The Glory Brings Restoration to Israel. (33:1-48:35)
   A. Through Ezekiel's faithful role as a watchman (33:1-33)
   B. By means of the messianic leader, "my servant David" (34:1-31)
   C. For the entire land (35:1-36:38)
       1. By the total destruction of Edom (35:1-15)
       2. In the deliverance of Israel (36:1-21)
       3. In the implementation of the new covenant (36:22-38)
   D. To revive the hopeless state of the people who felt they had perished (37:1-28)
   E. By defeating the ungodly forces of the nations under Gog of Magog (38:1-39:29)
   F. Resulting in the pure worship of the restored people (40:1-48:35)
       1. With the throne of Yahweh's glory replacing the ark (40:1-43:27)
       2. With the presence of Yahweh's glory providing far-reaching blessings (44:1-47:12)
       3. With a firm inheritance in the land (47:13-48:35)

27.Daniel - Outline (12):
27-- Daniel 2:22
He reveals deep and mysterious things and knows what lies hidden in darkness, though He Himself is surrounded by light.

I. Daniel's life (1:1-6:28)
   A. Daniel's training in Babylon (1:1-21)
   B. Nebuchadnezzar's dream (2:1-23)
   C. Daniel interprets the dream (2:24-49)
   D. The image of gold and the fiery furnace (3:1-30)
   E. Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a tree (4:1-18)
   F. Daniel interprets the dream (4:19-27)
   G. The dream is fulfilled (4:28-37)
   H. The writing on the wall (5:1-31)

I. Daniel in the den of lions (6:1-28)

II. Daniel's visions (7:1-12:13)
   A. Daniel's dream of four beasts (7:1-14)
   B. The interpretation of the dream (7:15-28)
   C. Daniel's vision of a ram and a goat (8:1-14)
   D. The interpretation of the vision (8:15-27)
   E. Daniel's prayer (9:1-19)
   F. The seventy "sevens" (9:20-27)
   G. Daniel's vision of a man (10:1-11:1)
   H. The kings of the south and the north (11:2-35)
   I. The king who exalts himself (11:36-45)
   J. The end times (12:1-13)

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27.DANIEL

I. The Faithful Young Men in a Foreign Court (1:1-6:28)
   A. Loyalty to God leads Daniel and his friends to high political positions (1:1-21)
   B. Interpretation of the king's dream leads to the king's confession of God and to important positions for the friends (2:1-49)
   C. Loyalty to God brings deliverance from the fiery furnace, royal decree protecting the right to worship God, and further promotion for the friends (3:1-30)
   D. Interpretation and fulfillment of the king's dream leads the king to praise God (4:1-37)
   E. Loyalty to God and His rewards allows interpretation of the handwriting on the wall, brings promotion in the kingdom, and spells doom for Babylon (5:1-31)
   F. Faithfulness in prayer despite secular laws overcomes conspiracy, brings deliverance from the lions' den, leads the king to command fear of the true God, and brings political prosperity (6:1-28)

II. Daniel's Visions Point the Way Through Persecution to Hope (7:1-12:13)
   A. Vision of four beasts shows four kingdoms to be overcome by Son of man and saints of the Most High, who will reign forever (7:1-28)
   B. Vision of ram, he goat, and four horns points to passing of Persians, Medes, and of proud Greeks, one of whom will interrupt daily sacrifices of Temple for a while (8:1-27)
   C. Daniel confesses the nation's sins, seeks forgiveness, and learns meaning of Jeremiah's 70 weeks as pointing to Messiah and to desolation of Jerusalem (9:1-27)
   D. A vision reveals battles between north and south--northern king triumphs and persecutes God's people, preventing sacrifices, desecrating the Temple, but finally facing disaster (10:1-11:45)
   E. Heavenly intervention will bring the time of the end and the resurrection of God's faithful people (12:1-13)

28.Hosea - Outline (14):
28-- Hosea 3:1
Then the LORD said to me, "Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery, just like the love of the LORD for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans."

I. Hosea's wayward wife (1:1-3:5)
   A. Hosea's wife and children (1:2-2:1)
   B. Israel punished and restored (2:2-23)
   C. Hosea's reconciliation with his wife (3:1-5)

II. God's wayward people (4:1-14:9)
   A. Israel's sinfulness (4:1-5:15)
       1. The charge against Israel (4:1-19)
       2. Judgment against Israel (5:1-15)
   B. Israel's Punishment (6:1-10:15)
       1. Israel unrepentant (6:1-7:16)
       2. Israel to reap the whirlwind (8:1-14)
       3. Punishment for Israel (9:1-10:15)
   C. God's love for Israel (11:1-14:9)
       1. Israel's sin (11:12-12:14)
       2. The Lord's anger against Israel (13:1-16)
       3. Repentance to bring blessing (14:1-9)

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28.HOSEA

I. God Loves His Unfaithful People (1:1-3:5)
   A. God's forgiveness has its limits (1:1-9)
   B. God promises a future reversal of His judgment upon His people (1:10-2:1)
       1. The promise is based on God's earlier word to Abraham [1:10a] (1:10-11)
       2. The promise will result in a united people [2:1a] / The promise is a prediction of restored relationships [2:1b] (2:1)
   C. God works with His people to bring about reconciliation (2:2-15)
       1. God's legal actions call for His people's reform (2:2-5)
       2. God places obstacles in the path of His people to turn them back to God (2:6-8)
       3. God removes the bounty of His people to remind them that God is the Giver (2:9-13)
       4. God lures His people into the wilderness to open a door of hope (2:14-15)
   D. God initiates a new covenant with His people (2:16-23)
       1. God will remove the pagan elements of their worship (2:16-17)
       2. God will restore His people to a right relationship with the animal kingdom [2:18a] / God will abolish war and grant peace and security to His people [2:18b] (2:18)
       3. God will establish a new and permanent relationship with His people based on His character (2:19-20)
       4. God will bless His restored covenant people (2:21-23)
   E. God's love is the basis of future hope for His people (3:1-5)
       1. God's love is strong enough to overcome the unfaithfulness of His people (3:1)
       2. God's love is deep enough to redeem His people (3:2)
       3. God's love is courageous enough to discipline His people (3:3-4)
       4. God's love will ultimately win the return of His people (3:5)

II. Unfaithfulness Is the Basis of God's Controversy with His People (4:1-9:9)
   A. Unfaithful people break covenant commitments (4:1-3)
   B. Unfaithful ministers bring judgment on the people and on themselves [4:4-12a] (4:4-12)
   C. An alien spirit dominates unfaithful people [4:12b-19] (4:13-19)
   D. God chastises His unfaithful people (5:1-15)
       1. God disciplines unfaithful leaders (5:1-2)
       2. God disciplines because He knows His people fully (5:3)
       3. Pride prevents repentance and promotes stumbling (5:4-5)
       4. Extravagant giving is no substitute for lapses in living (5:6-7)
       5. God is the agent of punishment for His people (5:8-14)
       6. God seeks the return of His people through discipline (5:15)
   E. Surface repentance does not satisfy the sovereign God (6:1-3)
   F. Sharp judgment comes upon fleeting loyalty (6:4-5)
   G. Loyal love and personal knowledge of God meet His requirements (6:6)
   H. Covenant-breaking hinders restoration of God's people (6:7-7:2)
   I. Making leaders by power politics shuts God out of the process (7:3-7)
   J. Compromise leads to loss of strength and alienation from God (7:8-10)
   K. Diplomatic duplicity interferes with God's redemptive activity (7:11-13)
   L. Religious perversion ends in apostasy and bondage (7:14-16)
   M. God's unfaithful people reap more than they sow (8:1-9:9)
       1. The unfaithful disregard divine law (8:1-2)
       2. The unfaithful reject God's goodness (8:3)
       3. The unfaithful practice idolatory (8:4-6)
       4. The unfaithful will reap foreign domination (8:7-10)
       5. The unfaithful will reap religious and moral corruption [8:11-13a] (8:11-13)
       6. The unfaithful will reap national destruction [8:13b-14] (8:14)
       7. The unfaithful will reap exile in a foreign land (9:1-4)
       8. The unfaithful will reap punishment for their sins (9:5-9)

III. God's Loyal Love Is the Only Basis for a Lasting Relationship with His People (9:10-14:9)
   A. Without God's love His people perish (9:10-17)
   B. Without reverence for God, His people have no future (10:1-8)
       1. Ornate altars cannot hide deceitful hearts (10:1-2)
       2. Bad leaders produce bad times (10:3-8)
   C. Without righteousness God's people cannot experience God's unfailing love (10:9-15)
   D. God's love for His people will not allow Him to give them up (11:1-11)
   E. Covenant-making with alien powers is infidelity to God (11:12-12:1)
   F. Judgment according to deeds is a universal principle (12:2-6)
   G. Deception is repaid by destruction (12:7-14)
   H. Rebellion against God leads to death (13:1-16)
   I. Repentance results in restoration and life for God's people (14:1-9)

29.Joel - Outline (3):
29-- Joel 2:12,13
"Now, therefore," says the LORD, "Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning."

I. The day of the locusts (1:1-2:27)
   A. An invasion of Locusts (1:2-12)
   B. A call to repentance (1:13-20)
   C. An army of locusts (2:1-11)
   D. Rend your heart (2:12-17)
   E. The Lord's answer (2:18-27)

II. The day of the Lord (2:28-3:21)
  A. The nations judged (3:1-16)
  B. Blessings for God's people (3:17-21)

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29.JOEL

I. The Day of the Lord Calls for God's People to Respond (1:1-2:17)
   A. Witness to future generations (1:1-4)
   B. Mourn and grieve over the destruction (1:5-20)
   C. Sound the alarm because the day of the Lord is dreadful (2:1-11)
   D. Repent inwardly because your gracious, patient God may have pity (2:12-14)
   E. Assemble the congregation for mourning and repentance (2:15-17)

II. God Will Respond to His People's Mourning and Repentance (2:18-27)
   A. God will have pity (2:18)
   B. God will provide food needs and remove shame from His people (2:19)
   C. God will defeat the enemy (2:20)
   D. God will replace fear and shame with joy and praise (2:21-26)
   E. God will cause His people to know and worship Him, and Him alone (2:27)

III. God Is Preparing a Great Day of Salvation (2:28-3:21)
   A. God will pour out His Spirit to bring salvation to the remnant (2:28-32)
   B. God will judge all nations (3:1-17)
   C. God will bless His people (3:18-21)

30.Amos - Outline (9):
30-- Amos 5:24
But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!

I. Announcement of judgment (1:1-2:16)
   A. Judgment on Israel's neighbors (1:3-2:5)
   B. Judgment on Israel (2:6-16)

II. Reasons for judgment (3:1-6:14)
   A. Witnesses summoned against Israel (3:1-15)
   B. Israel has not returned to God (4:1-13)
   C. A lament and call to repentance (5:1-17)
   D. The day of the Lord (5:18-27)
   E. Woe to the complacent (6:1-7)
   F. The Lord abhors the pride of Israel (6:8-14)

III. Visions of judgment (7:1-9:15)
   A. Locusts, fire and a plumb line (7:1-9)
   B. Amos and Amaziah (7:10-17)
   C. A basket of ripe fruit (8:1-14)
   D. Israel to be destroyed (9:1-10)
   E. Israel's restoration (9:11-15)

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30.AMOS

I. The Sermons: God Confronts His People's Sin (1:1-6:14)
   A. God's Word is revealed in human words (1:1-2)
   B. God identifies and condemns all human sin (1:3-2:16)
       1. Acts against common human decency are sinful (1:3-2:3)
       2. The rejection of God's law by substituting one's own wisdom is sin (2:4-5)
       3. Rejecting God's love is sin (2:6-16)
   C. God condemns empty religion (3:1-15)
       1. The privilege of being loved by God brings responsibility (3:1-2)
       2. God reveals His purposes to His people (3:3-8)
       3. God uses historical agents in His judgment (3:9-12)
       4. Centers of empty religion and ill-gotten prosperity will all fall (3:13-15)
   D. God's love confronts His disobedient people in judgment (4:1-13)
       1. Insatiable desire leads to sin (4:1-3)
       2. Empty and meaningless worship is sin (4:4-5)
       3. Temporal judgment is intended to lead God's people to repentance (4:6-11)
       4. God's rebellious people face an ultimate confrontation with Him (4:12-13)
   E. God calls His people to practice justice and righteousness (5:1-27)
       1. God sees the end of His sinful people (5:1-3)
       2. God's rebellious people are invited to seek Him (5:4-9)
       3. God's inescapable judgment is on His people (5:10-13)
       4. God's rebellious people are invited to seek Him (5:14-15)
       5. God's inescapable judgment is on His people (5:16-20)
       6. Practical righteousness is God's ultimate demand of His people (5:21-27)
   F. False security in national strength leads to ultimate downfall (6:1-14)

II. The Visions: Seeing God Properly Reveals Both His Judgment and His Mercy (7:1-9:15)
   A. God extends mercy in response to serious intercession (7:1-6)
   B. Ultimate confrontation with God can never be escaped (7:7-9)
   C. A proper view of God brings everything else into perspective (7:10-17)
       1. A false view of the nature of God's message leads to wrong decisions (7:10-13)
       2. A person transformed by a vision of God sees people and things as they really are (7:14-17)
   D. The final consequences of sin offers judgment without hope (8:1-9:4)
       1. An overripe, rotten religion is worthless (8:1-3)
       2. The empty observance of meaningless ritual leaves our morality unaffected (8:4-6)
       3. God's final judgment is a horrible sight (8:7-9:4)
   E. God's mercy can be seen beyond His judgment (9:5-15)
       1. God is Sovereign over all the universe (9:5-6)
       2. God's mercy still offers hope beyond temporal judgment (9:7-10)
       3. God's ultimate purpose of good for His people will be fulfilled (9:11-15)

31.Obadiah - Outline (1):
31-- Obadiah 1:15
"For the day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head.

I. Edom's destruction (1:1-16)
II. Israel's restoration (1:17-21)

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31.OBADIAH

I. God Knows and Will Judge the Sins of His People's Enemies (1:1-14)
   A. Pride deceives people into thinking they can escape God's judgment. (1:1-4)
   B. Deceitful people will be deceived by their "friends" (1:5-7)
   C. Human wisdom cannot avoid divine judgment (1:8-9)
   D. Conspiracy against "brothers" will not go unpunished (1:10-14)

II. The Day of the Lord Offers Judgment for the Nations but Deliverance for God's People (1:15-21)
   A. Sinful peoples will receive just recompense (1:15-16)
   B. God will deliver His people in holiness (1:17-18)
   C. God's remnant will be restored (1:19-20)
   D. The Kingdom belongs to God alone (1:21)

32.Jonah - Outline (4):
32-- Jonah 4:11
But Nineveh has more than 120,000 people living in spiritual darkness (who cannot tell their right hand from their left), not to mention all the animals. Shouldn’t I feel sorry for such a great city?"

I. Jonah forsakes his mission (1:1-2:10)
   A. Jonah flees from the Lord (1:1-17)
   B. Jonah's prayer (2:1-10)

II. Jonah fulfills his mission (3:1-4:11)
   A. Jonah goes to Nineveh (3:1-10)
   B. Jonah's anger at the Lord's compassion (4:1-11)

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32.JONAH

I. People with Bad Reputations Can Be Pious and Know God (1:1-16)
II. God Hears the Distress Calls of His People (1:17-2:10)
III. God in His Compassion Turns Away from Judgment When Any People Repent (3:1-10)
IV. God's People Should Mirror God's Compassion for All People (4:1-11)

33.Micah - Outline (7):
 33-- Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good; 
And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, 
To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?

I. The trial of the capitals (1:1-2:13)
   A. Judgment against Samaria and Jerusalem (1:3-7)
   B. Weeping and mourning (1:8-16)
   C. Man's plans and God's (2:1-5)
   D. False prophets (2:6-11)
   E. Deliverance promised (2:12-13)

II. The trial of the leaders (3:1-5:15)
   A. Leaders and prophets rebuked (3:1-12)
   B. The mountain of the Lord (4:1-5)
   C. The Lord's plan (4:6-5:15)
       1. A promised ruler from Bethlehem (5:1-4)
       2. Deliverance and destruction (5:5-15)

III. The trial of the people (6:1-7:20)
   A. The Lord's case against Israel (6:1-8)
   B. Israel's guilt and punishment (6:9-16)
   C. Israel's misery (7:1-7)
   D. Israel will rise (7:8-13)
   E. Prayer and praise (7:14-20)

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33.MICAH

I. God's Word Witnesses Against All People (1:1-2)

II. God Judges His People for Their Sins (1:3-3:12)
   A. God judges religious infidelity (1:3-16)
   B. God judges economic injustice (2:1-5)
   C. God judges false preaching (2:6-11)
   D. God's judgment looks to the remnant's restoration (2:12-13)
   E. God judges unjust leaders (3:1-4)
   F. God judges those who preach peace and prosperity for sinners (3:5-7)
   G. God judges through His Spirit-filled messenger (3:8)
   H. God judges corrupt, greedy officials (3:9-12)

III. God Promises a Day of International Peace and Worship (4:1-5:15)
   A. God plans for His people to teach His way to the nations (4:1-5)
   B. God plans to redeem and rule His weakened remnant (4:6-11)
   C. God plans to show the world His universal rule (4:12-13)
   D. God plans to raise up a Shepherd from Bethlehem to bring peace and victory to His beleagured flock (5:1-9)
   E. God plans to destroy weapons and idolatry from His people (5:10-15)

IV. God Has a Case Against His People (6:1-7:6)
   A. God has done His part, redeeming His people (6:1-5)
   B. God's expectations are clear: justice, mercy, piety (6:6-8)
   C. God's people have not met His expectations (6:9-12)
   D. God's punishment is sure for a corrupt people (6:13-7:6)
   
V. God in Righteousness, Love, and Faithfulness Will Forgive and Renew His People (7:7-20)
   A. God's people can trust Him for salvation (7:7)
   B. God's repentant people can expect better days ahead (7:8-14)
   C. God's enemies face shameful judgment (7:15-17)
   D. The incomparable God of patience, mercy, compassion, and faithfulness will forgive and renew His people (7:18-20)

34.Nahum - Outline (3):
34-- Nahum 1:7-9
7 The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.
8 But He sweeps away His enemies in an overwhelming flood. He pursues His foes into the darkness of night.
9 Why are you scheming against the LORD? He will destroy you with one blow; He won’t need to strike twice!

I. Nineveh's judge (1:1-15)
   A. The Lord's anger against Nineveh (1:2-15)

II. Nineveh's judgment (2:1-3:19)
   A. Nineveh to fall (2:1-13)
   B. Woe to Nineveh (3:1-19)

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34.NAHUM

I. The Sovereign God Makes Himself Known (1:1-11)
   A. The jealous, patient Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries (1:1-3)
   B. The earth quakes at the arrival of God (1:4-5)
   C. Who can endure the heat of God's anger? (1:6)
   D. The good Lord is a refuge for His troubled, trusting people (1:7)
   E. God protects those who seek Him but will destroy the enemy (1:8-9)
   F. The enemy must drink the cup of God's wrath (1:10-11)

II. In the Enemy's Fall, God Offers Hope for His Oppressed People (1:12-15)
   A. God can defeat the enemies no matter how strong and numerous they are (1:12-13)
   B. God judges the enemy because of its false gods (1:14)
   C. God calls His delivered people to grateful worship (1:15)

III. God Will Bring Judgment Upon His Wicked Enemy (2:1-3:19)
   A. The enemy will fall, but God's people will be restored (2:1-2)
   B. Armies and wealth cannot prevent God's judgment (2:3-12)
   C. When God declares war, the enemy is helpless (2:13)
   D. God humiliates wicked peoples (3:1-19)

35.Habakkuk - Outline (3):
35-- Habakkuk 3:2
I have heard all about You, LORD, and I am filled with awe by the amazing things You have done. In this time of our deep need, begin again to help us, as You did in years gone by. Show us Your power to save us. And in Your anger, remember Your mercy.

I. Habakkuk's complaints (1:1-2:20)
   A. The Lord's answer (1:5-11)
   B. Habakkuk's second complaint (1:12-2:1)
   C. The Lord's answer (2:2-20)

II. Habakkuk's prayer (3:1-19)

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35.HABAKKUK

I. A Prophet Perplexed: Why Does God Permit Injustice? (1:1-17)
   A. Prophet's first protest: A cry for deliverance from violence and iniquity (1:1-4)
   B. God's first reply: The worst is yet to be (1:5-11)
   C. Prophet's second protest: How can a holy God use such a cruel instrument as this evil people? (1:12-17)

II. A Prophet Perceiving: The Righteous Shall Live by Faithfulness (2:1-20)
   A. God's second reply (2:1-5)
       1. Revelation comes to one prepared to wait (2:1)
       2. Revelation must be easy to understand (2:2)
       3. Revelation will prove true in God's time (2:3)
       4. Persistent faith--not pride, parties, nor plunder--is the distinguishing mark of the righteous (2:4-5)
   B. God taunts His materialistic enemy (2:6-20)
       1. First taunt song: Woe because of pride and ambition (2:6-8)
       2. Second taunt song: Woe because of arrogance and greed (2:9-11)
       3. Third taunt song: Woe because of cruelty (2:12-14)
       4. Fourth taunt song: Woe because of drunkenness (2:15-17)
       5. Fifth taunt song: Woe because of idolatry (2:18-19)
       6. Conclusion: A call for universal worship of the holy God (2:20)

III. A Prophet Praying and Praising: A Psalm of Confidence Is the Proper Response to Revelation (3:1-19)
   A. Prayer asks God to repeat His acts of deliverance (3:1-2)
   B. Prayer gains confidence by recounting the holy God's redeeming acts (3:3-15)
   C. Prayer responds in awesome fear and confident joy to God's history with His people (3:16-18)
   D. Prayer claims God's strength for present crisis (3:19)

36.Zephaniah - Outline (3):
36-- Zephaniah 2:3
Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the LORD’S anger.

I. The day of wrath (1:1-3:7)
   A. Warning of coming destruction (1:2-3)
   B. Against Judah (1:4-13)
   C. The great day of the Lord (1:14-2:3)
   D. Against Philistia (2:4-7)
   E. Against Moab and Ammon (2:8-11)
   F. Against Cush (2:12)
   G. Against Assyria (2:13-15)
   H. The future of Jerusalem (3:1-7)

II. The day of hope (3:8-20)

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36.ZEPHANIAH

I. Identification of the Messenger of God's Word (1:1)

II. God's Warning of Worldwide Judgment (1:2-3:8)
   A. God's day of judgment is coming (1:2-2:3)
       1. His judgment will include all mankind (1:2-3)
       2. His judgment will include His own sinful people who forsake Him (1:4-6)
       3. The day of the Lord calls for awesome silence in the face of God's judgment (1:7-11)
       4. God's skeptics will see Him in action on His day (1:12-13)
       5. God's wrath will be poured out against sin on that day (1:14-17)
       6. Wealth is good for nothing on His day (1:18)
       7. God calls His humble people to seek Him before it is too late (2:1-3)
   B. God's judgment will subject His enemies and bless the remnant of His people (2:4-15)
   C. God's righteous justice will be impartial (3:1-8)

III. God Promises to Form a New People (3:9-20)
   A. The nations will call on God (3:9-10)
   B. A purified remnant will worship Him in humility and with joy (3:11-13)
   C. God will reign as King to remove His people's fears (3:14-17)
   D. His oppressed people will be exalted (3:18-20)

37.Haggai - Outline (2):
37-- Haggai 1:4
"Why are you living in luxurious houses while My house lies in ruins?

I. The call to rebuild the temple (1:1-15)

II. Encouragement to complete the temple (2:1-23)
   A. The promised glory of the new house (2:1-9)
   B. Blessings for a defiled people (2:10-19)
   C. Zerubbabel the Lord's signet ring (2:20-23)

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37.HAGGAI

I. God's People Must Reconsider Materialistic Priorities in Light of God's Call (1:1-15)
   A. Materialistic pride and greed must not cause procrastination in fulfilling God's priority tasks (1:1-4)
   B. God withholds blessing and fertility from a selfish people who do not glorify Him (1:5-11)
   C. Faithful leadership and God's presence can motivate God's people to carry out His priorities (1:12-15)

II. God's People Must Reconsider Priorities in Light of God's Promises and Power (2:1-9)
   A. Comparisons with past achievements may discourage God's people from doing God's work (2:1-3)
   B. Trust in God's promises and power to provide every need encourages His people to continue His work (2:4-9)

III. God's People Must Reconsider the Priority of a Pure Life (2:10-19)
   A. Impure people produce only more impurity (2:10-14)
   B. God does not bless an impure people who do not repent (2:15-17)
   C. God will bless His attentive people in the future (2:18-19)

IV. God's People Must Reconsider God's Power to Overcome Opposition (2:20-23)
   A. God will overcome all opposition (2:20-22)
   B. God will empower His chosen servant (2:23)

38.Zechariah - Outline (14):
38-- Zechariah 9:9,10
9 Rejoice greatly, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, Your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet He is humble, riding on a donkey—even on a donkey’s colt.
10 I will remove the battle chariots from Israel and the warhorses from Jerusalem, and I will destroy all the weapons used in battle. Your king will bring peace to the nations. His realm will stretch from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

I. Messages while rebuilding the temple (1:1-8:23)
   A. Zechariah's night visions (1:1-6:8)
       1. A call to return to the Lord (1:1-6)
       2. The man among the myrtle trees (1:7-17)
       3. Four horns and four craftsmen (1:18-21)
       4. A man with a measuring line (2:1-13)
       5. Clean garments for the high priest (3:1-10)
       6. The gold lampstand and the two olive trees (4:1-14)
       7. The flying scroll (5:1-4)
       8. The woman in a basket (5:5-11)
       9. Four chariots (6:1-8)
   B. Zechariah's words of encouragement (6:9-8:23)
       1. A crown for Joshua (6:9-15)
       2. Justice and mercy, not fasting (7:1-14)
       3. The Lord promises to bless Jerusalem (8:1-23)

II. Messages after completing the temple (9:1-14:21)
   A. Judgment on Israel's enemies (9:1-8)
   B. The coming of Zion's king (9:9-13)
   C. The Lord will appear (9:14-17)
   D. The Lord will care for Judah (10:1-11:3)
   E. Two shepherds (11:4-17)
   F. Jerusalem's enemies to be destroyed (12:1-9)
   G. Mourning for the one they pierced (12:10-14)
   H. Cleansing from sin (13:1-6)
   I. The shepherd struck, the sheep scattered (13:7-9)
   J. The Lord comes and reigns (14:1-21)

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38.ZECHARIAH

I. God Is Just (1:1-6)
   A. God's anger with His sinful people is justified (1:1-2)
   B. God will return to His people if they return to Him (1:3)
   C. History shows the justice of God and the sinfulness of His people (1:4-6)

II. God Promises Prosperity to His People (1:7-2:13)
   A. Vision One: God's election mercy for His people replaces His anger (1:7-17)
   B. Vision Two: God punishes those who oppress His people (1:18-21)
   C. Vision Three: God's glorious presence will restore, protect, and expand His people (2:1-13)

III. God Calls His People to Purification (3:1-6:15)
   A. Vision Four: God wants to forgive and purify His people and their leaders (3:1-10)
   B. Vision Five: God exerciese His sovereign rule through His Spirit and His messianic leaders (4:1-14)
   C. Vision Six: God condemns stealing and lying (5:1-4)
   D. Vision Seven: God removes the wickedness of His people (5:5-11)
   E. Vision Eight: The universal God defeats the enemies of His people (6:1-8)
   F. God commissions leaders for His obedient people (6:9-15)

IV. God Seeks Righteousness, Not Ritual. (7:1-14)
   A. God has always rejected selfish, insincere worship rituals (7:1-7)
   B. God seeks justice, mercy, and compassion (7:8-10)
   C. God is angry when His people reject His inspired teaching (7:11-12)
   D. God punishes His disobedient people (7:13-14)

V. God in His Jealousy Restores His Faithful Remnant (8:1-23)
   A. God's jealousy leads to hope for His people (8:1-5)
   B. The faithful God wants to renew His covenant with His people (8:6-8)
   C. God is not bound by the past (8:9-13)
   D. God has punished Judah and now will bless her (8:14-15)
   E. God commands truthfulness, justice, and peace (8:16-19)
   F. God seeks all people to worship Him (8:20-23)

VI. God Controls the Future of His People (9:1-11:17)
   A. God promises restoration (9:1-17)
   B. God punishes wicked leaders (10:1-11:3)
   C. God is not bound by past covenants from punishing His foolish people and their wicked leaders (11:4-17)

VII. God Purges and Delivers His People (12:1-14:21)
   A. The universal God exercises His control over all His world (12:1-13:6)
   B. God will make a new covenant with the remnant of His people after striking His shepherd (13:7-9)
   C. God will rule over the whole earth on the day of the Lord (14:1-21)

39.Malachi - Outline (4):
39-- Malachi 4:1,2
1  The LORD Almighty says, "The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. The arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw on that day. They will be consumed like a tree—roots and all.
2 "But for you who fear My name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture."

I. The sinful priests (1:1-2:9)
   A. Jacob loved, Esau hated (1:2-5)
   B. Blemished sacrifices (1:6-14)
   C. Admonition for the priests (2:1-9)

II. The sinful people (2:10-3:15)
   A. Judah unfaithful (2:10-16)
   B. The day of judgment (2:17-3:5)
   C. Robbing God (3:6-15)

III. The faithful few (3:16-4:6)
   A. The day of the Lord (4:1-6)

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39.MALACHI

I.     A dispute about God's love (1:1-5)
II.    A dispute about God's honor and fear (1:6-2:9)
III.   A dispute about faithfulness (2:10-16)
IV.   A dispute about God's justice (2:17-3:5)
V.    A dispute about repentance (3:6-12)
VI.   A dispute about speaking against God (3:13-4:3)
VII. Two appendices (4:4-6)
   A. An admonition to remember the law of Moses (4:4)
   B. An announcement of the sending of Elijah (4:5-6)

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Updated: Jan.23.2010