In 2013, we started on a bit of an adventure through the Old Testament. Our goal was to teach about Jesus from those passages. I cannot overstate the impact that series had on me personally and on others in our congregation. With the passing of time, we continue to feel that the ability to find Christ in the pages of Genesis through Malachi ought to be a large part of the training of every disciple. So, we’ve created a set of references to be used in a Chronological Bible Story Telling process to help gospel communities learn these stories together to share them with the surrounding world.
Below you will find a list of the “Meeting Messiah” stories with references, titles in boldface are hyperlinked to story maps, graphics, and audio examples of those stories to help you learn to tell God’s story.
- The Land and Its Man (Gen. 2:4-17)
- Adam and Eve (Gen. 2:18-25)
- The Fall (Gen. 3)
- Crouching at the Door (Gen. 4:1-16)
- Judgement (Gen. 6:11-14; 19-27; 7:11-23; 8:13-9:7)
- Babel (Gen. 11)
- The Promise (Gen. 11:27-15:18)
- Not by the Flesh (16:1-17:27)
- He Laughs (18:1-15; 20:1-21:20)
- Moriah (Gen. 21:22-22:19)
- A Servant’s Quest (Gen. 24:1-33
- Rebekah goes to Isaac (Gen. 24:32-67)
- Stewpid (Gen. 25:19-34)
- Stealing Your Blessing 27:1-28:5)
- Will Work for Wife (Gen. 29:1-30)
- Face to Face (Gen. 32:1-33:17)
- Joseph’s Coat (Gen. 37)
- Slave, Prisoner, Prince (Gen. 39-41)
- Silver in a Sack (Gen. 42)
- Bear the Blame (Gen. 43:1-45:3)
- Be Near Me (Gen. 45:4-46:30)
- Baby Moses is Rescued from Pharaoh (Ex. 1:1-2:10)
- On the Run (Ex. 2:11-22)
- A Staff in His Hand (Ex. 2:23-4:20)
- Out of Egypt (Ex. 5:1-2; 11:9-12:42)
- Crossing Through (Ex. 13:20-14:31)
- Bread from Heaven (Ex. 15:27-16:35)
- The Giving of the Law (Ex. 19:1-20:21; 24:3-8)
- The Golden Calf (Ex. 24:12-18; 32:1-14)
- My Presence (Ex. 32:31-33:1-17)
- Show Me Your Glory (Ex. 33:18-34:13, 27-35)
- Stop Giving (Ex. 35:4-36:7)
- Fill This Tent (Ex. 39:42-40:38)
- A Dove and Lots of Quail (Numbers 10:11-36; 11:4-35)
- Do Not Enter (Num. 13-14)
- Two Strikes, You’re Out! (Numbers 20:1-13)
- Two Spies and Good Lies (Joshua 1:1-6; 2)
- Crossing Jordan (Joshua 3:1-4:9,14-18)
- Jericho (Joshua 5:13-6:27)
- Gideon’s Call (Judges 2:8-14, 6:1-32)
- The 300 (Judges 6:33-8:32)
- Birth of Samson (Judges 13)
- Worn and Shorn (Judges 16:4-31)
- Asked of God (1 Sam. 1:1-2:11)
- Speak, Lord! (1 Sam. 3)
- Israel Demands a King (1 Sam. 7:15-8:9)
- Saul Chosen as King (1 Sam. 10:17-27)
- Saul Disobeys God (1 Sam. 13:2-14)
- God Reveals David as the King (1 Sam. 15:34-16:13)
- God’s Promise to David (2 Sam. 7:1-21)
- God Moves Into His House (1 Kings 6:37-38; 8:1-21)
- Solomon is Led Astray by His Many Wives (1 Kings 11:1-13)
- Nebuchadnezzar Takes Jerusalem (2 Kings 24:8-17)
- Daniel and His Friends Choose Faithfulness (Daniel 1:3-17)
- Cyrus Sends Israel Back to the Land (Ezra 1)
- The Temple is Rebuilt (Ezra 5:1-6:15)