Outline of Genesis
This short outline of Genesis separates out the generations of the Israelites and correlates them with chapter numbers.
Outline of Exodus
A short overview of the Old Testament book of Exodus. The book of Exodus is the book of national redemption. It is about God's great deliverance of Israel from
Egypt and His meeting with them at Mt. Sinai.
Outline of Leviticus
An outline of the Old Testament book of Leviticus, including the following divisions: 1) priestly service, 2) defilement regulations, and 3) time out for God.
Outline of Numbers
An outline of the Old Testament book of Numbers. The book of Numbers is not divided by characters, events, or subjects, but by places.
Outline of Deuteronomy
An outline of the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy. The book of Deuteronomy is the farewell address of Moses. It is a book about the relational characteristics of God.
Outline of Joshua
An outline of the Old Testament book of Joshua. The book of Joshua is the book of triumph and success. The book is about obedience to God's command and God's blessing.
Outline of Judges
An outline and overview of the Old Testament book of Judges. The book of Judges is a book of failure and misery. The spotlight of the book is on a blessed people's
miserable failures. But it also is a book about God's great and abiding mercy.
Outline of of Ruth
An overview and brief outline of the Old Testament book of Ruth. The little book of Ruth is a book about redemption. J. Vernon McGee calls it the "Romance of Redemption."
Outline of 1 & 2 Samuel
An overview and outline of the Old Testament books of 1 & 2 Samuel. The books of 1 & 2 Samuel originally were one book in the Hebrew Scriptures and were not divided. The
translators of the Septuagint (the Greek text used at the time of Christ) combined "The Book of Samuel" with the Kings and then divided them into four sections.
Outline of 1 & 2 Kings
An overview and outline of the Old Testament books of 1 & 2 Kings. Like Samuel, the two books of Kings were originally one book. They contain the account of Israel
from Solomon until the destruction of Judah.
Outline of 1 & 2 Chronicles
An overview and outline of the Old Testament books of 1 & 2 Chronicles. The books of Chronicles likewise comprised a single volume that has been made into two
books. While the time period and material covered by Chronicles is much the same as Samuel and Kings, there are some striking differences.
Outline of of Ezra
An outline and overview of the Old Testament book of Ezra. The books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther are known as the post-exhilic historical books. They
describe events after the exile of Judah to Babylon.
Outline of Nehemiah
Nehemiah is a very New Testament book in its approach to guidance and spirituality. This outline breaks it down simply.
Outline of Esther
An overview and outline of Esther. Though it never mentions God by name, Esther deals exclusively with God's working through the lives of people.
Outline of Job
An overview and outline of Job. Suffering may come for a while, but the end of God is His favor and grace.
Outline of Psalms
An overview and outline of Psalms. The Book of Psalms is a book to be sung. These were all poems to be sung. The overall theme of the Book must be seen as the praise of God.
Outline of Proverbs
An overview and outline of Proverbs. The book of Proverbs is a book of wise sayings. A proverb is a concise statement of a truth.
Outline of Ecclesiastes
An overview and outline of Ecclesiastes. The book of Ecclesiastes has been the point of much controversy and discussion. I see Ecclesiastes as a book that looks at life
apart from God.
Outline of Song of Solomon
An overview and short outline of Song of Solomon. Like Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon has been the subject of a great deal of discussion. There have been
more differing interpretations of this book than any other.
Outline of Isaiah
Isaiah is the first of the major writing prophets, in the English Bible, in the Hebrew Bible, and chronologically. The message of the prophets was one of ruin and restoration.
Outline of Jeremiah
An overview outline of the book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah is the second of the major writing prophets. He authored the books of Jeremiah and the small poetic book of
Lamentations. The priests and religious prophets hated him and threw him into a dungeon. Yet, the message Jeremiah proclaimed was ultimately the right one.
Outline of Lamentations
An overview and outline of Lamentations. The book is a series of five theological laments centered on the fall of Jerusalem.
Outline of Ezekiel
Ezekiel gives us visions of God and visions of Satan, visions of destruction and visions of hope, extended imagery of patience and stupidity, and promises of a new
covenant and a new time of peace. This outline includes dates of events.
Outline of Daniel
An overview and outline of Daniel. The book of Daniel demonstrates the consistency and blessing of a life lived to God, ignoring the heights and depths
of circumstances.
Outline of Hosea
An overview and outline of Hosea. Hosea demonstrates the grief of God and His continuing love for a rebellious people. The book begins with grief and ends with hope.
Outline of Joel
An overview and outline of Joel. Joel develops an invasion of locusts into a view of God's impending destruction.
Outline of Amos
An overview and outline of Amos. Amos was a herdsman from Tekoa, a small town near Jerusalem, yet he boldy prophesied against an extremely powerful, prosperous nation. Although heavily derided, history
reveals his prophcies accurate, as the seemingly untouchable Israel fell to the Assyrians in 722 B.C.
Outline of Obadiah
An overview and outline of Obadiah. Like Joel, we know almost nothing about the prophet Obadiah. But we do know that his prophecy is entirely against Edom, the
descendants of Esau. They were almost obliterated by Titus because they joined in the rebellion at Jerusalem.
Outline of Jonah
An overview and outline of Jonah. The book is the best account in the Old Testament, perhaps in Scripture, about how the will of God and the will of man interact.
Outline of Micah
There are 613 commandments in the Pentateuch, they were reduced to 11 in Psalm 15, reduced further to three here (Micah 6:8), then to one in Matthew 22:35-40. God wants
our hearts; He desires relationship with us. This outline of Micah helps us see the big picture.
Outline of Nahum
An overview and outline of Nahum. Where Jonah prophesied around 760 B.C. that Nineveh would be destroyed, only to see it marvelously converted, Nahum prophesied 100
years later of its destruction in some detail.
Outline of Habakkuk
The book of Habakkuk begins with a question of ongoing wickedness and ends with one of the most admirable works of praise in Scripture. This outline of Habakkuk includes
some interesting historical information about the time period.
Outline of Zephaniah
An overview and outline of Zephaniah. We know Zephaniah as the Prophet of the Day of the LORD. While hope is contained for the righteous, judgment and wrath are the
wellspring of the book.
Outline of Haggai
An overview and outline of Haggai. Haggai was a contemporary of Zechariah and is mentioned in Ezra. He had a simple message: "It's time to build the temple."
God raised up Haggai to motivate His people back to His work.
Outline of Zechariah
An overview and outline of Zechariah. Zechariah is known as an apocalyptic prophet in that he gives us a series of eight visions. Tim titles this book "The Prophecy
of the Two Advents." Both the first and second return of Christ are disclosed in this book.
Outline of Malachi
An overview and outline of Malachi. The book of Malachi calls us to examine the reality of our relationship with Christ. The book begins with the statement of God's love
and ends with a curse.
