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1) Ezra
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Ezra recounts God's marvelous work in bringing many Israelites back to Jerusalem after 70 years of exile in Babylon. His teaching of God's Word helps the returning Israelites as they struggle to rebuild the Temple and deal with sin in the lives of those not living in obedience to God's Law.
2) Acts Vol. 3
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The Apostle Paul travels all over the Roman Empire to make Christ known to both Jews and Gentiles. He is stoned and he is beaten but he continues. After seeing a man in a dream asking for help, he and his team go to Macedonia to make the gospel known in Corinth and the surrounding areas. After casting a demon out of a slave girl, he and his partner Silas are beaten and thrown into jail, only to be delivered by a great earthquake. In spite of difficulty...
3) Acts Vol. 1
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After the ascension of Jesus Christ he told his disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit to come on them The Apostle Peter and the other disciple begin preaching the resurrection to great effect and great persecution, but thousands believe. After Peter heals a cripple he and the others are brought before the Sanhedrin, the Jewish ruling counsel. After being jailed, an angel of God releases the disciples so they can continue to proclaim the...
4) Joseph
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Joseph was the next youngest son of the patriarch Jacob and his name is synonymous with all the tribes that made up the northern kingdom of Israel. Being betrayed and sold by his brothers is an example of God's ultimate plan to bring purpose out of great suffering. Through divine circumstances, Joseph becomes Pharaoh's chief of staff over all Egypt and is used to preserve and bring the nation of Israel to Egypt.
5) David Vol. 3
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The prophet Samuel dies and King Saul continues to hunt David. As David is hiding from the king he takes another wife, Abigail. When the city where David and his men are staying is burned, the men are ready to kill David but he finds strength in the Lord. Saul continues his slide into disobedience and asks a medium to bring up the Prophet Samuel. The message of the prophet Samuel comes true and Saul is killed in battle. Civil war ensues between the...
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In the Prophets Vol. 2 we are introduced to two prophets to whom God gave unusual messages and illustrations. The Book of Ezekiel was written during the Babylonian captivity of the Jews. He sought to bring his fellow Jews to repentance and to give them hope for the future. Ezekiel sought to remind the Jews that God was sovereign even in defeat and despair and they must obey to receive God's blessings. Through the illustration of a wayward wife, the...
7) Elisha
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After the prophet Elijah leaves in a fiery chariot, his appointed prophet successor Elisha comes to the forefront of spiritual service to the nation of Israel. Like Elijah, his ministry is marked with great miracles. Axeheads float, people are healed, mockers are hunted down by bears and many other events mark the ministry of Elisha. God also reveals future political leaders to Elisha and the damage they will do to the nation of Israel.
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The Prophets Vol. 1 covers the major prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah, both who were called to prophesy to the nation of Judah. Judah was threatened by both Assyria and Egypt; Isaiah proclaimed to Judah a message of repentance from sin and hopeful expectation of God's deliverance in the future. Jeremiah contains the final prophecies to Judah, warning of oncoming destruction if the nation does not repent. As a result of Judah's continued and unrepentant...
9) Noah
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Genesis chapter 6 tells of a time of widespread violence and immorality in early human history. God was grieved that He had made man upon the earth. But one man was considered righteous in God's site. Noah obeyed God and built an ark as he preached righteousness to those around him. The biblical and reliable story of Noah and the great flood. Also, the Biblical telling of the creation of the multitude of languages.
10) David Vol. 4
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King David makes a fatal mistake when he commits adultery with the wife of one of his loyal soldiers and then sets up to have the loyal soldier killed in battle. One of the results of this sin is that the civil war that ensues in the country and against him is led by his own son Absalom. David survives the revolt against his kingship but his own son is killed in the process. Later, when David compels his army leaders to do a census of the fighting...
12) Judges Vol. 1
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The days of the judges were termed the days when "everyone did what was right in their own eyes." The people of Israel began following the customs and gods of the nations around them. So God began sending judges to deliver His people. Judges 1 covers the early judges Othniel, Ehud and Deborah.
13) David Vol. 2
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After his great triumph over the Philistine giant, Saul brings David into his house and into his service. The people find a national hero in David but as the people praise him it inspires jealousy in King Saul. David marries one of the king's daughters but still finds himself an object of King Saul's temper and jealousy outbursts. David begins to gather a ragtag army around him and this group of adventurers follows him as he flees from place to place...
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As dark forces attack God's people and seek to destroy planet Earth, the story of mankind seems to be futile and hopeless. But God is only setting up the climax for the visible return of Jesus Christ to destroy all those opposed to God and establishing the visible, physical kingdom of Jesus Christ on the Earth.
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While on earth, Jesus Christ foretold a time that would be like the "birth pangs" of a woman. Cataclysmic events begin happening where sin seems to run amok but God continues to direct people to His salvation through Jesus Christ in the midst of this great Tribulation.
16) Gods & Kings
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When they did not seek the Living God, the people of Israel began turning to various gods. Civil war ensued and the nation of Israel was broken into two entities - the northern tribes of Israel and Judah in the southern part. Jeroboam and Rehoboam were the first of many kings of these new national entities. A beginning chronology of both the good and wicked kings of Judah and Israel.
17) Judges Vol. 2
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The days of the judges were termed the days when "everyone did what was right in their own eyes." The people of Israel began following the customs and gods of the nations around them. So God began sending judges to deliver His people. Judges 2 covers the time of the judges Gideon, Abimelech and Jephthah.
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