A good summary / survey of the Bible

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A good summary / survey of the Bible is difficult to achieve. The Bible is comprised of 2 testaments, 66 different books, 1189 chapters, 31173 verses, and 773692 words. The different books of the Bible cover different topics and were addressed to different audiences. The books of the Bible were written by approximately 40 different men over a period of approximately 1500 years. A summary / survey of the entire Bible is therefore a major undertaking.

At the same time, the Holy Spirit was the "inspiring" author of the Bible. God "breathed out" His Word and used the prophets and apostles to write His Word down (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21). Further, all those who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ have the Holy Spirit indwelling them (Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:13). The Holy Spirit desires to help us to understand the Bible (1 Corinthians 2:10-16).

The purpose of our Bible summary / survey section is to give a basic background of each book of the Bible. For each book of the Bible, the author, date of writing, purpose of writing, key verses, and a brief summary will be given. We sincerely hope that our Bible summary / survey section will help you to understand the Bible better, and will encourage you to study the Bible in a more in-depth manner.

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Old Testament Survey

New Testament Survey

The Fabric of Humanity

We are the tapestry of His handiworks. We are threads to the fabric of humanity. Each thread is precious and important  both as an individual and as a whole. Each thread needs to be joined and broken at certain point in the fabric formation of humanity. The scarlet thread of redemption joined what has been broken to the wholeness of humanity and image of God. The magnificent beauty of humanity is embedded in the sanctuary of His grace at the Cross.

We are His workmanship & His masterpiece. He welcome us home. Jesus is the main cause for all existence. It is in Him, through Him, for Him that all things are made and now renewed to its original tapestry of His masterpiece.

Every thread will find it's own strength but it does not display beauty for its own sake but together they exhibit His magnificent love. Each thread can't find significant on it's own until woven in the fabric of redemptive grace and connected into God's tapestry.

Together we are a cloth for His divine cause. Jesus is the  woven truth & strength in each of our lives. He was broken for the tapestry of humanity.

He is the thread of reconciliation. He has woven us in the fabric of humanity  through His work of reconciliation. He has the bigger picture and we are part of it. We have been absorbed into His strength and woven into eternity.

Each thread has its significance & its purpose...

Bible says...

"I want you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with everything there is to know of God. Then you will have minds confident and at rest, focused on Christ, God's great mystery. All the richest treasures of wisdom and knowledge are embedded in that mystery and nowhere else. And we've been shown the mystery!"
Colossians 2:2-3(MSG)

"For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ."
2 Corinthians 5:19-21(NLT)

" You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvellous—how well I know it.
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
They cannot be numbered!
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up, you are still with me! "
Psalm 139:13-18(NLT)

“For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].”

Ephesians 2:10(Amplified Bible)

   

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Confidence

We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ.It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.
2 Corinthians 3:4-5

Christ is grace. Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. 1 Peter 1:13

It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.
Psalm 57:7

Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living.
Psalm 27:13

Oh, the joys of those who trust the Lord, who have no confidence in the proud or in those who worship idols.
Psalm 40:4

Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.
Roman 12:12

And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.
1 John 5:14-15

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
Romans 5:3-5

So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
Hebrew 10:35-36

Because of his grace he declared us righteous and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.This is a trustworthy saying, and I want you to insist on these teachings so that all who trust in God will devote themselves to doing good. These teachings are good and beneficial for everyone.
Titus 3:7-8

I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.
Ephesians 1:18