How do you teach the whole Bible in a constructive way? In a way that gives the student a full grasp of what it is all about? Here is a quick draft of a possible four-year program for Bible teaching.
Year 1: A call to holy war
Genesis: Faith
Exodus: Deliverance
Leviticus: Holiness
Numbers: Perseverance
Deuteronomy: Law
Joshua: Holy War
Year 2: A king of salvation
Judges: The fallen bride
Ruth: a savior will be born
1-2 Samuel: A king for Israel
Job: A suffering king
Psalms: The wisdom of prayer
Proverbs: The wisdom of God’s instruction
Song of Songs: The wisdom of love
Ecclesiastes: The wisdom of Joy.
Year 3: The death and resurrection of Israel
Isaiah: The ax is at the roots.
1-2 Kings: Disobedient Israel
Jeremiah-Lamentations: God’s Lawsuit
Ezekiel: God’s heavenly temple for a disobedient Israel.
Daniel and Esther: Intercession for Israel
The book of the 12: Swallowed up and spit out by the nations.
Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah: The re-establishment of Israel.
Year 4: Putting on Christ
Matthew: Christ the lawgiver
Mark: Christ the warrior king
Luke-Acts: Christ heals a broken people
John: Christ tabernacled among us.
Paul’s letters: A new creation
Hebrews: A new administration
James: The complete man
1-3 John: A new commandment
1-2 Peter, Jude: Preserved from the destruction of the old world.
Revelation: The coming Jerusalem
My divisions and themes are, in a large part, due to reflection on the work of James Jordan.
Hannah Zekveld
Hey James, This is neat! I like the flow of the themes and how they work together. Don’t you think only spending one year on the NT would be a bit too much? Happy curriculum writing. See you in 4 years. Love, your wife.
Hannah Zekveld
oops, I meant one year would be too little. Sorry.
Nathan Zekveld
That’s a lot for a year! Each year is a lot!