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Session Outline
for Spring 2008 |
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Studies in Chronicles, Daniel, Nehemiah, Ezra, Haggai (13 Sundays)
March 2, 2008 - May 28, 2008
God, the People and the Covenant
Vol. 8 No. 3
This quarter focuses on the covenant of God with the people of Israel. God's faithfulness to the covenant is shown throughout the monarchy, the exile and the restoration of the people to Jerusalem. Through the years the people wavered between faithfulness and faithlessness to the covenant. Various prophets and kings led the way in restoring their covenant relationship with God. The ark, the temple, the ritual of the Festival of Booths and prayers speak of the covenant. |
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Unit I, "Signs of God's Covenant," begins with the ark of the covenant, the symbol of God's presence with the people of Israel, which David brought into Jerusalem. God made a covenant with David, to establish his house forever and to appoint a place for the people. Solomon later built a more permanent place for the ark to rest. In his prayer of dedication of the temple, Solomon declared that God had kept covenant and had fulfilled God's promise. The risen Christ in Luke instructed the disciples so they would understand that God's promises about him in the law of Moses and the prophets had been fulfilled. The unit ends with Josiah leading the people of Judah in a renewal of covenant with God. |
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March 2, 2008
The Ark Comes to Jerusalem
A Symbol of God's Presence
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 15:1-28
KEY VERSE: David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place, which he had prepared for it. 1 Chronicles 15:3
March 9, 2008
God's Covenant With David
Covenanting
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 17:1-27
KEY VERSES: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel; and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies before you; and I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth." 1 Chronicles 17:7c-8
March 16, 2008
God Calls Solomon to Build the Temple
Chosen for a Specific Task
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 28:1-28
KEY VERSE: Take heed now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary; be strong, and act. 1 Chronicles 28:10
March 23, 2008
Fulfillment of God's Promise
Whose Promises Can You Trust?
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: 2 Chronicles 6; Luke 24
KEY VERSE: Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made; for I have succeeded my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 2 Chronicles 6:10
March 30, 2008
Josiah Renews the Covenant
Mending a Broken Relationship
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: 2 Chronicles 34
KEY VERSE: The king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord, keeping his commandments, his decrees, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book. 2 Chronicles 34:31
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Unit II, "The Covenant in Exile," studies Daniel and his three friends as they began life in the foreign land of Babylon. Even in Babylon, these four men kept their covenant with God and found that God was faithful to them. We see God's faithfulness in the familiar stories of the food forbidden to Jews, the fiery furnace and the lion's den. We also see it in Daniel's prayer in chapter 9. |
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April 6, 2008
Daniel Keeps Covenant in a Foreign Land
Holding to Your Convictions!
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Daniel 1
KEY VERSE: But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the royal rations of food and wine, so he asked the palace master to allow him not to defile himself. Daniel 1:8
April 13, 2008
Three Refuse to Break Covenant
Holding on to Your Faith
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Daniel 3
KEY VERSES: If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, O king, let him deliver us. But if not, be it known to you, O king that we will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden stature that you have set up. Daniel 3:17-18
April 20, 2008
Daniel's Life-and-Death Test
Faith without Compromise!
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Daniel 6
KEY VERSE: Although Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he continued to go to his house, which had windows in its upper room open toward Jerusalem, and to get down on his knees three times a day to pray to his God and praise him, just as he had done previously. Daniel 6:10
April 27, 2008
Daniel's Prayer for the People
Intercession in Crisis
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Daniel 9
KEY VERSE: Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, and for your own sake, Lord, let your face shine upon your desolated sanctuary. Daniel 9:17
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Unit III, "Restoration and Covenant Renewal," focuses on a time when exiled Israelites were allowed to return home to Judah and Jerusalem. The study includes the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls and temple. Both were symbols of God's covenant with the people of Israel. But restoration and renewal of the people themselves was also needed. Ezra called the returned exiles to hear the word of God's law and to begin observing it once again. |
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May 4, 2008
The Temple Rebuilt
First things First!
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Haggai 1, Ezra 5
KEY VERSE: Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored, says the Lord. Haggai 1:8
May 11, 2008
Rebuilding the Wall
Following a Visionary Leader!
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Nehemiah 1:1-2:20
KEY VERSE: I told them that the hand of my God had been gracious upon me, and also the words that the king had spoken to me. Then they said, "Let us start building!" So they committed themselves to the common good. Nehemiah 2:18
May 18, 2008
Up Against the Wall
Finishing the Task!
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Nehemiah 4-6
KEY VERSE: So we rebuilt the wall, and all the wall was joined together to half its height; for the people had a mind to work. Nehemiah 4-6
May 25, 2008
Call to Renew the Covenant
Restored and Renewed
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Nehemiah 8
KEY VERSE: He (Ezra) read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law. Nehemiah 8:3
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Changes to the above scope and
sequence are subject to change per editors' request. |
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