Author: Gregory Johnston, M-Div

We are moving through the Samuel Scroll, reviewing Saul's life. We will also begin to look at David's life.

After walking through the dark messiness of Judges, we come to the beautiful story of Ruth, David's great-grandmother. After that, we begin talking about the Samuel scroll reviewing Israel's last judge.

We are heading into the Promised Land! However, through all of the battles, Israel still struggles to remain faithful to YHWH. In Judges, we see a pattern of continued disobedience and God's mercy.

Numbers is a tough book to read because it contains so many failures of Israel. But it is worth reading to set up Deuteronomy, which is the final three sermons from Moses. This is how the Torah ends and leads us to the historical books.

We finish Exodus and move into Leviticus. Most people find Leviticus hard to read, but we will go over the structure of the book that will help you read the book with a little more clarity.

We've moved out of Genesis and into Exodus. The story of the Exodus sets up God's plan for redeeming humanity through an enslaved people. Many of the events have deep symbolic meanings for New Testament events and concepts.