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1. GOD'S REVELATION IN
THE BIBLE

2. THE BIBLE REVEALS GOD’S PLAN
FOR HUMAN BEINGS.
 BIBLIA – GREEK WORD – “THE BOOKS”
 AUTHORS – MEMBERS OF FAITH COMMUNITIES
 THE AUTHORS WROTE ONLY WHAT GOD WISHES
TO REVEAL IN VIEW OF OUR SALVATION.
 THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD WAS ACTIVELY
PRESENT IN THE “FAITH CONSCIOUSNESS” OF
THE HUMAN WRITERS, GUIDING THEM
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
 DEI VERBUM, 11 – THE BIBLE IS TRULY
INSPIRED AND TRULY THE WORD OF GOD IN
THE WORDS OF HUMAN BEING.

3. 2 MAJOR PARTS OF THE BIBLE
 OLD TESTAMENT – JEWS – HEBREW BIBLE
 NEW TESTAMENT OR THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE –
 TESTAMENT - Agreement or covenant bet. God
and his people
GOD’S PEOPLE :
HEBREWS – THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN THE ANCIENT
TIMES AND WERE LATER CALLED THE
ISRAELITES
CHRISTIANS – NEW PEOPLE OF GOD

4. GOD’S REVELATION IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT
 O.T. – STORY OF SPECIAL AGREEMENT
BET. GOD AND THE PEOPLE HE FORMED
INTO A NATION CALLED HEBREWS OR
ISRAELITES.
 IT COMPRISED OF 46 BOOKS WHICH ARE
GROUPED INTO 4 SECTIONS:
I. THE BOOK OF THE LAW
II. THE HISTORICAL BOOKS
III. THE BOOKS OF POETRY AND WISDOM
IV. THE BOOKS OF THE PROPHETS

5. I. THE BOOK OF THE LAW
 PENTATEUCH – THE FIVE SCROLLS – THE 1ST
FIVE BOOKS
 THE TORAH FOR THE HEBREWS – LAW OR
INSTRUCTION
1. GENESIS – THE BOOK OR STORY OF THE
BEGINNING
2. EXODUS – THE STORY OF LIBERATION
3. LEVITICUS – THE BOOK OF LAWS ON RITES
AND WORSHIP TO ENSURE HOLINESS
4. NUMBERS – THE NARRATION OF THE
HEBREWS’ 40 YEARS IN THE DESERT
5. DEUTORONOMY – THE SECOND LAW OR
SUMMARY OF THE LAW OF MOSES

6. II. THE HISTORICAL BOOKS
 STORY OF THE ISRAELITES FROM TIME
TO TIME THEY REACHED THE PROMISED
LAND OF CANAN, AND THE MANY EVENT
THAT TOOK PLACE IN THEIR NATION
WHEN THEY WERE RULED BY KINGS.
 16 BOOKS:
JOSHUA 2SAMUEL 2CHRONICLES JUDITH
JUDGES 1KINGS ESRAH ESTHER
RUTH 2KINGS NEHEMIAH 1MACCABEES
1SAMUEL 1CHRONICLES TOBIT 2MACCABEES

7. III. THE BOOKS OF POETRY AND
WISDOM
 CONTAIN THE SACRED SONGS OF THE
HEBREWS, LOVE, POEM, DEBATE ON THE
PURPOSE OF LIFE, AND WRITINGS AND
SAYINGS OF WISE PEOPLE.
 7 BOOKS:
JOB PROVERBS SONG OF
SOLOMON
SIRACH
PSALMS ECCLESIASTES WISDOM OF
SOLOMON

8. IV. BOOKS OF THE PROPHETS
 A PROPHET WAS ONE CALLED AND
INSPIRED BY GOD TO ANNOUNCE HIS
MESSAGE TO THE LEADERS AND NATION
OF ISRAEL.
 18 BOOKS
ISAIAH DANIEL JONAH ZEPHANIAH
JEREMIAH HOSEA MICAH HAGGAI
LAMENTATION
S
JOEL NAHUM ZECHARIAH
BARUCH AMOS HABAKKUK MALACHI
EZEKIEL OBADIAH

9. GOD’S REVELATION IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT (CHRISTIAN BIBLE)
 JESUS CHRIST IS THE PERFECT
REVELATION OF ALL THAT GOD WANTS
US TO KNOW ABOUT HIMSELF.
 JESUS IS THE LIVING REVELATION OF
GOD
 JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD WHO
BECAME FLESH AND MADE GOD REAL
AND ALIVE TO HIS PEOPLE.
 KNOWING JESUS IS KNOWING GOD.

10. NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS: 27
BOOKS GROUPED INTO 4
I. THE GOSPEL
II. THE ACTS OF THE
APOSTLES
III. THE APOSTOLIC LETTERS
OR EPISTLES
 IV.THE BOOK OF REVELATION

11. I. THE GOSPELS
 “GOOD NEWS”.
 DIFFERENT VERSIONS ON JESUS’ LIFE
AND TEACHINGS, HIS WORDS AND
DEEDS, HIS PASSION, HIS DEATH AND
RESURRECTION.
 4 GOSPELS:
1. GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
2. GOSPEL OF MARK
3. GOSPEL OF LUKE
4. GOSPEL OF JOHN

12. II. THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
 WRTITTEN BY LUKE AS A FOLLOW UP OF
THE GOSPEL HE WROTE.
 CONTAINS STORIES ABOUT THE
BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIANITY AND THE
SPREAD OF THE GOOD NEWS UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
 TELLS THE STORIES OF THE MISSIONARY
EXPERIENCES OF PETER AND PAUL

13. III. THE APOSTOLIC LETTERS OR
EPISTLES
 THE LETTERS TO THE CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITIES WERE WRITTEN BY PAUL
OR OF HIS FOLLOWERS AND BY THE
APOSTLES PETER, JAMES, JUDE, AND
JOHN.
 THERE WERE 21 LETTERS ADDRESSED
EITHER THE WHOLE CHURCH, A
PARTICULAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, OR
AN INDIVIDUAL

14. THE 14 LETTERS OF PAUL OR OF
HIS FOLLOWERS:
ROMANS EPHESIANS 1THESSA-
LONIANS
PHILEMON
1CORIN-
THIANS
PHILIPPIANS 2THESSA-
LONIANS
HEBREWS
2CORIN-
THIANS
COLOSSIANS 1TIMOTHY
GALA-
TIANS
2TIMOTHY
TITUS

15. THE 7 LETTERS OF THE APOSTLES
JAMES 1 JOHN 3 JOHN
1 PETER 2 JOHN JUDE
2 PETER

16. IV. THE BOOK OF REVELATION
 WRITTEN RECORD OF A SERIES OF
VISIONS TO A DISCIPLE NAMED JOHN.
 THE VISIONS WHICH COMMUNICATES
A HOPEFUL MESSAGE TO PERSECUTED
CHRISTIANS THAT GOD’S LOVE,
JUSTICE, AND GOODNESS WILL
TRIUMPH AT THE END.