The Story of the Bible

Judges 19-21: A Levite from Shiloh pursues his wayward concubine and is subject to one of the worst outrages in Israel's history. The story that most clearly explains why God continued to punish Israel with oppressors.

Judges 17-18 Micah installs a Levite with an impressive pedigree as his household priest, but the tribe of Dan wants their own priest. We found out a little of what it means when the people of Israel do evil in Yahweh's sight.

Israel begins the pattern of disobedience, oppression, salvation and repentance and the first of the saviors known as Judges are introduced. Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar and Deborah each in term bring salvation to Israel, but the people continue to fall away.

Joshua 11-24 Joshua and Israel complete the conquest of the promised land, distribute the land, and settle in it. Joshua comes to the end of a very successful life and the people of God are wanderers no more.

Joshua 9-10: The next phase of the invasion of Canaan takes place. Gibeon deceives Joshua and the elders of Israel and gets a treaty, but then suffers an attack by an alliance of five cities. Joshua responds and God does something He has never done before or since. The sun stops in the sky as Joshua defeats his enemies, then conquers the south in a march of victory.

Joshua 5-8: Joshua and the nation of Israel experience victory and defeat, conquering Jericho in dramatic fashion and losing to the small city of Ai. Obedience and victory are tied together in a pattern that will repeat itself for much of Israel's history.

Joshua 1-4: Joshua takes control of the people after the death of Moses and crosses the Jordan River in dramatic fashion.

The Story of the Bible is taking a break. We will return in the fall, taking on Joshua and the Judges.

Numbers 26-36, Deuteronomy 31-14. Moses says goodbye. After four decades leading the people of God he passes on leadership to Joshua, lays out one more reminder of the law, and goes up the mountain. He will see the promised land but not enter it in this life.

Numbers 22-25 Israel finally finished their battles over Sihon and Og and sit next to the Jordan to stage the coming invasion, but someone comes against them. Balak and Balaam set evil in motion. Talking donkeys, sexual sin, and a priest spearing two people at once. Mayhem in the wilderness continues.

Numbers 20-25, Deuteronomy 2-3. Israel passes a generation in the desert. The death of Aaron, an attack battle, snakes in the camp, no one is really having a good time. Then, once everyone is dead they have to fight a warrior king and a giant.

Numbers 15-19, Deuteronomy 1: Unable to enter the Promised Land, Israel sits in Kadesh and tries to figure out what comes next. Korah makes a play for leadership, it does not end well for him or his followers.

At long last, the people of God are brought to the very border of the land God promised to Abraham centuries before. They have the Law, they have the leader in Moses, all they have to do is get there and take it. They have a better idea.

Exodus 19-40, Leviticus: Yahweh, the Lord God, gives the people He has brought from Egypt His Law. They promise to obey it, but fail spectacularly before He has even finished giving it to them. Let's hope this doesn't become a pattern.

Exodus 15:22-18 No water, no food, no military and no unity. A mob of freed slaves is wandering behind a cloud in the wilderness of the Sinai peninsula. What could go wrong? God shows His remarkable patience and care as He leads His people to the mountain.

Exodus 12-14: Death stalks Egypt and the people of God finally make their escape. The most important festival in Judaism, the very beginning of the Jewish calendar, remembers the events of this story as the people of God become a people.

Exodus 5-11 The nation of Egypt, the most powerful and influential nation in the world, is humbled to the point of devastation by a series of plagues, all for a three-day journey into the wilderness. The Pharaoh does not "know" this God Yahweh. He is about to.

Exodus 1-4 God's people, Israel, have lived in Egypt 430 years. A new king is oppressing them and they call out to God. God saves a little boy in a basket from death, this boy is raised in the palace, flees into the wilderness, and after 80 years is called to return to Egypt and lead Israel out. Moses, the most consequential person in the formation of Israel as a people, is called.

This is a podcast of the full narrative of the Bible in order. From Creation to Revelation every story with the historical and Scriptural context is going to be told as they took place.