Topics Of The Holy Bibles 66 Books

Below you will find a brief description (introduction) of each of the 66 books of the Holy Bible.

Book	Topic
Genesis	Creation, fall, promise of the seed, nation and land, global flood, Tower of Babel, 12 tribes into Egypt
Exodus	Out of Egypt: Plagues, Passover, presentation of the Law
Leviticus	Sacrifices and offerings - Be ye holy as I am holy
Numbers	events from the Sinai to Plains of Moab
Deuteronomy	second giving of the law
Joshua	Joshua leads Israel into the land
Judges	And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD
Ruth	There is a son born to Naomi 4:17
1 Samuel	Samuel, Saul & David
2 Samuel	Samuel, Saul & David
1 Kings	Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom
2 Kings	after Solomon, the kingdom is split
1 Chronicles	priest  viewpoint of the reign of the kings
2 Chronicles	priest  viewpoint of the reign of the kings
Ezra	Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia
Nehemiah	rebuilding after the exile
Esther	first use of the word “Jews” in the Bible, Assyrian captivity
Job	Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return
Psalms	Praises to the Lord.
Proverbs	Wisdom recorded
Ecclesiastes	Solomon on steroids - vanity of vanities, all is vanity…
Song of Solomon	the beauty of marriage
Isaiah	Messianic prophecies - e.g. 7:14
Jeremiah	The weeping prophet
Lamentations	weeping for Jerusalem
Ezekiel	Israel returns to the land… see ch 33, 35 ff
Daniel	PROPHETIC OVERVIEW OF TIME - 9:27 - 70 weeks
Hosea	marriage to a prostitute - God's relationship with Israel
Joel	the day of the Lord
Amos	pre-exilic prophet to the North
Obadiah	shortest book in the OT
Jonah	fish story / Nineveh repents - prophet pouts
Micah	the birthplace of the messiah: Bethlehem!
Nahum	Nineveh - part deux (conclusion)
Habakkuk	the just shall live by faith (2:4b)
Zephaniah	the day of the Lord
Haggai	post-exilic prophet
Zechariah	30 pieces of silver - prophecy of betrayal
Malachi	last days, Elijiah is coming
Matthew	Jesus the King
Mark	Son of Man
Luke	Jesus the Servant
John	Jesus the Son of God
Acts	Transition from Law to Grace
Romans	1st Christian Theology - all are sinners
1 Corinthians	For we walk by faith, not by sight
2 Corinthians	carnality of believers, written from Ephesus
Galatians	Judaizing - legalistic error (mix law & faith) - Chapter 5
Ephesians	deals with the church body, see Chapters 5 & 6
Philippians	2:20,21 - For  me to live is Christ
Colossians	2:6-10  - so walk ye in him
1 Thessalonians	written at Corinth shortly after departing Thessalonica   4:13-18, 5:1-11 - the coming of the Lord
2 Thessalonians	see Acts 17:1-10; 18:1 2:1-17 - coming of the Lord
1 Timothy	1:3-17 Doctrines / 2:9-15 Women
2 Timothy	2:14-26 Word Wranglers          Last Days 3:1-17
Titus	1:15-16 the mind & sound doctrines / 3:1-11 subject to rulers
Philemon	1:15-16 no longer as a slave…
Hebrews	11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen…  / 4:12 the Word is alive / 10:1 - law is a shadow / 12 - cloud of witnesses
James	external view - James head of the church:  see Acts 12:17 / 1:12 - Blessed is a man who perserves under trial / Jesus' half brother
1 Peter	ministry to the Jews - 1:16 - You shall be Holy for I am Holy
2 Peter	Written from Babylon - 1:20 -
1 John	abide in him 1:6-10 / 2:16-17 - all that is in the world…
2 John	1:10 - do not allow false teaching into your house
3 John	1:4 JOY
Jude	1/2 brother of Jesus / 1:5-23 / note: 1:14 Enoch
Revelation	written from Patmos by John / 2 witnesses?