BT/E #1

By no means extensive, here is a preliminary sketch of the major events of the story of redemption. This is a VERY big picture, perhaps too big. But the goal is to organize a plan of explanation that will be cohesive and easy to follow or to tell.

Event	Passage	Significance
Creation	Gen 1&2	God created a world w/ a particular order
Fall	Gen 3	Man colludes with evil for the 1st time and corrupts his relationships; brings death, sin.
Curse	Gen 3:16	A solution to the problem is introduced
Covenant w/ Abraham	Gen 12-15	God will bless the earth through Abraham
Invitation to Israel	Ex 19	Israel is invited to become their own intercessors and be given the task of reaching the nations
Covenant w/ Israel	Ex 20	Israel rejects the invitation and is given a representative priesthood
Covenant w/ David	II Samuel 7	God will bring about his kingdom through David
Fall & Exile of Israel	Lt. Prophets	Israel rejects being God’s vehicle of Grace; God punishes them with exile
New Covenant	Gospels	Jesus brings God’s New Covenant to bear upon Israel and brings a new vehicle of God’s grace
Death of Christ	Gospels	Jesus bears the curse so there is no threat to the New Covenant
Resurrection of Christ	Gospels	Jesus is vindicated and demonstrated to be the true king of Israel and the world; solution to the problem of evil is realized.

More to follow...