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Section Three

Deep Study

Understand not only what Scripture says, but what it meant to its first audience — and how every thread runs toward Christ.

The story, era by era

  1. Creation & Beginnings

    Genesis 1–11

    Origins, image-bearing, fall, flood, Babel.

  2. Patriarchs

    c. 2000–1700 BC

    Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph — covenant promise begins.

  3. Exodus & Wilderness

    c. 1446–1406 BC

    Deliverance, Sinai, tabernacle, formation.

  4. Conquest & Judges

    c. 1406–1050 BC

    Land, cycles of forgetting and rescue.

  5. United Kingdom

    c. 1050–930 BC

    Saul, David, Solomon, the temple.

  6. Divided Kingdom & Prophets

    930–586 BC

    Israel and Judah; prophetic covenant lawsuits.

  7. Exile & Return

    586–430 BC

    Babylon, synagogue life, rebuilding.

  8. Second Temple Silence

    430–5 BC

    Greek rule, Maccabees, Pharisees, messianic hope.

  9. Life of Jesus

    c. 5 BC–AD 30

    Incarnation, kingdom, cross, resurrection.

  10. Acts & the Church

    AD 30–100

    Pentecost, mission, letters, persecution, canon.

Interactive Maps

Trace journeys from Ur to Rome

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Temple Explorer

Courts, veil, priesthood, sacrifice

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Tabernacle Explorer

Every furnishing and its meaning

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Messianic Prophecies

Promise and fulfillment side by side

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Biblical Covenants

Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, New

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Jewish Festivals

Feasts and their fulfillment in Christ

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Roman Context

Empire, patronage, honor and shame

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Archaeology

Sites, inscriptions, and manuscripts

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Genealogies

Lines of promise across generations

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Gospel Comparison

Four accounts, one Christ

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Biblical Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic, Koine Greek

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Bible Themes

Exile, temple, kingdom, rest, glory

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Second Temple context

Why the world of Jesus matters

By the first century, Jewish life had been shaped by exile, synagogue, and occupation. Pharisees guarded holiness in the home, Sadducees controlled the temple, Essenes withdrew to the desert, and Zealots waited for a revolution. Into that world Jesus announced a kingdom that did not fit any of their categories.

Roman roads, Greek language, and a shared longing for the Messiah created the conditions for the gospel to travel fast. Reading the New Testament with this world in view turns familiar verses into news again.

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