Category Archives: Bible Survey

The Ages

by Keith Sharp “To me, whom am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all see what is the fellowship … Continue reading

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Letters To Christians

Author : Keith Sharp Bible Survey : Lesson Twenty (Epistles) When the Lord Jesus was preparing His apostles for His own eminent death during their last Passover supper together in the upper room in Jerusalem, He promised to send them … Continue reading

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The Spread of the Gospel

Author : Keith Sharp Bible Survey : Lesson Nineteen (Acts) Shortly before Jesus Christ ascended to His Father He had commanded His apostles “not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the” baptism with the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4-5). … Continue reading

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Life of Jesus

Author : Keith Sharp Bible Survey : Lesson Eighteen (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-11) “When the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son” (Galatians 4:4). He was the Savior prophesied before by Isaiah (Luke 1:30-33; … Continue reading

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Silence

Author : Keith Sharp Bible Survey : Lesson Seventeen The history related by the canonical books of the Old Testament closes in ca. 400 B.C.. There follows a four hundred year period in which there were no prophets in Israel … Continue reading

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The Restoration

Author : Keith Sharp Bible Survey : Lesson Sixteen (2 Chronicles 36:22-23; Ezra; Nehemiah; Esther; Haggai; Zechariah; Malachi) 536 B.C. – 400 B.C. In 536 B.C. Israel was scattered throughout the Persian Empire, which covered the greatest land area of … Continue reading

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Babylonian Captivity

Author : Keith Sharp Bible Survey : Lesson Fifteen (Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel 1-5) 606 B.C. – 536 B.C. From the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah (627 B.C.) until the final destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 … Continue reading

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The Divided Kingdom

Author : Keith Sharp Bible Survey : Lesson Thirteen (1 Kings 1 – 2 Kings 17; 2 Chronicles 10-32) ca. 925 B.C. – 722 B.C. When Rehoboam, the son of Solomon ascended the throne, Jeroboam and the whole assembly of … Continue reading

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The United Kingdom

Author : Keith Sharp Bible Survey : Lesson Twelve (1 Samuel -2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 1-2 Chronicles 9) Anarchy prevailed under the judges. Samuel revived the institution of prophecy in Israel, thus giving guidance in the right way to … Continue reading

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The Judges

Author : Keith Sharp Bible Survey : Lesson Eleven (Judges-1 Samuel 8) From the death of Joshua until Saul became the first king of Israel was the approximately three hundred fifty year period of the Judges in Israel (cf. Judges … Continue reading

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