+---------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+ |I. Per. Hu. Ra.|II. Per. |III. Per. |IV. Per. |V. Per. | | | Ch. Fam.| Is. Peo.| Is. Kin.| Je. Prov.| +---------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+ | C. M. | | | | | | C. A. | | | | | +---------------+ | | | | | Dir. Adm. | | | | | +---------------+ | | | | | Fa. | | | | | | Del. | | | | | | Dis. | | | | | +---------------+ | | | | | A. E. N. | | | | | +---------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+ Review Questions What is the central theme of the Bible? How is this theme presented in the Bible? Why should we study the history in the Bible? What are the five periods of Old Testament history? What is the subject of the history during the first period? With what events does the first period begin and end? What is said concerning the dates of early events? What kind of divine government in relation to men is shown in the first period? Into what epochs is the first period subdivided? What results followed the first man's falling into sin? Where was the population of the world confined up to the time of the flood? How did the flood become a benefit to the world? What new instinct came to the human family after the flood? Name three important persons in the first period? State a fact for which each of these three men is celebrated. PART TWO II. A new chapter in Bible history opens at Gen. 12. 1. Here we find one family of the race is selected and made the subject of the divine revelation. This was not because God loved one family more than others, but because the world's salvation was to be wrought through that family (Gen. 12. 2, 3). Hence we call this the =Period of the Chosen Family=. 1. This period extends from the =Call of A'bra-ham= (Gen. 12. 1), B. C. 2280?, to the =Exodus from E'gypt=, B. C. 1270?. 2. In this period we notice the recognition of _the family_. God deals with each family or clan through its head, who is at once the priest and the ruler (Gen. 17. 7; 18. 19; 35. 2). We call this period, therefore, that of the =Patriarchal Administration=. 3. We subdivide this period into three epochs: 1.) =The Journeyings of the Patriarchs= (Gen. 12. 5; 13. 17, 18; 20. 1, etc.). As yet the chosen family had no dwelling place, but lived in tents, moving throughout the land of promise.