Kings and Chronicles, Part 2: Seeds of Hope
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Lesson OneHezekiah (2 Kings 17–20, 2 Chronicles 28–32)19 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 2 Kings 17–20, 2 Chronicles 28–32
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In | Workbook: Understanding Hezekiah’s Illness
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In | Understanding Hezekiah’s Illness
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In | Kings and Chronicles Compared
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In | Run-up to Hezekiah’s Revival: The “Good, but …” Kings
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In | Run-up to Hezekiah’s Revival: Kings and Foils
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In | Run-up to Hezekiah’s Revival: Hezekiah’s Purge
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In | Hezekiah’s Passover and Rebellion
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In | Hezekiah’s Folly and Judgment
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Behind | The Battles of 701 BC
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Behind | Hezekiah’s Response: Water
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Behind | Onsite: Inside Hezekiah’s Tunnel
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Behind | Hezekiah’s Duel with Sennacherib
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Behind | Sennacherib: The Rest of the Story
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In Front | What Does a Miracle Look Like?
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In Front | Workbook: Pondering a “Miracle”
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In Front | The Pain of a Miracle
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson TwoJosiah and the Fall of the South (2 Kings 21–23, 2 Chronicles 33–35)23 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 2 Kings 21–23, 2 Chronicles 33–35
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In | Workbook: Manasseh’s Repentance
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In | Manasseh and the Background for Josiah’s Revival
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In | Finding the Word of God
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In | The Word and Creation
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In | Josiah's Folly
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In | Josiah’s Revival and Jerusalem’s Fall
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In | The Last Kings of Judah
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In | Workbook: The Last Kings of Judah
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Behind | Babylon
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Behind | Babylonian Invasion
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Behind | iMap: Babylonian Invasion
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Behind | Onsite: Judas and the Potter’s Field
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Behind | Child Sacrifices
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Behind | Child Sacrifice in Context: Dr. Catherine McDowell
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Behind | Har Megiddo and Armageddon
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Behind | The Annals of Nebuchadnezzar
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Behind | The Traffic of Babylonian Exile
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In Front | Unconditional Promises?
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In Front | The Nature of “Revival”
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In Front | Workbook: Reflecting on Revival
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson ThreeOverview of 1 and 2 Chronicles (1 Chronicles 1–7, 14–29, 2 Chronicles 29–36)22 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 1 Chronicles 1–7, 14–29, 2 Chronicles 29–36
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In | Workbook: Comparing Chronicles and 2 Samuel
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In | Genealogies and Hope
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In | Kings vs. Chronicles
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In | Chronicles and Kings Compared: What’s Missing?
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In | Chronicles and Kings Compared: What’s Added?
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In | Chronicles on Worship
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In | Resetting the World
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In | Bible Project: Chronicles
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Behind | Experiencing the Temple
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Behind | Workbook: Experiencing the Temple
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Behind | Onsite: In the Holy of Holies - Steve Wunderink in Luxor, Egypt
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Behind | Worship in the Ancient Near Eastern Context
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Behind | Workbook: Worship in the Ancient Near Eastern Context
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Behind | No Priestesses in Israel
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Behind | Authorship of Chronicles
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In Front | Kingdom of God in Chronicles
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In Front | Agency
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In Front | Workbook: Reflection on Agency
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In Front | Workbook: Guiding Questions - 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FourRitual and Sacramental Living (1 Chronicles 13, 21, 2 Chronicles 1–27)24 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 1 Chronicles 13, 21, 2 Chronicles 1–27
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In | Workbook: The Rituals of 1 Kings 8
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In | Workbook: Bringing the Ark into Jerusalem
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In | Workbook: The Land Gets Its Rest
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In | Workbook: Rituals Are Acts of Faith, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Rituals Are Acts of Faith, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Temple Ritual and God’s Presence, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Temple Ritual and God’s Presence, Part 2
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In | Moses’ Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple
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In | Workbook: Moses’ Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Moses’ Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Does the LORD Really Dwell in His House? Part 1
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In | Workbook: Does the LORD Really Dwell in His House? Part 2
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Behind | Workbook: Hospitality and the Gods, Part 1
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Behind | Workbook: Hospitality and the Gods, Part 2
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Behind | Workbook: Hospitality and the Gods, Part 3
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Behind | Workbook: Hospitality and the Gods, Part 4
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Behind | Instruments of Ritual
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In Front | Christianity Today: The Sacred Ritual of Coffee Prep
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In Front | God’s Presence
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In Front | Workbook: You, the Temple
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In Front | Workbook: Spiritual Disciplines as Temple Ritual
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FiveWisdom Literature (Proverbs 1–4, Ecclesiastes 1–3, 12, Job 1–4, 40–42)18 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Read Proverbs 1–4, Ecclesiastes 1–3, 12, Job 1–4, 40–42
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In | Workbook: Proverbs 1:1-7 and Wisdom Literature
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In | What Is Wisdom Literature?
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In | Bible Project: Proverbs
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In | Workbook: Reflecting on Proverbs
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In | Bible Project: Ecclesiastes
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In | Workbook: Reflecting on Ecclesiastes
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In | Bible Project: Job
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In | Workbook: Reflecting on Job
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In | Workbook: Solomon’s Knowledge
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In | Solomon’s Knowledge
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Behind | The International Flavor of Wisdom Literature
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Behind | Egyptian Wisdom Literature
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In Front | Workbook: Contemporary Proverbs
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In Front | Workbook: Becoming Skillful in Living
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In Front | Workbook: Reflections on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
Participants 16
In | Workbook: Temple Ritual and God’s Presence, Part 1
Grab your Workbook Journal!
[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]
- Read these verses and look for a common feature in them. Record your observations in your workbook.
If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the LORD.
Leviticus 1:3 (NIV)
Then he shall kill the bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood and throw the blood against the sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
Leviticus 1:5 (NIV)
And he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw its blood against the sides of the altar.
Leviticus 1:11 (NIV)
If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
Leviticus 3:1 (NIV)
If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the LORD.
Leviticus 3:7 (NIV)
If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.
Leviticus 3:12 (NIV)
He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting before the LORD and lay his hand on the head of the bull and kill the bull before the LORD.
Leviticus 4:4 (NIV)
And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle part of the blood seven times before the LORD in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
Leviticus 4:6 (NIV)