What Makes Up The Old Testament?

Throughout all of history, God has worked to interact with individuals and groups in society to reach an end of salvation for the whole world. These stories are what makes up the Old Testament of the Bible. Salvation history seeks to understand God’s dealing with people throughout history. God began his plan for human salvation with his call to Abraham. Since then God has interacted with various persons throughout history and built upon the world with his will, love, wrath, and supernatural powers with hopes that he will lead humans to salvation. However, since the beginning of the Old Testament, there have been struggles between God and humans that have caused a failure of reaching God’s goal of salvation.

God desires salvation for the whole

The Israelites, God decided, were the people he was to gather who would give into his will and trust him. However, the Israelites were enslaved under the Pharaoh of Egypt. So, with the help of Moses, God sent the enslaved Israelites on an exodus to leave Egypt behind and journey to Israel. On their exodus from Egypt, God made the Israelites spend forty years in the wilderness. God used these forty years and the Israelites’ struggles to test their trust and willingness to give into God and his will. This exodus was not only physical, but it was also an exodus away from the old society and ways of Egypt. During this exodus, the Israelites were trapped by the Egyptians at the “Red Sea.” The Israelites begin to question God’s will and his treatment of them. But, Moses who currently leads the Israelites tries to convince them that this struggle is apart of God’s plan for them. (Exodus 14:13-12). God proves Moses correct as he divides the water of the “Red Sea” and allows the Israelites to escape and destroys the Egyptian soldiers. While God puts the Israelites in compromising positions at times, his will always proves human’s trust in

Even when Israel was successful, the Israelites still requested to have a king. However, the current leader of Israel, Samuel, was disappointed in the Israelites because they were rejecting God as their king. In response to this, God tells Samuel to describe the corruption of the Israelites desired king as they have rejected God. Still, the Israelites rejected God. (First Samuel 8:5-22). Even when given a king by God, the Israelites continued to move farther away from God and his will. Similar to his call to Abraham, God called to King Solomon and made him a promise that if he continued to walk in the light of God and follow God’s will just as his father David did, then od would establish Solomon’s royal throne over Israel forever. (First Kings 9:4-9). However, Solomon could not upkeep his end of the promise and therefore God sent his wrath upon Solomon and his descendants ripping the kingdom of Israel away from them. (First Kings 22:1-13). Throughout history, Israel and Abraham’s descendants have struggled to maintain a trusting relationship with God and this has resulted in God having to make drastic decisions and unleash his wrath upon Israel to ensure that his goal of salvation is not