A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE BIBLE

[SECOND EDITION]

BY

FRANK NELSON PALMER

Instructor of English Bible, Winona Schools, 1903-1911

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

REV. J. WILBUR CHAPMAN, D.D.

(To First Edition)

CINCINNATI MONFORT & COMPANY 1914

Copyright, 1914, by FRANK N. PALMER

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE INTRODUCTION 7

PREFACE TO THE SERIES 8

PREFACE TO THE BOOK 10

CHART OF THE SIXTY-SIX BOOKS OF THE BIBLE 13

THE KINGDOM FORESHADOWED 17

THE KINGDOM FORMING 29

THE KINGDOM CONQUERING 39

THE KINGDOM UNDIVIDED AND THE KINGDOM DIVIDED-- The Historical Books 47 The Poetical Books 55 The Prophetical Books 65

THE KINGDOM IN CAPTIVITY 73

THE KINGDOM RESTORED 79

THE KINGDOM'S TRUE KING 89

THE KINGDOM CONQUERING THE WORLD 97 The Acts 98 The Pauline Epistles 103 The General Epistles 111

THE KINGDOM TRIUMPHANT 117

INTRODUCTION

TO FIRST EDITION

The Bible is a Lamp to our feet and a light to our pathway. To know it thoroughly is to be kept from stumbling, and to walk in the light is fellowship with Him who is the heart of the Book.

The Bible is a Rock; to be familiar with its pages is to be established in character, in hope and in faith, and while we may sometimes tremble, the rock is immovable. The Bible is the true water of life. Mr. Moody used to say that it comes down from on high and rises again in mighty power to the throne on the principle that water seeks its own level. To know the Bible is, therefore, to live a heavenly life and to be filled with all the fullness of the spirit of Christ.

The author of this text book knows his Bible thoroughly and he has the God-given ability of making it plain to others. What is here presented he has worked out in the class room and in his own rich Christian experience. I count it a privilege to write this line of introduction. The members of the Young People's Societies in the churches, Christian Associations, Bible study classes and Christian workers generally will find it most helpful. A busy business man by means of it could think his way through much of God's Word. It is a timely presentation of a great subject. I am sure that God will bless it richly to all who attempt to study it.

J. WILBUR CHAPMAN.

PREFACE TO THE SERIES

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Table of contents (by pages)

• 1: A Bird's-Eye View of the Bible by Palmer
• 2: A part of the questions may be omitted
• 3: A small Bible Dictionary of recognized merit
• 4: Chart of the sixty six books of the bibleintroductory lesson
• 5: Under whatever form manifested
• 6: Outline for study of historical books1
• 7: By analogy we mean a person who
• 8: 18 4 Is anything too hard for Jehovah
• 9: By what quality was Abraham saved
• 10: Second Interview between Jehovah and Satan
• 11: God gives deliverance to the oppressed
• 12: Name God's expressed purpose for having the Tabernacle built
• 13: Locate the articles of the court and Tabernacle
• 14: Absolute Necessity of Atonement for Sin
• 15: Locate Mounts Ebal and Gerizim
• 16: Note two likenesses between Jesus and Joshua
• 17: Containing Six Bondages of Israel
• 18: Record of both Israel and Judah 1
• 19: Let the teacher assign as many kings as is deemed best
• 20: The Beginning of the Undivided Kingdom
• 21: Number the first personal pronouns in Psalm 23
• 22: Select a phrase from the psalm
• 23: The Pronouns of the First Person
• 24: Number of Solomon's Proverbs 1
• 25: Name the three commands given to Jonah
• 26: What quality did Jonah manifest at the repentance of Nineveh
• 27: Dark Prophecies regarding Earthly Kingdoms
• 28: Why so few prophecies of Christ
• 29: The Picture of Jerusalem's Calamity
• 30: The First Return Under Zerubbabel 1
• 31: Measure the distance from Shushan to Jerusalem
• 32: Give an appropriate title to Haggai
• 33: Record the cities prophesied against in Chapter 9
• 34: And the author of each prophecy
• 35: The Three Parables of Hospitality
• 36: Pattern Chapters for Church Work 1
• 37: Location in Bible Acts 13 and 14
• 38: Sosthenes was ruler of a Jewish synagogue Acts 18 17
• 39: Description of Corinth and of Church at Corinth
• 40: Brief Description of Roman People
• 41: General Purpose of Contents See Bible Dictionary
• 42: Give the author's recipe for causing the devil to flee
• 43: This book is a revelation of whom