Christology In The Bible (by Books – OT)
OLD TESTAMENT (39 Books) (Christ foreshadowed, promised, prefigured, prophesied, symbolised) 1. Genesis — The Promised Seed & Creator-Word Jesus is…
OLD TESTAMENT (39 Books) (Christ foreshadowed, promised, prefigured, prophesied, symbolised) 1. Genesis — The Promised Seed & Creator-Word Jesus is…
NEW TESTAMENT (27 Books) (Christ directly revealed) 40. Matthew — Jesus the Messiah-King Fulfilment of prophecy and the manifestation of…
OLD TESTAMENT (39 Books) 1. Genesis — Creation & Fall Reveals God as Creator and explains humanity’s origin, dignity, and…
NEW TESTAMENT (27 Books) 40. Matthew — Kingdom of God Jesus the King fulfils prophecy and establishes His kingdom. 41.…
OLD TESTAMENT (39 Books) 1. Genesis 2. Exodus 3. Leviticus 4. Numbers 5. Deuteronomy 6. Joshua 7. Judges 8. Ruth…
NEW TESTAMENT (27 Books) 40. Matthew 41. Mark 42. Luke 43. John 44. Acts Paul’s Epistles (45–57) (Mostly descriptions of…
OLD TESTAMENT (39 Books) 1. Genesis — Foundational Prayers of the Patriarchs Abraham intercedes for Sodom; Hagar cries to God;…
NEW TESTAMENT (27 Books) 40. Matthew — Jesus’ Prayer Teaching Lord’s Prayer; prayer in Gethsemane; thanksgiving prayers. 41. Mark —…
OLD TESTAMENT (39 Books) 1. Genesis — Trust God’s Plan from the Beginning God is faithful even when humans fail;…
NEW TESTAMENT (27 Books) 40. Matthew — Follow Jesus as King Live the Sermon on the Mount; seek the Kingdom…
OLD TESTAMENT (39 Books) 1. Genesis Cherubim guard Eden; the Angel of the LORD appears to Hagar and Abraham; angelic…
NEW TESTAMENT (27 Books) 40. Matthew Angels appear at Jesus’ birth, temptation, resurrection; demons cast out; Satan tempts Christ. 41.…
OLD TESTAMENT (39 Books) 1. Genesis 2. Exodus 3. Leviticus 4. Numbers 5. Deuteronomy 6. Joshua 7. Judges 8. Ruth…
NEW TESTAMENT (27 Books) 40–43. Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) All centred on: 44. Acts Paul’s Letters (45–57) Each book…
1. Genesis (The Choice: Vol.1) 2. Exodus (The Choice: Vol.1) 3. Leviticus (The Choice: Vol.1) 4. Numbers (The Choice: Vol.1)…
Noah Category: Obedience under ridicule & perseverance Could avoid: Live in corruption like others.“The LORD saw how great the wickedness…
Aaron (High Priest) Category: Sacred responsibility & priestly endurance Could avoid: Refuse priesthood to escape great responsibility.“Bring your brother Aaron…
Moses Category: Leadership burden & intercessory endurance Could avoid: Step down in frustration from leading a stubborn people.“I cannot carry…
Moses Category: Faithful perseverance despite personal loss Could avoid: Withdraw in bitterness after being told he would not enter the…
Joshua Category: Leadership courage & obedience in conquest Could avoid: Shrink back after Moses’ death.“Moses my servant is dead. Now…
Deborah Category: Prophetic leadership & courage in battle Could avoid: Remain silent as a woman in a male-led society.“Now Deborah,…
Ruth Category: Loyal love & faith in God beyond her people Could avoid: Return to Moab like Orpah and seek…
Hannah Category: Perseverance in prayer & surrender to God Could avoid: Give up praying under barrenness and provocation.“Because the LORD…
David (as King) Category: Repentance, restraint & enduring discipline Could avoid: Hide his sin with Bathsheba and Uriah.“David sent someone…
Solomon (Early Years) Category: Humility in leadership & pursuit of wisdom Could avoid: Rely on power, wealth, and politics like…
Elisha Category: Prophetic perseverance & faith in God’s power Could avoid: Remain a farmer, avoid the prophetic mantle.“So Elisha left…
David (as King, remembered) Category: Wholehearted devotion & preparation for God’s house Could avoid: Rule like other kings, focusing on…
Solomon Category: Dedication & endurance in worship Could avoid: Rule like other kings without centralising worship.“Then Solomon began to build…
Zerubbabel (Governor) Category: Perseverance in rebuilding amidst opposition Could avoid: Remain comfortable in Babylon rather than face hardship in Jerusalem.“Then…
Nehemiah Category: Leadership endurance & prayerful perseverance Could avoid: Remain comfortable as cupbearer to the king.“I was cupbearer to the…
Esther Category: Courageous intercession & risk of life Could avoid: Hide her Jewish identity, live safely as queen.“For if you…
Job Category: Patient endurance in suffering & faith under trial Could avoid: Curse God, give up faith, seek relief through…
David (Major Contributor) Category: Endurance in persecution & trust under pressure Could avoid: Abandon trust, seek revenge on enemies.“How long,…
The Wise (General Figure) Category: Endurance in righteous living & daily choices Could avoid: Take shortcuts, follow the wicked.“There is…
The Teacher (Qoheleth, often linked to Solomon) Category: Endurance in searching for meaning under the sun Could avoid: Ignore life’s…
The Bride (Shulammite Woman) Category: Endurance in love & loyalty Could avoid: Yield to Solomon’s harem, compromise her devotion.“My own…
Isaiah the Prophet Category: Prophetic endurance & obedience in hard calling Could avoid: Remain silent to escape rejection.“Then I heard…
Jeremiah the Prophet Category: Prophetic suffering & perseverance in truth Could avoid: Refuse God’s call, live a quiet life.“Alas, Sovereign…
Jeremiah (the Weeping Prophet) Category: Endurance in grief & intercession Could avoid: Distance himself emotionally, protect himself from sorrow.“I remember…
Ezekiel the Prophet Category: Prophetic endurance in exile & symbolic suffering Could avoid: Remain silent, refuse God’s hard call.“The Spirit…
Daniel Category: Integrity in exile & perseverance in prayer Could avoid: Eat Babylon’s food, blend in, stop praying to avoid…
Hosea Category: Prophetic endurance in painful obedience Could avoid: Refuse God’s command to marry an unfaithful woman.“When the LORD began…
The People of Judah Category: Endurance through disaster & call to repentance Could avoid: Ignore the locust plague and drought…
Amos the Prophet Category: Endurance in truth-telling & justice preaching Could avoid: Remain a shepherd and sycamore fig farmer in…
Edom (Negative Example) Category: Pride and betrayal in crisis Could avoid: Rejoicing over Israel’s downfall.“Do not gloat over your brother…
Jonah Category: Reluctant endurance & struggle with obedience Could avoid: Run away permanently and ignore God’s call.“But Jonah ran away…
Micah the Prophet Category: Endurance in proclaiming justice & hope Could avoid: Remain silent before corrupt leaders and false prophets.“Hear,…
Nahum the Prophet Category: Endurance in declaring God’s justice Could avoid: Remain silent against a powerful empire.“The LORD is a…
Habakkuk the Prophet Category: Endurance in questioning & trusting God Could avoid: Stay silent, accept injustice without wrestling.“How long, LORD,…
Zephaniah the Prophet Category: Endurance in warning & proclaiming both judgment and hope Could avoid: Stay quiet under Josiah’s reforms…
Haggai the Prophet Category: Endurance in exhortation & encouragement Could avoid: Remain silent when people neglected God’s house.“Is it a…
Zechariah the Prophet Category: Endurance in vision & encouragement Could avoid: Stay silent, avoid responsibility after return from exile.“Return to…
Malachi the Prophet Category: Endurance in rebuke & covenant faithfulness Could avoid: Remain silent about priests’ corruption and people’s apathy.“A…
Jesus Christ Category: Ultimate endurance in mission & sacrifice Could avoid: Call down angels, avoid suffering and the cross.“Do you…
Jesus Christ Category: Endurance in servanthood & suffering Could avoid: Refuse the way of suffering, take an easier path.“The Son…
Jesus Christ Category: Endurance in mission, suffering, and compassion Could avoid: Avoid the cross, reject rejection.“Father, if you are willing,…
Jesus Christ Category: Endurance in love & sacrificial mission Could avoid: Avoid the cross, withdraw from suffering.“No one takes it…
The Apostles (as a whole) Category: Endurance in mission & persecution Could avoid: Stay hidden after Jesus’ death.“Then they gathered…
Paul (Author & Example) Category: Endurance in apostleship & suffering for the gospel Could avoid: Stay silent, live as a…
Paul (as Apostle & Example) Category: Endurance in ministry & suffering Could avoid: Stop preaching to avoid hardship.“To this very…
Paul (as Apostle & Sufferer) Category: Endurance in weakness & hardship Could avoid: Stop ministering to avoid pain.“We are hard…
Paul (Defender of the Gospel) Category: Endurance in truth & opposition Could avoid: Compromise with Judaizers to avoid conflict.“Am I…
Paul (the Prisoner of Christ) Category: Endurance in imprisonment & ministry Could avoid: Stop preaching to avoid chains.“For this reason…
Paul (Joyful in Chains) Category: Endurance in prison with joy Could avoid: Stop preaching and avoid imprisonment.“As a result, it…
Paul (the Suffering Servant of the Gospel) Category: Endurance in chains & ministry Could avoid: Stop preaching Christ to avoid…
Paul (as Spiritual Father) Category: Endurance in ministry & example of faith Could avoid: Withdraw from persecution in Thessalonica.“We had…
The Thessalonian Believers Category: Endurance in persecution & growing faith Could avoid: Abandon faith under pressure.“We ought always to thank…
Paul (as Mentor & Example of Grace) Category: Endurance in faith despite past opposition Could avoid: Remain a Pharisee, persecutor…
Paul (at the End of His Race) Category: Endurance unto death & faithfulness to Christ Could avoid: Deny Christ, seek…
Paul (as Sender & Example) Category: Endurance in apostolic mission Could avoid: Rest after years of hardship.“Paul, a servant of…
Paul (the Intercessor in Chains) Category: Endurance in appeal & advocacy Could avoid: Stay silent, leave Onesimus’ case unresolved.“I am…
Christ (Supreme Example of Endurance) Category: Endurance in obedience & suffering Could avoid: Refuse the cross, call on angels to…
Believers Under Trials Category: Endurance in testing & maturity Could avoid: Lose heart or compromise under hardship.“Consider it pure joy,…
Christ (The Example of Suffering) Category: Endurance in unjust suffering & obedience Could avoid: Resist arrest, call on angels to…
Peter (the Aging Apostle) Category: Endurance in teaching & preparing the church Could avoid: Stay silent, protect himself from martyrdom.“So…
John (the Elder Apostle) Category: Endurance in testimony & shepherding Could avoid: Withdraw quietly in old age.“That which was from…
John (the Elder) Category: Endurance in truth & shepherding Could avoid: Remain silent in old age.“The elder, to the lady…
John (the Elder Apostle) Category: Endurance in guiding truth & love Could avoid: Stay silent in old age.“The elder, to…
Jude (the Author, Brother of James and Jesus’ Servant) Category: Endurance in contending for truth Could avoid: Stay silent against…
Christ (the Faithful Witness & Conqueror) Category: Endurance in suffering & triumph Could avoid: Escape the cross, call on heaven’s…
Old Testament 1. Torah / Pentateuch 1. Genesis (The Choice: Vol.2) 2. Exodus (The Choice: Vol.2) 3. Leviticus (The Choice:…
Cain Category: Failure of worship & jealousy Could endure: Offer acceptable worship like Abel.“By faith Abel brought God a better…
Pharaoh Category: Failure of submission & humility Could endure: Humble himself under God’s power and let Israel go.“This is what…
Nadab & Abihu Category: Failure of reverence & priestly obedience Could endure: Offer sacrifices exactly as God commanded.“Among those who…
The Wilderness Generation Category: Failure of faith & trust Could endure: Enter the Promised Land by trusting God’s promise.“The LORD…
Israel’s Future Apostasy (Foretold) Category: Failure of covenant loyalty Could endure: Remain faithful to God and His covenant.“Keep his decrees…
Achan Category: Failure of obedience & greed Could endure: Obey God’s command to devote Jericho’s plunder to Him.“But keep away…
Israel’s Cycles of Apostasy Category: Failure of covenant loyalty Could endure: Remain faithful to the LORD after Joshua.“Israel served the…
Elimelek (Naomi’s Husband) Category: Failure of trust in God’s provision Could endure: Stay in Bethlehem (“House of Bread”) during famine…
Eli’s Sons (Hophni & Phinehas) Category: Failure of priestly holiness Could endure: Serve faithfully as priests before the LORD.“You and…
David’s Sin with Bathsheba Category: Failure of purity & kingship duty Could endure: Lead his army, remain faithful to God’s…
Solomon’s Decline Category: Failure of covenant faithfulness Could endure: Walk in God’s ways and keep the covenant.“If you walk before…
Israel’s Kings & the Fall of Samaria Category: Failure of covenant obedience Could endure: Keep God’s commandments and lead the…
Saul’s Downfall (Retold) Category: Failure of obedience & seeking God Could endure: Obey God’s word and seek Him wholeheartedly.“If you…
Rehoboam’s Pride Category: Failure of humility & wisdom Could endure: Serve the people with gentleness, follow God’s law.“If you are…
Opposition to the Temple Work Category: Failure of perseverance (external enemies & internal discouragement) Could endure: Continue the rebuilding of…
Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem (Opposition to the Wall) Category: Failure of submission to God’s work Could endure: Support God’s rebuilding…
Vashti (Negative Contrast) Category: Failure of submission & humility Could endure: Show respect to the king (though imperfect king, she…
Job’s Wife Category: Failure of loyalty & faith under suffering Could endure: Stand by Job, trust God amid suffering.“Shall we…
The Wicked (General) Category: Failure of righteousness Could endure: Delight in God’s law, walk in His ways.“Blessed is the one……