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Kingdom
of God 
Text:
The Kingdom of God: A
Guide for Old Testament Study
Francis Breisch, Jr.
Christian Schools International
3350 East Paris Avenue, SE
Box 8709
Grand Rapids, MI 49518-8709
ISBN # 0-87463-207-2
To order telephone toll-free at: 1-800-635-8288, ext. 256
The Kingdom of God by Francis Breisch, Jr. is a wonderful survey of the older testament (which our children did at the age of 12). It teaches the purpose of each book, information about a book's author, when the book was written, how the book is organized, the book's main lessons, and many other important aspects of each book of the older testament. At the end of each chapter, there are comprehension questions as well as thought or discussion questions.
Strongly recommend listening to Alexander Scourby as you go through The Kingdom of God by Francis Breisch, Jr. In this way, your scholar will read and listen to the entire older testament while learning the proper pronunciation of geographical place names and hard to pronounce names of individuals.
Alexander Scourby read the following chapters from the older testament to accompany The Kingdom of God: A Guide for Old Testament Study by Francis Breisch, Jr.
When is the
material in the actual book read?
As you will note in The Kingdom of God each chapter pretty
much deals with a particular book of the older testament. What
we did was look to see what the chapter dealt with sometimes
the chapter would only take on half a book of the older testament
and other times it may have dealt with two books of the older
testament. We read a section of the The Kingdom of God
first and tried to answer the questions at the end of the lesson.
Then, we would listen to Alexander Scourby perform the Bible for
us.
Are the times
listed indicate how long it takes Alexander Scourby to read that
chapter in the Bible?
The times listed shows exactly how much time was spent following
along in our Bibles while Alexander Scourby performed for us.
Initially, we read the The Kingdom of God chapter after
Alexander Scourby's performance; however, my daughters felt they
got more out of The Kingdom of God and Alexander Scourby's
performance if we read The Kingdom of God first before
and attempted to answer the questions before listening to Alexander
Scourby's performance.
How long
should it actually take us to do a day's lesson?
Generally, reading from The Kingdom of God only took 5-8
minutes (if that much) daily.
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Genesis |
Genesis |
Exodus |
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Exodus |
Leviticus |
Numbers |
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Deuteronomy |
Deuteronomy & Joshua |
Joshua Judges |
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Ruth & Samuel |
Samuel |
Samuel & Psalms |
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Psalms |
Psalms Proverbs |
Proverbs Song of Solomon Job |
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Job |
1 Kings / 2 Kings |
2 Kings |
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2 Kings 1 Chronicles |
2 Chronicles Joel, Amos |
Amos, Hosea Isaiah |
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Isaiah |
Isaiah, Micah |
Jonah, Obadiah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Jeremiah |
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Jeremiah |
Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel |
Ezekiel |
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Ezekiel Daniel, Esther |
Ezra, Nehemiah, Ecclesiates |
Ecclesiates, Haggai Zechariah, Malachi |
The Kingdom of God by Francis Breisch, Jr. is a wonderful survey of the older testament (which our children did at the age of 12). It teaches the purpose of each book, information about a book's author, when the book was written, how the book is organized, the book's main lessons, and many other important aspects of each book of the older testament. At the end of each chapter, there are comprehension questions as well as thought or discussion questions.
Alexander Scourby read the following chapters from the older testament to accompany The Kingdom of God: A Guide for Old Testament Study by Francis Breisch, Jr.
Strongly recommend listening to Alexander Scourby as you go through The Kingdom of God by Francis Breisch, Jr. In this way, your scholar will read and listen to the entire older testament while learning the proper pronunciation of geographical place names and hard to pronounce names of individuals.
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Kingdom
of God: Chapter 23 Total Time = 31:39 Tuesday Total Time = 39:44 Wednesday Total Time = 31:01 Thursday Total Time = 31:52 Friday Total Time = 30:24 |
Monday Total Time = 29:31 Kingdom
of God: Chapter 25 Tuesday Total Time = 31:09 Wednesday Total Time = 22:01 Kingdom
of God: Chapter 26 Thursday Total Time = 30:33 Friday Total Time = 26:54 |
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Week #17 Movies: David and Bathsheba (116 min) David (3 hrs) |
Week #18 Movies: Story of David (3 hr 11 min) King David ( ) |
Great
Art Suggestions for Week #17 and Week #18:
1) The Queen
of Sheba Before Solomon by Vigion (1762-1828)
2) The Judgement of Solomon by Girogione (1476-1510)
3) King Solomon's Judgment by Rubens (1 Kings 3:16-28)
4) Elijah in the Desert by Oliver (1 Kings 17:2-6)
5) Joash Shoots the Arrow of the Lord's Deliverance
by Dyce (2 Kings 13:15-17)
Strongly recommend listening to Alexander Scourby as you go through The Kingdom of God by Francis Breisch, Jr. In this way, your scholar will read and listen to the entire older testament while learning the proper pronunciation of geographical place names and hard to pronounce names of individuals.
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Monday Total Time = 21:16 Tuesday Total Time = 31:47 Wednesday Total Time = 20:58 Thursday Total Time = 26:29 Friday Total Time = 15:46 |
Monday Total Time = 21:49 Tuesday Total Time = 33:16 Wednesday Total Time = 27:08 Kingdom
of God: Chapter 28 Thursday Total Time = 11:44 Kingdom
of God: Chapter 29 Friday |
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Week #19 Movies: Solomon and Sheba (Yul Brenner) Solomon (TNT 171 minutes) |
Week #20 Movies: The Tabernacle (28 minutes) Solomon's Temple (26 minutes) |
Strongly recommend listening to Alexander Scourby as you go through The Kingdom of God by Francis Breisch, Jr. In this way, your scholar will read and listen to the entire older testament while learning the proper pronunciation of geographical place names and hard to pronounce names of individuals.
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Monday Total Time = 9:29 Kingdom
of God: Chapter 30 Tuesday Total Time = 14:12 Wednesday Total Time = 14:08 Kingdom
of God: Chapter 31 Thursday Total Time = 19:51 Friday Total Time = 18:55 |
Monday Total Time = 16:16 Tuesday Total Time = 17:20 Wednesday Total Time = 22:35 Thursday Total Time = 16:34 Kingdom
of God: Chapter 32 Friday Total Time = 24:43 |
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Week #22 Movies: Enigma of the Dead Sea Scrolls (58min) |
Great
Art Suggestions for Week #22:
1) Archangel
Michael Casting Lucifer from Heaven by Solemena (Isa. 14:12-14)
Strongly recommend listening to Alexander Scourby as you go through The Kingdom of God by Francis Breisch, Jr. In this way, your scholar will read and listen to the entire older testament while learning the proper pronunciation of geographical place names and hard to pronounce names of individuals.
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Monday Tuesday Total Time = 18:20 Wednesday Total Time = 18:03 Thursday Total Time = 18:01 Kingdom
of God: Chapter 33 Friday |
Kingdom
of God: Chapter 34 Monday Kingdom
of God: Chapter 35 Kingdom
of God: Chapter 37 Wednesday Total Time = 9:15 Kingdom
of God: Chapter 38 Thursday Kingdom
of God: Chapter 39 Friday Total Time = 34:17 |
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Week #24 Movies: Jeremiah (96 min) |
Great
Art Suggestions for Week #24:
1) Jonah and the Whale by Lastman (1583-1633)
Music
Jonah by Lamb, (Album: Lamb Live)
Strongly recommend listening to Alexander Scourby as you go through The Kingdom of God by Francis Breisch, Jr. In this way, your scholar will read and listen to the entire older testament while learning the proper pronunciation of geographical place names and hard to pronounce names of individuals.
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Total Time = 29:50 Thursday Total Time = 35:31 Friday Total Time = 25:48 |
Monday Tuesday Total Time = 29:53 Kingdom
of God: Chapter 40 Wednesday Total Time = 20:12 Kingdom
of God: Chapter 41 Thursday Friday |
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Week #25 Movies: Jeremiah (96 min) |
Week #26 Movies: Jeremiah (96 min) |
Great
Art Suggestions for Week #25:
1) The Prophet
Jeremiah by Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Nursery Rhyme:
Dem Dry Bones
have fun with this old nursery rhyme about Ezekiel and
"Dem Dry Bones" (there's even music!)
Strongly recommend listening to Alexander Scourby as you go through The Kingdom of God by Francis Breisch, Jr. In this way, your scholar will read and listen to the entire older testament while learning the proper pronunciation of geographical place names and hard to pronounce names of individuals.
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday |
Monday Kingdom
of God: Chapter 42 Tuesday Wednesday Kingdom
of God: Chapter 43 Thursday Friday |
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Week #28 Movies: Esther (91 min) |
Great
Art Suggestions for Week #27 and Week #28:
1) The Vision
of Ezekiel, The Resurrection of the Flesh by Callantes (Ezekiel
37:1-14)
2) Daniel's Answer to the King by Rivere (Daniel
6:21,22)
3) The Fainting of Esther by Coypel (Esther 2:16,17)
4) Esther Crowned By Ahasuerus by Del Sellaio
5) Ahasuerus and Esther by G.F. Barberi
6) Esther and Ahasterus by Bernardo Cavalinno
Nursery Rhyme:
Dem Dry Bones
have fun with this old nursery rhyme about Ezekiel and
"Dem Dry Bones" (there's even music!)
Strongly recommend listening to Alexander Scourby as you go through The Kingdom of God by Francis Breisch, Jr. In this way, your scholar will read and listen to the entire older testament while learning the proper pronunciation of geographical place names and hard to pronounce names of individuals.
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Kingdom
of God: Chapter 44 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Kingdom
of God: Chapter 45 Friday |
Monday Kingdom
of God: Chapter 46 Tuesday Haggai Total Time = 5:43 Thursday Kingdom
of God: Chapter 48 Friday |
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Week #30 Movies: Solomon (171 minutes) |


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