TTKIM 5 - The Historical Books in the Old Testament

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Hank Smith & John Bytheway

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🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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This episode of followHIM features John Bytheway, Hank Smith, and Dr. Ross Baron exploring the “historical books” of the Old Testament—Joshua through Esther—and how they reveal God’s hand in Israel’s history over roughly 800 years, from the entry into the promised land to the Persian period. They explain that these narratives show the blessings and consequences tied to the Abrahamic Covenant and emphasize that God is patient, merciful, and consistently works with His people at their level whi...

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Follow Him.
0:09.5	Today we are looking at another entry in our thoughts to keep in mind.
0:14.3	We have with us our friend Dr. Ross Barron.
0:18.0	Thank you for joining us again, Ross.
0:20.4	Thirl to be here. So excited.
0:22.9	Hank, are you excited to look at the historical books of the Old Testament?
0:27.6	Well, two things. One, I love Ross Barron.
0:30.1	A great soul, great man. I do pick on him quite a bit, but it's our love language.
0:35.7	I call it affectionate disrespect.
0:39.3	And second, we talked before we hit record here. Some of the greatest stories you'll ever hear of people
0:44.6	following and loving God and following prophets are in these books. And yet, I don't know if we
0:50.6	appreciate them like we could. And it's interesting that they would even have a lesson called the historical books in the Old
0:57.7	Testament. Okay, well, what are the other books? Hopefully we can talk about all of that today
1:02.5	as we are trying to increase our Old Testament literacy on follow him this year.
1:08.4	Why don't I read the first paragraph in the thoughts to keep in mind,
1:12.9	and then we will turn it to you, Ross, and you could take off. This is what our official manual says.
1:19.6	The books of Joshua through Esther are traditionally known as the historical books of the Old
1:25.5	Testament. This doesn't mean that the other books in the
1:28.7	Old Testament don't have historical value. Rather, the historical books are called that because
1:34.1	their writer's main objective was to show God's hand in the history of the people of Israel.
1:39.6	The purpose was not to outline the law of Moses as Leviticus and Deuteronomy do. It's kind of fun to say Deuteronomy do. It was not to outline the law of Moses as Leviticus and Deuteronomy do. It's kind of fun to say
1:45.7	Deuteronomy do. It was not to express praise or lament in poetic form as the songs and lamentations
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