The 27 New Testament books were written over 50 years and all were written during the Apostle John’s life time. The purpose of this survey is to help us enjoy and appreciate the recorded New Testament action and drama.
To mark in your Bible I recommend a fine line Zebra ball point pen with black ink. This is the only pen that I know of that will not bleed through the thin Bible pages. There must be other pens, but I don’t know of any.
The New Testament opens 400 years after the Old Testament book of Esther and Malachi. An Old Testament Table of Contents Survey is printed in this blog.
The Gospels
The first four books of the New Testament cover Jesus’ life from four different perspectives and they include about 33 years of history.
These four books start with the preaching of John the Baptist and end with Jesus’ resurrection.
Acts – 33-35 years
The book of Acts starts with Jesus’ ascension into the clouds and ends with Paul in prison in Rome.
The book covers about 35 years.
Acts is the end of the history in the New Testament. The remaining New Testament books are letters to the churches established during the book of Acts. The final New Testament book has a special message to seven churches plus the vision God gave John of things to come.
Luke is the only gentile author in the New Testament, he wrote the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts.
New Testament Letters – 23 years
The New Testament books from Romans to Hebrews are letters written by Paul to churches, specific people, and Christians generally.
All of the New Testament letters, Paul’s plus James’ and Peter’s, were written within 23 years and they were all written during the 33-35 years included in the book of Acts. These are eyewitness accounts, written during the life time of other eyewitnesses that record supernatural events.
Ministry Status after the end of Acts
By year 67 – 68 AD the New Testament Gospels, Acts, and the letters have been written.
Paul has been beheaded in Rome, and Peter has been crucified.
Timothy is the pastor in Ephesus and Titus ministers in Crete.
Within the next few years, John took Jesus’ mother Mary and moved to Ephesus. From there he wrote his three letters and the book of Revelations.
John, Jude, and Revelations
The Apostle John wrote his three letters from Ephesus between 85-90 AD. Jude, the brother of James and half-brother to Jesus, wrote his letter near the end of the book of Acts.
John wrote the book of Revelations from the prison island of Patmos. He was 90+ years old and would not stop preaching the Gospel so he was sent to the prison island where there was almost no one for him to preach to. He was the last apostle alive and the Lord gave him a revelation, and this message preaches to the world for all the generations to come.
Beyond the Table of Contents – The Rapture is Next
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