SUMMARY OF THE BOOKS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
The book of Matthew is under of genre of Gospels and it majorly contains the narration histories, genealogy, sermons and the prophetic oracles. It was apparently by Levi who was a disciple of Christ. The main theme in the book of Mathew is the Kingdom and it has been used up to 28 times. The major characters involved in the text are The Messiah, his parents Mary and Joseph, the twelve disciples, John the Baptist and leaders such as Pilate and the Pharisees.
It was also written to convince the Jews that indeed Christ was the long awaited Messiah as evident in various chapters of the book. In Chapters 26-28, the death and resurrection of Jesus is reviewed. This is the genesis of salvation to mankind. This is a central theme of salvation through faith in the complete works of Jesus Christ. Salvation is only possible through death and resurrection.
JOHN
The book of John is under the genre of gospel books and it contains narratives, sermons, parables and a few prophetic oracles. This book was written by Apostle John. The key personalities are Jesus, Lazarus, Martha and Mary among others. Chapter 1 is basically a preliminary of the coming of the messiah where he gives clear evidence that Jesus is more than just a man. John describes the word as Jesus who came to live among the believers.
The last supper, an event just a short while before Jesus is killed is found in chapters 13-17 and Jesus teaches about many important topics to the followers at this time.
ACTS
The genre of acts is a narrative with many sermons and was written by Luke. The title Acts is to emphasize that it records the Acts of the Apostles through the guidance of the Holy Spirit which therefore appears as the main theme of the book. The key personalities include peter, Paul, John, James, Stephen, Barnabas, timothy, Lydia, Silas and Apollo. It contains the events surrounding Jerusalem and the infancy of the church with messages concerning the evangelism in Jerusalem describing the events of the Pentecost and the amazing bold sermon presented by Peter to the Jews.
Towards the end, there is a shift in focus of evangelism to other areas where the non converts are included. Here, Stephen is falsely accused and stoned to death while preaching to religious leaders. Evangelism to the gentiles continues and goes outside Jerusalem. The final chapters describe Paul’s travel to Jerusalem and his arrest and trial in Rome.
ROMANS
The book of Romans is of genre of epistles, a Pauline epistle or the letters of Paul which was written by Paul. The book gives a revelation to important questions such salvation, sovereignty of God, judgment and spiritual growth. The focus of the righteousness of God is evident throughout the book and is threaded through all sections of the basic epistle.
REVELATION
The book of revelation falls in the genre of the apocalypse which literary denotes a prophecy. It was written by john who witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus.
John describes the details of the revelation settings that he received as he was imprisoned in the island of Patmos and he received a vision from an angel that instructed him to write to seven churches about whatever he had seen and this is evident in revelation chapter 1:19. John describes the seven churches of their eminent qualities and falls.
The 7th seal introduces the 7 angels and a third of the whole earth population is killed since they did not repent. This book as the name suggests some of the revelation which is likely to signify eschatology.
Work cited
kugler, et al. An introduction to the Bible. n.a: Eerdmans, 2009. print.
