Genesis
Eden to Egypt spanned,
Exodus
back to the Promised Land.
Leviticus
laws and economy,
Through
Numbers to Deuteronomy.
Joshua
fought with soldiers and spies,
Judges
did right in their own eyes.
Ruth
it's a love story, Samuel describes,
The
Kings and Chronicles of Israel's tribes.
Nehemiah,
the city walls,
Ezra
rebuilt the temple halls.
Ester
saved her people, the Jews,
Job
did a job on Satan's views.
Psalms
inspire, console, delight,
Proverbs
probes what's wrong and what's right.
Ecclesiastes:
life under the sun,
Solomon's
Song' s love sought and won.
Isaiah
preached to many nations,
Then
Jeremiah's Lamentations,
Ezekiel
envisioned wheels and bones,
Daniel
faced lions and heavenly thrones.
Hosea's
wife her vows ignored,
Joel
foresaw the Spirit outpoured.
Amos,
apostasy denounced,
Obadiah
saw Edom trounced.
Jonah
and Jaws had a secret tryst,
Micah
foretold two comings of Christ.
Nahum
announced Ninevah's doom,
Habakkuk,
the Chaldean's tomb.
Zephaniah,
the final end,
Haggai,
to the Remnant penned.
Zachariah,
the kingdom story,
Malachi:
the grief and the glory!
Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John,
The
life of Christ are based upon.
Acts
depicts the early church,
Romans;
doctrines to research.
Corinthians
had flaws to face,
Galatians
deals with law and grace.
Ephesians;
life from above,
Phillippines
flows with heavenly love.
Colossians
cautions Christ is supreme,
The
Second Coming, Thessalonian's theme.
Timothy
was like a son to Paul,
Titus,
a young man who answered the call.
Philemon's
to have his slave restore,
The
Hebrew's Messiah is Christ, the Lord.
James
aims for faith to show,
Peter's
boldness against the foe.
The
letters of John and judgements of Jude,
The
Revelations of Scriptures conclude.