In this presentation, Pastor Peter Watson provides a diagrammatic overview of the Old Testament to help contextualise various biblical narratives. He illustrates a persistent tension between the "anti-story" of worldly empire and the "upside-down story" of shalom, where God calls a people to be a blessing to others. Peter tracks the chronological movement from creation and the fall through the era of the patriarchs and the Egyptian exodus. Peter further explains the development of the Israelite monarchy, the eventual division of the kingdom, and the subsequent periods of exile and return. By mapping specific books of the Bible onto this timeline, he offers a structural framework for understanding God's character and the legal and prophetic history of Israel.