1. The Bible Story

2. IN THE BEGINNING……. Before the Flood
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
First sin
Man grows wicked
The Flood
The world thought Noah was a fool but only 8 souls are saved….Noah was 600 yr. old

3. The Bible Story Scattering of the people
The people eventually went to into the Plain of Shinar or Mesopotamian Valley.
God said Go but the people refused.
“Confused their language and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth”.

4. The Bible Story Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Jacob and Esau
The sons of Jacob
Joseph sold into Egypt
Enslaved in Egypt
10 plagues

5. The Bible Story The Exodus Moses and Aaron
Wondering in the Wilderness:
Sent spies to bring a report
10 said “We can’t do it” BUT 2 said “We can”
Joshua and Caleb
Speeches that Moses made in Deuteronomy

6. The Bible Story Invasion and conquest: Jericho and Ai
Divide the land among the 12 tribes
Judges
The children of Israel intermarry with the Canaanites, worship false gods (Judges 3)
The people ask for a king!

7. The Bible Story United Kingdom Wanted a king to rule over them
Saul, David, Solomon
The Divided Kingdom:
Isreal (10 tribes) in the North and Judah (2 tribes) in the south
The Northern Kingdom of Israel went into Assyrian Captivity about 722 b.c. In about 606 b.c., the Babylonians carried the first wave of prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon. They took another group about 597 b.c., and finally took all but the poorest of the people in 586 b.c. At this time they also destroyed the Temple and the walls of Jerusalem. The entire country was laid waste.

8. The Bible Story Judah Alone:
The Captivity-Babylon for 70 years Shadrack, Meshack, and Abednigo along with Daniel into Babylon by the Babylonians in 606/605 under the campaign of Nebuchadnezzar II, during the first deportation of the Israelites
The Return From Captivity
Cyrus II of Persia allowed them to return

9. The Bible Story Ezra (priest and scibe)
Nehemia (cub bearer to the king
Walls rebuilt in 52 days
Temple
Years of Silence-a famine of God’s Word
Malachi-435 b.c.-Pharasee, Saducee,
Power from Daniel’s vision-Babylonians, Medo-Persians, Greeks, and Romans

10. The Bible Story Life of Christ
When the time had come for God to fulfill His promise.
Joseph and Mary
John the baptist
Jesus
Day of Pentecost Acts 2
Early Church

11. The Bible Story Letters To The Christians
In this we can see how God’s plan to redeem man would be fulfilled down to every detail.
Reassures our faith that these things did happen.
Gives ability to give an answer of the hope that is in you: I Peter 3:15