My response to Child’s Story of the Bible
Recently, I am reading a book entitled Child’s Story of the Bible. Up to now, I have read fifteen stories in the old testament. Now, it’s necessary for me to explain the structure of this book, including the old testament and the new testament. I will introduce some main plots to you.
Everything has a start, the world without exception. Away back in the beginning of things, it’s said that God made the sky and the earth from scratch we are living in. Totally, God spent six long days to build a captivating and comfortable homeland for human beings: on the first day, he created Day in the light and Night in the darkness which make up a day; on the second day, he separated clouds from
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Abram, who is always one and remembers God, keeping his name alive in the world, married a barren wife, Sarai. As God has told him, with his nephew and wife, he came to the land of Canaan, the promised land but lacking food here. Therefore, coming back to Bethel, where he made the alter before, and worshipped God there, he was loaded and parted from his nephew, Lot. God planned to destroy wicked people living in Sodom and Gomorrah, but prevented from doing so, for Abram besought him to spare them if ten good could be found in them. After all, Lot lived in Sodom. God warned the family of Lot not to look behind them if they wanted to escape for their life, but Lot’s wife is an exception, disobeying God and looking back to see the burning cities, so she became a pillar of salt. Before this, God had promise Abram that he would bear a child, called Isaac, although they were almost one hundred years old. Again, he told him that he should be the father of many nations, changing Abram’s name to Abraham, which means “Father of many people”, and Sarai’s name to Sarah, which means “Princess”. Before long, his promise came true. Interestingly, there having been heathen people around them sometimes killed their children as a sacrifice to these idols who were been worshipped by these fools. God one day told Abraham to take his only son Isaac and offer him upon a mountain called Moriah as a burnt …show more content…
God is incomprehensible to him, but he still chose to believe in God, rose up early with his son coming to the mountain top and made an altar of stones. To be honest, as far as I am concerned, Abraham shouldn’t have done it, now that he believes in God, he should know his great and unique God is completely different from other idols. Therefore, God haven’t considered ever using a person to be a burnt offering. God is an invincible existence with great wisdom. If you are right, he couldn’t get a capital punishment. Be true to our integrity, and no one could find your fault. Abraham is survived by his wife Sarah, living to more than one hundred years old. After he died, all the people came and mourned at the burial of the father, the friend of God, and Father of the faithful. This passage mentioned it in the beginning that Abraham would be the father of many nations. He is well-known for his great faith, composed of three things: knowledge, conviction and trust. To some extent, God is spiritual support in people’s minds, not only forgiving his children who made mistakes, but also saving them from sins and out of dilemma. From my hearts, he is true and kind to his kids, not ever deceiving them to do what is against the world. Just as in the journey way escaping from Egypt to Canaan, people were worshipping idols again when Moses came back and pleaded with God to forgive the great
Some people did not understand why and how people they loved were dying, so they thought it was God punishing them for disobeying him. People believed that He was punishing them for greed, blasphemy,
To end the story a thunderstorm rolls in and Prometheus is left chained to the rock. The Book of Job is a story about a man who “feared God and turned away from evil” (Job 1:1, ESV). He was a very wealthy man who had ten children, many livestock, and many servants. Satan speaks to God one day and God gives him permission to test Job’s faith. Satan begins by taking away Job’s children, killing his livestock,
The Judeo-Christian creation narrative/myth and the Greek Creation Narrative/myth both shared similar themes about the origin and creation of the universe in the Judeo-Christian they stated that when God created the universe it was a dark and a formless place. Then created light and darkness calling it night and day. In the Greek mythology in the beginning there was chaos and darkness. But then love was born bringing order emerging to light.
When they both disobeyed the rules they were punished. Eve had to feel the pain of childbirth, the wife had to live alone and make the earth she had animals sacrifice their life for her. She was named mother earth. She became pregnant with 2 kids, one was
Abraham acted as the link between God and His people when he pleaded with God to spare Sodom and Gomorrah
People who disobeyed the bible were executed or forced to leave their village. To them God was everything and they lived to please
During this time, Jezebel and Ahab were constantly looking for him since he made their life so difficult. They searched every nook and cranny for him, but they had no luck. It was easy to spot him because the Bible described him as being hairy and wearing a leather girdle (NIV English-Korean Bible). Jezebel in this time executed the followers of God. But a prophet named Obadiah saved some of these people by hiding them and giving them food.
Scripture tells us that God came to Abraham, telling him that if he truly was committed to God, he must sacrifice his only son. Abraham agreed, and took his son to a mountain top, prepared to prove his true loyalty to God. As he was about to strike Isaac, God came to him and commanded him to stop, and in reward of his loyalty, gave him descendants as abundant as the stars. This story shows how God’s chesed has allowed his people to be faithful to him as well as the other way around. It proves how God is faithful to his people by giving rewards to those faithful in return, and proves how God’s commitment helps his follower’s stay committed to
In Lamentations, the writer discussed Jerusalem being invaded by an enemy. She was powerful and important to many people. The chapter continues to explain that the city is broken and she is a widow having to follow orders from a foreign king. She is depressed, and she mourns the loss of her people and continues to mourn to God. The people in Zion were sinful and wicked; God allowed Babylon to take over the city to show their consequences for being sinful.
Wilson masterfully employs a fictional narrative, packaged within a concise novel, to convey profound biblical truths and briefly contrast competing worldviews. The story transpires in an undisclosed location, containing a nondescript landscape, which encompasses a single road for the entire region. Eastward, the road progresses up a gradual incline, eventually culminating at “the City” (representing Heaven). Traveling in the opposite direction leads to the “Abyss” (representing Hell). The Master of the City (God) posted numerous warning signs along the road, and employed faithful servants to dissuade travelers from proceeding in the direction of the Abyss.
God not only placed Nehemiah’s story in the Bible to give us a history of Jerusalem’s walls, but also to teach us how we should
“It’s the usual story, the usual stories. God to Adam, God to Noah. Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth [...]. Give me children, or else I die. Am I in God’s stead, who bath withheld from the fruit of the womb?
He proved himself worthy of such a promise as he exhibited his devotion towards god. The moral lesson of loyalty within religion can be further explained by the narrative elements of setting, character, and plot. Abraham and Isaac’s story takes place in the land of
My twelve years of Catholic schooling have taught me many life lessons. The most predominant is how God loves each and every one of us as His children. I experienced this first hand as I volunteered at The Church of the Ascension Vacation Bible School. There I learned that Jesus has a deep love for all His children. The name of the program where I volunteered was called K4J, which means Kids For Jesus.
Starting at verse 9 of Genesis 6, it explains that Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japeth, and that he was a man who walked with God. When God saw that the earth was corrupt he commanded Noah to build an ark big enough for two of each animal, a male and a female, so that he may flood the earth for forty days and nights. Noah brought the animals and his family. God sent rain and killed everything that was on the earth, bugs, livestock, and humans, aside from whom was on the ark. The waters receded gradually.