Sunday, December 05, 2004

Adam

Adam was the first human being created by God.He was created the sixth day.God put Adam in the Garden of Eden,where he made Adam dominant over the animals. Adam chose to sin against God when he listened to his wife and ate of a the fruit of a tree which he had been forbidden to eat from.After this,Adam and his wife were thrown out of the garden of Eden.Outside the garden Adam had to work hard to grow the food that they needed.It was at this time when they had been banished from the garden that Adam's son Cain killed his brother Abel.Adam and his wife Eve then had another son named Seth to carry on a Godly line.Adam died at the age of 930 years.

Saturday, December 04, 2004

Eve

Eve was the wife of Adam.God created her from one of Adam's ribs.God created her as Adam's "help-meet",or completer.She was tempted by a snake to disobey God,and she gave in and convinced her husband Adam to disobey God as well.Through this co-disobedience they were thrown into exile from the garden of Eden.She had three sons who are mentioned in the Bible:Abel,Cain,and Seth.

Friday, December 03, 2004

Noah

Noah was the only man during his time who did good in God's eyes, while the rest of humanity was inundated in evil.God called him to build a large boat to save himself,his family, and mating pairs of animals. They all survived a world-wide flood,after which God made a covenant never to destroy the earth with water again.Noah lived to be 950 years old.

Thursday, December 02, 2004

Abraham

Abraham was the first of the Patriarchs of the Israelite people.He initially followed God by obeying his command to leave the city Ur and travel to a foreign land.He traveled with his family to the land of Canaan,but they had to travel down to Egypt because Canaan was in the midst of a famine.
While down there,Abraham lied to the pharaoh for fear of his life,and told the pharaoh that his own wife Sarah was his sister.The pharaoh eventually commanded them to leave because he figured out that having Abraham's wife/sister in his harem was bringing plagues on Egypt.They then travelled back to Canaan where Abraham and his nephew Lot split their paths.Soon after they seperated,a league of kings attacked the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah,the area in which Lot had just settled.Abraham,of course,comes to his nephew's rescue and defeats the kings in battle.
God promised to Abraham a son.After some mistakes made by Abraham and Sarah involving her maid Hagar,they finally have a son named Isaac.Abraham is then confronted by God and given the covenant of circumcision,in which God promises Abraham that he will be the father of nations.
After a while God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac to test Abraham's loyalty and faithfulness.God stayed his hand at the last moment before he killed his son,and gave him a ram to sacrifice in his place.When Isaac got older,Abraham sent a servant of his to find Isaac a wife among his relatives.The servant was successful,and Abraham died at a "ripe old age"

Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Isaac

Isaac was the son of Abraham and another of the Patriarchs.He was born to the barren wife of Abraham,Sarah.A servant of his fathers went to their relatives to find him a wife.The servant found Rebekah,daughter of Bethuel.Isaac and Rebekah are married,but Rebekah is barren.Isaac then prayed to God for his wife's barreness,and Rebekah became pregnant with twins.
When his sons are older,the younger son Jacob decieves Isaac into giving his blessing to him instead of to his brother Esau.Isaac lived to be one-hundred and eighty years before he died.