We're going to start to work our way through the bible, figure out what it's all about, who wrote it and why and what is its relevance to today. As many of you hopefully know the bible is split up into two sections, the Old Testament and the New Testament (which is still pretty old to many of us today...)
So, let's start with the Old Testament. Has anyone actually read the Old Testament? Although a lot of today's Christian faith comes from the New Testament (mostly coz that's the bit with Jesus in it) the Old Testament is still really really important.
The bible is currently the highest selling, most read, most illegal and celebrated work of literature in all history. We believe that this astounding book is the inspired word of God, but a lot of the time it can sit unread on the bookshelf.
The Old Testament is the first part of the bible. It is the bible that Jesus grew up with and knew. Jesus himself claimed to be the fulfillment of the Old Testament Law and prophecy. As followers of Jesus, we need to read the Old Testament and know what it's about. So get your bible off that dusty shelf, clean it up and open up to the begginning, the oldest, old bit!
Does anyone know any stories from the Old Testament? Try and think about some stories that you might know, some stories that you perhaps grew up with and try to fit them into a timeline.
I'll give you a head start;
Adam and Eve
What other stories do you know? Where do they fit in history?
Happy Day!***
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