In the Beginning

• (Left ~ Scene one) God existed in the beginning (represented by the [gold color] rectangle). God existed before anything else existed. God is Spirit. God has no beginning and He has no end.

• (Right ~ Scene two) Then God created spirit beings to worship Him.

Creation

• Day 1: God said, “Let there be light”. God separated the light from the darkness. There was evening and morning the first day.

• Day 2: God said, “Let there be an expanse. Let it separate the waters above from the waters below” There was evening and morning the second day.

• Day 3: God said, “Let dry land appear”. God also made vegetation.There was evening and morning the third day.

• Day 4: God made sun, moon and stars There was evening and morning the fourth day

• Day 5: God said, “Let the waters be filled with all the living things” God also made birds. God said, “Be fruitful and multiply” There was evening and morning the fifth day.

• Day 6: God made the animals. God made man & woman. God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” There was evening and morning the sixth day.

• Day 7: God rested on the seventh day. He blessed it and made it holy because on it He rested from all His work of creating. Notice the pattern in the Scripture. There’s “evening & morning, day 1 … evening & morning, day 2 … evening & morning, day 3″ (Gen.1). God establishes the pattern and wants man to follow: work 6 days and rest on the 7th day, the Sabbath (Exd.20:8-11). The Sabbath begins Friday evening at sunset and continues through Saturday morning…until the beginning of the evening of the first day of the week.

Garden of Eden

• Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden by the Tree of Life

• Adam & Eve were both naked and were not ashamed (Gen. 2)

• Adam & Eve were in oneness with God

Sin and God’s Promise

• Adam & Eve were in oneness with God … until they sinned.

• God sent them out from the Garden of Eden

• Angels guarding the way to the Tree of Life (Genesis 3)

• Flaming sword turning in all directions

• Snake cursed – crawling

• God provides Adam & Eve with animal skins for covering

• God promises that someday a Descendant will defeat Satan (Gen. 3:15).

Cain & Abel

• Cain & Abel were born outside the Garden of Eden … they were not born in oneness with God (Gen. 4).

• Cain’s face downcast – God didn’t accept his sacrifice (grain & fruit)

• God is pleased with Abel’s blood sacrifice of the lamb. Abel smiles.

• Cain murders his brother. Abel’s blood cries out from the ground.

• The Promised Descendant will come from lineage of Seth (Gen.4:25)

The Flood

• The Ark is very long and only has one door (Genesis 6-9)

• Flood waters (40 days and 40 nights)

• Rainbow – a reminder of God’s covenant promise

• God blessed Noah & sons and said “Be fruitful & multiply & fill the earth”

• Remember: Only 8 people were on the ark (Noah & wife, Shem & wife, Ham & wife, Japheth & wife) … Noah was a descendent of Seth

Tower of Babel

• Up until this time there was only one language (Genesis 11)

• God had told the people to scatter and multiply and fill the earth … but the people stayed and built the Tower of Babel

• Different languages “scatter and multiply”

• Four arrows signifying God’s scattering of the people

God Chooses Abraham

• God says, “Go forth… to a land I will show you… I will make you a great nation… in you all the families of the earth will be blessed” (Gen.12).

• God promises Abram’s descendants will be as many as the stars in the sky. “Then he believed God and it was counted (credited) to him as righteousness” (Gen.15:6).

• The grass is green because Abram was in the Promised Land at the time this event occurred (it’s the land of milk & honey ~ cows eat grass!)

• God made a covenant with Abram that day saying, “I have given this Land to your seed, from river of Egypt to the great river, Euphrates”

• God also told Abram his descendants would be slaves 400 yrs in a foreign land but they would not come out empty-handed (Gen.15).

• Abraham was a descendent of Noah’s son, Shem.

Abraham and Son

• Abraham offers his son (Gen.22).
• Isaac is willing to be in subjection to his father’s will.
• God provides a substitute sacrifice.
• Ram is caught only by his horns in the thicket (has no spot or blemish).

Jacob’s Dream

• Jacob’s Dream (Gen. 28:10-22)

• Ladder reaching from earth to heaven

• Angels ascending and descending

Joseph and his brothers

• The faces of Jacob’s 12 sons. They became the 12 tribes of Israel (Gen. 37-50).

• (Start at top right hand corner of the page and proceed to the left counter-clockwise (Hebrew is read from right to left). The sons are listed in order of their birth)

• • Reuben ~ (top right hand corner of page)

  • Simeon

  • Levi

  • Judah (the Promised Descendant will come from this tribe)

  • Dan

  • Napthali

  • Gad

  • Asher

  • Issachar

  • Zebulun

  • Joseph (with the coat of many colors in center of page)

  • Benjamin

Moses

• Pyramid in Egypt (represents 400 yrs. of Israelite slavery in Egypt)

• Black timeline

• Nile River with Basket (baby Moses inside – Exd.1&2)
• Black timeline

• Burning Bush (Exd.3&4)

• Moses’ sandals

Passover

• (Top left)

  • Nile River with blood (Exodus 7-13)

  • Plague of frogs

  • Lice

• Black (vertical) separation line … because at this point God made a distinction/separation between Israel and the people of Egypt. None of the following plagues came in Goshen where the Israelites were living.

• (Top right)

  • Plague of gnats

  • Cattle disease

  • Boils

  • Lightning and hail

  • Locusts

  • Darkness

• (Center)

  • Passover (Exd.12)

  • Blood on doorposts and lintel

  • Blood in bowl with hyssop

  • Passover lamb slain

Red Sea Deliverance

• God parted the Red Sea (Exodus 14&15)

• “Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? You are awesome is praise, working wonders” (Exd.15:11).

Mt. Sinai

• Mt. Sinai, Clouds, Lightning, Smoke, Sound of Shofar (animal horn)

• God spoke the Ten Commandments (Exodus 19&20)

Tabernacle

• Only one entrance

• Bronze altar and bronze wash basin

• Holy Place includes:

  • 7 branch menorah (gold candlestick)

  • Table of Showbread (gold) w/12 loaves unleavened bread

  • Altar of incense (gold)

  • Veil (blue/purple/scarlet)

• Holy of Holies includes:

  • Ark of the Covenant (gold)

  • Shekinah Glory cloud representing the presence of God

• God said, “Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them” (Exd.25:8).

Israelites in the Land

• a tent = the people of Israel lived in tents in the wilderness

• 2 men w/ grapes on a pole = 12 spies returned with a report & sample fruit from the Promised Land (Canaan)

• 40 = 40 days spying out the land & 40 years of wondering because of the bad report and disbelief

• white megaphone = represents prophets God sent to speak to Israel

• gavel = represents the time of the Judges; cycle of sin pictured

• crown = people chose Saul as king, which meant they rejected God as their king

• harp, shepherd’s staff = represents David who was a shepherd and who sang and wrote many Psalms. The Promised Descendent would be from David’s lineage.

Angel appears to Zacharias /Angel appears to Mary

• • (Left ~ Scene One)

  • Angel Gabriel

  • Zacharias w/priestly garments ~ ministering in Holy Place in Temple

  • Veil (blue/purple/scarlet) of the Temple in the background

  • Altar of Incense (Luke 1:5-25)

• (Right~ Scene two – six months later)

  • Angel Gabriel

  • Mary – (Luke 1:26-38)

• Birth of Messiah

  • Birth of the Messiah – the Promised Descendant

  • Mary (Miryam), baby Jesus (Yeshua), Joseph (Yosef)

  • Shepherds with sheep, Donkey, Star

  • “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).

• The Lamb of God

  • John in a garment of camel’s hair

  • John says Jesus is “Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world”

  • Baptism in the Jordan River

  • Spirit of God descending like a dove on Jesus. And a voice from heaven said, “This is My Son I love; with Him I am pleased”.

  • Again John said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” (John 1:29,36).

• Miracles

  • (Top)Miracle~ Jesus fed the multitude with 5 loaves and 2 fish (John 6:1-14)

  • (Right)Miracle ~ Jesus heals the blind man (John 9)

  • (Left)Miracle ~Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11). Lazarus comes forth from the grave wrapped in grave clothes

• Crucifixion

  • What a picture, what a sacrifice!

  • As the lambs were being sacrificed during the annual Passover observance, the Lamb of God who would take away the sin of the world was slain (John 19:14).

  • Crown of thorns

  • Hand pierced with nail

• Resurrection – celebration of Firstfruits

  • The empty tomb

  • “Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb” (John 20:1).

  • Halleluyah! He has risen from the dead. “Messiah has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep” (1 Cor.15:20).

• Ascension / Holy Spirit given

  • (Left top ~ Scene one)

  • Jesus appeared for 40 days after His resurrection and spoke about the kingdom of God. Then He told them, “Wait for the gift my Father promised, which you heard Me speak about … then He ascended into heaven.” (Acts 1:1-9).

  • (Right bottom ~ Scene two – 10 days later)

  • Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) – Acts 2

  • Jesus’ disciples receive the Promised Gift – the Holy Spirit

  • Sound as of a mighty rushing wind

  • Flaming tongues of fire above each one

• Our Great High Priest

  • Jesus, Our Great High Priest

  • The breastplate of the High Priest

  • (Stones are right to left [Exd.28:17-20] because Hebrew is read from right to left)

  • • First row: ruby, topaz, emerald

    • Second row: turquoise, sapphire, diamond

    • Third row: jacinth, agate, amethyst

    • Fourth row: beryl, onyx, jasper

  • “When Messiah appeared as High Priest … He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands … through His own blood, He entered the Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption” (Heb.9:11-12).

  • “Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He lives to make intercession for them” (Heb.7:25).