This is still the story of how it all began.
Comfort to Jerusalem. Your warefare finally ceases.
Matthew lists these generations of Abraham to Jesus.
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This is the story of how it all began.
God made matter and chaos shattered.
Eve and Adam, they tried to hide.
The world got violent and God replied with a mark
and a flood and a rainbow sign. God's love written on skin and sky.
And then God called a family to be a blessing to the Earth. Ahhhhhh.
A mother and her favorite son wrestle for the blessing.
Another son becomes a slave. The land is saved from famine.
God's family grows. Egypt opresses. They groan to God and God sends Moses.
10 strange signs say please release them.
By the sea God saves them.
The people complain. God rains bread. Daily Food.
10 new rules
Five sisters come and ask for land. God says, "Yes! Amend the law."
Moses says, “In your new life across the Jordan, love God with your whole heart and with all your being, and your strength, now listen: God is One, only God! God is One, only God!”
Cross over Jordan, stories and stones.
Circles and shouts and the walls come down.
God sends judges like Deborah and the land has rest.
Ruth's worth more than 7 sons. Redeem the lost with steadfast love.
Corruption in the temple and God sends Samuel.
God gives them a prophet. They ask for a king.
Does God need a temple? A wise king forgets.
And when a bully rules the land the nation tears apart and loses David's heart.
Through a widows gift and a prophets cry. God gives life in desperate times.
Josiah reads a misplaced scroll. He turns to God whole-heartedly, like David did, in his time.
God gives Jeremiah a picture of God's ruin family.
Is there any hope left? Is there any hope left? Is there any hope left for you, Jerusalem?
Oh by the streams of Babylon. How can we sing when you are gone? Jerusalem.
I'm in a valley of human bones. These bones are Israel. God's breath is life.
Haman plans death for Esther's exiles. She risks her life so they might survive.
Finally God's family rebuilds the temple in Jerusalem. God plunges them into a seas of joy and celebration of Only God. God is one, only God.
God loves everyone of us, it's true! And God loves the universe!