A long time ago, before anything came into existence, there was God. At first, the earth was empty and filled with darkness. Though there was nothing on earth, God’s Spirit hovered over the waters. On the first day, God made the light. God said, “Let there be light.” As soon as he said that, the whole earth is filled with light. God separated the light Read more
Eli was the priest of the worship place at Shiloh. Eli was very old and his eyes were becoming dim because of old age. During the days of Eli, God seldom appear to people in visions and dreams. One night, Eli lay down to sleep. His assistant, Samuel also lay down to sleep. Suddenly, God called out to Samuel, “Samuel!” Samuel thought Eli called him Read more
When Potiphar’s wife saw that Joseph was a well built and handsome man, she lusted over him and said, “Come with me!” Joseph answered, “My master had entrusted everything he owned into my care except you. How then can I commit such an evil sin and betray my master?” Nevertheless, Potiphar’s wife kept bugging Joseph day by day to stay with her. One day, when Read more
Samuel was told that Saul had gone to Carmel and proceeded to Gilgal to make a monument for himself. When Samuel arrived, Saul said to him, “I had done all God had instructed me to do.” Samuel replied, “Why then I could hear the sound of the sheep and cattle?” Saul explained, “I destroyed everything but kept the best of their livestock to sacrifice to Read more
Joseph was thirty years old when he was appointed as the governor of Egypt. During the seven years of rich harvest, he went out into all the cities and collected one fifth of the crops. The crops that Joseph collected were stored in the cities. Joseph collected so much grain that the store rooms became full. They stop keeping track of it because there was Read more
As Saul and his servant were walking, some young women came out of the city to draw water. They asked the young women, “Is the prophet in town.” The young women answered, “Yes. He is in town today because there will be a sacrifice at the high place. If you hurry, you should find him.” They went to the town and as they were entering Read more
When King David was in his old age, he had trouble keeping himself warm. His servants tried to cover him with plenty of sheets but it didn’t make him feel warmer. Later, they decided to find a woman to keep King David warm. They searched around and found a beautiful woman named Abishag. Abishag took care of King David and slept beside him. At this Read more
When Saul returned from fighting the Philistines, he was told that David was in the Desert of En Gedi. Saul took three thousand men with him and departed to look for David in the Desert of En Gedi. He came to a place where there are many sheep pens along the way. There was a cave in the area so Saul and his men went Read more
Because of Pharaoh’s army, the Babylonian army had to withdraw from Jerusalem. At this time, Jeremiah left Jerusalem and went to the territory of Benjamin. He went there to redeem a property. Upon arriving at the city gate, the captain of the guard named Irijah charged him. He said “You are going to side with the Babylonians!” Jeremiah said, “No, that is not true! Irijah Read more
When the Israelites left Egypt, God did not led them through the shortest route to Canaan which is by way of the Philistine territory. This is because God thought that the people might run back to Egypt if they encountered war. Moses brought the bones of Joseph with him when he left Egypt because Joseph made the Israelites swore to take his bones out of Read more