In order to understand the true meaning of the Bible, it is necessary for one understands the overall contextual story of the bible. The story of the Bible consists of God's promises to a man named Abraham, and the process through which God fulfills those three promises. The story begins when God made the universe. He created the Heavens and the Earth and then he filled the Earth with his creations. These included the sun and the stars, and the flora and the fauna, but most importantly, God created man. With his own two hands, he formed man and breathed life into him, expressing that he had created man in his own image. He created a partner for the man he had created and he named them Adam and Eve. God's creation was perfect and he was happy.
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While God planned to kill all the people, Noah was an exception in his eyes. He instructed Noah to build an arc and to board his family and some animals (one male and one female of each) onto it, to save them from the flood that God was planning to send. After forty days and nights, the flood receded to bring about a clean world. As the new world began to flourish, God remembered the promise he had made to Eve about vanquishing the devil. He looked for a man who was pure and free of personal greed. God found Abram. Through a patron covenant, God promised three things to Abram; the creation of a great nation, the land on which they stand, and a descendent who will bless the whole Earth. After giving the promises , God gave Abram a new name; Abraham. God was determined to save and restore his creation and the rest of the bible explores God's attempt to fulfill these …show more content…
God, who was testing Abrahams faith in him, tells Abraham to sacrifice his only son. Abraham without question, agrees and as he is about to kill his own son, God sends an angel to save Isaac and a ram takes the blade in his place. God's faith in Abraham was restored. Isaac had a son named Jacob, who is later renamed Israel, and Jacob had 12 sons. These twelve sons would form the twelve tribes of Israel. But before that occurred, Joseph's brothers, who were jealous of his relationship with their father, sold him into slavery in Egypt. In Egypt, Joseph used his special gift of being able to interpret dreams to save the Pharaoh and the people of Egypt from a famine and as a result, he rose to power. When famine struck the Promise Land, Joseph's brothers came to Egypt in search of food and after the reunification, the family began to
While God planned to kill all the people, Noah was an exception in his eyes. He instructed Noah to build an arc and to board his family and some animals (one male and one female of each) onto it, to save them from the flood that God was planning to send. After forty days and nights, the flood receded to bring about a clean world. As the new world began to flourish, God remembered the promise he had made to Eve about vanquishing the devil. He looked for a man who was pure and free of personal greed. God found Abram. Through a patron covenant, God promised three things to Abram; the creation of a great nation, the land on which they stand, and a descendent who will bless the whole Earth. After giving the promises , God gave Abram a new name; Abraham. God was determined to save and restore his creation and the rest of the bible explores God's attempt to fulfill these …show more content…
God, who was testing Abrahams faith in him, tells Abraham to sacrifice his only son. Abraham without question, agrees and as he is about to kill his own son, God sends an angel to save Isaac and a ram takes the blade in his place. God's faith in Abraham was restored. Isaac had a son named Jacob, who is later renamed Israel, and Jacob had 12 sons. These twelve sons would form the twelve tribes of Israel. But before that occurred, Joseph's brothers, who were jealous of his relationship with their father, sold him into slavery in Egypt. In Egypt, Joseph used his special gift of being able to interpret dreams to save the Pharaoh and the people of Egypt from a famine and as a result, he rose to power. When famine struck the Promise Land, Joseph's brothers came to Egypt in search of food and after the reunification, the family began to