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Afbeelding 1. Adam en de dieren. Genesis 1:1 - 2:14
In het begin bestond deze aarde niet. Alleen God bestond. Er is maar
één God. Hij is Geest. (We kunnen Hem niet zien.)
God heeft alle macht. Hij weet alles en Hij is overal. God schiep alles
op aarde en in de hemel. Hij maakte de mens van het stof van de aarde.
God gaf de man een geest zodat hij God kon kennen. (Al zijn gedachten
en verlangens waren het met God eens.) God noemde de man Adam. Adam gaf
namen aan alle dieren die God had gemaakt. (God heeft ook alle geesten
en engelen in de hemel gemaakt.) Alles wat God maakte was erg goed.
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Afbeelding 2. Een vrouw voor Adam. Genesis 2:15-25
God plaatste Adam in een prachtige (vruchtbare) tuin en hij zorgde
ervoor. Er waren mannelijke en vrouwelijke wezens van elke soort, maar
er was geen geschikte metgezel voor de man. Dus God liet Adam in een
diepe slaap vallen. Toen haalde Hij een rib uit Adam's zijde. God
maakte een vrouw van Adam's rib, en Hij bracht haar naar de man om zijn
metgezel te zijn. De man en de vrouw waren naakt, maar ze schaamden
zich niet. Ze konden tot God spreken als vrienden. Er was geen
verdriet, dood of kwaad op die prachtige plek. (Signaal)
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Afbeelding 3. De slang in de tuin. Genesis 3:1-8
God zei tegen Adam: "Je bent vrij om van elke boom in de tuin te eten,
maar je moet niet eten van de boom van goed en kwaad, want als je ervan
eet, zul je zeker sterven." Satan was een engel in de hemel, maar hij
keerde zich tegen God. Hij werd de vijand van God. Satan kwam naar de
vrouw in de vorm van een mooie slang. Hij loog tegen de vrouw. Hij zei
dat ze niet zou sterven. Hij overtuigde haar om van de boom te eten. De
vrouw gaf wat van het fruit aan Adam en hij at het ook op. Ze waren
ongehoorzaam aan God en ze konden God niet meer op dezelfde manier
kennen. Ze schaamden zich dat ze naakt waren en probeerden zich voor
God te verbergen. (Signaal)
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Afbeelding 4. Adam en Eva buiten de tuin. Genesis 3:14-24
God heeft Adam en de vrouw uit de tuin gezet. Hij zei tegen Adam:
"Omdat je van de boom hebt geseed, zal het land vervloekt zijn. Je zult
hard moeten werken om het voedsel te laten produceren." God zei tegen
de vrouw: "Ik zal jullie moeite bij de bevalling vergroten." En tegen
de slang zei Hij: "Omdat je dit hebt gedaan, ben je vervloekt, je zult
op je buik kruipen." De slang werd de vijand van de mens. Adam noemde
de vrouw Eva (wat Leven betekent). Eva had kinderen die de voorouders
van ons allemaal zijn. We zijn nog steeds gescheiden van God, en we
zijn allemaal ongehoorzaam aan God, net als Adam. Maar God beloofde dat
Hij op een dag een man zou sturen die Satan zou verslaan. Die man is in
staat om ons terug te brengen naar God. De Man is de Heer Jezus
Christus. (Signaal)
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5. Noah and the Great Boat. Genesis 6:1-22
The people who descended from Adam followed the ways of Satan. Only one
man tried to please God. His name was Noah. God said to Noah, "I have
decided to destroy all mankind because the earth is full of their evil
deeds. Build a boat for yourself. I am going to send a flood on the
earth to destroy every living thing. Go into the boat with your wife
and your sons and their wives. Take into the boat with you a male and a
female of every kind of animal and bird, in order to keep them alive."
Noah did everything that God commanded. (Signal)
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6. The Great Flood. Genesis 7:1-24
Noah warned the people that God would destroy them but they would not
turn from their evil ways. Noah and his family and two of every
creatures went into the boat. God shut them in. Then the rain began to
fall. It rained for forty days and forty nights. Springs of water came
from under the ground, and the whole earth was covered with a great
flood. Every person, animal and bird died except for Noah and all those
in the boat. (Signal)
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7. The Rainbow and God's Promise. Genesis 8:13-22
The rain stopped and after a year the ground dried out. Noah and his
family and all the animals came out of the boat. Noah offered a
sacrifice to God and God was pleased. God put a rainbow in the sky and
He said, "I will never again destroy all living beings with a flood.
Whenever the rainbow appears I will remember My promise to you."
Friends, when you see a rainbow remember this too. God will judge the
world again. Next time He will destroy the world with fire. However,
those who believe and obey God need not fear. God has given us a way of
escape and that Way is the Lord Jesus Christ. (Signal)
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8. The Tower of Babel. Genesis 11:1-9
The sons of Noah had many children. God told them to go to live all
over the earth, but the people did not want to separate. They decided
to build a city with a tower that would reach the sky. God saw their
disobedience and their pride, and He said, "These are all one people
and they speak one language. Let us go down and mix up their
languages." Look at the people in the picture! They cannot understand
one another. They had to stop building the city and go to live in
different places. It was man's disobedience which caused so many
languages. Disobedience separates people from each other, and
disobedience separates people from God. (Music and Signal)
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9. Job Worships God. Job 1:1-12
The man in this picture is Job. He worshipped and sacrificed only to
the One True God. He did not follow Satan's ways. Job had many children
and servants, and large herds of animals. God had caused Job to become
very rich. One day God told Satan that He was pleased with Job. But
Satan said that Job only worshipped God in order to be rich. He said to
God, "If You take away everything that Job has, he will curse You." God
knew that Satan lied. He knew that Job would worship Him even if he
were poor. So God let Satan take everything from Job to prove that Job
was a good man. (Signal)
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10. Job in Mourning. Job 1:13-22
One day Job's servants brought him terrible news. Job's enemies had
stolen his oxen and donkeys and killed his servants. Lightning had
killed all his sheep and their shepherds. Bandits had stolen all of his
camels. Another servant brought the worst news of all, saying, "Your
children were feasting when a storm blew the house down and killed them
all." Job shaved his head and fell to the ground. He said, "The Lord
gave, and now He has taken away. May His Name be praised!" In all these
troubles Job did not curse God. (Signal)
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11. Job Suffers. Job 2:1 - 41:34
Satan said to God, "If you hurt Job's body he will curse You!" So God
allowed Satan to test Job again. Satan brought a terrible skin disease
on Job. Job's wife said to him, "Why don't you curse God and die?" But
Job refused and said to her, "Shall we accept good from God and not
trouble too?" Three friends came and talked with Job for many days.
They said that God was punishing Job for some evil he had done. Then
God Himself appeared to them. God showed them that they did not
understand. God is unlimited in power. He knows all things. He knows
what is best for us, and He alone can choose a difficult or an easy
life for us. (Signal)
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12. Job is Restored. Job 42:1-17
When Job saw the greatness of God he was ashamed that he had doubted
God or had talked of his own goodness. Job prayed for his friends
because they did not understand the ways of God. Then God made Job
wealthy and healthy again. His friends came to feast with him and to
bring him gifts. God gave him seven sons and three beautiful daughters.
He lived to see many of his descendants, and he died a very old man.
Friends, God knows why you may suffer in this life. Remember, God loves
us and only wants the best for us. He wants us to trust Him so that we
may have victory over Satan through the Lord Jesus Christ. (Music)
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Introduction
to Side B
Let me tell you about a man called Abraham. He obeyed God, and through
him many people have been blessed. Look at the next picture when you
hear this sound. (Signal)
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13. Abraham Leaves His Home. Genesis 12:1 - 13:4
One day God spoke to Abraham saying, "Leave your country and your
father's house, and go to a land which I will show you. I will make you
into a great nation. Through you God will bless all people on earth."
Abraham believed God's promise and did as He said. He took his wife and
his servants and all he owned. He travelled for many days until he
reached the land of Canaan. There God said to him, "This is the land I
am going to give to your descendants." (Signal)
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14. Abraham and Lot. Genesis 13:5-18
Abraham had a nephew called Lot. He went with Abraham to Canaan.
Abraham and Lot both had large herds of animals. The herdsmen of
Abraham and the herdsmen of Lot quarrelled because there was not enough
pasture for them all. So Abraham said to Lot, "Let us not quarrel; let
us separate. Choose any part of the land you want." Lot wanted the best
land for himself and his herds so he chose the fertile river valley. He
went to live near a city called Sodom. Then God spoke to Abraham again,
saying, "All the land you see I will give to you and to your
descendants forever." (Signal)
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15. Abraham Meets the King of Peace. Genesis 14:1-24
The people of Sodom were very wicked. Four kings warred with Sodom and
defeated it. The victors took Lot and his family captive, but Abraham
and his men went and rescued them from the enemy. As they returned from
the battle they met a great King. His name was Melchizedek. He was king
of Salem, which means 'peace'. Melchizedek brought bread and wine to
Abraham, and said, "You are greatly favoured by God Most High. He
delivered your enemies into your hand." Abraham gave gifts to the King
of Peace. The king of Sodom wanted to give gifts to Abraham, but he
refused. He would not accept gifts from such a wicked king. However,
Lot was foolish. He went to live in Sodom again. (Signal)
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16. Abraham Counts the Stars. Genesis 15:1-21
God called Abraham His friend. He said that Abraham's descendants would
always be His people. But Abraham was sad because he had no children.
Then God took Abraham outside and said, "Look up and count the stars -
if you can; you will have as many descendants as that." Abraham
believed the promise of God and God was pleased with him. God told
Abraham again that one day his descendants would own all the land of
Canaan. (Signal)
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17. The Baby Ishmael. Genesis 16:1-16
Many years passed but Abraham and his wife, Sarah, still had no
children. Then one day Sarah said to Abraham, "Sleep with my
maidservant. Perhaps I can have a family through her." So Sarah's
servant, Hagar, became pregnant by Abraham. Then Sarah became jealous
of Hagar and treated her cruelly. God sent his angel to comfort Hagar.
He told her that she would have a son called Ishmael. Ishmael would
have many children and become a great nation. (Ishmael became the
father of the Arabs.) But God told Abraham, "Your wife, Sarah, will
bear you a son and through him I will keep my promises to you." (Signal)
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18. Sarah Laughs. Genesis 18:1-15
One day, when Abraham was 99 and Sarah was 90 years old, three
messengers of God came to them. Sarah prepared food and Abraham gave it
to them outside their tent. Then one of the messengers spoke God's
words, saying, "Nine months from now, Sarah will have a son." Sarah was
inside the tent and she heard him. She could not believe it, so she
laughed to herself. Then God said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh? Is
anything too hard for the Lord?" Just as God had promised, Sarah gave
birth to a son in her old age. They called him Isaac, which means
"Laughter". (Signal)
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19. Abraham Prays for Sodom. Genesis 18:16 - 19:29
God decided to destroy Sodom because the people were so wicked. He told
Abraham what He was going to do. Abraham remembered Lot and said, "Will
you destroy the innocent with the wicked?" ("Will not the Judge of all
the earth do right?") Abraham pleaded with God to save Sodom, so God
told him, "If I find ten righteous people in the city, I will not
destroy it." The messengers of God went down to Sodom, but the only
righteous person there was Lot. The messengers warned Lot to escape
from the city. Then God sent fire from Heaven. Sodom was completely
destroyed. Only Lot and his two daughters were saved. (Signal)
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20. Abraham's Sacrifice. Genesis 21:1 - 22:19
Abraham's son Isaac, grew to be a young man. Then God tested Abraham.
God said to him, "Take your only son Isaac, and offer him as a
sacrifice to Me." Abraham trusted God so much that he obeyed Him. He
knew that God could even raise Isaac to life again. Just as Abraham was
about to kill Isaac, God spoke to him, "Abraham, don't harm the boy.
Now I know that you put me first. You have not kept back your only son
from Me." Then Abraham saw a sheep caught in a bush. Instead of his son
he killed the sheep as a sacrifice to Him. (Signal)
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21. Old Abraham and His Servant. Genesis 24:1 - 25:26
When Abraham was very old, he called his servant and said, "Go back to
my country and find a wife for my son, Isaac." Abraham did not want
Isaac to leave the land of Canaan or to take a wife from the evil
Canaanite women. So the servant (made a promise and) obeyed Abraham,
and God led the servant straight to Abraham's relatives. There he found
a beautiful wife for Isaac. Her name was Rebekah. Isaac and Rebekah had
a son called Jacob (or Israel). He became the father of the great
nation of Israel. The people of Israel still live in the land which was
Canaan. From Israel came One who brings blessing to the whole world.
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22. Jesus is Born. Galatians 4:4,5; Matthew 1:18-25
The Word of God is true. (God never lies.) God told Adam that He would
send His Chosen One to defeat Satan. He warned Noah that He would
destroy those who are evil. God showed Job that He wants what is best
for us, and He showed Abraham that He always keeps His promises. In
this picture you can see the baby called Jesus. (At just the right
time) He was born in the land of Israel. His mother was a virgin called
Mary, (she descended from Abraham and Isaac) but His Father was the One
True God. Jesus is the One who brings blessing to the whole world, He
is the One who came to defeat Satan and bring us back to God. (Signal)
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23. The Death of Jesus. Galatians 3:13,14
Jesus grew to be a man. He taught people the ways of God. He did many
miracles to show that He came from God. But evil men would not believe
Him. They killed Jesus by nailing Him to a wooden cross. A soldier
pierced His side with a spear. He was really dead. Friends, God told
Adam that he would die if he ate the fruit of the tree. We have all
disobeyed God, and we deserve everlasting death too. But Jesus died to
take our punishment. Remember how God provided a sheep for Abraham to
kill instead of Isaac? God also gave His only Son to die instead of us.
Remember how God said to Adam that He would send someone to defeat
Satan? Satan was defeated when Jesus died for us. Now Satan's power to
cause us everlasting death is finished. (Signal)
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24. Jesus is Alive! John 20:19-29
The dead body of Jesus was put in a grave, but on the third day He came
alive again! He appeared to His friends. But one of them called Thomas
was not there. Later they said to Thomas, "We have seen the Lord!" but
he would not believe them. Then Jesus appeared to them all again. He
showed Thomas the nail marks in His hands and the spear wound in His
side. Jesus said to Thomas, "Stop doubting and believe. How happy are
those who believe without seeing Me." Friends, let us not be like
Thomas who doubted God. Let us be like Abraham who believed God's
promises. It is by having faith in Jesus that we can know God and
receive everlasting life with Him. (Music)
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