In six days alone God created
The heavens and the earth.
And to the keepers of this land,
He gave the highest worth.
The world was perfect;
There was no sin.
But to trick the woman,
Satan entered in.
As population grew,
God saw that evil had increased.
He was sorry He'd created man;
His delight in them deceased.
He flooded the earth,
Saving just one man's family.
Noah's family started over,
But evil was still a reality.
Abraham and Sarah were
Given a son in their old age.
Isaac was the promised one,
The fulfillment of their faith.
Abraham was asked by God
To sacrifice his son.
He showed himself obedient, and
Saw that a replacement had come.
Isaac's wife gave birth to twins,
And when deceived, the older
Became the lesser of the two.
And how his anger did smolder!
The youngest ran, and fathered twelve.
Joseph, his second youngest, is known
For his dreams. He was hated by
His brothers, and ended up alone.
He found himself in Egypt,
And his integrity was tried.
But through it all, he trusted God;
The faith he had never died.
He proved to be trustworthy,
And was second in command.
A famine came, but he saved his family;
He brought them to the land.
Joseph died, and a new king ruled.
He placed the Hebrews in captivity.
Their numbers grew, but all
They wanted was to be set free.
God raised up Moses
To be their leader.
He was reluctant to agree;
For his brother, the job would be neater.
He had left but agreed to return,
And the people he rescued.
And by parting the Red Sea,
God's glory Moses did exude.
The people were stubborn,
And not a little unbelieving.
When things didn't go their way,
The wilderness they wanted to be leaving.
They made it to the Promised Land,
And like their neighbors, ended up with kings.
Some were good and some were bad,
Who did all sorts of things.
God sent some prophets,
Who warned of destruction.
If the people repented,
In heaven there'd be a celebration.
In the midst of all this,
God promised hope and peace.
He promised a Savior, whose
Blood would make them like fleece.
The people did not repent;
Again captivity was their plight.
All the while they wondered
Who would rescue them with might.
Centuries went by, and
No one seemed to fit the bill.
Messiah should be Someone special,
Not ordinary or run of the mill.
Out of nowhere came
A virgin named Mary,
With interesting news:
The Son of God she did carry.
To a man named Joseph
She was betrothed to be wed.
He knew, when given the word,
Their relationship should be dead.
But an angel came and
Placed his mind at ease.
"The baby is not of man;
He's coming to bring peace."
Months went by, and
The time came for the babe.
A census was needed, and at
Home the family could not stay.
There was no room in the inn,
And He was born in a stable.
His name was Jesus, and as
An adult, to save us He'd be able.
The Bible says He grew and grew
In wisdom and in stature.
When lost in Jerusalem, at age twelve,
Church leaders' attention He captured.
The next time He's mentioned,
He's thirty years of age.
And even though His time had "not yet come",
His miracles would take center stage.
He gave sight to the blind,
And hearing to the deaf.
And on one occasion, He
Raised Lazarus from death.
He healed the sick, and
Gave movement to the lame.
He changed so many lives,
And they all praised His name.
He worked for three years,
With His twelve closest friends.
But like any good thing,
It soon came to an end.
He was arrested—betrayed
By one of His own.
And during the trial,
He found Himself alone.
He was beaten and scorned,
Mocked by the crowd.
But through all the torture,
He never uttered a sound.
Christ was destined to die
Between a pair of thieves. And
There on that cross, life after
Death was promised to just one man.
His blood was spilled out; He'd
Been wounded by nails and spear.
As His disciples watched Him die,
They felt a lot of fear.
He gave up His life;
By man it was not taken.
As He breathed His last,
The ground was shaken.
The temple's curtain
From top to bottom was torn.
Sacrifices and human interceders
Were needed no more.
He was taken off the cross
And buried in a borrowed tomb.
For His followers, fear for
Their lives continued to loom.
They mourned in silence
From Friday 'til Sunday.
Little did they know that
Things would soon be okay.
Early Sunday morning
Women visited His grave.
And there they saw the
Stone had been rolled away.
Two angelic men told them
That they did not have to fear.
"Jesus Christ has risen;
He is no longer here."
The women ran to tell His friends,
Who at first did not believe.
But He showed Himself, and they
Saw they no longer had to grieve.
He stayed with them for forty days,
And showed Himself to many.
When He ascended back to heaven,
Help from the Spirit was plenty.
It was believed that He was perfect,
And that He was God's Son.
The disciples went out and taught
That God and Christ were one.
Many people heard the truth,
And the Gospel they believed.
Even in the face of death,
The Father's heart they would not grieve.
Many were imprisoned, and
Were killed at the hand of Saul,
Who, until his encounter with the Lord,
Was out to murder believers one and all.
He met the Lord on the road to Damascus,
And was blinded by the light.
For three whole days he could not see,
Before regaining physical and spiritual sight.
He became known as Paul.
(That's his name in Greek.)
Fame and fortune as a preacher
He refused to seek.
Paul taught Christ's death and
His power over the grave.
"Good works won't grant access to heaven—
His blood alone can save."
Paul was finally beheaded
After being imprisoned twice.
And even though people denied it,
His life truly mirrored Christ's.
Peter was one of Jesus'
Closest, dearest friends.
He died upside down on a cross for
Christ, but here the story does not end.
John was the only disciple
To not die a martyr's death.
He was exiled to Patmos, where
He saw things he did not request.
God gave John visions
Of how the world will end.
John saw some things in great detail—
The things that God will send.
The times will be awful,
But Christ will return again.
He'll set things right, and
Believers will rule with Him.