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Ask God to help you memorize in order these great events in the
history of His people.
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Over the centuries, God has used great historical events to form a
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people willing to worship and serve Him with all their heart.
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The first event is found in Genesis 1.
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CREATION 009-158
(Genesis 1 and 2)
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In the beginning God created the 009-159
heavens and the earth. He also
created all plants, birds, animals 30.
and mankind. 009-160
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All things were very good. But man

PRACTICAL WORK
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rupted by his fall. • Memorize the list of events in order, and teach their meaning to

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 THE FALL
(Genesis 3)
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Satan took the form of a serpent to
deceive man, and tempted him.
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Adam and Eve ate the forbidden
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fruit. They disobeyed God. This

19. was man’s first sin (original sin).

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20. Adam’s descendants became more and more wicked and corrupted
009-150 the world. All the world was corrupted. God decided to destroy all
of sinful mankind with a flood.
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Who brought sin and corruption into the world (besides Adam and
22. Eve)? S____________________________.
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23. THE FLOOD

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God destroyed all on earth through a flood. But He saved Noah and
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This was a new opportunity. But
Noah’s descendants became
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corrupt as before and many turned
to idols. They all forgot God. This 009-139

is why God chose from among all

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peoples on earth, one man who
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would obey Him. From this man God promised to make a holy
nation, a people of God. God made this covenant (agreement) with
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Abraham, the Hebrew (descendant of Heber).
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THE COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM 009-142
(Genesis 12, 15)
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God promised Abraham a great 009-143
number of descendants, as many as the
stars. They would become a great 14.
nation. He also promised him a land 009-144
for this nation. The Jews are all
descendants of Abraham. This is why 15.
they call him “father.” All believers 009-145
receive spiritual blessings, through the
promise given to Abraham. We are his 16.
sons, because we have the same faith 009-146
as Abraham. (Romans 4:16-18)
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 Abraham believed God. God blessed Abraham with a son, Isaac.
Isaac’s son was Jacob.
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God also promised to bless all the nations of the world, through
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Abraham’s offspring. This was fulfilled in the coming of Christ, the
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Son of God, and descendant of Abraham.
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Whom did God choose to be the father of the new nation of Israel?

4.
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5.
Through what descendent of Abraham did God finally fulfill His
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promise to bless all nations of the world?

6.
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God gave Jacob (grandson of Abraham) the name of “Israel.” This is
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why his descendants are called “Sons of Israel” or Israelites.
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God told Abraham that his descendants would be slaves in Egypt for THE EXTENSION OF CHURCH
400 years. This was fulfilled when, because of famine, Jacob (son of 009-126 W_009_30a_ZZW01_01
Isaac and grandson of Abraham), went to live in Egypt. We find the We are in this period now. The
history of Abraham and his family in Genesis. Church is extending to all nations of
009-027 the world. The Lord has promised
that when all nations have heard the
SLAVERY IN EGYPT Gospel, the end of the present age
(Genesis 46, Exodus 1) will come. (Matthew 24:14)
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Jacob had twelve sons. They went to
Egypt to survive a famine. They multi- God is forming a people who worship and serve Him with all their
plied there, forming twelve tribes. Later heart. This people, the Church, saved by the Lord Jesus Christ, will
the Egyptians made them slaves. Their enter the new creation that God will make. (2 Peter 3:13)
lives were hard and they cried to God 009-128
for help.
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THE MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE In the next section, write down what each drawing symbolizes. If you
(Exodus 12) do not remember, look at the previous pages.
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Then God raised up Moses to deliver
them. God punished the Egyptians with
ten plagues. Then He passed over them at
midnight and killed all the firstborn of the
Egyptians.
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 THE REFORMATION But the Lord passed over, without harming, the firstborn of those

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Israelites who had marked the tops and the sides of their door frames

Martin Luther started the reformation with blood.

of the church in Germany, beginning 009-034

in the year 1517. The Protestants

Whom did God use to deliver Israel from Egypt?
ly
acknowledged the Holy Bible, the
Word of God, and not the Pope, as
H o
the supreme authority for Christians.
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They emphasized that we are saved B 009-035

by faith, not by works.

Punished by the plagues and deaths, the ruler of the Egyptians al-
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lowed the Israelites to leave Egypt. But soon he changed his mind.
His soldiers pursued the Israelites.
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Two hundred years ago, the
God parted the waters of the Red Sea for the Israelites to cross on
evangelicals emphasized that it was
dry ground. But when the Egyptians soldiers tried to cross, God
not enough to know the doctrine of
drowned them in the sea.
the Bible. People needed to know
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Jesus Christ personally, being born
again through the Holy Spirit.
After this, the people of God traveled in the desert. Through Moses
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as mediator, God gave them His law.
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 THE LAW THE DARK AGES
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God engraved His law on two stone tablets on Mount Sinai. to 1000 A.D. the governments
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was little education or art. The
God wanted to take them to the church suffered through ignorance.
land He had promised to Abraham. 009-120
But the people disobeyed God; so
they had to wander in the desert for THE CRUSADES
40 years. 009-121 W_009_27a_ZZW01_01
009-051 The Crusades were military
expeditions from Western Europe
When those who were disobedient had died, God guided His people against the Muslim conquerers.
to the Promised Land. However, the land was inhabited by nations Mistakenly, they tried to conquer the
who did not know God. The Israelites had to defeat them. Holy Land of Israel (Palestine) by
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attacked and looted Christian cities
The exodus from Egypt, the experiences in the desert and Moses’ law along the way.
are written in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and .009-122
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 FALL OF THE
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The Roman Empire had been
declining for many years. In the
year 476 A.D. the Empire fell. A
time of lawlessness followed in
Western Europe.
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RISE OF THE BISHOP
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ROMAN EMPIRE CONQUEST OF THE LAND
(Joshua)
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Joshua led God’s army. They
invaded the Promised Land and
conquered the idolaters who lived
there. Once they were safe, the
Israelites forgot God. He raised up
foreign nations to punish them.
OF ROME When they repented, He sent
Judges to establish order.

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bishop of Rome. He began to
assume more and more power over GOVERNMENT OF JUDGES
other pastors and bishops. He was (Judges)
called “Pope.” The church no 009-057 009-058
longer simply obeyed Christ, its When the Israelites began to
head. It imitated the Roman worship other gods, the Lord
system of government. punished them with invasion by
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When they repented, God freed them from their enemies through a
judge, and they had peace, until they sinned again. This process was
repeated several times.
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The rule of the judges is found in Judges, Ruth and 1 Samuel. Constantine was the first Roman emperor to become a Christian. In
Later on, the Israelites rejected their judges, and asked for a king. the year 313 A.D., he proclaimed the Edict of Milan, which protected
God gave them Saul to reign over them. the Church. The Church, a holy fellowship, became an institution
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THE BEGINNING OF THE KINGDOM
(1 Samuel 9) Who was the first emperor to become a Christian, at least in name?
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The first kings were Saul, David and Solomon. David conquered
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much territory and brought order and prosperity to the kingdom.
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE CREEDS
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He promised to raise up a special Gradually the Christians, as they
king from his offspring whose encountered heresies, developed
kingdom would be established the “creeds” (from the Latin
forever. Mary, the mother of the “credo” which means “I believe”),
Lord Jesus Christ, and Joseph, His which are summaries of the Chris-
adoptive father, both descended tian faith.
from David. 009-113
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The “Apostles” creed, the “Nicene” creed, and the “Chalcedonian”
All the prophecies about David’s offspring who would reign forever creed, are the most important.
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The Holy Spirit came first to the believing Jews on the day of God made a covenant with David, that one of his descendants would
Pentecost. Then He came to the non-Jews when Peter preached in reign forever. In whom did God fulfill this promise?
Cornelius’ house in Cesarea.
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The early church evangelized. It grew rapidly. They followed the
Apostles’ example. Christ sent the Holy Spirit so that all the disciples The third king Solomon, David’s wise son, built the first temple.
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THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE
Who gives us the strength and authority to witness? _____________ (1 Kings 6)
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The temple was beautiful, and famous in all the earth. It represented
From here on, the history of the church is not in God’s presence among His people. The Israelites sacrificed animals
the Bible, but in ancient historical documents. there, foreshadowing Christ’s death for us.
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THE CONVERSION OF CONSTANTINE Sadly, when Solomon grew old, he

turned away from the Lord, and
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served idols. As a punishment,
The Roman emperors persecuted
God determined that Solomon’s
the Christians and many of them
descendants would rule only one
died. In spite of this, the Church
tribe, Judah. The other tribes
grew rapidly in all the Empire, and
would form another kingdom.
also outside it (in parts of Asia,
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Europe and Northern Africa).
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 DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM DEATH ANDRESURRECTION
(1 Kings 12) OF JESUS CHRIST
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The twelve tribes of Israel separated; ten tribes of the north formed Jesus Christ, God’s Son is the
the kingdom of Israel. The tribes in the south became the kingdom of sacrificial Lamb who died for us.
Judah. (This is the origin of the name “Jew.” Today, all the descen- Through faith in Him we receive
dants of Israel are called Jews, even if they are from other tribes.) forgiveness of sins.
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doms, Israel and Judah, became
weaker. They often disobeyed After His resurrection, Jesus Christ
God, and worshipped idols. God’s commanded His disciples to take the gospel into all the world. Then
prophets warned them, but the He ascended to heaven. Now, by believing in Him, everyone,
people paid no attention. God had whether Jews or not, can belong to God’s people.
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THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH

What were the names of the two kingdoms after the division?
(Acts and the Epistles)
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Christ sent all His disciples to
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evangelize the nations. He
commanded them to preach
The account of the kings is found in the books of 1 and 2 Samuel,
repentance and forgiveness in His
1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles. The warnings of the prophets
name, in the power of the Holy
are found in Isaiah, Jeremiah and other prophetic books.
Spirit. (Luke 24:46-49, Acts 1:8)
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 The New Testament Begins: God allowed the king of Assyria to take the kingdom of Israel
009-091 into exile. More than a hundred years later, the king of Babylon

BIRTH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST destroyed Jerusalem, the capital of Judah, and took that nation into
captivity.
(Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)
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When Jesus Christ was born, the

Roman Empire ruled over the CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON
Mediterranean world. Our Lord (2 Kings 25)
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of 30.
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JESUS CHRIST’S MINISTRY

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(The fish has been a Christian symbol for many centuries, because in
the Greek language the letters of the word “fish” form an acrostic:
“Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.”)
The Jews were exiled in Babylon. There they repented of their
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idolatry and disobedience to God. Once again they called on God
for help, asking for release. God allowed them to return to their land.
Jesus Christ’s public ministry on
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earth lasted about three years. He
went about preaching the Gospel,
teaching, and training His disciples.
In the Gospels we have the account
of the Lord’s life and teaching.
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 THE RETURN FREEDOM THROUGH THE MACCABEES
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009-082 009-083 This brief period of freedom was
The Persians defeated the won by Judas Maccabaeus (called
Babylonian Empire. The Persians “the hammer”). The books of the
permitted the Jews to return to their Old Testament do not contain this
land. The leaders in the rebuilding account. It happened during the
of Jerusalem were Ezra and Nehemiah. Nevertheless, when the Jews period between the Old and the
returned, they were not completely free. They were under the New Testaments, before the birth
domination of different foreign powers. of Christ. During this period the
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the world.
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Persia, Greece and Syria dominated THE ROMAN EMPIRE BEGINS
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were restless under the domination The Romans dominated the
of the foreigners. Several times, they world for over 500 years. They
tried to rebel. For a short time they governed the land of the Jews
were liberated by the “Maccabees.” (formerly called Palestine), when
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