in the beginning God created the world in just 6 days he made the Sun the moon the stars the land and oceans plants animals and finally humans he called everything good but humans were special because they could talk with God love and make choices God made a beautiful garden for the first humans Adam and Eve they could eat from any tree except one the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil God warned them that eating from this tree would cause bad things to happen but a sneaky snake the cleverest of all the creatures God had
made tricked them into eating the fruit when they ate it everything changed they realized they were naked and felt ashamed because they didn't listen pain sadness and death came into the world and God sent them out of the garden but God didn't leave them without hope he made a promise one day someone special would come to fix everything and bring them back to him for many many years God's people Waited For This Promise This Promise was passed down through generations by Heroes of Faith like Noah who built a huge boat to save his family and
animals from the great flood Abraham who left his home because he trusted God's promise Moses who led God's people out of being slaves in Egypt and David a young boy who defeated a Giant and became a king all these stories had something in common they showed that God always keeps his promises and that he was planning something amazing all the prophets who could speak God's messages told about a coming Messiah a king who would save everyone and his kingdom would last forever many years later a baby was born in a humble place a stable where
animals slept this baby was Jesus the one everyone had been waiting for the hero that was promised long ago from his first breath it was clear he was special angels sang Shepherds visited and wise men from far away brought gifts Jesus grew up to be a man who did amazing things he healed sick people just by touching them or speaking a word he made blind people see and even calmed storms he told stories that made made people think and feel differently about life he showed love to everyone even those who were usually ignored or disliked
but not everyone was happy with Jesus some were scared of the change he represented they didn't understand he was the king God had promised and plotted against him Jesus was betrayed by a friend and even though he had done nothing wrong he was punished like a criminal Jesus died on a cross a terrible way to die it seemed like hope died with him but 3 Days Later something incredible happened Jesus came back to life this showed that not even death is more powerful than God's love it was the proof that Jesus really was the one
God sent to save us and open the way to heaven after Jesus came back to life he visited his friends to teach them more about God's kingdom then he went back to Heaven promising to send help that help came as the holy Spirit guiding us to believe in Jesus so that we can be close to God again
