The Bible Mini Series Breakdown

Adam & Eve / Noah

The Story of Adam & Eve

Adam and Eve were the first man and woman.

In the Book of Genesis, God creates Adam from dust and places him in the Garden of Eden, where he is to have reign over the plants and animals. Eve is later created to be his companion. God places a tree in the garden which he prohibits Adam and Eve from eating. But a serpent tricks Eve into eating from it, and they are subsequently expelled from the garden for disobeying God and several hardships are issued.

The Story of Noah

God saw how great wickedness had become and decided to wipe mankind from the face of the Earth. However, one righteous man among all the people of that time, Noah, found favor in God's eyes. With specific instructions, God told Noah to build an ark for him and his family in preparation for a flood that would destroy everything on Earth.

God also instructed Noah to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, both male and female, and seven pairs of all the clean animals, along with every kind of food to be stored for the animals and his family while on the ark. Noah obeyed everything God commanded him to do. After the flood, God was pleased with the offerings and promised never again to destroy Earth again.

Abraham / Isaac & Jacob

The Story of Abraham :

Abraham migrated with his father Terah from Ur to Haran. After his father's death God called Abraham to go to the land that he would show him where he would make of Abraham a great nation. Abraham went to Canaan with his wife Sarah and nephew Lot. As Abraham and Sarah grew older they had no children, so Abraham fathered a son, Ishmael, through Sarah's servant Hagar. The birth of Ishmael did not fulfill God's promise of a child to Abraham and Sarah so the promise of a great nation remained unrealized. God reaffirmed his promise to give Abraham descendants and God made circumcision the sign of his covenant relationship. When Abraham was 100 years old, Sarah bore a son named Isaac. God tested Abraham by commanding him to sacrifice Isaac. As they traveled, Isaac asked what they would sacrifice and Abraham replied that God would provide the lamb. As Abraham made ready to sacrifice the boy, God intervened and spared him, and Abraham sacrificed a ram caught in the bushes.

The Story of Isaac & Jacob:

Jacob was one of the twin sons of Issac. He went on to become the father of the 12 tribes of Israel.

Jesus' Death & Resurrection

The Jewish high priests and elders of the Sanhedrin accused Jesus of blasphemy, arriving at the decision to put him to death. But first they needed Rome to approve of their death sentence, so Jesus was taken to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor in Judea. Although Pilate found him innocent, unable to find or even contrive a reason to condemn Jesus, he feared the crowds and let them decide Jesus' fate. Stirred by the Jewish chief priests, the crowds declared tp crucify Jesus.

Jesus was publicly scourged and beaten, with a whip before his crucifixion. Tiny pieces of iron and bone chips were tied to the ends of each leather thong, causing deep cuts and painful bruising. He was mocked, struck in the head with a staff and spit on. A prickly crown of thorns was placed on his head.

The resurrection of Jesus is the Christian belief that Jesus Christ returned to life on the Sunday following the Friday on which he was executed by crucifixion. It is a central part of Christian faith and theology.

Short Stories on the Major & Minor Prophets

The terms “Major Prophets” and “Minor Prophets” are only a way to divide the Old Testament prophetic books. The Major Prophets are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel. The Minor Prophets are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

The Major Prophets are described as major because their books are longer and the content is considered more important. The Minor Prophets are described as minor because their books are shorter and the content is considered less important. God chose to reveal more to the Major Prophets than He did to the Minor Prophets.

King Saul / David & Solomon

King Saul :

Saul was the first king of the United Kingdom of Israel. He was anointed by the prophet Samuel and reigned from Gibeah. He fell on his sword to avoid capture in the battle against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa, during which three of his sons were also killed. The succession to his throne was contested by Ish-bosheth, his only surviving son, and his son-in-law David, who eventually prevailed.

David and Solomon:

King Solomon is King David's son. King David wanted to build the temple but God did not allow it. In the end King Solomon built the temple, but put false idols inside of it.

King David was a righteous man before God. He remained faithful until his death. He praised God through many songs called Psalms. Whereas, King Solomon wrote Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and The Song of Solomon.

Jesus' Birth

Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth. She wrapped Jesus in cloths and placed him in a manger.

There were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord was around them. Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God, When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds decided to go to Bethlehem and see what happened.

The shepherds found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they saw him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

The Destruction of Israel & Judah

Israel and Judah were related Iron Age kingdoms of the ancient Levant. The Kingdom of Israel emerged as an important local power by the 9th century BCE before falling to the Neo-Assyrian Empire in 722 BCE. Israel's southern neighbor, the Kingdom of Judah, emerged in the 8th century and enjoyed a period of prosperity. Following the fall of Babylon to the Persian King Cyrus the Great, some Judean exiles returned to Jerusalem, inaugurating the formative period in the development of a distinctive Judahite identity in the Persian province of Yehud. Yehud was absorbed into the subsequent Hellenistic kingdoms that followed the conquests of Alexander the Great, but in the 2nd century BCE the Judaeans revolted against the Hellenist Seleucid Empire and created the Hasmonean kingdom.

Revelations

The Book of Revelations is the last book of the New Testament. It contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good, evil and of the end of the world. The book is attributed to Saint John the Apostle.

Revelation offers comfort and encouragement to Christians of all ages that God is firmly in control. When the time is right, the forces of evil that seem to dominate our world will be utterly destroyed, and God's eternal kingdom will come into its fulfillment. In particular, John's vision offered encouragement and comfort to the persecuted Christians that their suffering was not in vain. God would surely triumph and destroy the evil that was the source of their persecution.