When the World Was New
Bible Study · All ages · 6 episodes
Before the Bible follows one family, it tells the story of the whole world. These are the opening chapters of Genesis: light and land and living things, the first garden, two brothers, a flood and a promise, and a tower that sent people out speaking many languages. Everything here is still beginning.
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The Tower of Babel
Long ago everyone on earth spoke one language, and on a wide plain in Shinar the people began baking bricks to build a city with a tower reaching the sky. They wanted to make a name for themselves — until the LORD came down to see what they had built. A retelling of The Tower of Babel for the whole family.
God Makes Everything and the Garden of Eden
In the beginning God speaks, and light, sky, seas, stars, animals and people come to be, one day at a time. Then the LORD God forms a man from the dust, plants a garden in Eden with rivers and fruit trees, and names one tree he must not eat from. A calm retelling of the Bible's first pages.
The First Wrong Choice
In the garden, a cunning serpent asks the woman a question about the one tree God had set apart. She and her husband make a choice they cannot undo, and when they hear God walking in the cool of the day, they hide among the trees. A gentle retelling of Genesis 3 for all ages.
Cain and Abel
Cain and Abel follows Eve's two sons: Abel, who keeps sheep, and Cain, who works the ground, as each brings an offering to the LORD. When only one offering is received with favor, Cain grows angry, and God warns him that sin is crouching at the door.
Noah Builds the Ark
Noah Builds the Ark retells how God asks a righteous man to build a great wooden ark and gather his family and the animals, two by two. Gentle narration follows the measurements, the loading, and the first days of rain.
The Rainbow Promise
In The Rainbow Promise, the waters begin to fall and Noah sends a raven, then a dove, to find out whether dry land has returned. A gentle retelling for all ages, ending with a sign in the clouds and a promise God makes to every living creature.