Join us as we read through the Bible together, one chapter at a time.
Toward the restoration of Joseph to his family as he meets his brothers who come back for more food.
As God had told Joseph would happen, Joseph rises to power and his brothers do bow down to him for help during the famine, even though they do not recognize him as their brother.
God brings Joseph out of the "pit" once again, and as God told him in a dream 13 years earlier, Joseph would rise up and be able to help his family and many others.
Joseph interprets two dreams while in prison, by the favor of God, but waits patiently for God to fulfill His promise to him.
Joseph resists the temptations of Potiphar's wife, though he ends up in prison for it, but God is always with him.
The sins of Judah and his sons and daughter in law.
Jacob gives a special coat to his 'favorite' son, Joseph, and the brothers react and sell him into slavery and lie to their father. Despite all this God is faithful.
Jacob's sons take revenge on the one who rapes their daughter, and on all the men who their people.
Jacob prepares to meet Esau and God meets Jacob to renew His Promises to Jacob and the entire human race.
Jacob and his father in law have been deceptive in dealing with each other and that leads to a disruption in their relationship, but God intervenes to bring them together.
Contention in marriage and the family continues for Jacob, who, contrary to God's will, has children by four different women, yet God continues to bless him.
God leads Jacob on his journey and he finds his wife, Rachel, but the Deceiver gets decieved himself, and Jacob ends up with a second wife.
Jacob runs from his brother Esau, who is angry with him for stealing his birthright, and Isaac and Rebekah sending Jacob to family to find a wife who believes in the true God.
With the help of Rebecah, his mother, Jacob steals his brother, Esau's, blessing from their father, Isaac, and despite the family disfunction, God keeps His Promise and works in His way to bring us the Messiah.
God renews His Promises to Abraham as He reminds Isaac, his son, of that Promise and guides him in his life.
Record of the descendents and death of Abraham, and how the family lives on through Isaac & his wife, Rebekah who gives birth to Esau & Jacob, who continue that line on to the Messiah.
Abraham sends his servant to get a wife for Isaac, making sure that she is not one who worships other gods than the true God.
Abraham's wife, Sarah, dies and for the first time Abraham buys land in the land that God had promised He would give to Abraham and his descendants.
God tests Abraham so that Abrahamwould trust God and do what God told him to do, to sacrifice his son, Isaac, and God honored that trust and spared Isaac.
God protects Abraham and Sarah from themselves and their foolish decision, and preserves the line of His Promise of a Messiah.
God judges and punishes the wickedness in Sodom and Gomorrah, but saves Lot and his family by warning them and sending them out before the destruction.
Abraham pleads for his nephew, Lot, and the righteous ones in Sodom and Gomorrah, and God listens and promises.
God gives Abraham the sign of circumcision to remind them of His Promises to send a Savior.
Despite the impatience of Sarai & Abram, God continues to bless them and assure them of His Promise.
A battle with Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah, and Lot is taken captive, until Abram comes and conquers the enemy and sets Lot free.
Abram and his nephew, Lot, part ways so that each of their flocks could be fed and tension between the two and their herdsman might be aleviated. Abram let's Lot choose and God continues to bless Abram.
God's promise to Abram that through his family God would send a Savior for all people.
When mankind wanted to make a name for themselves and refused to fill the earth, they started to build a tower, but God intervened and spread them out and so fullfilled His promise to give them hope.
A genealogy in the time of Noah, which shows us the hope that God gives through the human family which is finaled realized in the birth of God's only Son, Jesus, into the human family to give us hope.
God establishes His Covenant with Noah and all creation, and uses the rainbow to remind Him and us.
God remembes Noah and his family, and God remembers us, as Noah remained faithful to God and did what God said to do, so that now the Promise of a Savior continues for them and for us.
God floods the entire world and all living things are drowned, except Noah, his family and all the animals that God brought on the ark with him.
In the time of Noah, God was sorry about creating the world, yet gave us hope by bringing Noah through the flood.
The generations of mankind, and proclamation of God persevering, despite our rebellion and bringing us a Savior, Jesus Christ, through this line.
The depravity of mankind and the faithfulness of God.
When the devil tempts Adam and Eve, they rebel against God and disobey Him, but God gives us hope in a Savior.
God establishes the Sabbath Day, and explains the creation of mankind and marriage.
Revelation closes with Hope and a warning.
God's wrath against His enemies and the enemies of the believers who have faith in Him.
Now we see how diabolic satan is, trying to get the world to worship him rather than the true God.
The battle between God and Satan, won by Jesus Christ when He died on the cross, rose from the dead and ascended to heaven.
There will be war against the church/the Bride of Christ, but we are to continue to be witnesses of the resurrection of Christ and of ourselves.
God commissions John to write the message down so that all can read it.
In the second scene showing us what to expect in the time between Jesus' Ascension and His second coming, we are reminded of Satan, a fallen angel, who is behind the evil that is in our world, along with the promise that God still is over him for our sake.
Jesus opens the seal on the seventh scroll as more of the sad history of the effect of sin on the whole world is revealed.
A description of heaven and where we end up after death, with new life and being in God's presence forever.
Through the image of the four horseman, God shows us the evil that is to come, and His protection of His Church.
Another glimpse into heaven and the plan of God for the future to save us.
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