Creation to the Flood

From where did the heavens and earth come?  How did the sun, the moon, and the stars, as well as the many things on earth, come to be?  The Bible gives the true answer when it says that they were created by God. So our book begins with Bible stories about creation.

The first creation of God, we learn were spirit persons somewhat like himself. They were angels. But the earth was created for people like us. So God made the man and woman named Adam and Eve and put them in a beautiful garden.  But they disobeyed God and lost the right to keep living.

In all, from Adam's creation until the great Flood, there were 1, 656 years.  During this time many bad persons lived.  In heaven, there were the unseen spirit persons, Satan  and his bad angels. On earth, there were Cain and many other bad persons, including some unusually powerful men.  But there were also good people on earth-Abel, Enoch, and Noah. In part one we will read about all these people and events. 

Next time: God Begins to Make Things

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