When Moses stays up on the mountain for a long time, the people say: 'We do not know what has happen to Moses. So let's make a god to lead us of this land.' 'All right,' Moses' brother Aaron says. 'Take off your gold earrings, and bring them to me.' When the people do so, Aaron melts them down and makes a golden calf.And the people say: 'This is our God, who led us out of Egypt!' Then the Israelites have a big party, and worship the golden calf. When Jehovah sees this, he is very angry. So he says to Moses: 'Hurry and go down. The people are acting very badly. They have forgotten my laws and are bowing down to a golden calf.' Moses hurries down the mountain. And when he gets close, this is what he sees. The people are singin, and dancing around the golden calf! The people have done a very bad thing. So Moses tells some of the men to take their swords. 'The bad people who worshiped the golden calf must die,' Moses says. And so the men strike dead 3,000 people! Doesn't this show that we need to be careful to worship only Jehovah, and not any false gods?  (EXOUDUS 32: 1-35)

One day when Joseph's older brothers are taking care of their father's sheep,Jacob ask Joseph to go and see how they are getting along. When Joseph's brothers see him coming, some of them say: 'Let's kill him!' But Reuben, the oldest brother,says: 'No don't you do that!' Instead they grab Joseph and throw him into a dried-up water hole. About this time some Ishmaelit men come along. Judah says to his half brothers: 'Let's sell him to the Ishmaelites: And that's what they do.'They sell Joseph for 20 pieces of silver. How mean and unkind that was!(GENESIS 37:1-35.)

Dinah is going to visit some girls who live in the land of Canaan.Would her father Jacob be happy about this? NO. It was because these people in Canaan worshiped false gods.They were not good people to have as husband or wives,or close friends.One day when Dinah come on a visit. Shechem took Dinah and forced her to lie down with him. This was wronge,because only married men and women are supposed to lie down together.This bad thing that did to Dinah led to a lot more trouble.When Dinah's brothers heard about what happened,they were very angry.Two of them, Simeon and Levi, were so angry that they took swords and went into the city and caught the men by surprise.They and their brothers killed Shechem and all the other men.Jacob was angry because his sons did this bad thing.(READ MORE AT GENESIS 34:1-34.)

Do YOU know who that is lying on the ground? It is Saul. Saul takes the lead in hunting for Jesus' followers to hurt them. He goes into one house after another and drags them out and throws them in prison. Saul goes to other cities to find Jesus's follwers. He is now on his way to Damascus. But, on the way, this is the amazing thing that happens:  Suddenly a light from the sky flashes around Saul. He falls to the ground, as we see here. Then a voice says: Saul, Saul! Why are hurting me?' The men see the light and hear the sound of the voice, but they can't understand what is being said.  'Who are you, Lord?' Saul ask. 'I am Jesus, the one you are hurting,' the voice says. Jesus says this becaues when Saul hurts Jesus' followers, Jesus feels as if he is being hurt himself. When Saul get's up from the ground he is blind! (READ IN YOUR BIBLE MORE AT  ACTS 8:1-4  THEN ACTS 9:1-20;)

God made the earth for us to live on as humans.What was earth like in the beinnin?" In the beginning  no one could live on the earth. There was nothing but one big ocean ocean of water all over the land. But God wanted people to live on the earth. So he began to get things ready for us. What did he do? Well, first the earth needed light. So God made the light from the sun to shine on the earth. He made It so there could be both nighttime and daytime. Afterward God caused land to come up above the water of the ocean. At first there was nothing on the land. There were no flowers or trees or animals.(READ MORE AT JEREMIAH 10:12 COLOSSIANS 1:15-17 GENESIS 1:1-10),,

Do you know the name of the strongest man who ever lived? He is a judge named Samson. It is Jehovah who gives Samson his strenght. Even befor Samson is Even born, Jehovah tells his mother: 'Soon you will have a son. He will take a lead in saving Israel from the Philistines.' The Philistines are bad people who live in Canaan.They have many fighting men, and they really hurt the Israelites. Once, when Samson is on his way to where the Philistines live, a big lion comes roaing out to meet him. But Samson kills the lion with only his bare hands. He also kills hundreds of bad Philistines. Later Samson falls in love with a woman named Delilah. The Philistine leaders promise that each of them will give Delilah 1,100 pieces of silver if she tells them what makes Samson so strong.  (READ MORE AT JUDGES CHAPTER 13 TO 16),,

The king of Assyria has just sent lettrs to King Hezekia. These are the letters that Hezekia has put here befor God. The letters make fun of Jehvovah, and tell Hezekiah to give up. So this is why Hezekiah prays: 'O Jehovah, save us from the king of Assyria. Then all the nations will know that you along are God.' Will Jehovah listen to Hezekiah? Hezekiah is a good king. So after Hezekiah finishes praying, the prophet Isaiah sends him this message from Jehovah: 'The king of Assyria will come into Jerusalem. None of his soldiers will even come close to it. They will not shoot a sinle arrow at the city.' Jehovah sent his angel, and in one night the angel killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. So the king of Assyria gives up and go back home,,,( READ MORE AT 2KINGS 18:1-36 )

I know a story about some people whose lives were saved because they were obedient. Would you like to hear it?- These people lived in the big city of Jerusalem long time ago. Most of the people in that city were bad. They did not listen to God. Jehovah sent his own son to teach them. But they still did not listen. What would God do to them?- The Great Teacher warned them that God was going to have their city destroyed. He said that armies of soldiers would camp around the city and ruin it. He also told the people how they could escape if they love what was right. This is what he said: When you see armies all around Jerusalem, then is the time to get out of Jerusalem and run to the mountains.'-(READ LUKE 21:20-22).  IT happened just as Jesus said it would. The armies of Rome came to attack Jerusalem. They camp all around. Then for some reason they left. Most of the people thought that the danger was past. They stayed in the city. But what had Jesus said they should do?- What would you have done if you had been living in Jersalem?- Those who really believed Jesus left their homes and ran far away from Jerusalem into the mountains. Not only grown-ups went; children went with them. But were they really protected because they were obedient?- For three years nothing happened. But then in the fourth year the armies of Rome came back. For those who had stayed in Jerusalem it was now too late to escape. This time the armies destroyed the city. Most of the people inside were killed. But what happened to those who had obeyed Jesus?-They were far away from Jerusalem. So they were not hurt.

Look at the young man guarding the outer garments of those who are throwing stones at Stephen. His Hebrew name is Saul, but his Roman name is Paul.He is glad that Stephen, who is a disciple of the Great Teacher, is being killed.   When Stephen is arrested in Jerualem, Saul is right there. Stephen is taken to court, where some of the judges are Pharisees. Even though bad things are said about Stephen, he is not afraid. He speaks right up and gives the judges a good witness abount Jehovah God and about Jesus.                    The judges grab hold of Stephen and take him outside the city. They knock him down and throw stones at him. (READ MORE FROM YOUR BIBLE AT ACTS 7:54-60. ACTS 8:1-4..)