Creation & Covenant
🌍 Creation and Covenant
The Bible begins with a wonderful story: God created the world!
🌱 Creation
In the beginning, God made the heavens and the earth.
He created:
☀️ The sun and the moon
⭐ The stars
🌊 The oceans and rivers
🌳 Plants and trees
🐘 Animals of every kind
👨👩👧 People
God looked at everything He had made and saw that it was very good.
God made people special. He created us to know Him, love Him, care for His creation, and live in friendship with Him.
🤝 What is a Covenant?
A covenant is a special promise or agreement.
Throughout the Bible, God made covenants with His people. A covenant shows that God wants a relationship with us and that He can be trusted.
One example is God's covenant with Noah.
After the flood, God placed a rainbow in the sky as a sign of His promise. God promised that He would never again destroy the earth with a flood.
🌈 The rainbow reminds us of God's promise.
❤️ God Wants a Relationship With Us
Creation shows us that God made us.
Covenant shows us that God wants to be in relationship with us.
God did not simply create the world and walk away. He continued to care for His people and make promises to them.
👧 What Can Children Do?
We can respond to God's love by:
- 🌳 Taking care of the world He created.
- 🐶 Being kind to animals.
- 🤝 Keeping our promises.
- ❤️ Loving and helping other people.
- 🙏 Talking to God through prayer.
- 🌍 Looking after our beautiful planet.
⭐ Remember
Creation: God made the world and everything in it.
Covenant: God makes special promises and invites people into a relationship with Him.
🌈 Our Big Message
God created us, loves us, and keeps His promises.
“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.”
— Genesis 1:31
Creation & Covenant in learning.
If you would like to know more, please have a look at the following Bible references:
Old Testament Stories
- Creation and the Fall: God makes the universe in six days, and Adam and Eve bring sin into the world.
- Noah’s Ark: God sends a great flood to cleanse the earth, saving Noah and his family.
- The Patriarchs: God calls Abraham, promises him a great nation, and guides Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph.
- The Exodus: Moses is born, leads the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, and receives the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai
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- The Promised Land and Judges: Joshua leads the conquest of Canaan, followed by leaders and judges like Samson and Ruth.
- The United and Divided Monarchy: Samuel anoints Saul, David defeats Goliath and becomes king, and Solomon builds the temple before the kingdom splits.
- Exile and Return: Israel and Judah fall to foreign empires, and exiles later return to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple.
New Testament Stories
- The Life of Jesus: Jesus is born in Bethlehem, is baptized, performs miracles, teaches in parables, and dies on the cross before rising from the dead.
- The Early Church: Jesus ascends to heaven, the Holy Spirit arrives at Pentecost, and the apostles spread the faith.
- The New Creation: The New Testament and the entire biblical narrative conclude in Revelation with the promise of a new heaven and a new earth