Why? Because God was getting ready to do something even better.Ĭoming Soon! This is what the entire Old Testament is about! The soon-coming Savior is sung by the poets and anticipated by the prophets. And yet - God's glory does not return to the temple. They are far from God and far from home.Ĭonstruction - God's people are freed to return home and they rebuild God's special home, the temple. And so He gave them commandments (the Mosaic Law).Ĭrown - God's people demanded a king, and though God gave them one, each king reminded them that every human king would ultimately let them down each one who did pointed them forward to the True King who would come and save them from their sin.Ĭalamity - God's people reap the consequences of their broken covenant with God and are taken into exile. We explore His covenant with Abraham, but teach that God creates many covenants with His people throughout the Old Testament (Adam, Moses, David, etc.)Ĭommandments - After being freed from slavery in Egypt, God's people didn't know how to live as His sacred people they needed God to teach them how to reflect Him in this world. Here are all the major events!Ĭreation - God creates man and woman in His image and for relationship with him! Man and woman fall into sin and are separated from God.Ĭovenant - God establishes His covenant with His people. And He kept that promise! This is what the message of the entire Bible is all about: Jesus is the only Savior who can make us right with God.Įvery major timeline landmark starts with the letter 'C' so that you can remember what happens all along the way. Even as they learn about the details of the Old Testament timeline, we hope they'll see the bigger picture: from the very beginning, God promised to send a Savior who would make a way for His people to be right with Him again. As always, we keep Jesus front and center in this resource, pointing children to see how every event in the Old Testament reminded God's people that they needed a Savior, and Jesus was the Savior God promised to come. The front of the puzzle creates the vibrant and engaging timeline, and the back of each puzzle piece explains how those events fit into the meta narrative (big story of the Bible) in kid-friendly language.

This puzzle helps children understand the order in which key biblical events occur, and understand why they are important in the overall story of the Bible. A lot happens in the Old Testament there are kings and prophets, wars and wilderness, promises made and promises kept. This puzzle will teach your child all about the great, big story God is telling from Genesis to Malachi.

The entire story of the Old Testament just for kids in a giant floor puzzle!

Simple bible timeline