Joshua 1:6-9

This verse says that you should always be brave and strong while obeying God's instructions. You should be brave so that you can protect yourself and other from danger. You should also be strong to defend yourself and others from evil. And you should definitely obey God's instructions to us because it will lead you to a better life. We should do these three so that we know how to fight evil and we can defend the word of God from other who don't believe in him.

Psalms 17:6-8

In this verse, a person said to us that God is our protector. God protects us from the devil, he protects us from commiting a sin and he protects us from doing bad things. When we need him, he answers us and helps us. He always watches us even though we don't see him. I feel very safe and sound when I feel that God is wih me.

 

The epic of Gilgamesh

The epic of Gilgamesh is related to the story of creation and the great flood. Believe it or not the Sumerians have libraries in their time. One of their oldest books is the epic of Gilgamesh. One part of the book is about  Gilgamesh, a legendary hero that sleeps under a tree and wakes up to a snake that has robbed his eternal life. he searches for it for his dead friend, Enkidu.That story is like the story of creation. Another part of the book is about Utnapishtim who was told to build a ship to fit his family and 2 of every kind of animal. It was covered with pitch both inside and out. When he was finished he loaded everyone into the ship and rained for 6 days and nights. He sent out 3 birds but the last bird didn't come back because it had found enough meat to live on. Now that sounded familiar. That story is just like the great flood. This book is passed on and on hundreds of years by mouth.

The Sumerians

They are a fascinating group of people who taught us how to craft Iron. Do you remember Tubal-Cain? When the great flood happened, iron making was never heard from again, but when the flood and the ice age passed the Sumerians continued the job that Tubal-Cain had. There are some fascinating things that the Sumerians have. One is the fertile crescent. This means land between the rivers. The 1st civilization was recorded when they appeared in 2224 B.C.  They also have their letters that is called cuneiform. Do you know who is Sir Leonard Woolley? He was the one who found the royal tombs in the city of Ur. He also found a ziggurat. It is a flat looking pyramid that has steps.

1 Kings 19:11-`13

God said to Elijah to stand on the mountains and stand before the Lord. Then a strong wind tore apart rocks on the mountain. But the Lord wasn't in the wind, then there was an earthquake, But the Lord wasn't in the earthquake, after that there was a fire but the Lord wasn't in the fire, finally there was a soft and quiet sound. The thing I learned in this verse is you should always follow God because if you follow him you will be on the right track.

The tower of Babel

The tower of Babel was created on 2224 B.C. The tower of babel represents the 5000 languages that we have. In Genesis 11:7 it said before we only have one language and that humans went to build their city and God came down to the humans to see them told them  to join him into mixing up their language so that they couldn't understand each other and because some of them don't believe in God. I learned that we should always believe in God no matter what language we are speaking.

Psalm 139:13-18

This verse says that even if we are not yet born from our mother's womb, God has already planned our future. Before we do our next action God knows that we are going to do it. He was the person who brought us here. He was the one who created our faces and named all our internal and external features. The thing I learned in this verse is that God knows what our future will be and we cannot change the plans that God has made.