ABRAHAM and ISAAC
To test Abraham's loyalty to Him, God ordered him to sacrifice his son Isaac.  
Abraham obeyed Him without hesitation or question, proving his devotion.  
As soon as God saw that Abraham was faithful, he intervened and saved the 
life of Isaac.

ADAM and EVE
In the beginning, God created man out of the image of himself and named this 
first man Adam.  The using one of Adam's ribs he fashioned Eve, the first 
woman.  Adam and Eve lived in the paradise Garden of Eden.  They were free 
to do whatever they pleased; however, they were forbidden to touch the 
sacred fruit tree in the middle of the orchard.  Satan, disguised as a snake, 
tempted Eve with the fruit.  Eve and Adam ate the fruit and as a result were 
banished from paradise.  This is termed the original sin.

CAIN and ABEL
Cain and Abel were the sons of Adam and Eve.  Cain committed the first 
murder ever by killing his own brother over jealousy.  When God asked him 
where Abel was, he replied, "I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?"  God 
banished Cain to a faraway land for his evil deed.

CRUCIFIXION of JESUS
After being sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, Jesus was beaten and 
mocked, even forced to wear a crown of thorns.  He was forced to bear his 
own cross to the Calvary Hill, where people were crucified.  The cross of 
which he died became a symbol of Christianity.

DANIEL and the LIONS
Daniel was an Israelite in a foreign land in which it was forbidden to pray to 
anyone but the king.  When he was discovered praying to God, the king threw 
Daniel into the lion's den.  However, God sent an angel to protect Daniel, and 
later he was set free.

DAVID and GOLIATH
The Israelites were waging war with their enemies, who had the fiercesome 
warrior Goliath.  Only David was willing to battle this giant one on one and 
went out armed with only a slingshot and some stones.  With God's help he 
defeated Goliath and later became a great king.

JOB
Job's faith was tested by God, who took away his lands, family, health, 
everything.  Though urged to curse God, Job remained devoted to the end and 
therefore was rewarded with multiples of what he had before.

JONAH and the Whale
To avoid a command from God, Jonah took to the seas.  When a huge storm 
battered the ship, the sailors, realizing God's wrath, tossed Jonah into the sea 
and the mouth of a huge whale.  After three days in the whale's belly, Jonah 
prayed for forgiveness and was pardoned.

JOSEPH and the COAT of MANY COLORS
Joseph's father gave to his youngest son a beautiful coat of many colors, 
making the other brothers so jealous that they sold Joseph into slavery in a 
distant land.  Later, Joseph rose into prominence and became a ruler of a 
prosperous land.  In a time of great famine, Joseph's brothers sought aid from 
him, not realizing who he was.  However, the gentle Joseph forgave his 
brothers' sins and offered them assistance.

LAST SUPPER
The night before Jesus' crucifixion, he had Passover dinner with his twelve 
apostles.  Jesus at this Last Supper washed their feet broke bread with them.  
In addition, he also announced that one of them would betray him and another 
would deny him three times (Judas Iscariot and Peter, respectively).

LOT'S WIFE
Once God decided to destroy two entire cities of evil people, Sodom and 
Gomorra, but he wished to save one good man, Lot.  He told him and his 
family to leave their home but warned them not to look back.  When Lot's 
wife did, He turned her into a pillar of salt.

MOSES
Moses was one of the greatest leaders of the Israelites, leading them from 
under the control of the pharaoh of Egypt with the help of God, who sent a 
series of plagues, including locusts, blood, and the killing of the first born son 
of each family.  At the beginning of the Exodus, or the 40 year journey, 
Moses received the Ten Commandments from God through a burning bush.

NOAH and the ARK
When the world became filled with corrupt and evil people, God decided to 
send a great flood to destroy the entire world.  However, God decided to save 
Noah, his family, and the animals of the earth.  He asked that Noah build a 
huge ark for his family and the animals.  Then God made it rain forty days 
and forty nights.  Afterwards, Noah sent a dove out from the ark in search of 
land.  When it returned with an olive branch in its mouth, he knew that the 
water was disappearing and life could begin anew.  God promised to never 
again destroy the world, and as a token of his good faith, he placed a rainbow 
in the sky.

SAMSON and DELILAH
Samson, a leader of the Israelites, was the strongest man in the world. 
However, if he cut his hair, his strength would be gone.  The enemies of the 
Israelites paid Delilah, Samson's lover, to discover this hidden secret.  Once 
he was weak, the seized Samson and forced him into chains.  Eventually, as 
his hair grew back, his strength did as well.  He sough revenge on his enemies 
by toppling the pillars of their greatest temple.  When the temple collapsed, 
Samson along with his enemies died under the falling stones.

TOWER of BABEL
Because of their pride, a group of men and women decided to try to reach 
heaven itself by building a huge tower.  To punish them, God arranged it so 
that each person spoke a different language, prohibiting any further work on 
the tower.