The JESUS STORY tells of a garden paradise.

A boat and a flood.

A rainbow.

A tower.

But more than events, the JESUS STORY is about people. 

People desperately looking for salvation and hope.

And a God who seeks to give exactly what they are looking for.

Years after the fall of the Tower of Babel, God establishes a relationship with a man named Abraham.

He calls Abraham out of his home and tells him to go.

Where doesn’t matter.  What matters is that he goes.  And Abraham does.

Because of this faithful obedience, God promises that Abraham will become the father of many nations.

This sets the stage for a relationship that will change the course of history.

God chooses Abraham and his descendants to be his chosen people. 

The ones in which His story of love and redemption will be played out for all humanity.

You may have heard of Abraham’s family.

Isaac, a boy who is almost sacrificed, and saved by an angel.
Jacob, a trickster who steals a birthright and fathers 12 sons.

Joseph, a dreamer with a colored coat. Sold into slavery by his brothers, thrown into prison for a crime he didn’t commit.  And eventually becomes the second most powerful man in Egypt, saving his family—and the world—from famine.

But 400 years after Joseph, Abraham’s descendants are enslaved in Egypt.

The children of Israel desperately cry out for a savior.

The hero is an Israelite named Moses.  Prince.  Shepherd. Murderer.

God may ask the incredible.  He may use the most unlikely people.

But Chapter Two of The Jesus Story shows that when God makes a promise,

He keeps it.

Chapter Two: The Patriarchs