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• Abrahan


  Born near the City of Ur
• Abram's father


  Called Terah
• God's covenant/agreement with Abraham


  • The Call of Abram
  • Go from your country, your people and your father's household to the land I will show you
  • I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you
  • I will make your name great and you will be a blessing
• When Abram was 75

  1. God called on him to leave Ur

  2. Abram and his family moved about 600 miles to the northwest
• Vocation


  A type of career that you have a strong feeling would be suitable for you
• Blondin crossing Niagara Falls on a tightrope


  • Blondin asked his audience if they thought he could do it with a man on his back
  • Blondin's agent Harry Colcord agreed to be the man on his back and was successfully carried across the falls
• Hagar


  • Abram's maidservant, who was Egyptian
  • When Hagar became pregnant she became angry and jealous towards Sarai
  • Hagar fled when Sarai mistreated her
  • Hagar and Abram's son was called Ishmael
• Abram's name change


  No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you a father of a multitude of nations
• Moses


  • Shepherd in Midian
  • Saw a bush that was on fire but did not burn
  • God told Moses to take off his shoes as he was standing on holy ground
  • God told Moses to return to Egypt to free his people
  • Moses protested, but God gave him and Aaron miracles to perform
• The 10 plagues on Egypt

  • Blood
  • Frogs
  • Gnats
  • Flies
  • Livestock disease
  • Boils
  • Hail
  • Locusts
  • Darkness
  • Death of firstborn
• If you are born to a Jewish mother then you are Jewish
• What it means to be Jewish

  • Historical - Jews belong to a tradition that dates back 4000 years
  • Social - Being with other Jews and doing things together
  • Religious - They pray and keep the Sabbath
  • Political - Jews are spread all over the world
  • Cultural - Enjoying Jewish songs, eating special foods and doing things a certain way
• Jewish religious symbols and objects

  • Kippah - cap worn by boys and men as a mark of respect
  • Mezuzah - nailed to every doorway, people touch it as they pass through
  • Ner Tamid - a lamp that always burns above the door of the Ark
  • Star of David - symbolises that Jews should live their life on earth the way God wants them to
  • Bimah - reading platform found in the center of a synagogue, scrolls are read here
  • Yad - silver pointer used to follow the words in the scrolls as they are read out loud
  • Menorah - branched candlestick used during Hanukkah
  • Ark - big cupboard containing the Torah scrolls
• The Jewish scriptures


  • The Torah (first 5 books of the Bible)
  • The Nevi'im (Prophets)
  • The Ketuvim (Writings)
• Jesus' entry into Jerusalem

  • Rode in on a donkey
  • People laid palm branches and cloaks on the ground
  • The donkey came from Bethphage
  • There were many traders selling things in the temple
• The Last Supper


  • Celebrated Passover with the disciples
  • Judas betrayed him
  • When he broke the bread he said "This is my body"