BBIIBBLLEEActivity Book Revised Edition

Contents

Preface 7

The Old Testament 9

Primeval History (? to about 2000 B.C.)1. The Creation: The First to the Fourth Day. Genesis 1 9

2. The Creation: The Fifth to the Seventh Day. Genesis 1 1 0

3. Adam and Eve in Paradise. Genesis 2 1 2

4. The Fall into Sin. Genesis 3 1 3

5. The Promise of the Savior. Genesis 3 1 4

6. Cain and Abel. Genesis 4 1 5

7. From Adam to Noah. Genesis 5 1 6

8. The Flood. Genesis 6–9 1 7

9. The Tower of Babel. Genesis 11 1 8

The Patriarchs (about 2000 to 1800 B.C.)10. The Call of Abram. Genesis 12 1 9

11. The Promise of Isaac. Genesis 18 2 0

12. Sodom and Gomorrah. Genesis 19 2 1

13. The Offering of Isaac. Genesis 22 2 2

14. Isaac and His Family. Genesis 27 2 3

15. Jacob’s Stairway. Genesis 28 2 4

16. Jacob’s Family. Genesis 37 2 5

17. Joseph and His Brothers. Genesis 37 2 6

18. Joseph Serves Pharaoh. Genesis 41 2 7

19. The Journeys of Joseph’s Brothers. Genesis 42–43 2 8

20. Joseph Makes Himself Known to His Brothers. Genesis 44–45 2 9

21. Jacob and Joseph Are Reunited. Genesis 46–50 3 0

Moses and the Giving of the Law (about 1500 B.C.)22. The Birth of Moses. Exodus 1–2 3 1

23. The Call of Moses. Exodus 3–4 3 3

24. The Passover. Exodus 11–12 3 4

25. The Departure from Egypt. Exodus 12–14 3 5

26. The Giving of the Law. Exodus 15–16; 19–20 3 6

27. The Golden Calf. Exodus 32; 34 3 7

28. The Bronze Snake. Numbers 13–14; 21 3 8

The Occupation of Canaan (about 1460 B.C.)29. Israel Enters Canaan. Deuteronomy 34; Joshua 1–5 3 9

30. The Conquest of Canaan. Joshua 6–10 4 0

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The Time of the Judges (about 1440 to 1100 B.C.)31. Gideon. Judges 6 4 1

32. Samson: Part 1. Judges 13–14 4 2

33. Samson: Part 2. Judges 15–16 4 3

34. Ruth. The Book of Ruth 4 4

35. The Boy Samuel. 1 Samuel 1–4 4 5

The Undivided Kingdom (about 1100 to 975 B.C.)36. King Saul. 1 Samuel 8–15 4 6

37. David Is Chosen. 1 Samuel 16–17 4 7

38. David and Goliath. 1 Samuel 17 4 8

39. David’s Fall and Repentance. 2 Samuel 11–12 4 9

40. Absalom’s Rebellion. 2 Samuel 14–18 5 0

41. Solomon and the Temple. 1 Kings 3–8 5 1

The Divided Kingdom (about 975 to 588 B.C.)42. The Prophet Elijah. 1 Kings 16–17 5 2

43. Elijah and the Prophets of Baal. 1 Kings 18 5 3

44. Naboth’s Vineyard. 1 Kings 21 5 4

45. Elisha Sees Elijah Ascend. 2 Kings 2 5 5

46. Naaman and Elisha. 2 Kings 5 5 6

47. God Sends Jonah. Jonah 1–3 5 7

48. Jeremiah. Jeremiah 37–38 5 8

49. The Three Men in the Fiery Furnace. Daniel 3 5 9

50. Daniel in the Lions’ Den. Daniel 6 6 1

The New Testament

The Youth of Jesus (about 7 B.C.to A.D.6)51. A Message for Zechariah. Luke 1 6 2

52. The Announcement to Mary. Luke 1; Matthew 1 6 3

53. The Birth of John the Baptist. Luke 1 6 4

54. The Birth of Jesus. Luke 2 6 5

55. Angels Announce the Savior’s Birth. Luke 2 6 6

56. The Presentation of Jesus. Luke 2 6 7

57. The Magi from the East. Matthew 2 6 8

58. The Escape to Egypt. Matthew 2 6 9

59. The Boy Jesus at the Temple. Luke 2 7 0

The Public Ministry of Christ (about A.D.29 to 33)60. The Baptism of Jesus. Matthew 3; Mark 1 7 1

61. The Temptation of Jesus. Matthew 4 7 2

62. Jesus Helps Peter Catch Fish. Luke 5 7 4

63. Jesus Changes Water to Wine. John 2 7 5

64. Jesus Calms the Storm. Mark 4 7 6

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65. Jesus Heals a Man Who Was Paralyzed. Mark 2 7 7

66. A Widow’s Son and Jairus’ Daughter. Luke 7–8 7 8

67. Jesus Feeds More Than Five Thousand. John 6 7 9

68. Jesus Walks on the Water. Mark 6; Matthew 14 8 0

69. The Faith of a Canaanite Woman. Matthew 15 8 1

70. The Ten Lepers. Luke 17 8 2

71. Jesus Blesses the Children. Matthew 18–19 8 3

72. The Transfiguration. Matthew 17 8 4

73. Zacchaeus. Luke 19 8 5

The Parables of the Savior (about A.D.29 to 33)74. The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin. Luke 15 8 6

75. The Lost Son. Luke 15 8 7

76. The Foolish Rich Man. Luke 12 8 8

77. The Pharisee and the Tax Collector. Luke 18 8 9

78. The Good Samaritan. Luke 10 9 0

The Passion and Death of Christ (about A.D.33)79. The Triumphal Entry. Matthew 21 9 1

80. The Anointing. Mark 14; John 12 9 2

81. The Last Judgment. Matthew 25 9 3

82. The Lord’s Supper. Luke 22 9 5

83. Jesus in Gethsemane. Matthew 26; Luke 22 9 7

84. Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested. Matthew 26; John 18 9 8

85. Jesus before the Sanhedrin. Matthew 26; John 18 9 9

86. Peter Disowns Jesus; Judas Dies. Matthew 26–27; Luke 22; John 18 100

87. Jesus before Pilate. Matthew 27; John 18 101

88. Jesus Is Crucified. Luke 23; John 19 103

89. Jesus Dies and Is Buried. Matthew 27; Luke 23; John 19 104

The Glorified Christ (about A.D.33)90. The Resurrection of Christ. Matthew 28; Mark 16 105

91. The First Appearances of the Risen Lord. Matthew 28; John 20 106

92. Christ Appears to His Disciples. John 20; Matthew 28 107

93. The Ascension. Acts 1 109

The Church of Christ (about A.D.33 to 60)94. The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost. Acts 2 110

95. The Crippled Beggar Is Healed. Acts 3 112

96. Stephen. Acts 6–8 113

97. Philip and the Ethiopian. Acts 8 114

98. Saul’s Conversion. Acts 9 115

99. Peter Is Freed from Prison. Acts 12 117

100. Paul’s Shipwreck. Acts 27–28 118

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was afraid.

Fill in each blank with a word from below.

1. Abraham ran to meet the men.

2. Sarah used flour to make bread.

3. A servant prepared a calf.4. The Lord said, “Sarah your wife will havea

son.”

5. Sarah laughed to herself.

6. Sarah told a lie.

7. Nothing is too hard for the Lord.

ran son hard

bread laughed lie calf

Applying God’s Word1. What characteristic of God is suggested bythe question “Is anything too hard forGod?” (God is omnipotent [all-pow-erful]. Nothing is beyond His abil-ity to bring it to pass.

)

2. Why can we trust God to keep all of Hispromises? (God is faithful. He hasrevealed that quality to us. Plus, Hehas been faithful in all He haspromised to us in thep a s t .

)

3. In this account God took on human form tovisit His people. When else did God take onhuman form to live among His people? SeeGalatians 4:4. (God sent His Sonto be born of a woman so thatH e m i g h t b e c o m e h u m a n i norder to save humanity fromthe curse of the fall.)

12Sodom and Gomor-rah (Genesis 19)

Thinking about God’s Word1. Where was Lot sitting when the angelscame to him? (in the gateway of thecity )

2. Where did Lot take the angels ?(to his house )

3. Which words show that Lot tried to turnthe men of Sodom from their evil ways? (“No, my friends. Don’t do thiswicked thing.” )

4. What did the angels do to the wicked men?(They struck the men with blind-ness. )

5. Why had the angels come to visit Lot? (tobring him out of the city)

6. Whom did the angels try to save besides Lotand his wife and daughters? (Lot’s sons-in-law ) Why were they notsaved? ( They refused to leave.)

7. What was destroyed? ( Sodom andGomorrah) Who was destroyed? ( Allwho remained in these cities weredestroyed. )

8. Whom did Lot’s wife disobey when shelooked back? (the angels) Howwas she punished? (She became a pil-lar of salt. )

9. Why were the people of Sodom and Gomor-rah destroyed? See Genesis 18:20–32 and2 Peter 2:6. (They were destroyed

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Yes No

5. Did the children of Israel have strong faith? Yes No

6. Was there a wall of water on both sides of Israel? Yes No

7. Did Pharaoh swim to shore? Yes NoApplying God’s Word1. God came to His people Israel in a pillar ofcloud and in a pillar of fire. How does Godcome to His people today?(God comes to His people todaythrough the means of grace—theWord and the Sacraments. )

2. God rescued His people from captivity inEgypt. From what forms of captivity hasGod rescued us?(God has rescued us from sin,death, and the power of the devil.)

3. How and when did His rescue of us takep l a c e ?

(Jesusrescued us through His death onCalvary’s cross to pay the penaltywe deserved because of our sins .)36King Saul

(1 Samuel 8–15)

Thinking about God’s Word1. Who was the last judge of Israel? See 1Samuel 7:15. (Samuel)

2. Why did the elders tell Samuel they wanteda king? ( The other nationshad kings.) Why was that a sin? (They were rejecting God as theirKing. )

3. Why did Samuel call the tribes of Israeltogether? ( to select aking) Note: There were 13 tribes inIsrael, one for each son of Jacob exceptJoseph. He was honored with two tribesnamed after his two sons, Ephraim andManasseh. We usually speak of 12 tribesbecause the sons of Levi did not inherit aprovince of their own. They were thepriests and as such received offerings from

the other tribes.

4. How did Saul, the new king, show hish u m i l i t y ?

(He hid amongthe baggage.)

5. Why did Saul immediately have to go tow a r ?

(Nahashthe Ammonite besieged JabeshGilead.) What two things made it possi-ble for Saul to win? ( The Spiritof God came upon Saul in power, andthe terror of the Lord fell upon thep e o p l e

) Why?(God controlled the events.)

Working with God’s Word

Answer each question with one word or ashort phrase.1. Who came to Samuel and asked for a king? t he elders of Israel

2. Whom had Israel rejected? G o d

3. Who was chosen as Israel’s first king? S a u l

4. Who came upon Saul? t h eS p i r i t o f G o d

5. Who won the battle against Ammon? I s r a e l b y t h e p o w e r o fG o d

6. What instructions regarding theAmalekites did God give Saul? d e s t r o y e v e r y t h i n g

7. Whose instructions did Saul say he per-formed?

God’s

8. What had Saul spared besides the sheep? c