Ascension
Jesus’s return to heaven after His resurrection. The ascension happened on the Mount of Olives. Eleven disciples were with Jesus.…
Events
Baptism
In Moses’s day, baptism was another word for washing. But when John the Baptist called the crowds to be baptized,…
Burial
Placing a dead body in a grave or tomb. The dead usually were buried in caves, because the ground in…
Census
Counting of the number of people in an area for taxes or registration for the army. A census was taken…
Creation
God’s work in creating the universe. Genesis 1 and 2 tell that God created everything. They do not tell us…
Cross/Crucifixion
Romans used crucifixion, a painful way to die, to execute criminals who were not citizens of Rome. The feet of…
Exile/Captivity of Israel
The seventy-year period when many of the people of Judah were forced to live in Babylon. Because of the wrongdoing…
Exodus, the
The time when the people of Israel left slavery in Egypt to go to the Promised Land of Canaan. The…
Fall, the
Adam and Eve’s first sin in the garden of Eden. God told Adam and Eve that they could eat from…
Feasts
The Bible mentions two kinds of feasts: those held by kings or other people in celebration of events like weddings;…