3. Read the words and their explanations. Give the translation of them.

Abraham	The father of the Jewish nation.
Adam	The first man God created.
Adultery	Breaking the marriage promise by having sexual relations with someone else’s husband or wife.
Alien	A person from another country, a stranger.
Altar	A place where people would bring gifts to God. Altars usually had flat surfaces on top and were made of dirt, rocks, wood or metal.
Amen	Means “Yes, this is true!” or “Let it be so!”
Anoint	To pour oil on a person’s head. It meant that God’s Spirit was helping that person do a special job.
Antichrist	Means “against Christ.” In the last days a great evil power called the antichrist will rule over the world and pretend to be like Christ. But Jesus Christ will come and destroy him.
apostles	The special leaders Jesus chose to bring the message about Jesus to the world. First Jesus chose 12 men and then later Paul and some other became apostles.
Ark of the Covenant	A special box made of wood and covered with gold. It had two gold angels on top of it. The written copy of the Ten Commandments was kept inside the box. It was a sign to the people of Israel that God was with them.
Asherah	The name of a fertility goddess that the Canaanites worshiped. Often wooden poles were set up as symbols of Asherah for people to worship at.
Atonement	A payment or offering to remove or forgive sins. In the Old Testament the people of Israel sacrificed animals to show that atonement must be made for the sins of the people.
Baal	The name of a false god that means “Master”. The people of Canaan believed Baal had power over the land, crops, animals.
Babylon	The capital city of Babylonia. The Babylonians captured and destroyed Jerusalem and took many people as prisoners.
Baptize	To wash, dip or immerse in water. Baptism shows that a person’s sins are washed away. He or she has joined the family of God and is united with Jesus in dying to sin and rising ti new life.
Blessing, bless	A blessing is a good gift from God. When God blesses something he makes it prosper.
Blood	In the Bible blood represents the life of something. It was the blood of sacrifice that made it effective.
Canaan	The land God promised to give to Israel. It is at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea where Europe, Asia, Africa come together.
Centurion	An officer in the Roman army who was the leader of 100 soldiers.
Christ	The title of Jesus which means “anointed” or “chosen one” in Greek. The Hebrew word for Christ is “Messiah’. Jesus Christ is God’s chosen one to bring salvation to his people.
Church	A group of the followers of Jesus that meets in a certain place. Jesus calls the church his body. Most of the books of the New testament are letters to churches.
Circumcise	To remove the foreskin of the male sex organ. This was done to symbolize to removal of evil and as a sign of the covenant or agreement between God and the people of Israel.
City if refuge	A place of safety for someone who had accidentally killed someone
Commandment	A rule or teaching that people should obey. God gives his people commandments to help them live a good life
covenant	An agreement or set of promises, especially between God and his people
creation	God created, or made, the world and the entire universe, it is all his creation.
crucify	To nail or tie a person to cross until that his died.
curse	To wish that bad things happen to someone or something. God curses or makes bad things happen, only as a punishment for not obeying him.
David	Israel’s greatest king
Day of the Lord	A phrase used in the Bible for the time in the future when God will destroy evil.
Demon	Powerful evil spirits that work for Satan. Demons can sometimes control people.
Dispel	A follower, someone who believes and does what their leader teaches. Jesus picked 12 disciples to be his special helpers. Today anyone who follows Jesus is in his disciple.
Elders	Older men who where leaders of God’s people
Eternal	Forever, with no end. God is eternal. Followers of Jesus are given the gift of eternal life.
Faith	Confident belief and trust, faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of things even if you can’t see them. To have faith in Jesus means to trust him and believe what the Bible says about him.
Famine	A time when there is not enough food for people. A famine can happen because not enough rain falls, insects destroy the crops or people are fighting a war instead of growing things to eat.
Fasting	Going without food for a period of time. In the Bible fasting was usually done by people during a special time of praying to God, or to show sadness.
Feast	A special time of celebration and eating. Feasts in the Bible celebrated the ways God has helped his people.
Firstfruits	The firs crops that God’s people would collect from their fields and give to God. This was a sign that everything that the land produced belonged to God.
Forgive	Not to punish a person for something wrong he or she has done. To pardon someone. The great message of the Bible is that God forgives us because Jesus took the punishment for the things we have done wrong.
Galilee	The northern part of the land of Palestine. Jesus grew up in the town of Nazareth, in Galilee, and did a lot of his ministry in Galilee
Gentiles	A word meaning “nations”. It is used to refer to anyone who is not a Jew.
Glory	Greatness and majesty that people can see or sense, usually of God.
Gospel	“good news”. The message about how Jesus died and then became alive again to defeat evil, make us new, and give us hope for the future. The job of Jesus’ followers is to share the gospel with people all over the world.
Grace	Showing love and kindness to someone who doesn’t deserve it. The heart of the Christian message is God’s grace- he loves people and saves them even while they are still fighting against him.
Hades	The place of the dead
Hallelujah	A word meaning “Praise the LORD”! It is formed by putting together two Hebrew words: Hallelu ( meaning “ praise”) and Yah ( for the name of God, “ Yahweh,” or “ the LORD”)
Heaven	The place where God is and where other spiritual beings live. The followers of Jesus have their loyalty are citizenship in the heaven because Jesus is there.
Heir	The person who receives or inherits what belongs to a relatives. Their heir usually inherited these things when the relatives died. In the Old Testament Israel was the heir of God and received the promised Land as an inheritance from God.
High place	A place of worship built on top of a hill. High place were altars, stones or wood poles usually used for worshiping false gods.
Holy	Pure, set apart for God. God is holy. He is perfect, doing nothing wrong.
Holy Spirit	One of the three persons of God. In the Old testament we see the Holy Spirit active in the creation of the world
Idol	Anything that is worshiped instead of the true God. In Bible times idols were often statues of false gods made of wood, stone or metal. Idolatry is the worship of idols.
Incense	A collection of spices that is burned to worship God. Incense produces a sweet smell.
Israel	A name meaning “he struggles with God.” God gave this name to Jacob, after he struggled with and angel of God.
Jacob	Son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 tribes of Israel.
Jerusalem	The most important city in Israel. In Bible times Jerusalem was the capital and also the place where the temple of God was Built. Jerusalem is sometimes called “Zion”, “City of David”, “City of God”.
Jesus	A Greek name which means “savior.” It is a form of the Hebrew name “Joshua” which means “the Lord saves”. When the Son of God was born as a human being

THE HOLY BIBLE

Did you know that the Bible is the all-time best seller and most widely read book in the world. The Bible is quoted more often than any other piece of literature and has had more influence on our language, customs, traditions, laws than other book ever published.

Yet there are many people who seldom, if ever, read the Bible.

Why?

Many people assume that the Bible's language is too difficult for the average person to understand. Other are a little frightened by the Bible's size, and some people just don't expect to find anything in the Bible that applies to needs and problems of men and women in the 21 century.

The size of the Bible can be a little intimidating. It is a big book or a small library. The Bible is made up of 66 smaller books written over a period of hundreds of years.

LUKE

BLESSING AND WOES

17. He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.

20. Looking at the disciples, he said:

Blessed are you who are poor,

For yours is the kingdom of God.

21. Blessed are you who hunger now,

For you will be satisfied.

Blessed are you who weep now,

For your laugh.

22. Blessed are you when men hate you,

when they exclude you and insult

You

And reject your name as evil,

Because of the Son of Man.

23. rejoice in that day and leap for joy,

because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets.

24. But woe to you who are rich,

for you have already received your comfort.

25. Woe to you who are well fed now,

for you will go hungry.

Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

26. Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets.

LOVE FOR ENEMIES

27. But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

28. Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29. If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. 30. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you. Do not demand it back. 31. Do to others as you would have them do to you.

32. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the most High, because he is king to the ungrateful and wicked.36. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

JUDGING OTHERS

37. Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

39. He also told them this parable: “can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40. A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.’

41. “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank on your own eye? 42. How can you say to your brother, “Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye, when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

A TREE AND ITS FRUIT

43. “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45. The good man brings good things the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.”

THE WISE AND FOOLISH BUILDERS

46.” Why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and do not do what I say? 47. I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. 48. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. 49. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”

A LAMP ON A STAND

16. “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. 17. For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. 18. Тherefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”

Ask and it will be given to you

5. Then he said to them:, “Suppose on of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says, “friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and i have nothing to set before him.”

7. Then the one insede answers, “Don’t bother me/THE door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.”8. I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9. “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you. 10. For everyone who asks receives, he who sees finds, and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

11. “Which of your fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

12. Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13. If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Genesis 11:1

The Tower of Babel

The Languages confused

Now the whole word had one language and a common speech. AS men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

3. They said to each other? “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.”

They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4. Then they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

5. The lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people were building, all speaking the same language. 6. The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7. Come, let’s go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

So, the Lord scattered them from there over all earth and they stopped building the city.

That is why the place was called Babel because the Lord confused the language of the whole world.

From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

There is a time for everything

There is a time for everything and everything on earth has its special season.

There is a time to be born and a time to die.

There is a time to plant and a time to pull up plants.

There is a time to kill and a time to heal.

There is a time to destroy and a time to build.

There is a time to cry and a time to laugh.

There is a time to be sad and a time to dance.

There is a time to throw away stones and a time to gather them.

There is a time to hug and a time not to hug.

There is a time to look for something and a time to stop looking for it.

There is a time to keep things and a time to throw things away.

There is a time to tear apart and a time to sew together.

There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.

There is a time to love and a time to hate.

There is a time for war and a time for peace.

9. What does the worker gain from his toil?

10. I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. 13. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil – this is the gift of God.

Two are better than one

9. Two are better than one,

because they have a good return for their work:

10. If one falls down,

his friend can help him up.

But pity the man who falls

And has no one to help him up!

11. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.

But how can one keep warm alone?

12. Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.

A cord of three stands is not quickly broken.