Reading God's Story: A Chronological Daily Bible

Main Characters for Act 1

Noah and his family—

“Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?”

don’t turn away from following the Lord. Instead, worship the Lord with all your heart. 21 Don’t turn away to follow worthless things that can’t profit or deliver you; they are worthless. 22 The Lord will not abandon His people, because of His great name and because He has determined to make you His own people.

Act 2, Scene 3 The Sinai Covenant and Law: God Embraces and Instructs His People

The rising action lasts for about a thousand years. It begins with Abraham and Sarah, whose descendants grow into a nation-sized multitude in Egypt. The action continues to rise as God redeems His people from slavery through Moses and gives them His laws.

Act 1, Scene 3

Unlike Act 1, where the settings were universal or vaguely defined locales on earth, the settings for Act 2 are places we can pinpoint.

Moses—God uses him to bring the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery. The first five Bible books are traditionally referred to as “the books of Moses” because he wrote most of this material (with the exception of the account of his death).