The Sea of Galilee

The Mount of Olives




CHAPTER I

WHY JESUS CAME TO THIS WORLD

In the beginning, before the world was made, the Lord Jesus lived in
heaven. He lived in that happy place with God. Then God made the
world. He told the hills to come up out of the earth, and the seas to
run down into the deep places which He had made for them. He made the
grass, the trees, and all the pretty flowers. He put the sun, the
moon, and the stars in the sky. He filled the water with swimming
fish, the air with flying birds, and the dry land with walking and
creeping animals. And then He said, 'Let _Us_ make man.' Who were
meant by 'Us'? Who was with God when He made the world? It was Jesus.
The Bible says:

'THE WORD (that means Jesus) WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. THE
SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD. ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM.'

So after He had made everything else, God made a man, and named him
Adam. God put Adam into the beautiful Garden of Eden, and at first he
was good and very happy. God also made a woman, named Eve, to be his
wife, and to help him to take care of the garden. All the fruit in the