Israel's failure in the pages of the Old Testament was largely due tot eh failure of their kings. God plan is still to have His people living in His place and under His blessing and rule. And his plan is to have a faithful King to lead his people.

With the kingdom now divided due to Solomon's failure, God's patience runs out with Israel and Judah. His punishment is that the people are removed from the land.

The people of Israel have become a great nation and are now living the land God gave them under the blessing and rule of God's king. Solomon's reign as king starts well ... but finishes with the demise and division of the Kingdom.

God's plan for his people was that they would have a King to lead them and to set an example for them. King David was probably the greatest king in Israel's history ... but was really only a shadow of the Kingship that Jesus would exercise.

Genesis 1-11 gives the story of the whole world. But in Genesis 12 the focus narrows to one man (Abraham) and the promises God made to him. Promises that will dominate the rest of the Bible. Promises that will find their fulfillment in Jesus.

Genesis 3 is the chapter of the Bible that you have to understand in order to make sense of the rest of the Bible. It explains why our world is the way it is. It explains why we are the way we are.

The opening chapters of the Bible tell us clearly who made the world, what kind of world it is and what our place is in this creation.

What are you searching for in life? What is it that you would give everything for? Jesus tells us what the treasure is we should be searching for.