First born son for a Jew means? What is a sign and wonder? What is a miracle? Does God take away peoples free will?

Getting ready for Passover and Easter

What is Mathew and Luke teaching in their first few chapters ? Please read Mathew chapters 1 and 2 and Luke chapters 1,2and 3.before you listen. What do these chapters teach us about Jesus and how we should live our lives. 

God speaks to us. God created everything good. God loves all of creation. Men and women are equal and are created in the image and likeness of God. They have the power to create and are in charge of caring for all of creation. Tree of life represents immortality we all want it. God communicates with us. God communicates throughout our life . Sometimes in strange happenings In our life , two stories how God took care of me!

Why isn’t Cain killed after he killed Abel? Why did people live hundreds of years in Genesis? Gilgamesh epic (myth) 2000bc very similar to Noah how come? Tower of Babel is a Zigguart 2100 b.c.! Genesis is not a statement of what things were like at the beginning but a statement of what they are now and what they should be! Covenant between God and humans is what? What is the sign of the covenant  and why?

Who wrote it ? Why was it written? Explain tree of good and evil,tree of life ? Who is the snake in the story ? What and where is Eden? What does it mean to name animals ?

You might want to read the first chapter of Genesis.  Who wrote this first chapter and why? What does it teach us about God and humans ? Who are the Priestly people ? Why did they write this in 587 to 539 BC ?

What is historical critical interpretation of the Bible ? What are some of the truths in the story of Jonah ?

What is the historical critical method of interruption? What is the truth of a Biblical story ?

Is their a being that is the creator of the cosmos and humans? Does that being talk to us? Why do humans care about others?