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People and Places

The Journey

The most significant people and places of each stage, remembered through the actions and circumstances that make them memorable. Choose a stage to begin.

1

Creation and the Fall

The beginnings of Salvation History

2

Noah, Babel, and the Beginnings

Wounded humanity and God's new beginning

3

Abraham and the Promise

God's call and the beginning of a history of blessing

4

The Patriarchs: Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph

The promise continues in a family

5

Moses and the Exodus

God frees His people and reveals His name

6

Sinai, Covenant, and Wilderness

God forms His people and teaches them in the covenant

7

Entry into the Land and the Judges

God brings His people into the promised land and calls them to faithfulness

8

Samuel, Saul, and David

God guides His people toward the kingdom and promises a king after His own heart

9

Solomon, the Temple, and the Divided Kingdom

The glory of the temple and the frailty of the human heart

10

The Prophets and the Call to Conversion

God speaks to His people and calls them back to the covenant

11

Exile and Hope

The people lose the land, but God keeps His promise

12

Return and Messianic Expectation

God restores His people and stirs up the hope of the Messiah

13

Annunciation, Incarnation, and the Birth of Christ

The promise is fulfilled: the Son of God enters history

14

The Public Life of Jesus and the Kingdom of God

Jesus announces the Kingdom and reveals the face of the Father

15

Passion, Death, and Resurrection

Christ gives His life and conquers death

16

Pentecost and the Early Church

The Holy Spirit drives the mission of the Church

17

The Apostolic Mission

The Gospel is proclaimed to the ends of the earth

18

Consummation and the New Creation

God brings history to its fullness in Christ

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