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God created the world

See 01:01.

perfect

Everything was exactly as it should have been in order to accomplish all that God intended for it.

Adam and Eve

See 01:14.

There was no sin

See 02:01.

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Satan

Satan is a spirit being that God created. He rebelled against God and became God’s enemy.

the garden

This refers to the garden created by God where he placed the first man and woman 01:10.

deceive her

Satan lied to Eve by leading her to doubt what God had said. By doing this, he tricked her into disobeying God (See: 02:04).

Because they sinned, everyone on earth dies

See 01:11.

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crush Satan’s head

God made this promise in 02:09. This (crushing the head) represents a person stepping on the head of a snake. The head is completely crushed, and the snake is dead and therefore harmless.

bite his heel

This represents a snake on the ground biting a person’s foot. In this case, Satan would cause the Messiah to suffer, but would not destroy him (See: 02:09).

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God told Noah to build a boat

See 03:02.

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priests kept on offering sacrifices

See 13:09.

He gave himself

That is, Jesus allowed himself to be killed.

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I will bless all the people groups on the earth

See 04:04.

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sacrifice his own son, Isaac

See 05:06.

the Lamb of God

See 24:06.

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sent the last plague on Egypt

This was the tenth plague when God caused the firstborn sons of the Egyptians to die (See: 11:07).

kill a lamb

See 11:02.

the Passover

The Passover is the name of a religious festival that the Jews celebrate every year to remember how God rescued their ancestors, the Israelites, from slavery in Egypt (See: 12:14).

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blood of Jesus

This refers to the sacrifice of himself that Jesus made when he died for sinners.

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a covenant

A covenant is a formal, binding agreement between two parties that one or both parties must fulfill.

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call Jesus the Word of God

Jesus reveals God’s character. The other prophets preached the message God gave them, but Jesus revealed God in his preaching and his actions.

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God promised King David

See 17:07.