1- Bible stories _God begins to do things
ALL the good things we have come from God. He made the sun to give us light during the day, and the moon and stars so that we would have some light at night. And God made the earth for us to live on.
But the sun, the moon, the stars, and the earth were not the first things that God made. Do you know which was the first? God first made people like him. We cannot see these people, just as we cannot see God. In the Bible these people are called angels. God made angels to live with himself in heaven.
The first angel that God made was very special. He was the first Son of God and worked with his Father. He helped God do all the other things. He helped God make the sun, the moon, the stars, and also our earth.
What was the earth like then? In the beginning no one could live on earth. There was nothing but a great ocean of water all over the earth. But God wanted people to live on earth. So he started preparing things for us. What did he do?
Well, first the earth needed light. Then God made the light of the sun shine on the earth. He made it so that there could be both night and day. Then God made the earth rise above the ocean water.
In the beginning there was nothing on earth. It looked like the picture you see here. There were no flowers or trees or animals. There weren't even any fish in the oceans. God had a lot more work to do to make the earth really nice for animals and people to live on.