A brief overview of salvation history, meant to be read as it is shown. I've used it with Confirmation classes, RCIA and parents.

1. God’s Plan of Salvation

2. Adam
and Eve
in the
Garden
of Eden
One
Holy
Couple

3. Oops, not so holy
now; they eat
from the wrong
tree and are
banished from
the garden.
Watch out for
those snakes.

4. They have three sons,
Cain, Abel and Seth.
Cain kills Abel.
He is marked forever.

5. Along comes Noah, a godly
man who builds an ark at the
LORD’s request.
Two by Two, Forty days of rain
Finally a bow in the sky
Never again will I flood the
earth says the LORD.
Noah and his family are One
Holy Family

6. Now we are part of One Holy
Tribe
Abraham and Sarah have
a son in their old, as in
over 90 years old, age.
God asks Abraham to seal
the covenant by
sacrificing Isaac.
Abraham says yes, but
wait, an angel of the
LORD says, NO, go get
that ram instead.
Abraham is rewarded for
his faithfulness and is the
father of a great nation.

7. Isaac has a son named
Jacob who wrestles
with God.
He survives but walks
with a limp.
Jacob has 12 sons with
4 wives. He loves
Joseph the most so his
brothers sell him into
slavery.

8. Joseph winds up in Egypt, has
a few problems but eventually
winds up at the top.
His brothers come to Egypt for
food.
Joseph strings them along for
a bit but then tells them who
he is and helps them. The
whole tribe moves to Egypt.
It’s all good until they start to
out-number the Egyptians.

9. God calls Moses from a burning
bush and commands him to set
the Israelites free from slavery
It takes some time, but finally
Pharaoh agrees and off they
go, through the Red Sea.
They set up camp and Moses
goes up the mountain.

10. When he comes down from the
mountain, he has a gift from God for
the people. Yep, that’s right the 10
Commandments. Not suggestions or
some possible good ideas, but
commandments.
Alas, they have some trouble and so
for 40 years they wander in the
desert.
The good news is, they become One
Holy Nation after all the trials and
tribulations.

11. Like any nation, they have their
troubles.
They decide they want a King.
God agrees.
He sends in David, a shepherd
boy who slays Goliath.
And is made King.
So for a time it’s
all good,
They become One Holy Kingdom

12. But then Bathsheba
caches David's eye.
So while her husband is
away fighting in the King’s
army, he calls Bathsheba
to him and decides she
must be his so he kills the
husband.

13. After hundreds of years of turning away
from God and the Prophets calling the
people back to him
God decides to send in the main man.
That would be his Son, Jesus

14. The Angel Gabriel comes to Mary and
tells her she is to give birth to the
Messiah. Mary says yes even though
she isn’t married just yet
She has Jesus in a manger in
Bethlehem, which means House of
Bread
Herod is not happy about Jesus
ands wants to kill him so the
family flees to Egypt

15. The family moves back to
Nazareth after Herod dies. When
Jesus is 13 they take a road trip to
Jerusalem and somehow Jesus
stays there, teaching in the
Temple. Mom and Dad, aka Mary
and Joseph are not pleased.
Things are quiet until
Jesus turns 30; He gets
baptized in the Jordan
River by John the
Baptist, gets tempted in
the desert, and choses
his 12 apostles.

16. Jesus walks on water
and calls Peter out of
the boat to follow
him. Peter can walk
on water as long as
he KEEPS HIS EYES
ON JESUS!

17. Jesus turns
water into wine;
people start to
notice him.
Jesus tells all that he is
the Bread of Life and to
eat his body and drink his
blood. Many walk away,
it is incomprehensible.
Jesus preaches the
Beatitudes; some
begin to plot against
him.

18. Jesus heals: the deaf
hear, the blind
see, the mute
speak, the lame
walk, sinners come
to know God
He raises his friend
Lazarus from the dead
after he is in the tomb
for three days
Who is this man?
He needs to go….

19. Jesus transfigured on the
mountain top, Peter,
James and John are
overcome…he must be
the Messiah
My father’s house has become
a marketplace… sometimes
What Would Jesus Do
means make a whip and turn
over the tables
He must be killed!

20. The Last Supper:
service, sacrifice, suffering
Go and do likewise
Take, eat, drink, remember
This is my body
This is my blood
Do this in memory of me

21. Father, let this cup pass from me
Not my will, but yours be done
Betrayed by Judas with a kiss
Crowned,
beaten,
scourged,
whipped,

22. He takes up his cross
For you
For me
Led to death
I thirst
It is finished
Into your hands I commend my Spirit
He dies
For you
For me
For our sins

23. On the third day he ROSE
For you
For me
Opening the gates of Heaven
40 days later he ascends to Heaven
Go; Baptize;
I will send the Holy Spirit to be with you always
10 days later, Pentecost,
Happy Birthday to the Church

24. That’s God Plan of Salvation.
What’s your plan?