Tom and Helen are using a Bible Timeline to give the university students who are living at the BEST CENTER a different perspective about God's Plan in scripture. Since few of the students are fluent in English, Dara interpreted the lesson that Tom taught. The lesson began by emphasizing that a timeline tells the important events and people in the story being presented. The scriptures read included John 1:1-5, 14 and Luke 1:1-5 to emphasize that this timeline began 'In the beginning' and that it was a true historical story.
Tom told some of the important events and people in his timeline, then asked the students to do the same in their notebooks, noting that some years received more notice than others in each timeline. Some of the students even continued to write what they hoped would happen in their timelines (Prophecy).
As the Bible Timeline was considered each student was given a strip with a Bible Book (in English as well as in Khmer languages) to add to the timeline. The Bible Timeline was also translated into the Khmer language, the top pages being in English and the bottom in Khmer. The years that occurred in the events of the book were also written on the strip. Each strip was added to the Timeline to get a picture of when all of the events in the Bible took place. This was an interesting exercise that pointed out what events seemed most important in God's Plan in scripture.
We look forward to continuing with the study of God's Plan and how it was carried out in scripture.
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