Day 2

Genesis 4-6 and Matthew 2

Genesis 4 - Cain and Abel. It's interesting, both men gave offerings of their produce to God, so why wasn't Cain's offering good enough? Why did God reject the offering? Because he didn't best give his best, God asked him to try again and warned him that if his heart wasn't in the right place, sin would creep in. And it did. He killed Abel and hid him (don't we all try to hide what we are ashamed of).

Genesis 5+6 - Genealogy of Noah and Noah's Story. It's crazy how old we used to get, and it's really sad that we are so bad that God couldn't stand to see us live that long and keep sinning. And that we got so bad that He decided that almost the entire world was worth destroying and starting over.

Matthew 2 - The Wise Men and Herod. If we were a little iffy on the idea that Jesus was the Messiah, we could just read this chapter. It is full of fulfilled prophesies. The place of His birth, Herod killing the young boys, His leaving Egypt and growing up in Nazareth.