Kings
Building the Bible
In the Beginning God
Punishments
My man Peter
100

In addition to riches and honor, God gave Solomon this because he was pleased with Solomon's response to God's question.

What is wisdom?

100

A historical book of the Holy Bible.  It records the story of a brave, Jewish woman that saves her people from destruction by the Persians.  She had an uncle named Mordecai that foils, with her help, foils a plot to assassinate the Persian king. 

What is the book of Esther?

100

The Sun which is often used fundamentally as a way to mark time and the Moon which is used to determine ancient planting and harvesting times we created by God on this day.

What is the fourth day?

100

Daniel was punished by King Darius to be placed into a den of lions.  Daniel had committed this "crime".

What is praying?

100

Peter had several names. For example, Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, and Simon Bar-Jona.  One was Cephas, which means this.

What is a stone?

200

The king of Israel before Solomon.  A man after God's own heart it is written.  He had many conquests including a lion, a bear, and a giant human.

Who is King David?

200

A poetic book of the bible that contains songs, poems, and prayers that relate worry, peril, deliverance, and thankfulness in its 150 different offerings of guidance in worship and faithful living.

What is the book of Psalms?

200

The two times of day mark the beginning and end of the work of God's creation.

What is the "morning" and the "evening"?

200

David's punishment was that violence would never leave his house.  This seems rather rough for one after God's own heart.  The crime that had this justice delivered was

What is the secret murder of Uriah the Hittite in battle?

200

Peter was very zealous.  His zeal would get the best of him at times.  One of these involved traveling on a dubious medium.  He would eventually fail attempting to do this.

What is walk on water?

300

A notable dignitary that came to visit Solomon due to his wisdom that she had heard about.

Who was the Queen of Sheba?

300

A prophetic book of the Holy Bible.  This book contains many prophecies by its author that is a friend of three Hebrew men that walked with the Son of Man who protected them from the fires of Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace.  A story contained in the pages of this book.

What is the book of Daniel?

300

In the beginning God created . . .

What are heaven and earth?

300

In his trial, this martyr would see Heaven opened and testify that God was there with Jesus sitting at His right hand.  He would be accused of blasphemy and die of stoning as Saul of Tarsus stood by consenting.

Who is Stephen?

300

Peter was a great orator full of authority and conviction.  This would be best utilized in a great sermon resulting in thousands added to the church on this day.

What is Pentecost?

400

The kingdom of Israel was eventually divided into two kingdoms:  southern and northern.  These 2 tribes comprised the southern kingdom with its capital Jerusalem and its King Rehoboam.

What are Judah and Benjamin?

400

 This book is a letter to one of the seven churches of ancient Asia.  In this letter, the Apostle Paul encourages the men of the city to return to work as they had left their jobs to await the second coming of Jesus after his death, burial, and resurrection.  It also stresses that this second coming had not yet happened as some false teachers had related.

What is the book of Thessalonians?

400

"All Creatures Large and Small and the Lord God Created them All" is a famous saying by the British Veterinarian James Herriott.  This was the day of God's Creation that eventually would give Dr. Herriott his job.

What is day 5?

400

Saul of Tarsus, a zealous persecutor of the early church, would receive this punishment while he traveled along the road to Damascus.  Ironically, his ailment from the punishment would lead to his enlightenment. 

What is blindness?

400

Peter was an Apostle ordained by Jesus, but he did not start out this way.  Like Jesus, he was a man of ordinary ways with an ordinary job in life prior to meeting the Messiah as he did this on a daily basis.

What is a fisherman?

500

Very possibly Israel's most obedient and blessed king.  He refurbished the temple and removed idols from all over the land.  Notably, he extended the city walls of Jerusalem to include the spring Gihon which would provide water if the city fell under siege.

Who is King Hezekiah?

500

A New Testament prophetic book of the Holy Bible.  Its name is appropriate as it "reveals" the final location of death and Hell.  The book and the location would be

What is Revelation and the Lake of Fire?

500

"Water is the most precious commodity on Earth.  All life depends on water." a quote from the movie Holes is an accurate description of H20 and its relation to life.  Jesus tells the woman at the well that He can provide her living water.  Water was created on this day.

What is day 2?

500
The first murder of humanity was when Cain slew Abel.  Abel's blood cried to God from the ground.  Cain received these two punishments for his ungodly deed.

What is received a mark and lived in the Land of Nod?

500

Peter said he would follow Jesus unto death.  Following the crucifixion of Jesus, a discouraged Peter did this.

What is went fishing?