Jewish year 1760
our era 2000 BC
God set apart one small nation of the world to fulfill His ultimate purpose for mankind, which is to give us a chance to return to Him, our Father. The story of this nation begins with the family where Abraham grew up. This family lived in the heart of the ancient Babylonian empire in the city of Ur, where excavations have found flushing toilets and hot and cold water in the city’s water system. God told Abraham that He would give his descendants the land of Canaan after 430 years of captivity in Egypt. All of these prophecies came true. God raised up Moses to lead the nation of Israel, numbering 600,000 men, out of Egypt. This was a group of about two million people who saw God strike Egypt with plagues, the last plague being the death of all the firstborn Egyptians, because the Egyptians were murdering the children of the Israelites. After ten terrible plagues, the Egyptians let the nation of Israel go free. While fleeing, they were ambushed by the Egyptian army at the Red Sea, where God opened the sea, the Israelites crossed over and the Egyptian army drowned. They then walked through the desert in the land of Midian-Arabia, where God provided them with His word, food and drink at their place of residence. In the desert, they received God's law of justice - the Ten Commandments, which none of us can keep. Therefore, part of the law is the promise of the Savior of the world, so that none of us can boast that we do not need God's help. Because of their rebellion against God, they wandered in the desert for 40 years and finally entered the land that God promised to Abraham. The biblical text contains the exact places of the described events, time periods and names of specific people and entire lineages.