In the 36 hours between Jesus’ death and resurrection, Joanna, the sister of Mary, plumbs her own grief and loss by listening to the voices of the generations of women before her who have clung onto the promises of God. From the time of Noah, through Sarah, Leah, Miriam, Rahab, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah, Esther and more, Joanna listens to the women who would speak to her of the faithfulness of God. And in hearing their stories, she prepares herself to experience the impossibility of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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IN THE BEGINNING there was nothing. Nothing to hear. Nothing to feel. Nothing to see. Only emptiness. And darkness. And… nothing but nothing. But God was there. And God had a wonderful Plan…
Beautifully written and illustrated, The Jesus Storybook Bible invites children to discover for themselves that Jesus is at the centre of God’s great story of salvation. Suggested age 3-7.