God has given us one book that can change the entire direction of our lives, the Bible.

And in this study, journeying through scriptures, we will take a brief big-picture look at every book of the Bible,

tracing God's unfolding story from Genesis to Revelation.

Our prayer is that this journey will stir your heart to open God's word daily.

Let's join Scott Pauli for today's study.

Many years ago, I was traveling in Jordan. We were training preachers of the Word of God. It was an amazing time. And before I left the country, the Jordanian pastor that was

hosting me said, I want to show you a few of the sites. And so he took me one afternoon. My father was with me.

We had an amazing afternoon. He took me to a famous place known as Petra. I'd heard of

Petra, of course, for years, but I was not prepared for what I was about to see. When we arrived,

there was an enormous rock face with a very small opening, a place to enter in, a pathway of

sorts. And as we began down that path through the rock walls that jetted up on both sides,

it became obvious that we were entering into a civilization, at least back in history, to a period

where it was a major civilization.

That small pathway became almost a highway of sorts, a place where many people,

multitudes, would have walked in their time. There were places to the right and to the left,

where markets would have been set up, wares would have been sold.

And then we came around a corner.

And when we came around a corner, up in front of us, as high as you could see, was an enormous

temple face.

I'd never seen anything like it in my life.

Oh, perhaps I had because in some old movies, this particular temple face has been used, but I'd never

been to anything like it. We walked out to the temple, and then when we looked to our right,

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