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The woman ate the forbidden fruit and also gave it to her husband. They recognized what they had done and hid from God.

The serpent approaches Eve and tempts her to disobey God.

Adam names all the living creatures, but a suitable helper was not found for him. God made woman from Adam’s rib and she became his wife.

A river flowed out of Eden and divided into four other rivers, the Pishon, the Gihon, the Tigris, and the Euphrates.

God makes man from the dust of the ground and he becomes a living being. Man is placed in a beautiful garden with food, the tree of life, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

We begin to see what is happening on the earth. No shrubs or plants had started to grow because it had not yet rained. A mist from the earth waters the surface of the ground.

God concludes the act of creation by resting on the seventh day. God blesses and sanctifies the seventh day.

God finishes the sixth day of creation by commanding man to be fruitful and multiply, and subdue the earth.

The sixth day of creation finds God creating the rest of the land animals and then He makes man in His own image.

On the fifth day of creation, God creates the creatures of the sky and sea.

God creates the sun, moon, and stars, on the fourth day of creation. The sun, moon, and stars provide the daily and seasonal cycles and the calculation of time.

During the beginning of the third day of creation, God divides the seas and the dry land. Then, He creates plant life and vegetation.

During the second day of creation, God separates the heavens from the earth.

This is the first full day of creation. God creates light and separates it from the darkness. He names the light “day” and the darkness “night.”

The Bible begins with God creating the entire universe.

He who sits on the throne speaks directly to John in his vision, telling him that God is in control and is going to reward the overcomer and punish the unbelieving.

John reports that while Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover, many people believed in Him because of the signs He was doing. But Jesus does not entrust Himself to them because He knows the fallibility of the human heart. 

After Jesus drives the money changers and salesmen out of the temple, He is confronted by the Jewish leaders, who ask Him for a sign of His authority to do such things. Jesus tells them that if they destroy this temple, He will raise it up in three days. The Jews, and likely everyone present, misunderstand Jesus to be talking about the physical temple, when in fact He is making a prediction about His eventual death and resurrection. Only after His resurrection did Jesus’s disciples understand the true meaning of His enigmatic remark.

John reports that Jesus’s public ministry begins at Cana (John 2:1-12), albeit somewhat inconspicuously. He does not stay discrete for long, however, as John next reports that Jesus travels to Jerusalem for Passover, where He confronts the moneychangers and animal sellers who had set up shop in the temple. He drives them out of the temple with a whip, declaring that His Father’s house should not be made into a place of business. 

John provides a brief commentary after the miracle. The wedding was Jesus’s first public sign, it showed His glory, and it caused His disciples to believe in Him.