Description Once upon a time, there lived a man and a woman in the garden Paradise, where they were terrifically happy.
Their names were Adam and Eve, and God made them.
He made them in his image--like little mirrors to reflect his glory.
And like everything else God made, he made them good.
It was a wonderful time to be God's children in his wonderful world.
But things didn't stay happy and wonderful for long.
One terrible day, Adam and Eve sinned.
They ate from the only tree in the garden that God had declared off-limits.
Adam and Eve had disobeyed God's word; they believed the lie of the devilish Snake instead of the truth.
God made Adam and Eve go away from the garden Paradise.
It wasn't possible for people so bad to live in Paradise with a God who is so good.
But God made a promise.
He promised Adam and Eve that one of their children would someday crush the head ofthat nasty Snake.
The Snake Crusherwould put things right.
Sadly, things got a lot worse before they got better.
After sin entered the world, everything fell apart.
Nothing was the way it should be.
The people who were born after Adam and Eve just couldn't get things right.
They almost never did well at obeying God's commands.
Still, God made more promises to his people about the Snake Crusher--but people never listened for long.
Sin and the Snake seemed to be winning.
Until suddenly--they lost.
And so we come, after all those downs and not many ups, to a manger in the little town of Bethlehem.
This is where we meet the Snake Crusher--born as a baby, with animals and stinky shepherds and singing angels all around.
No one understood it completely at the time, but when Mary gave birth to baby Jesus, God was giving his people a new beginning, just as he promised.
As Jesus grew up, there were many surprises.
His miracles were remarkable.
His teaching was unlike anything anyone had ever heard.
But the biggest surprise was that this Chosen One of God was chosen by God to die.
The One destined to crush the Serpe.
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