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MARK OF THE COVENANTAs a child, Jonathan admires his loving father, the agrarian King Saul, anointed Israel's first king by the Prophet Samuel. The lives of the three become intertwined.Jonathan enjoys a happy childhood participating in farming, studying under the student-prophet Ethan, and gaining spiritual insights. After military training, Jonathan is appointed an army commander. His confrontation with a Philistine patrol results in declaration of war. With Saul's army at Gilgal dwindling, when Samuel does not arrive in time Saul offers the sacrifice, determined to preserve his kingdom. Samuel arrives and denounces this usurpation of the priesthood, declaring Saul's kingdom will not endur...
The author weaves together the lives of three boys from birth to age twenty-Jesus, the fictional character Samson, and Judas Iscariot.Jesus is born in Bethlehem, taken by his parents to Egypt to escape King Herod, and moves with them at age two to Nazareth. He enjoys childhood play and going with his grandfather to herd sheep. After overhearing gossip, his mother reveals his miraculous birth and Heavenly Father. He attends synagogue school, where he befriends the village waif, Micah. He is assigned chores at his earthly father's carpenter shop and becomes an apprentice following his schooling. Mary informs him of his Messiahship, and when he attends the Passover in Jerusalem at age twelve he...
Eleven-year-old Sarah lives in Sychar with her father Jacob, a devout Samaritan. Her mother's death during childbirth when she was six leaves her an only child. The loving relationship she shares with her father does not extend to her uncle Hashum's family. Jacob supplements his farm income by making trips to Jerusalem to sell dates from Jericho. When he dies, Sarah is left to cope with life in her uncle's household-and with the town busybody. Occasionally, bypassing the town well, she finds solace in trips out to Jacob's Well, over a half mile from town.She marries a young man her father had selected and enjoys being a wife, but she is distressed by her childless state. Her husband's accide...
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