5 Men and 5 Women You Should Know About in the Bible
The Bible is full of all kinds of colorful historical characters. Learning about them all will take a lifetime, but its worth highlighting a few significant ones. Here are 5 men and 5 women who are central to the Bible story.
5 Men You Should Know About in the Bible
Adam – The first man God created. He was also the first man to sin. Which introduced the problem of sin into the world.
Abraham – He was the father of the Israelite nation, part of which would later become known as the Jews. God made him a promise to bless the entire world through his children.
Moses – God used Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery. He received God’s law for the Jews on Mount Sinai. God’s Old Testament law is sometimes called the law of Moses.
David – The second King of Israel. God promised him his descendants would reign on his throne forever.
Jesus – The whole Bible centers around Jesus. He was God in the flesh. He fixed Adam’s sin problem. He was a descendant of Abraham and a blessing to the whole world. He fulfilled the Law of Moses.
5 Women You Should Know in the Bible
Eve – The first woman created by God, she disobeyed God and broke God’s command in the Garden of Eden, bringing sin into the world.
Ruth – A book in the Bible is named after her. She was not an Israelite woman, but a Moabite. She married Boaz and became the great grandmother of King David.
Esther – She also has a book named after her. She saved the Israelite people from a genocide orchestrated by an evil man named Haman.
Mary of Nazareth – God selected Mary to be the mother of Jesus. She conceived Jesus as a virgin and raised him with her husband Joseph.
Mary Magdalene – A prominent disciple of Jesus during His ministry. Jesus gave Mary Magdalene the privilege of being the first person to see Him after His resurrection.
