You don’t remember your first birthday, do you? How about the day you got your first tooth, or the first time you rolled over by yourself or sat without someone holding you? Although these events may have been long forgotten, you might remember some other “firsts” that were momentous occasions in your life. How about your first day of school? your first aeroplane ride? your first bike? Perhaps your mom kept a baby book for you in which she wrote down these special milestones.
Maybe a photo album at your house shows a pictorial record of events in your life, as seen through the eye of a camera.
During the past few weeks, we’ve been studying some firsts recorded in the Bible. These were important events, so let’s check and see how well we remember.