The people of Babel are working hard to get a great name for themselves, but the Great King is in charge of the great names. When Adam and Eve disobey God, the consequences stretch into the future. The humans that come after them are determined not to submit to God. The tower that the people of Babel build is aimed at overthrowing the Great King, but their efforts are flimsy, and their work is futile. God is the one who makes people great, and we should respond to our Great King in faithfulness like Abram.

God, the Great King of heaven and earth, has told Abram to move his whole family to a new country. God has also made Abram promises of becoming a new nation, having a great name and being a blessing to the whole world. God also promises to give Abram a land for this new nation to live in. However, there are people living in the land and there is also a famine in the land. It does not look like God's promises will come true. Abram must be patient and wait for God to work in his time.

The Great King has heard his people’s cries and is sending a messenger who will speak his words to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his people, Israel. When Joseph brought his family to Egypt, he saved them from famine in the land of Canaan. But now, there is a new problem. Abraham's family are now slaves in Egypt. Will God, the Great King, keep his promises? God calls Moses to be his messenger. Moses will prepare the people and lead them as God saves them from Egypt and slavery.

After God brings the Israelites out of Egypt and through the Red Sea, he brings them to Mt Sinai. Here, God joins himself to Israel by a covenant, which are special promises. God's presence can be clearly seen on the mountain and Moses receives God's words about how Israel should live in response to the Great King's mighty act of rescuing them from Egypt.

Balaam has a problem. He has been asked by the king of Moab to curse Israel. But God has blessed Israel. Will the curses work? Is God, the Great King of heaven and earth, really in charge of everything in our world? And will he continue to be faithful to his great promises?

Goliath is the champion warrior of the Philistines in a battle against the Israelites. No one wants to fight Goliath, except David. When he hears the giant speak against the army of Israel, young David steps into the battle. David fights knowing the Great King is on his side. God is stronger than swords, spears, and giants. David is a faithful follower of the Great King and becomes Israel’s faithful king.

Israel is not faithfully following God, the Great King. They are worshipping Baal, a false god from the nations around them. They are being unfaithful because their king, Ahab, is unfaithful. Elijah the prophet invites the prophets of Baal for a showdown on Mt Carmel. Can God, the Great King of heaven and earth defeat the false god, Baal? Only the true king will win.

The northern kingdom of Israel has been sent away from their land. And now, Judah, the southern kingdom, is about to follow. Judah and Israel have been consistently unfaithful to the Great King. They have worshipped other gods and have not kept the covenant promises they made at Mt Sinai. The result of their unfaithfulness means that God is sending them away from the land he promised them. But even with judgement, there is hope for God’s people.

When the most important man in the world gives an order, everyone obeys. Except when the order is to worship a false god and you are a Jewish person who worships the one true God, the Great King of heaven and earth. Even though it means certain death, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego do not bow down to the false god that King Nebuchadnezzar has made. They have faith in God, their Great King.  Whether he saves them or not, they faithfully obey because their God is the King of kings.