Back to school, back to UP!!!!!!

Hi pwikzzzzzzz!!!!!!! The busy and stressful summer is over! And of course....we're goin' back to school!
As for me I'm goin' back to my beloved school, The University of the Philippines! I am proud to say that I am a UPian!
Going back to school was a blast! We went back to school by June 13. After the Independence Day of the Philippines, June 12. This school year is pretty much exciting coz' there will be new teachers to walk the halls of UP! And it's also a bit sad coz' Bartlett's ever loyal asviser and my favorite teacher, Mdm G, retired last year and went to the states. huhuhuhu! How sad!!!!! And the ever favorite teacher in UP high, Sir Nelly, also retired w/ her last yr. We will miss all his notorious jokes and green jokes!!!!!! We'll miss you sir!!!!!!!!
But still life goes on, and we shall see what my performance would be this year. "tan awn lang nato atong gama ani run!"

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Jesus Is Killed

Look at the terrible thing that is happening! Jesus is being killed. They have put him on a cross. Nails are driven into his hands and feet. Why would anybody want to do this to Jesus?
It is because some persons hate Jesus. Do you know who they are? One of them is the wicked angel Satan the Devil. He is the one who was able to get Adam and Eve to disobey God. And Satan is the one who got the enemies of Jesus to commit this terrible crime.
Even before Jesus is nailed here on the cross, his enemies do mean things to him. Remember how thy came to the garden of Gethsemane and took him away? Who were those enemies? Yes, they were the religious leaders. Well, let’s see what happens next.
When Jesus is taken by the religious leaders, his apostles run away. They leave Jesus alone with his enemies, because they become afraid. But the apostles Peter and John do not go very far away. They follow along to see what happens to Jesus.
The priests take Jesus to the old man Annas, who used to be the high priest. The crowd does not stay here long. They next take Jesus to the house of Caiaphas, who is now the high priest. Many religious leaders have gathered at his house.
Here at the house of Caiaphas they have a trial. People are brought in to tell lies about Jesus. The religious leaders all say: “Jesus should be put to death.” Then they spit in his face, and hit him with their fists.
While all of this is going on, Peter is outside in the yard. It is a cold night, and so the people make a fire. While they are warming themselves around the fire, a servant girl looks at Peter, and says: “This man also was with Jesus.” “No, I wasn’t” Peter answers.
Three times people say to Peter he was with Jesus. But each time Peter says it is not true. The third time Peter says this, Jesus turns and looks at him. Peter feels very sorry for telling these lies, and he goes away and weeps.
As the sun starts to come up on Friday morning, the priests take Jesus to their big meeting place, the Sanhedrin hall. Here they talk over what they are going to do with him. They take him to Pontius Pilate, the ruler of the district of Judea.
“This is a bad man,” the priests tell Pilate. “He should be killed.” After asking Jesus questions, Pilate says: “I can’t see that he has done anything wrong.” Then Pilate sends Jesus to Herod Antipas. Herod is the ruler of Galilee, but he is staying in Jerusalem. Herod can’t see that Jesus has done anything wrong either, so he sends him back to Pilate.
Pilate wants to let Jesus go. But Jesus’ enemies want another prisoner to be let go instead. This man is the robber Barabbas. It is now about noon when Pilate brings Jesus outside. He says to the people: “See! Your King” But the chief priests yell: “Take him away! Kill him! Kill him!” so Pilate lets Barabbas go free, and they take Jesus away to be killed.
Early Friday afternoon Jesus is nailed to a cross. You can’t see them in the picture, but on each side of Jesus a criminal is also being put to death on a cross. Shortly before Jesus dies, one of the criminals says to him: “Remember me when you get into your kingdom.” And Jesus answers: “I promise you that you will be with me in Paradise.”
Isn’t that a wonderful promise? So you know what paradise Jesus is talking about? Where was the paradise that God made at the beginning? Yes, on earth. And when Jesus rules as king in heaven, he will bring this man back to life to enjoy the new Paradise on earth. Can’t we be happy about that?

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Let’s skip the happenings after Adam and Eve has become to the…BIRTH OF JESUS TO HIS DEATH.

The angel Gabriel was sent to a fine young women named Mary. He told her that she would have a child who would rule as king forever. The child, Jesus, was born in a stable, where shepherds visited him. Later, a star guided men from the East to the young child. We learn who caused them to see that star, and how Jesus was saved from the efforts to kill him.
Next, we find Jesus, when he was 12 years old, talking whit the teachers in the temple. Eighteen years later Jesus was baptized, and he then began the Kingdom preaching and teaching work that God sent him to earth to do. To help him in this work, Jesus chose 12 men and made them his apostles.
Jesus also did many miracles. He fed thousands of people with only a few small fishes and a few loaves of bread. He healed the sick and even raised the dead. Finally, we learn about the many things that happened to Jesus during the last day of his life, and how he was killed. Jesus preached for about three and a half years, so this continuation would cover a period of a little more than 34 years.

An Angel Visits Mary

Mary is an Israelitess, who lives in the town of Nazareth. God knows that she is a very five person. That is why he has sent his angel Gabriel to speak to her. Do you know what Gabriel has come to tell Mary? Let’s see.
“Good day, you highly favored one,” Gabriel says to her. “God is with you.” Mary has never seen this person before. She is worried, because she doesn’t know what he means. But right away Gabriel calms her fears.
“Don’t be afraid, Mary,” he says. “God is very pleased with you. That is why he is going to do a wonderful thing for you. You will soon have a baby. And you are to call him Jesus.”
Gabriel goes on to explain: “This child will be great, and he will be called Son of the Most High God. The Lord will make him king, as David was. But Jesus will be king forever, and his kingdom will never end!”
“How can this all be?” Mary asks. “ I am nit even married. I have not lived with a man, so how can I have a baby?”
“God’s power will come upon you,” Gabriel answers. “So the child will be called God’s Son.” Then he tells Mary: “Remember your relative Elizabeth. People said that she was too old to have children. But soon now she will have son. So you see, there is nothing that God can’t do.”
Right away Mary says: “I am God’s slave girl! May it happen to me just as you have said.” The angel then leaves.
Mary hurries off to visit Elizabeth. When Elizabeth hears Mary’s voice, the baby inside Elizabeth jumps for joy. Elizabeth is filled with God’s spirit, and she says to Mary: “You are specially blessed among women.” Mary stays with Elizabeth about three months, and then goes back home to Nazareth.
Mary is about get married to a man named Joseph. But when Joseph learns that Mary is going to have a baby, he doesn’t think he should marry her. Then God’s angel says to him: “Don’t be afraid to take Mary to be your wife. For it is God who has given her a son.” So Mary and Joseph get married, and they wait for Jesus to be born.

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Why They Lost Their Home

See what’s happening now? Adam and Eve are being put out of the beautiful Garden of Eden. Do you know why?
It is because they did something very bad. And so God is punishing them. Do you know the bad thing Adam and Eve did?
They did something God told them not to do. God told them they could eat food from the trees of the garden. But from one tree God said not to eat, or else they would die. He kept that tree as his own. And we know it is wrong to take something that belongs to someone else, don’t we? Well, what happened?
One day when eve was alone in the garden, a snake spoke to her. Think of that! It told Eve to eat fruit from the tree from which God told them not to eat. Now, when God made snakes he did not make them so they could talk. So this can only mean that someone else was making the snake speak. Who was that?
It wasn’t Adam. So it had to be one of the persons that God had made long before he made the earth. Those persons are angels, and we cannot see them. This one angel had become very proud. He began thinking that he should be a ruler like God. And he wanted people to obey him instead of obeying God. He was the angel that made the snake talk.
This angel was able to fool Eve. When he told her that she would become like God if she ate the fruit, she believed it. So she ate, and Adam did too. Adam and Eve disobeyed God, and that is why they lost their home.
But someday God will see to it that the whole earth is made as pretty as the Garden of Eden. But now, let’s find out what happened to Adam and Eve.

A Hard Life Begins

Outside the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had many troubles. They had to work hard for their food. Instead of beautiful fruit trees, they saw lots of thorns and thistles grow around them. This is what happened when Adam and Eve disoveues God and stopped being His friends.
But worse than that, Adam and Eve started to die. Remember, God warned them that they would die if they ate fruit from a certain tree. Well, the very day that they ate they began to die. How foolish they were not to listen to God!
The children of Adam and Eve were all born after God put their parents out of the Garden of Eden. This means that the children would also have to grow old and die.
If only Adam and Eve had obeyed God, life would have been happy for them and their children. They could all have lived forever in happiness on earth. No one would have had to grow old, get sick and die.
God wants people to live forever in happiness, and He promises that someday they will. Not only will the whole earth be beautiful, but all the people will be healthy. And everyone on earth will be a good friend with everyone else and with God.
But Eve was no longer a friend of God. So when she gave birth to her children, it was not easy for her. She had pain. Being disobedient to God certainly brought her a lot of sorrow, don’t you agree?