God will not overlook sin, and God will not abandon his creation. He preserves the world for his purposes, even as the continuing problem of the human heart points us toward Christ.

As the Story continues, death appears again and again. Sacrifice also begins to appear—a life given in the place of another. Yet the repetition of sacrifice shows that these sacrifices could never finally remove sin. They create longing for a better and final provision from God.

What if we were never made to live without a King? And what if the King over us were perfectly good? Scripture begins with a radical claim: before there were bad bosses, bad kings, bad parents, bad governments, or bad authorities, there was a King—and he was good. 

You might know all kinds of true things about the Bible. You might know the rules. You might know the characters. You might know the scenes. But can you put those pieces together and tell someone the Story?