Luke 10:38-39
Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.

The Home

plays a prominate roll in several events of the Bible. But what did the bible time home look like? 

• Mark 14:15 describes a guest room that was an upper room (which makes me think of stairs), furnished, and specifically with a table where Jesus and his disciples could eat the passover meal.

•  Mark 10:38-40 tells of a home that was large enough to have guests and a “kitchen” of sorts where preparations were being made for a meal to serve the guests.

• 2 Kings 4:8-37 describes a private place to rest with a door. It was a walled upper chamber or second story room and was large enough to have a bed, table, chair, and lampstand.

• Acts 20:1-12 tells of Paul coming to preach and break bread with the christians in Troas. They met in a 3rd floor room with many lamps, large enough for many people and had an open window large enough for a young man to sit on the window sill.

• Joshua 2:1-21 describes this house being on the wall of the city. had a ladder or stairs that led to the roof where stalks of flax were laid, and it had at least one window.

Reading through these passages they paint somewhat of a dim picture in my mind of what a Bible time home must have looked like. Before the internet we depended on magizines, movies and such to help us with these images.

I recall a New Testament soft cover Bible that my Daddy gave me as a child, it was a bit of a magizine style and about 1/2 inch thick filled with black and white pictures of Jerusalem  and surrounding areas. I loved looking at all the pictures that allowed me to see a Bible time village. 

Some of you may remember this little Bible time house published several years back. It’s seen better days but could still be used if the trees and people were spruced up a bit.  I love the man plowing in the field with the ox, the well, and I think there is even an oven in the yard on the corner! No telling just how many children have had a picture planted in their minds of what it would have been like to live as those in the Bible.

I was looking on Pinterest for the Apologetics Press Pinterest boards and came across some darling little printable Bible time houses that I just love! Such a great find! Some of them are free and some are for purchase. I downloaded the free ones (there are 5) and here is how house #1 turned out. I cannot wait to put the people and animals together!

I cannot wait to use my Bible Town! Please let me know how you like this little town!

Keeping you in my heart and prayers!

Gwendolyn Schnell

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Gwen Schnell

Gwen is the author of Mary Rose and Me (Available at Amazon.com). She has been married to her devoted husband Dan for over 41 years. He has been the pulpit minister for the Owasso Church of Christ for over 25 years and they both love working with the this outstanding congregation. Dan and Gwen are richly blessed with 3 faithful children who are married to faithful spouses, and are even further blessed to have Jonathan, Matthew, Micaiah, and Lydia join the ranks making them Grandma/Nina, and Opa! Gwen has had the pleasure of putting the Word into the hearts of children for over 30 years, and 4th and 5th grades are her favorite children’s Bible classes to teach. On occasion, Gwen has opened the Word with teen/adult ladies classes and has had the pleasure of speaking for couple of ladies days, but personal home Bible studies are among her favorite ways of opening the Word with others.

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