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The King Is Born: Book Review
Author: Wendy Dena Cohen
Illustrated by Baruch Maayan

“Adonai Keeps His Promise: The King is Born” is a unique and visually exciting reading and learning adventure for children, teens and adults. Yes, for all ages, in the same book! The story is the birth of the Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) in the context of fulfillment of Scripture showing the prophetic plan of the coming Messiah and how only Yeshua (Jesus) could be that Messiah.

The hardcover book opens to reveal a scroll. The story unfolds in words and pictures as the scroll is unrolled. The beautiful, rustic illustrations and story for young children appear right on the scroll where we have the narrative and integrated prophetic Scripture verses showing Yeshua is the Messiah.  Search for the Messianic prophetic Scriptures hidden in the illustrations and see them revealed on the next page!

On the outer edges of the pages are the rolled portions of the scroll which we are opening, and here we find teaching material, background, history and verses for further study and deeper insight into the events on the open scroll. This helps the older reader to understand and convey more Scriptural truths (similar to a study Bible) as the story content (for children) continues. It is an amazing concept and one that works extremely well.

The color illustrations by Israeli artist Baruch Maayan are described as “exhilarating.” They create a sense of an actual scroll experience and capture the look and feel of the time and people.

Adonai Keeps His Promise: The King Is Born video trailer

On the opening scroll, the author Wendy Cohen writes to the older readers explaining the heart vision of the author for her readers….    “You will notice in this book that I have used Hebrew names for many people and places. So, Mary is Miriam, Joseph is Yosef, Elizabeth is Elisheva, John is Yochanan, Simon is Shimon, Anna is Hannah, Jesus is Yeshua, Jerusalem is Yerushalayim,  Bethlehem is Beth Lechem, Israel is Yisrael and the Messiah is Mashiach. I have used Adonai, El, Elohim and Eloheinu for God and the Lord.”

“Why did I do this? I think it gives you the flavor of how people spoke in those days. Calling them by their Hebrew names reminds us they lived in the land of Israel.”

“Also, there are Hebrew quotes in many of the pictures and all the quotes are significant to the story. The English translations are those quotes found on each page and all the quotes are from Scripture, the Bible.”

“If you paid very close attention you would have noticed that I am now writing on the back of the scroll. Although the Israelites never did that in the Torah, they did do it in other documents. In a vision to Ezekiel, Adonai did it too. (That’s in Ezekiel 2:10) When people had too much to say for only one side, they wrote on both sides. Here the story is on the front, and the comments are on the back.

The comments show Adonai keeping His promises. Perhaps as you through the story Adonai will reveal to you other promises He kept, promises we did not mention. If He does, let us know. Our email address is thekingisborn@gmail.com”

This book is an excellent story to read to children as well as a teaching vehicle for older children and adults and would be excellent for Sunday School classes or small groups for all ages of people desiring to learn more about the Scriptures.

You can find out more about “Adonai Keeps His Promise: The King Is Born” at JHousepublishing or directly from the author at thekingisborn@gmail.com