Loved Before Time
This allegory is a classic in Christian literature. It begins in Creation, but he really should have started the story before that, in eternity past, because that's how long God has loved His people. It goes into eternity future.
It is the redemption story; how God chooses a people, his bride, for Himself and loves her throughout time and history.
What I didn't like was that he gave the impression that God HAD to create, which He didn't. He is self-existent and was complete in Himself even if He never would have created anything. The other thing I didn't like was that he showed the creation of Eve as an afterthought, at a separate time, rather than the same day as Adam.
I loved how he showed the development of His bride as a rejected newborn that He chose to love, to a young woman, to a wayward wife whom He purchased with His own life.
When he keeps asking, "Who is that girl?" I was totally unprepared to turn the page and read, "You are that girl."
The greatest love story.
