Psalm 78: 1-4
Listen, O my people, to my instruction; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth to a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not conceal them from their children, but tell the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.
This is a long Psalm: 72 verses, recounting all the miracles God did for Israel. We are to tell our children and grandchildren all these Bible stories as though they really, actually happened, because they did. If they don't seem to be reasonable, natural things, it's because they're not--they're miracles.
God is the Maker of this World, and He is the One Who designed it; so He can decide to "bend" it if He chooses to do so, without upsetting the "normal" course of events. God is the One Who put order (Truth) into His creation. He is Truth, our standard for what Truth is. As such, He would never put any "myth" into His Word as though it happened if it didn't.
And we will not conceal them or leave anything out of what we've learned, even the dark sayings of old. So our Bible is a true and complete record of all that God wants us to know.
So we are to teach our children and grandchildren these stories, to show Who God is, how He sees us and loved us, and is capable of doing anything He wants. He is a good God, and He wants only the best for His beloved, us, granting us grace and mercy.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
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