Old Testament - Genesis - Review - Chapters 1-50 (Why is Genesis so Important )
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Date: 2016-01-25

Old Testament - Genesis - Review - Chapters 1-50 (Why is Genesis so Important)

Old Testament - Genesis - Review - Chapters 1-50 (Why is Genesis so Important) - CC Windward - Pastor Tim

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Why is Genesis Important?
The first suggestion is the title of the book itself. The Hebrew name means “in the beginning.”
Genesis is structured into two sections.
It is widely accepted that chapters 1–11 cover primeval history or the early history of
Planet Earth.
Creation, Fall and the Flood
Chapters 12–50 patriarchal history
(the history of Israel’s founding fathers).
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph
1. CREATION by God’s design
This answers the question of origins.
Gen 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
1a. CREATION was the work of God.
God is the subject of the first sentence of the Bible
We note that the name “God,” Elohim, is in the plural, and
the verb “created” (bara) is in the singular. Gen 1:26
God created everything out of nothing.
The verb bara, ‘create,’ contains the idea of complete effortlessness. It is also a
statement that God created out of nothing. Heb 11:3
Darwinism is based on faith in metaphysical materialism.
When you don’t have answers or at least reasonable answers then things must be
accepted by faith.
Our study of creation should cause us to worship God. Neh 9:5-6
1b. CREATION was complete in 6 days.
 Ex 20:11
The 5 Reasons for believing the Days of Creation
David Hocking pg 34 The Rise and Fall of Civilization
now reprinted as “The Beginning”
 The normal usage of the word day.
 The use of the numerical adjective Gen 1:3-5
When a numerical ajective is used with the word ‘yom or yomim’ it always
refers to a 24 hour period.
This occurs 700 times.
 3) The phrase “evening and morning” Dan 8:14
 4) The relationship of the days of creation to the six day work week.
Ex 20:8-11
 5) The relationship of the Sabbath day. Gen 2:2-3
2. The CAUSE of Evil in the World.
2a. The CAUSE of evil began by CHALLENGING God’s word.
Chapter 3:1-3
The CHALLENGE came from a cunning beast.
Its description as “cunning” (or “shrewd”) does not imply evil.
The New Testament identifies this serpent as the devil, referring back to this scene in
paradise (cf. Revelation 12:9; 20:2).7
WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE TEMPATION?
Let’s be clear- it was not God James 1:13-15
2b. The CAUSE of evil began by CHALLENGING God’s CHARACTER.
The integrity God’s CHARACTER is challenged.
“But the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not surely die’ ” (v. 4).
The Apostle Paul was insistent that
“Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived”
(1 Timothy 2:14; cf. Romans 5:12, 17–19).
Rom 5:12
3. The CURE for Man’s predicament.

Gen 3:15
3a. The CURE for man’s predicament begins with a PROMISE.
The woman’s offspring (literally, “seed”) here referred to Christ who would crush
Satan’s head. Paul argues, on the basis of the use of the singular “seed” in God’s
promise to Abraham, that the word “seed” refers to Christ: “ Gal 3:16
3b. The CURE for man’s predicament continued with a PROMISE made in a COVENANT.
Chapter 12: 2-3
We are not saved by making promises to God; we are saved by believing God’s
promises to us. When God makes a covenant, He enters into an agreement to
commit Himself to give what He promises. It is purely an act of grace.
The Covenant can be broken down into 2 aspects.
 There are the Personal blessings.
 There are Global blessings. The Apostle Paul explains in Gal 3:8-9
3c. The CURE for man’s predicament would be PREDICTED in a PROPHECY.
Genesis 49:10 The Messiah would be a ruler.
One day Jesus will return and he will make all the laws and all of the rules and he
will reign.

7 G. C. Aalders, Genesis, Vol. 1, trans. William Heynen (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1981), pp. 98, 101.


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