Genesis 1:1 NKJV) in the Beginning God Created the Heavens and the Earth
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The Book of Genesis Index: Introduction – His Story Genesis Chapter 1 – In the Beginning Genesis Chapter 2 Genesis Chapter 2:1-7 – The Crown of Creation Genesis Chapter 2:8-25 – The Garden Wedding Genesis Chapter 3 Genesis Chapter 3:1-8 – From Paradise to Prison Genesis Chapter 3:8-13 – Where Are You Genesis Chapter 3:14-25 – The Curse and the Promise Genesis Chapter 4 Genesis 4:1-16 – The First Offering Genesis 4:17-26 – The Way of Cain Genesis Chapter 5 – Genealogy of Adam / Enoch Walked with God Genesis Chapter 6 Genesis 6:1-13 – In the Days of Noah Genesis 6:14-22 – The Ark Prepared Genesis Chapter 7 – The Flood Genesis Chapter 8 – The Ark Rests Genesis Chapter 9 – The Noahic Covenant Genesis Chapter 10 – The Table of Nations Genesis Chapter 11 – The Tower of Babel Genesis Chapter 12 Genesis 12:1-3 – The Call of Abraham Genesis 12:1-10 – Abraham – His Failures in Faith Genesis 12:10-20 – Sarah – A Picture of Submission Genesis 12:5-8 – O Jerusalem – The Cup of Trembling Scripturally – What the Bible says about the Land Historically – The 4,000 year History of the Land Spiritually – The Spiritual Aspect of the Land Genesis Chapter 13 - Out of Egypt Genesis Chapter 14 - The Rescue of Lot / Melchizedek Genesis Chapter 15 - Fear Not, For I Am your Shield & Great Reward Genesis Chapter 16 - The Wait / The God Who Sees Genesis Chapter 17 Genesis 17:1-5 – Be Ye Blameless / A New Name Genesis 17:6-27 - The Abrahamic Covenant Summation / The Covenant of Circumcision Genesis Chapter 18 - Abraham Intercedes for the Righteous Genesis Chapter 19 Genesis 19:1-14 - Lot, Beware of what is Culturally Accepted Genesis 19:15-38 - The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah Genesis Chapter 20 - Not Again / He is My Prophet Genesis Chapter 21 Genesis 21:1-8: Isaac as Promised / Our Kids & Strong Meat Genesis 21:9-34: Ishmael Sent Away / Abraham & Abimelech Make a Covenant Genesis Chapter 22: Sacrificing of Issac - Picture Perfect Genesis Chapter 23 - The Death of Sarah Genesis Chapter 24 – Here Comes the Bride Genesis Chapter 25 – Death of Abraham / Birth of Jacob Genesis 25:1-8 - Death of Abraham Genesis 25: 9-34 – Birth of Jacob / Esau Sells His Birthright Introduction His Story Genesis means beginning Genesis means beginning. The Book of Genesis is the beginning of virtually everything, the beginning of the universe, the world, of man, of family, of sin, the beginning of just about everything, except one thing………….the beginning of God. Studied Evolution vs Creation We all know verse 1, In the beginning God…………created the heavens and the earth. We have studied in the past Creation verses Evolution. We have laid the scientific laws side by side each of them, and I think conclusively proven that you have to receive each by faith. Even if Scientific Proof / Man would still be empty / Man must know his Creator As we have said before, this isn’t a science book, but when this book speaks of science it is always absolutely right-on. But you see even if you could scientifically prove that God created the heavens and earth, man is still left empty, for man must know who then is this God that created the heavens and earth. So maybe you believe in God, (Psalms 19:1 NKJV) The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. (Romans 1:20 NKJV) For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, but do you know Him personally / true argument is who is Jesus but do you know Him personally. You see the argument isn’t about science, it is about Jesus. Is this man Jesus who walked this earth 2000 years ago really who He said He was, God in the flesh? No doubt He walked this earth / look at Historical writings There is no doubt a man named Jesus walked this earth, there are too many historical facts that support that He did. If you really want to prove something out, go to an unbiased source that has no gain or loss in the matter and see what they said; there are many secular (non-Christian) historical writings that write about this Jesus, the history books reference Him. History books tell of the brutal Roman persecution of the Christians (the followers of Jesus); even the Jewish historical writings reference Jesus, even though they didn’t believe He was the Messiah, just that he claimed to be the Messiah. ABC / Divided Time / George Washington Today in our secular media, almost all are anti-Christian, they concur that a man name Jesus walked on this earth 2000 years ago. Time, Newsweek, ABC News, they don’t question His existence; they agree that there is too much documentation in existence that Jesus could have been a myth or a hoax. The whole world lives on a calendar based on Him, BC and AD. Just as no one alive today has seen George Washington, we all believe in this room that he existed and was our first President, why because of all the historical writings about him. Man or God / Teacher or Messiah / God or a lunatic Jesus Christ, was he a man?, or the God-man?, for the facts are in, He walked on this earth. His walk on the earth was so radical that He divided time (BC and AD); a man so radical that He claimed to be God; He claimed that He is the only way to heaven (John 14:6). Now some claimed He was a good teacher, a good man, but He was not God. He could not be a good man if He claimed to be God, and was not God. A good man cannot be someone who leads people astray. It comes down to one of two things, either Jesus Christ was God, or He was a lunatic, for only a lunatic would make such claims if they were not true. Genesis is beginning of His Story / The Scarlet thread This Old Testament shows us who Jesus is, and it all starts here in the Book of Genesis. Genesis, the book of beginnings; the beginning of the history of man, but more so, it is His-story. The story of the God who loves you so much that He would go to a hill in Palestine and be nailed in His hands and feet to a rugged cross, suffer 6 grueling hours, die, be buried, but rise again on the third day. There is a scarlet thread that is woven through this Old Testament, from Genesis through Malachi, 39 books, all with one main theme, the Messiah, God Himself, who would give Himself to redeem man from his sins. Genesis more than history book / It is His-story It all begins here in Genesis. In chapter 3 we will see the first mention of the Messiah who would be bruised for our iniquities (sin), chapter 5 the gospel laid out before us in the meaning of each name. We will see genealogy after genealogy, but they will all drop off until we come to just one genealogy, the genealogy leading up to the Messiah. This Old Testament, starting with Genesis, is more than the history of the children of Israel and Jewish Nation, this is His-story. Theme of this Book – for this is why He had to come: - slide (Genesis 3:15 NKJV) And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel." (Genesis 3:15 noted) And I (God) will put enmity (hostility/hatred) Between you (satan) and the woman (mankind), And between your seed (demons) and her Seed (Jesus); He (Jesus) shall bruise your (satan) head, And you (satan) shall bruise His (Jesus) heel." Outline: - Slide Part 1 – The History of Major World Events (chapters 1-11) (spanning 2000+ years) • The Creation of the World and Man (1-2) • The Fall of Man (3-5) • The Flood of the World (6-9) • The Tower of Babel: the Dispersion of Man (10-11) Part 2 – The History of the Major Families (chapters 12-50) (spanning approximately 350 years) • The Life of Abraham (11-25) • The Life of Isaac (25-26) • The Life of Jacob (27-36) • The Life of Joseph (36-50) Genesis Chapter 1 In The Beginning (Genesis 1:1 NKJV) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 5 points for Laws of physics - Slide For you technically minded, I point out the 5 points needed for all the Laws of physics. Time, Force, Energy, Space, and Matter. All five are spoken of here in the first verse of the Book of Beginnings. Time (in the beginning), Force (God), Energy (created), Space (heavens), and Matter (earth). First Cause The Theory of Evolution is failed from the beginning because they do not have a “First Cause”, they say there was a Big Bang, but can’t explain where the Time, Force, Energy, Space, and Matter came from to support a Big Bang. As for the Creationist, the “First Cause” is God. Bara vs asa Also, interesting to note is that the word used here for create in the Hebrew is “bara”, it means to create out of nothing. The other creation will use the word “asa” which means to create from existing material.