Genesis Bible Study
Genesis provides an amazing picture of God’s Faithfulness:
Genesis is a wonderful example of God’s faithfulness even when the people He made promises to become the greatest threat to the fulfillment of God’s promises.
Genesis is about Grace:
Genesis is about Creation:
The four-fold pattern of Genesis:
Genesis is a wonderful example of God’s faithfulness even when the people He made promises to become the greatest threat to the fulfillment of God’s promises.
Genesis is about Grace:
- God’s grace kept Adam & Eve from the death penalty
- God’s grace allowed Cain to have a mark of protection
- God’s grace preserved the human race with the Ark
- The Tower of Babel is the story where God’s grace is withheld
Genesis is about Creation:
- God is the subject of the very first sentence
- Creation is about God first, then the universe, then the earth
- Created is ONLY used of God in Scripture
- The first 3 days of creation, God described the forming of the earth, the last 3 days is about the filling of the earth.
- Day 1 – the gods of light & darkness are dismissed
- Day 2 – the gods of sky and sea are dismissed
- Day 3 – the gods of earth and vegetation are dismissed
- Day 4 – the gods of sun, moon and stars are dismissed
- Day 5 – the gods with animal association are dismissed
- Day 6 – established that humans are not divine
- Egypt taught and worshipped many gods; Israel was to worship only one
The four-fold pattern of Genesis:
- Sin is described
- God announces the penalty for the sin
- God extends grace
- God punishes the sin
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