1. GENESIS Foundation to Salvation Created by David Turner www.BibleStudies-online.com

2. Genesis means beginning Genesis is the Latin for beginning – Origins Genesis 1:1 (NET) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

3. Genesis – The Origin of: The Universe (time, matter, energy) Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.

4. Genesis – The Origin of: Order and Complexity Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

5. Genesis – The Origin of: Light, earth’s rotation, a measurement of time Genesis 1:3-5 3 God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light! 4 God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

6. Genesis – The Origin of: Atmosphere and hydrosphere Genesis 1:6-8 6 God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water. 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so. 8 God called the expanse “sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

7. Genesis – The Origin of: Life Genesis 1:20-22 20 God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 21 God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

8. Genesis – The Origin of: Mankind Genesis 1:26-27 26 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.” 27 God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

9. Genesis – The Origin of: Marriage Genesis 2:21-24 (NET) 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said, “This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

10. Genesis – The Origin of: Sin and death Genesis 3:6-7 6 When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

11. Genesis – The Origin of: Family feuds and murder Genesis 4:8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

12. Genesis – The Origin of: Nations – from the three sons of Noah Gen. 10

13. Genesis – The Origin of: Language and the division of the nations Genesis 11:6-9 6 And the Lord said, “If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them. 7 Come, let’s go down and confuse their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.” 8 So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why its name was called Babel – because there the Lord confused the language of the entire world, and from there the Lord scattered them across the face of the entire earth.

14. Genesis – The Origin of: Others: Culture – urbanization, metallurgy, music, agriculture, writing, etc. Religion Government

15. Genesis – The Origin of: The Jewish People (Chapters 11-50) Abraham Ishmael (beginning of Saudi Arabia) Isaac Jacob and the 12 tribes of Israel All the promises associated with Abraham concerning physical descendents and

16. Genesis – The Origin of: Abrahams Spiritual descendents: The promises of Messiah and Christianity It has been stated that the New Testament is so dependent on Genesis that if we were to loose Genesis the message of the New Testament would crumble.

17. Christianity and Genesis There are over 200 direct references to Genesis in the NT. Every NT book except three (Philemon, II and III John) contain direct references or allusions to Genesis. Of the 50 chapters in Genesis only seven are not quoted in the NT (20, 24, 34, 36, 40, 43, 44). More than half of the 200 references are from the first 11 chapters of Genesis.

18. Christianity and Genesis 63 references to Genesis in the NT are from the first three chapters. 14 references are to the flood. 58 references relate to Abraham. Jesus makes 25 references to Genesis.

19. The Gospel and Genesis Without the first Adam it’s impossible to understand the need of the second Adam. Romans 5:17-19 17 For if, by the transgression of the one man (Adam), death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ! 18 Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man (Adam) many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man (Jesus) many will be made righteous.

20. Link between beginning and the end. To understand Revelation we must understand Genesis. To understand the New Heaven and New earth we must understand the creation of the first heaven and earth.

21. Genesis, Revelation Compared Gen 1-3 Division of light and dark (1:4) Div. Of land and Sea (1:10) Rule of Sun and Moon (1:16) Man in a prepared Garden (2:8) River Flowing out of Eden (2:10) Gold in the Land (2:12) Tree of life in garden (2:9) Bdellim & Onyx Stone (2:12) God Walking in Garden (3:9) Rev. 21-22 No Night There (21:25) No more Sea (21:1) No sun and moon (21:23) Man in prepared city River flowing from God’s throne Streets of gold Tree of life on sides of river All manner of precious stone God dwelling with His people

22. Genesis, Revelation Contrasted Gen. 1-3 Cursed ground (3:17) Daily sorrow (3:17) Thorns and thistles (3:18) Sweat on the face (3:19) Eating herbs of field (3:18) Return to dust (3:19) Evil continually (6:5) Coats of skin (3:21) Satan opposing (3:15) Kept from tree of life (3:24) Banished from garden (3:23) Redeemer promised (3:15) Rev. 19-22 No more curse (22:3) No more sorrow (21:4) Tears wiped away (21:4) 12 manner of fruit (22:2) No more death (21:4) Nothing that defiles (21:27) Fine linen, white, etc (19:14) Satan Banished (20:10) Access to tree of life (22:14) Free entry to city (22:14) Redemption accomplished (5:9)

23. Attacks on Genesis Attacks on Genesis 1:1 Atheism (astrological and geological science) Polytheism (Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Mormonism, UFOism) Pantheism (Hinduism, Christian Science, etc) Panentheism (process theology)

24. Attacks on Genesis Attacks on the seven days of Creation Evolution, Theistic evolution, Astronomy, others. Other attacks: Attacks on the man’s creation in image of God Rejection of a singular Adam and Eve Rejection of original sin Rejection of the universal flood

25. Attacks on Genesis Reject or twist the account of God’s promises to Abraham, or the accounts as given in Genesis. exp. Islam puts Ishmael on the mount with Abraham instead of Isaac. Every false religion, cult, or science (falsely so called) rejects or attempts to rewrite primary accounts in Genesis.

26. We Must Read Genesis Meditate on Genesis Worship the Creator God of Genesis Know Genesis Know the Gospel as it relates to Genesis Know the promises of Genesis Be wise to the perversions litigated towards Genesis

27. We Must Know the Christ of Genesis As Creator As the Second Adam As the one who walked with Abraham As the fulfillment of the all the promises in Genesis. Colossians 1:15-17 (NET) 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, 16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him. 17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.

28. Come to Christ our Creator and Savior. Hebrews 1:1-3 1 After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets, 2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world. 3 The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.