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My Prayful Declaration
I am what it says I am
I can do what it says I can do
I am going to be taught the
Word of God today and
I will NEVER be the same
What do we mean when we
say that the Bible is true?
We are not just saying that the
Bible is accurate.
We are saying that the Bible covers
matters of supreme importance,
things that are essential for life, both
here on earth and for all eternity.
God is not opposed to you asking
for evidence.
Just be sure that when you get it,
you respond as would a reasonable
man.
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FAITH
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Evidence
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Various kinds of evidence will be presented
in these lessons which will prove that the
Bible is reliable.
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But SOME faith is still required.
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Progressive Revelation
Prologue
Act I: The Old Testament
Act 2: The Life of Christ
Act 3: The Church
Act 4: The End of the Age
Progressive Revelation
Prologue MAN WORKS
GOD WORKS
Act I: The Old Testament
Act 2: The Life of Christ
Act 3: The Church
Act 4: The End of the Age
Creation “In the beginning
God created
the heavens
and the earth.”
- Genesis 1:1
Prologue (Gen 1-11)
Fall “But of the
tree of the
knowledge of
good and evil
you shall not
eat…”
- Genesis 2:17
Prologue (Gen 1-11)
Fall
Flood “I Myself am
bringing
floodwaters on
the earth...”
- Genesis 6:17
Prologue (Gen 1-11)
Fall Flood
Prologue (Gen 1-11)
Fall
Flop
Flood
Flop “…its name is
called Babel,
because there
the Lord confused
the language of
all the earth….”
- Genesis 11:9
Prologue (Gen 1-11)
Fall
Flop
Flood
God
Speaks Friendship Method
Desired Response:
I will trust You!
Mosaic Authorship of Genesis
• Moses was qualified to write the
book of Genesis.
• The Style of Genesis reflects an
Egyptian influence.
• The unity of the book of Genesis
reflects a single author.
“THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF...”
Formula Contents Location
In the beginning God... Creation 1:1 - 2:3
1. This is the account of the
heaven and the earth
Creation 2:4 - 4:26
2. This is the written account of
Adam's Line
Genealogy: Seth to Noah 5:1 - 6:8
3. This is the account of Noah Flood & Covenant 6:9 - 9:29
4. This is the account of Shem,
Ham & Japheth
Table of Nations & Babel 10:1 - 11:9
5. This is the account of Shem Genealogy: Shem to Abraham 11:10-26
6. This is the account of Terah Story of Abraham 11:27 - 25:11
7. This is the account of
Abraham's son Ishmael
Genealogy of Ishmael 25:12-18
8. This is the account of
Abraham's son Isaac
Transition of blessing from
Isaac to Jacob
25:19 - 35:29
9. This is the account of Esau Genealogy of Esau 36:1-43
10. This is the account of Jacob Joseph & Israel in Egypt 37:1 - 50:26
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth.
Elohim
• Teaches the existence of God.
• Teaches the existence of One God.
• Teaches the pre-existence of God.
• Teaches the personhood of God.
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth.
Elohim
• When a Hebrew word ends in “im”
that signifies a plurality within a
unity.
• This is the first hint of the trinity.
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth.
bara
• An initial act of creation.
• A summary statement of
the entire chapter.
Unformed Unfilled
Day 1: Light Day 4: Light-bearers
(sun, moon, stars)
Day 2: Water & sky
divided
Day 5: Fish & birds
fill water & sky
Day 3: Dry land &
vegetation
Day 6: Land animals
& humans
Day 7: Sabbath Rest
Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let Us make
man in Our image, according to Our
likeness; and let them rule over the fish
of the sea and over the birds of the sky
and over the cattle and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing
that creeps on the earth.”
And God created man in His own
image, in the image of God He created
him; male and female He created
them. (Genesis 1:26-27).
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them; and God
said to them, “Be fruitful and
multiply, and fill the earth, and
subdue it; and rule over the fish of
the sea and over the birds of the
sky and over every living thing
that moves on the earth.”
– In the Image of God
– Federal Headship
– Stewardship and a basis for Ecology
Genesis 1:29-30 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30 and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.
Genesis 1:31
God saw all that He had
made, and behold, it was very
good. And there was evening and
there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 1:31
God saw all that He had
made, and behold, it was very
good. And there was evening and
there was morning, the sixth day.
• Rising crescendo
• This would change at fall
• Creation was made to be very good
• That culmination was part of a
process
Lessons from Genesis 1 • There is only one God and that is the
God who created us.
• The God who created us is a very big
God.
• God is personally involved in His
creation.
• The purpose of the Genesis account is
not merely to have us view the creation,
but that we might see the Creator who
created the creation.
Genesis 1
The heavens and the
earth are created in six
days.
Genesis 2
Creation of the man
and woman (no time
element mentioned).
Man’s creation is
climactic
Man’s creation
mentioned first
Panorama of creation
as a whole
Detailed focus on one
aspect of creation
Centers on God
creating the heavens
and the earth
Man & woman as the
completion of God’s
creation
In journalism, the first
paragraph is a summary
of the entire article.
Remaining paragraphs
amplify the synopsis
given in the first
paragraph.
THAT’S NOT RECORDING
DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS
1) Physical universe
2) Atmosphere opaque to translucent
3) Stable water cycle
4) Land and seas/oceans separated
5) Plants appear
6) Atmosphere translucent to transparent
7) Small sea animals
8) Sea mammals
9) Birds
10) Land mammals
11) Human beings
11 EVENTS MAKE UP CREATION
As the adopted son of Pharoah’s daughter,
Moses was trained at the Egyptian equivalent
of Harvard.
The Egyptians had terrible cosmology.
Moses didn’t get his ideas from man.
He got them from God through revelation.
The Odds that Moses
Could Get the Order Right
Experts in:
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Chemistry and
Geology
evaluated the chances of Moses guessing
the proper order of creation to be
one in 40 million.
CREATION’S PROPER ORDER
THE TWO CREATION
ACCOUNTS DO NOT
CONFLICT
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And the LORD God commanded the man,
saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat
freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat
from it you shall surely die.“ (Genesis 2:16-17)
Creation complete: Heavens & earth created;
God finished His work (1-3)
Man created: Formed from dust (4-9)
Trees & Rivers in garden given names (9-14)
Man assigned task of guarding & keeping the
garden (15)
Forbidden fruit (16-17)
Man in need of a helper: not good to be alone
(18)
Animals in garden are given names (19-20)
Woman created: Formed from rib (21-24)
Creation complete: Man & woman naked &
unashamed in presence of God (25)
Genesis 3
Opens with Adam and
Eve in the garden
Genesis 4
They give birth to Cain
and Abel outside the
garden
As the chapter opens,
Adam and Eve are
innocent
As the chapter begins,
Cain and Abel are
sinners
Satan comes to the
woman and speaks
with her openly
Satan is tempting Cain
in the background
where we cannot see
him.
Genesis 3 Genesis 4
Adam and Eve’s sin
was in disobeying God
by eating of the fruit of
the tree of knowledge
of good and evil
Cain’s sin is threefold:
• He offers an
unacceptable sacrifice
• Anger and jealousy
• Murders his brother
God seeks out Adam
and Eve and
interrogates them until
they admit their guilt
God seeks out Cain
and interrogates him,
but he still refuses to
acknowledge his guilt
Genesis 1-6 Creation history
Genesis 7-11 Noahic history
Adam’s sons (4:1-16) Noah’s sons (9:18-29)
Technological
Development of
Mankind (4:17-26)
Ethnic Development
of Mankind (10:1-32)
Ten Generations from
Adam to Noah (5:1-
32)
Ten Generations from
Noah to Terah (11:10-
26)
Genesis 6:5-6 Then the LORD saw that the
wickedness of man was great on the
earth, and that every intent of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually. 6 The LORD was sorry
that He had made man on the earth,
and He was grieved in His heart.
Genesis 6:7-8 The LORD said, “I will blot out
man whom I have created from the
face of the land, from man to animals
to creeping things and to birds of the
sky; for I am sorry that I have made
them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the
eyes of the LORD.
The Ark All flesh was to be
destroyed in the flood.
The Cross All mankind is under
condemnation.
The ark was designed
and planned by God
(Genesis 6:14-16).
Our hope in Christ
was designed by God
before the world
began (Ephesians
1:4).
Noah’s part was to
build the physical
structure of the ark
(Genesis 6:22).
Christ was born of a
human mother
(Matthew 1:21).
The Ark God made known to
Noah this plan of
salvation (Genesis
6:13).
The Cross God has made known
to us His plan of
eternal salvation
(Romans 16:25-26).
Noah believed the
Lord (Hebrews 11:7).
We must believe in
Christ (John 3:16).
The ark had only one
door (Genesis 6:16).
Christ is the only door
to salvation (John
10:9).
Genesis 6
God warns
Noah
The ark is built
Noah building
the ark
Genesis 7
God delivers
Noah
The ark is used
to save Noah
from the flood
Noah in the ark
Genesis 8
God
remembers
Noah
The ark comes
to rest in the
mountains of
Ararat
Noah coming
out of the ark
The earth filled
with violence
The earth filled
with water
Noah to go out
& fill the earth
Genesis 9:20-22 Then Noah began farming and
planted a vineyard. 21 He drank of the
wine and became drunk, and
uncovered himself inside his tent. 22
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the
nakedness of his father, and told his
two brothers outside.
Adam Placed into a Garden
Noah
Results in a curse
Results in a lasting division of the seed
Followed by a genealogy to demonstrate
the division
Plants a Garden
Eats the fruit of the
tree
Drinks of the fruit of
the vine
Results in recognizing
his nakedness
Results in lying naked
in his tent
Adam Noah His eyes were opened
and he knew he was
naked.
He awoke from his
wine and knew what
his younger son had
done.
He was judged and
cursed by God.
He placed a curse
upon Canaan.
Genesis 1-11
Events Predominant
– Creation
– Fall
– Flood
– Tower of Babel
Genesis 12-50
People Predominant
– Abraham
– Isaac
– Jacob
– Joseph
Race as a whole Family of Abraham
Over 2000 years 250 years
Genesis 11:4 They said, “Come, let us build
for ourselves a city, and a tower
whose top will reach into heaven,
and let us make for ourselves a
name, otherwise we will be scattered
abroad over the face of the whole
earth.”
Genesis 11:6-7 The LORD said, “Behold, they
are one people, and they all have the
same language. And this is what
they began to do, and now nothing
which they purpose to do will be
impossible for them. 7 Come, let Us
go down and there confuse their
language, so that they will not
understand one another's speech.”
Genesis 11:8 So the LORD scattered them
abroad from there over the face of
the whole earth; and they stopped
building the city.
Genesis 11:9 Therefore its name was called
Babel, because there the LORD
confused the language of the whole
earth; and from there the LORD
scattered them abroad over the face
of the whole earth.
Progressive Revelation
Prologue
> Act I: The Old Testament
Intermission
Act 2: The Life of Christ
Act 3: The Church
Act 4: The End of the Age
Act 1: Scene 1
ABRAHAM
“…Get out of your country, from your family,
and from your father’s house. To a land I
will show you. I will make you a great
nation; I will bless you and make your name
great… and in you all the families of the
earth shall be blessed.’”
– Genesis 12:1-3
Babel
Judgment
upon man’s
rebellion:
Languages
scatter
mankind
Abraham
One man to
become a
great nation:
All nations to
be blessed
through him
Jesus
One is judged
for all of man’s
rebellion: Gift
of languages
proclaim the
good new
Genesis 15:2-3
Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what
will You give me, since I am childless,
and the heir of my house is Eliezer of
Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “Since
You have given no offspring to me,
one born in my house is my heir.”
Genesis 15:4
Then behold, the word of the
LORD came to him, saying, “This man
will not be your heir; but one who will
come forth from your own body, he
shall be your heir.”
Sarai is barren
• Lot as a potential heir
• Eliezar of Damascus as a
potential heir
• One from Abram’s own
body will be his heir
Genesis 15:5
And He took him outside and
said, “Now look toward the heavens,
and count the stars, if you are able to
count them.” And He said to him, “So
shall your descendants be.”
Genesis 16:1-2
Now Sarai, Abram's wife had
borne him no children, and she had
an Egyptian maid whose name was
Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Now
behold, the LORD has prevented me
from bearing children. Please go in to
my maid; perhaps I will obtain children
through her.” And Abram listened to
the voice of Sarai.
The Result of “Helping” God
Ishmael, was borne of Hagar, the
slave woman.
In a fit of anger, Sarai sent Hagar
and Ishmael away from the family.
Ishmael had twelve sons, from
whom the Muslims are descended.
The Akedah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m
EwxLO-Z29c
0-1:29 8:22-11:17
Genesis 17:1-2
Now when Abram was ninety-
nine years old, the LORD appeared to
Abram and said to him, “I am God
Almighty; Walk before Me, and be
blameless. 2 I will establish My
covenant between Me and you, And I
will multiply you exceedingly.”
Genesis 17:3-5
Abram fell on his face, and God talked
with him, saying,
4 “As for Me, behold,
My covenant is with you,
And you will be the father of a
multitude of nations.
5 No longer shall your name be
called Abram,
But your name shall be Abraham;
For I will make you the father of a
multitude of nations.”
Genesis 17:18-19
And Abraham said to God, “Oh
that Ishmael might live before You!”
19 But God said, “No, but Sarah
your wife will bear you a son, and you
shall call his name Isaac; and I will
establish My covenant with him for an
everlasting covenant for his descend-
ants after him.”
Genesis 22:1
Now it came about after these
things, that God tested Abraham, and
said to him, “Abraham!” And he said,
“Here I am.”
Genesis 22:2
He said, “Take now your son,
your only son, whom you love, Isaac,
and go to the land of Moriah, and offer
him there as a burnt offering on one of
the mountains of which I will tell you.”
2 Chronicles 3:1. Then Solomon
began to build the house of the LORD in
Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the
Lord had appeared to his father David...
Genesis 22:3
So Abraham rose early in the
morning and saddled his donkey, and
took two of his young men with him
and Isaac his son; and he split wood
for the burnt offering, and arose and
went to the place of which God had
told him.
Genesis 22:4-5
On the third day Abraham raised
his eyes and saw the place from a
distance. 5 Abraham said to his young
men, “Stay here with the donkey, and
I and the lad will go over there; and
we will worship and return to you.”
Genesis 22:7-8
Isaac spoke to Abraham his
father and said, “My father!” And he
said, “Here I am, my son.” And he
said, “Behold, the fire and the wood,
but where is the lamb for the burnt
offering?” 8 Abraham said, “God will
provide for Himself the lamb for the
burnt offering, my son.” So the two of
them walked on together.
Genesis 22:9-10
Then they came to the place of
which God had told him; and Abraham
built the altar there and arranged the
wood, and bound his son Isaac and
laid him on the altar, on top of the
wood. 10 Abraham stretched out his
hand and took the knife to slay his
son.
Genesis 22:11-12
But the angel of the LORD called
to him from heaven and said,
“Abraham, Abraham!” And he said,
“Here I am.” 12 He said, “Do not
stretch out your hand against the lad,
and do nothing to him; for now I know
that you fear God, since you have not
withheld your son, your only son, from
Me.”
Genesis Revelation
Creation of the heavens and
earth.
A new heaven and a new earth.
The Tree of Life in the Garden. The Tree of Life in the New
Jerusalem.
A river runs through the
Garden.
A river runs through the New
Jerusalem.
The first marriage: Adam and
Eve.
The last marriage: The last Adam
to the church.
The beginning of the career of
Satan.
The end of Satan’s career: The
Lake of Fire.
Death enters. Death is destroyed.
Man lost privileges because of
sin.
Man regains privileges because of
Christ’s payment for sin.
Beginning of sorrow, pain and
death.
Christ wipes away all tears.
The first murder. No more death.
The beginning of Babylon. Babylon destroyed.
Homework
BIBLE READING:
Genesis 1 to Genesis 22
NOTEBOOK:
Read Chapters 1 & 2 (10 pages)
MEMORIZATION:
Verse #1