"OVERVIEW OF GENESIS"
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Transcript
Author – Moses
Date – 1445 BC
Theme – “Beginnings/Covenant/Generations”
Interesting facts –
Genesis 1-11 covers around 2,000 years
Genesis 12-50 – covers around 300 years
The time-frame that is covered in the book of Genesis is greater than the timeframe between Exodus through Revelation.
As you think about the book of Genesis what things begin?
Proposition - By the grace of God we will come to see how the theme “beginnings” is seen throughout the book of Genesis.
God’s work in the beginning – 1-11
God’s work in the beginning – 1-11
a. In the beginning there was Creation – 1-2
Order of Creation –
Day one - Created the heaven and the Earth, day and night
Day two - Divided heaven from Earth
Day three - Created the land, sea and vegetation
Day four - Created the sun, moon and stars
Day five - Created creatures, great and small
Day six - Created mankind
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
Day seven – God rested.
b. In the beginning there was the Fall of mankind – 3-5
Adam and Eva where placed in the Garden of Eden
Forbidden to eat of the tree of knowledge – 2:15-17
15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. 16 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 will surely die.”
The temptation/sin – 3:4-6
4 The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! 5 “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
c. In the beginning there was consequences for sin –
3:16 – Lord’s response to the Eve -
16 To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you.”
Pain in child bearing
Your husband will rule over you
3:17-19 – Lord’s response to Adam –
17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. 18 “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; 19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”
Cursed is the ground
Experience pain
Man will work/sweat
Man will die
3:23 – Lord cast’s out of garden -
23 therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
Cast out of the garden
Must work
4:1-8 – Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:1–8 (NASB95)
1 Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a manchild with the help of the Lord.” 2 Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. 4 Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and for his offering;
5 but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 “If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.”
8 Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
Cain worked the ground
Able was a keeper of sheep
Cain brought fruit and Abel brought a perfect animal for the Lord.
Cain killed his brother – vs 8
8 Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
Cain’s punishment – vs. 10
10 He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.
d. In the beginning there was the Abrahamic covenant – 12:1-3
A. Abraham - 12ff
1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you; 2 And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; 3 And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
God says to Abram I want you to –
Leave your country
Leave your father
Leave your family
God establishes the greatest covenant of all times –
Land
Seed
Blessing
Do you notice anything interesting about this covenant?
It is not conditional rather unconditional
There is nothing great about this man
Abram was married to Sarah
Abram’s name is changed to Abraham
Abraham made mistakes
Abraham get’s old – 15:1-6
Genesis 15:1–6 (NASB95)
1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great.” 2 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.” 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.”
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.” 6 Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.
Had a son named Isaac
B. Isaac – 24-26
Isaac was married to Rebekah
Rebekah was barren – 25:21
21 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Had a son named Jacob
C. Jacob – 27-36
Jacob was married to Leah and Rachel
Read 35:10-13 – God is following through with His covenant
Genesis 35:10–13 (NASB95)
10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; You shall no longer be called Jacob, But Israel shall be your name.” Thus He called him Israel. 11 God also said to him, “I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, And kings shall come forth from you.
12 “The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, And I will give the land to your descendants after you.” 13 Then God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him.
Had a son born by Rachel named Joseph
Joseph protects Israel – 37-50
D. Joseph -
Judah – 49:8-12
Genesis 49:8–12 (NASB95)
8 “Judah, your brothers shall praise you; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father’s sons shall bow down to you. 9 “Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He couches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares rouse him up?
10 “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. 11 “He ties his foal to the vine, And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine; He washes his garments in wine, And his robes in the blood of grapes. 12 “His eyes are dull from wine, And his teeth white from milk.
Ultimately Jesus comes through the line of Abraham -
SO WHAT?
Abraham trusted in God
Are you trusting God?
Are there specific things you need to change so that you can trust God?
God followed through with the covenants –
God will follow through with what He says in the Word
God is all-powerful –
Are you living for Him?
Are there specific areas in your life that you need to change?