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:

• 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.

1. Day 1 – the gods of light & darkness are dismissed

2. Day 2 – the gods of sky and sea are dismissed

3. Day 3 – the gods of earth and vegetation are dismissed

4. Day 4 – the gods of sun, moon and stars are dismissed

5. Day 5 – the gods with animal association are dismissed

6. 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