Genesis Bible Study
The Genesis Bible Study meets weekly on Wednesday's from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. MST. You can join the study live on Facebook or YouTube or you can watch on demand here.
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.
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