The Bible, with its sixty-six different books written over a span of about fifteen hundred years, is really one story. From beginning to end, the Bible is all about Jesus.
Genesis reveals our loving God who created a perfect world for people. He gave the man and woman the opportunity to love and obey Him. Unfortunately Adam and Eve chose differently, thus starting the cycle of sin and death that has affected the world ever since.
None of this took our all-knowing God by surprise. God already knew His only Son would take sin's punishment. The last book of the Bible describes Jesus as the Lamb who had been "slain from the foundation of the world - Revelation 13:8.
This eternal plan was put in motion before Adam and Eve were even sent from the Garden. Listen to what God says to the serpent (Satan): "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel" - Genesis 3:14, 15. Eve's "Seed" refers to Jesus Christ Himself. Centuries later Jesus, God's Son, would come as a human being, born of a woman. He would indeed be bruised and that bruise would end in death; but He would rise again to defeat sin and death forever.
It all begins here. Genesis was written by Moses probably during the wilderness wanderings (probably around 1400 B.C., with events in the book spanning the time period from Creation to about 1800 B.C.). The book of Genesis tells us how sin came into the world and what God would do about it. Although it would be many centuries before the Son arrived, God began preparing a nation from a faithful man, Abraham, through whom His promised Son would come.
So look for Christ in Genesis. He's at Creation - Genesis 1:26, promised in the Garden - Genesis 3:15, and descended from Abraham - Genesis 12:3, Isaac - Genesis 21:12, and Jacob - Genesis 25:23, also known as Israel - See Genesis 32:28.
From the moment time began, the plan was in motion that God would one day come to repair the damage sin had done, bring us back to Himself and give us eternal life with Him.
God Bless,
Dan
Genesis reveals our loving God who created a perfect world for people. He gave the man and woman the opportunity to love and obey Him. Unfortunately Adam and Eve chose differently, thus starting the cycle of sin and death that has affected the world ever since.
None of this took our all-knowing God by surprise. God already knew His only Son would take sin's punishment. The last book of the Bible describes Jesus as the Lamb who had been "slain from the foundation of the world - Revelation 13:8.
This eternal plan was put in motion before Adam and Eve were even sent from the Garden. Listen to what God says to the serpent (Satan): "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel" - Genesis 3:14, 15. Eve's "Seed" refers to Jesus Christ Himself. Centuries later Jesus, God's Son, would come as a human being, born of a woman. He would indeed be bruised and that bruise would end in death; but He would rise again to defeat sin and death forever.
It all begins here. Genesis was written by Moses probably during the wilderness wanderings (probably around 1400 B.C., with events in the book spanning the time period from Creation to about 1800 B.C.). The book of Genesis tells us how sin came into the world and what God would do about it. Although it would be many centuries before the Son arrived, God began preparing a nation from a faithful man, Abraham, through whom His promised Son would come.
So look for Christ in Genesis. He's at Creation - Genesis 1:26, promised in the Garden - Genesis 3:15, and descended from Abraham - Genesis 12:3, Isaac - Genesis 21:12, and Jacob - Genesis 25:23, also known as Israel - See Genesis 32:28.
From the moment time began, the plan was in motion that God would one day come to repair the damage sin had done, bring us back to Himself and give us eternal life with Him.
God Bless,
Dan
