Genesis Overview, Foundation of God's Law and Master Plan for Our Destiny
Genesis Overview
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Special Proclamation Prayer for Today
Father, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
Your Word declares that if we, Your people, who are called by Your
name, will humble ourselves and pray and seek Your face and turn
from our wicked ways, then will You hear from heaven and You will
forgive our sin and will heal our land.
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
We bow before Your sacred throne and humbly ask Your
forgiveness for the sin of idolatry! Your word demands; “Thou shalt
have no other gods before Me”, yet we have, under the banner of
pluralism and hedonism, embraced and worshipped the gods of
this world. Take us back to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!
(Exodus 20:3)
Through moral and spiritual compromise and complacency, we have
allowed our nation to conform to the ways of the world by turning
away from our spiritual roots found in Your Word.
(Romans 12:2)
Our silence has produced a secular nation and all nations that forget
You, shall be forsaken. We ask that You hear our cry, for we need
You, in these desperate times, to lead us out of our politically correct
fog of constant confusion and take us back to Your moral clarity.
(Psalm 9:17)
O Lord our God, King of the Universe, we confess that America
cannot survive without Your presence. Your statutes founded this
blessed land and we look to You, Father God, to preserve it, for
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.”
(Psalm 33:12)
As commanded in scripture, we pray for all who are in authority
who govern our nation; may their decisions be led by the perfect
compass of your Holy Word which clearly discerns right from wrong.
(I Timothy 2:1-3)
O Lord our God, You have promised to raise up righteous leaders
into high places and to remove those who have displayed unrighteous
authority. We earnestly pray that You will once again exalt the
righteous and expose the deeds of the ungodly.
(Proverbs 14:33-35)
America must have spiritual renewal for moral survival! In this
season of prayer, we unite in humble heartfelt hope and ask that You
forgive us and deliver us from the folly of our transgressions. Guide
and sustain our nation as we turn from our sin and return to You,
the God of our fathers. (Psalm 51:1-17)
The time has come to declare our trust in You to heal our land.
(2 Samuel 22:2-4; Psalm 5:11-12; Psalm 57:1-3)
We pledge to exercise our God given rights of “life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness” in voting for future leaders from the county
courthouse to the White House who obey and honor Your Word.
(Deuteronomy 28:1-14; Psalm 119:44-48; Psalm5:11)
We pledge to vote the Bible in selecting those that will govern our
country. (Deuteronomy 16:18-20)
Blessed are you, O Lord our God, for You are good and Your mercy
endures forever. We petition heaven with our united prayers as we
seek Your blessing, Your peace and Your protection for America.
(I Chronicles 16:34; Numbers 6:22-26; Romans 15:13;
Psalm 5:11)
May the Lord our God, be with us, as He was with our forefathers;
may He not leave us or forsake us; so that He may incline our hearts
to Himself, to walk in all His ways... that all peoples of the earth may
know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.
(1 Kings 8:57-60)
Amen
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Genesis Overview
Overview of The Book of Genesis:
"In The Beginning..."
Genesis: The foundation for the Word and The Law, God's
Master Plan, Responsibilities, And Our Destiny......
Genesis 1:1 "...In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth..." This introduces us to "The Lord God"; approxamately 2300 years of history is covered between 4000 B. C., to 1700 B. C....
(Genesis comes from The Septugent version
around the 3rd century A.D., from Hebrew to Greek at the time of Alexander the Great; the original Jews called it "In The Beginning"; written by Moses during the Exodus from Egypt around 1443 to 1400 B. C., mentioned over sixty (60) times in the New Testament...)
Matthew 19:4-8 "...And He answered and
said to them, "Have you not read in Genesis that He who made them at the
beginning 'made them male and female,' "and said 'for this reason
a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh'? "So then, they are no longer
two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not
man separate." They said to Him, "Why then did Moses
command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?"
He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts,
permitted you to divorce your wives but from the beginning (Genesis}it was
not so..."
Matthew 24:37-39 "...But as the days of
Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in
the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying
and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and
did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also
will the coming of the Son of Man be..."
( Genesis 650 years
pre-flood)
Genesis THEME: Creation, sin, and redemption...
PURPOSE:
(1) Genesis Reveals God as the Creator
Genesis 1:1-2 "...In the beginning ELOHIM
created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without
(became) form, and void; and darkness
was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering
over the face of the waters..."
(2) Genesis: Pre-Adamic Age and destruction of earth
Genesis 6:1-22
[The Wickedness and Judgment of Man]
"...Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of
the earth, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God
saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took
wives for themselves of all whom they chose. And the Lord said,
"My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh;
yet his days shall be 120 years .
There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward,
when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they
bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old,
men of renown. Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was
great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart
was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made
man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the Lord said,
I will desroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth,
both man, and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air ., for I am
sorry that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of
the Lord..."
[Noah Pleases God]
"...This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his
generations. Noah walked with God. And Noah begot three sons:
Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The earth also was corrupt before God,
and the earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the earth,
and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the
earth. And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before
Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will
destroy them with the earth..."
[The Ark of Genesis Prepared]
"...Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark, and
cover it inside and outside with pitch...and this is how you shall make
it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty
cubits, and its height thirty cubits. You shall make a window for the
ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of
the ark in its side. And you shall make it with lower, second, and third
decks. "And behold, I Myself am bringing the flood of waters on the
earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of
life; and everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish
My Covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark--you and your
son's wives with you. And of every living thing of all flesh you shall
bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they
shall be male and female. Of the birds after their kind, of animals
after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after their
kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. And you
shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it
to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them..."
(3) Earth's restoration and Sabbaths...
Genesis 2:15 "...Then the Lord God took
the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it..."
[Genesis: The Temptation and Fall of Man]
Genesis 3:1-24 "...Now the serpent was
more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had
made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall
not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.' And the serpent said to
the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day
you eat of it your eyes will be open, and you will be like God, knowing
good and evil...
...So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took
of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they
were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made
themselves coverings. And they heard the sound of The Lord God
walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife
hid themselves from the presence of The Lord God among the trees
of the garden. Then The Lord God called to Adam and said to him,
"Where are you?" So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and
I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself." And He said,
"Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of
which I commanded you that you should not eat?"
Then the man said, "The woman You gave to be with me,
she gave me of the tree, and I ate." And The Lord God said to the
woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The
serpent deceived me, and I ate." So The Lord God said to the
serpent: "Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all
cattle, and moe than every beast of the field; on your belly you shall
go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. And I willl 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."
To the woman He said: "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your
conception; in pain you shall bring forth children; your desire shall be
for your husband, and he shall rule over you." Then to Adam He said,
"Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten
from the tree of which I commanded you , saying, 'You shall not eat
of it'; cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all
the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for
you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. And the sweat of your
face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you
were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return."
And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was
the mother of all living. Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God
made tunics of skin, and clothed them. Then the Lord God said,
"Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil.
And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and
eat, and live forever"--therefore the Lord God sent him out of the
garden of Eden to fill the ground from which he was taken. So He
drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden
of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the
way to the tree of life..."
Genesis 4:1-26 "...Now Adam knew Eve
his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, "I have gotten a
man from the Lord." Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel.
Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an
offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. Abel also brought of the
firstlings of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel
and his offering, but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And
Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. So the Lord said to
Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?
"If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well,
sin lies at the door. Ad its desire is for you, but you should rule over it."
Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when
they were in the field, that Cain rose against Abel his brother and
killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?"
And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" And He
said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries
out to Me from the ground. So now you are cursed from the earth,
which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from
your hand. When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its
strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth."
And Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is greater than I can bear!
"Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground;
I shall be hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond
on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me."
And the Lord said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Cain,
vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the Lord set a
mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him. Then Cain
went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelled in the land of
Nod on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife, and she
conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name
of he city after the name of his son--Enoch. To Enoch was born
Irad; and Irad begt Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and
Methushael begot Lamech.
Then Lamech took for himself two wives: the name of the one was
Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah. And Adah bore Jabal.
He was the father of those who dwelt in tents and have livestock. His
brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the
harp and flute. And as for Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, an
instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron. And the sister of
Tubal-Cain was Naamah. Then Lamech said to his wives: "Adah
and Zillah, hear my voice; O wives of Lamech, listen to my speech!
for I have killed a man for wounding me. Even a young man for
hurting me. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, then Lamech
seventy-sevenfold."
And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him
Seth. For God has appointed another seed for me instead of
Abel, whom Cain killed." And as for Seth, to him also a son was
born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on the
name ot the Lord,..."
Genesis 2:4 "...This is the history of the
heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the
Lord God made the earth and the heavens..."
(4) Reveals the sinful choice and the results...
(5) The Redemptive work of God by man...
Genesis 5:1-6:7 "...This is the book of the
genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him
in the likeness of God. He created them male and female, and
blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.
And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and he begot a son in
his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. After he
begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he
begot sons and daughters. So all the days that Adam lilved were
nine hundred and thirty years; and he died. Seth lived one hundred
and five years, and begot Enosh.."
Genesis 6:8-9:29 "...But Noah found
grace in the eyes of the Lord..."
Noah Pleases God
This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his
generations. Noah walked with God. And Noah begot three sons:
Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The Earth also was corrupt before God,
and the earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the
earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way
on earth. And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come
before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and
behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis: The Ark Prepared
"Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark, and
cover it inside and outside with pitch. And this is how you shall make
it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty
cubits, and its height thirty cubits. You shall make a window for the
ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above, and set the door of
the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third
decks. "And behold, I Myself am bringing the flood of waters on the
earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of
life; and everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish
My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark--you, your sons,
your wife, and your sons' wives with you. And of every living thing of
all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them
alive with you; they shall be male and female. Of the birds after their
kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the
earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them
alive. And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten and
you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for
them. Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so
he did.
The Great Flood of Genesis
Then the Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your
household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in
this generation. You shall take with you seven each of every clean
animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean,
a male and his female; also seven each of birds of the air, male and
female, to keep the species alive on the face of all he earth. For
after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days
and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living
things that I have made."
And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him. Noah
was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was on the earth.
So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the
ark because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, of beasts
that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth,
two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God
had commanded Noah.
And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood
were on the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the
second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the
foundations of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of
heaven were opened. And the rain was on the earth forty days and
forty nights. On the very same day Noah and Noah's sons, Shem,
Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons
with them, entered the ark--they and every beast after its kind, all
cattle after their kind, every creeping thing, that creeps ln the earth
after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
And they went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which
is the breath of life. So those that entered, male and female of all
flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.
Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased
and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters
prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved
about on the surface of the waters.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high
hills under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed
fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. And all
flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and
every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. All in
whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the
dry land, died.
So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the
ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air.
They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were
with him in the ark remained alive. And the waters prevailed on the
earth one hundred and fifty days.
Genesis: Noah's Deliverance
Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the
animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass
over the earth, and the waters subsided. The fountains of the deep
and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from
heaven was restrained. And the waters receded continually from the
earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the
month, on the mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased
continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day
of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the
window of the ark which he had made. Then he sent out a raven,
which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the
earth. He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had
abated from the face of the ground. But the dove found no resting
place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for
the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his
hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself. And he
waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from
the ark.
Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly
plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters
had abated from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the
ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry. And
in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the
earth was dried.
Then God spoke to Noah, saying, "Go out of the ark, you and your
wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you. Bring out with you
every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and
every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may
abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth." So
Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with
him. Every beast, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever
creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.
God's Genesis Covenant with Creation
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal
and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And
the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart,
"I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the
imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again
destroy every living thing as I have done. While the earth remains,
seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and winter and summer,
and day and night shall not cease..."
So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to themn: "Be fruitful
and multiply, and fill the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of
you shall be on every beast of he earth, on every bird of the air, on all
that moves on the earth, and all the fish of the sea. They are given
into your hand. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I
have given you all things, even as the green herbs. But you shall not
eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. Surely for your lifeblood I will
demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it,
and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I
will require the life of man.
"Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in
the image of God He made man. And as for you, be fruitful and
multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth and multiply in it."
Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: "And as
for Me, behold I establish My covenant with you and with your
descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you:
the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that
go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. Thus I establish My
covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters
of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.
And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I make
between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you for
perpetual generations: I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be
for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. It shall be,
when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in
the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is between Me
and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never
again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember
the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of
all flesh that is on the earth. And God said to Noah, "This is the sign
of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh
that is on the earth."
Genesis: Noah and His Sons
Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and
Japeth. And Ham was the father of Canaan. These three were the
sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated. And
Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. Then he
drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and
told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment ,
laid it on both of their shoulders, and went backward and covered the
nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did
not see their father's nakedness. So Noah awoke from his wine, and
knew what his younger son had done to him. Then he said: "Cursed
be Canaan; a servant of servants he shall be to his brethren." And he
said: Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem, and may Canaan be his
servant. May God enlarge Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of
Shem; and may Canaan be his servant." And Noah lived after the
flood three hundred and fifty years. So all the days of Noah were nine
hundred and fifty years; and he died..."
Genesis: Nations Descended from Noah
Genesis 10:1-11:26 "...Now this is the
genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And
sons were born to them after the flood. The sons of Japheth were
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. The sons
of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. The sons of
Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kitim, and Dodanim. From these the
coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands,
everyone according to his own language, according to their families,
into their nations.
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. The sons
of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechath; and
the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. Cush begot Nimrod;
he began to be a mighty one on the eath. He was a mighty hunter
before the Lord; therefore its said, like Nimrod the mighty hunter
before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel,
Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. From that land he
went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, and Resen
between Nineveh and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and
Calah (that is the principal city). Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim,
Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom came
the Philistines and Caphtorim).
Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth; the Jebusite, the
Amorite, and the Girgashite; the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite; the
Arvadite, he Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of
the Canaanites were dispersed. And the borders of the Canaanites
was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you
go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
These were the sons of Ham, according to their languages, in their
lands and in their nations.
And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of
Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder. The sons of Shem were
Elam, Assur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram were Uz,
Hul, Gether, and Mash. Arphaxad begot Salah, and Salah begot
Eber. To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for
in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram,
Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All
these were the sons of Joktan. And their dwelling place was from
Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. These
were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to
their languages, in their lands , accordng to their nations.
These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their
generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided
on the earth after the flood..."
Genesis: The Tower of Babel
Now in Genesis the whole earth had one language and one speech. And it
came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a
plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. Then they said to
one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly."
They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. And they
said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in
the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered
abroad over the face of the whole earth. But the Lord came down to
see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. And the
Lord said, "Indeed the people are one and they all have one
language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they
propose to do will be withheld from them. "Come, let Us go down
and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one
another's speech." So the Lord scattered them abroad from there
over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
Therefore its name is called Babel, beause there the Lord confused
the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them
abroad over the face of all the earth.
Genesis: Shem's Descendants
This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old,
begot Arphaxad two years after the flood. After he begot Arphaxad,
Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Salah. After he begot
Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons
and daughters. Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. After he
begot Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three years, and begot
sons and daughters. Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
After he begot Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years, and
begot sons and daughters. Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
After he begot Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and
begot sons and daughters. Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot
Serug. After he begot Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven
years, and begot sons and daughters. Serug lived thirty years, and
begot Nahor. After he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years
and begot sons and daughters. Nahor lilved twenty-nine years, and
begot Terah. After he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and
nineteen years and begot sons and daughters. Now Terah lived
seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis: Terah's Descendants
This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and
Haran. Haran begot Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in
his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. Then Abram and Nahor took
wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of
Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and
father of Iscah. But Sarai was barren; she had no child. And Terah
took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his
daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with
him from Ur of the Chaldeans to go the land of Canaan; and they
came to Haran and dwelt there. So the days of Terah were two
hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.
Genesis: Promises to Abram
Now the Lord had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, your
kindred and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you. I
will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name
great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you,
and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the
earth shall be blessed.
Genesis Chronology of Events
(Genesis Overview:)
Abram in Egypt
Abram Inherits Canaan
Lot's Captivity and Rescue
Abram and Melchizedek
God's Covenant with Abram
Hagar and Ishmael
The Sign of the Covenant
The Son of Promise
Sodom's Depravity
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed
The Descendants of Lot
Abraham and Abimelech
Isaac is Born
Hagar and Ishmael Depart
A Covenant with Abimelech
Abraham's Faith Confirmed
The Family of Nahor
Sarah's Death and Burial
A Bride for Isaac
Abraham and Keturah
Abaham's Death and Burial
The Families of Ishmael and Isaac
Esau Sells His Birthright
Isaac and Abimelech
Isaac Blesses Jacob
Esau's Lost Hope
Jacob Escapes from Esau
Esau Marries Mahalath
Jacob's Vow at Bethel
Jacob Meets Rachel
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
The Children of Jacob
Jacob's Agreement with Laban
Jacob Flees from Laban
Laban Pursues Jacob
Laban's Coventant with Jacob
Esau Comes to Meet Jacob
Wrestling With God
Jacob and Esau Meet
Jacob Comes to Canaan
The Dinah Incident
Jacob's Return to Bethel
Death of Rachel
Jacob's Twelve Sons
Death of Isaac
The Family of Esau
The Chiefs of Edom
The Sons of Seir
The Kings of Edom
The Chiefs of Esau
Joseph Dreams of Greatness
Joseph Sold by His Brothers
Judah and Tamar
Joseph a Slave in Egypt
The Prisoner's Dreams
Pharaoh's Dreams
Joseph's Rise to Power
Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt
The Brothers Return to Canaan
Joseph's Brothers Return with Benjamin
Joseph's Cup
Judah Intercedes for Benjamin
Joseph Revealed to His Brothers
Jacob's Journey to Egypt
Jacob Settles in Goshen
Joseph Deals with the Famine
Joseph's Vow to Jacob
Jacob Blesses Joseph's Sons
Jacob's Last Words to His Sons
Jacob's Death and Burial
Joseph Reassures His Brothers
Death of Joseph
Exodus 6:16-19 "...These are the names of the
sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and
Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and
thirty-seven. The sons of Gershom were Libni and Shemi according
to their families. And the sons Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron,
and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred
and thirty-three. The sons of Merari were Mahali and Mushi. These
are the families of Levi according to their geneerations..."
Numbers 3:
The Sons of Aaron
The Levites Serve in the Tabernacle
Census of the Levites Commanded
Levites Dedicated Instead of the Firstborn
Matthew 1:
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
Christ Born of Mary
Genesis 1:1 "...In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth..."
Genesis 1:20-21 "...Then God said, "Let
the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let
birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the
heavens." So God created great sea creatures and every living
thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their
kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that
it was good..." (Animals represent a type of the
physical life)
(3) Man
Genesis 1:26 "...Then God said, "Let Us
make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over
the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth..." (Man represents a type of
the Spiritual life to come)
Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 31 "...And
God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from
the darkness. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering
together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was
good. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed
according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in
itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And to
rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the
darkness. And God saw that it was good. So God created great sea
creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters
abounded, according to their kind. And God saw that it was good.
And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle
according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth
according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Then God
saw evrything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.
So the evening and the morning were the sixth day..."
The Genesis Parallels
(4) through (10) Genesis: Day One and Day Four
(Genesis 1:3-5 and
Genesis 1:14-16 "...Then God said, "Let
there be light", and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was
good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the
light Day and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the
morning were the first day.....
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens
to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and
seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the
firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth", and it was so.
Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also..."
Genesis: Day Two and Day Five
Genesis 1:6-8 and
Genesis 1:20-23 "...Then God said, "Let
there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the
waters from the waters." Thus God made the firmament, and
divided the waters from the waters which were under the firmament
from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. And
God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning
were the second day.....
Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of lilving
creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the
firmament of the heavens." So God created great sea creatures
and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded,
according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, "Be
fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds
multiply on the earth." So the morning and the evening were the fifth
day..."
Genesis: Day Three and Day Six
Genesis 1:9-13 and
Genesis 1:24-31 "...Then God said, "Let
the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place,
and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. And God called the dry
land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas.
And God saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let the earth bring
forth grass, the herb yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit
according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was
so. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed
according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So the evening
and the morning were the third day.....
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature
according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth,
each according to its kind"; and it was so. And God made the beast
of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and
everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God
saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our
image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the
fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over all the earth and
over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created
man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male
and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God
said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it;
have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and
over every living thing that moves on the earth. And God said, "See,
I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of
all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be
for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air
and to evrythilng that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have
given every green herb for food; and it was so. Then God saw
everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the
evening and the morning were the sixth day..."
Genesis: Day Seven and The Millennial
Genesis 2:1-3 "...Thus the heavens and
the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the
seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested
on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God
blessed the seventh day and sanctified it,
(Set it apart for Holy time), because in it
He rested from all His work which God had created and made..."
Book of Agreements, Covenants and Contracts
(11) Edenic Covenant
Genesis 2:16-17 "...And the Lord God
commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may
freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall
not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die..."
Repercusions of Adam's Sin:
Genesis 3:14-19 "...So the Lord God said
to the serpent: "Because you have done this, you are cursed more
than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; on your belly
you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. And 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."
To the woman He said: "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your
conception; in pain you shall bring forth children; your desire shall be
for your husband, and he shall rule over you." Then to Adam He said,
"Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten
from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat
of it': "Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all
the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for
you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were
taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return..."
Noah's Covenant:
Genesis 6:17-22 "...And behold, I Myself
am bringing the flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under
heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; and everything that is on
the earth shall die. But I will establish My covenant with you; and you
shall go into the ark--you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives
with you. And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of
every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male
and female. Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind,
and of every creeping thing on the earth after its kind, two of every
kind will come to you to keep them alive. And you shall take for
yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself;
and it shall be food for you and for them." Thus Noah did; according
to all that God commanded him, so he did..."
Abraham's Covenant:
Genesis 12, 17, 18
Promises to Abram
Genesis 12:1-3 "...Now the Lord had said
to Abram: "Get out of your country, from your kindred and from your
father's house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great
nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a
blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who
curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed..."
(Abram in Egypt; the Sign of the Covenant; the
Son of Promise; Abraham Intercedes for Sodom
Galatians 3:29 "...And if you are Christ's,
then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise..."
The Old Covenant
[Applies to the Israelites only]
Israel at Mt. Sinai
Exodus 19 "...In the third month after the
children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same
day, they came to the wilderness of Sinai. For they had departed
from Rephidim, had come to the Desert of Sinai, and camped in the
wilderness. So Israel camped there before the mountain. And
Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the
mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and
tell the children of Israel:
'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on
eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. Now therefore, if you will
indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a
special treasure to Me above all people; for the earth is Mine. And
you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These
are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
So Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid
before them all these words which the Lord commanded him. Then
all the people answered together and said, "All that the Lord has
spoken we will do." So Moses brought back the words of the people
to the Lord. And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in
the thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and
believe you forever." So Moses told the words of the people to the
Lord.
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and sanctify them
today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. And let them
be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come
down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. You shall set
bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves
that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. Whoever
touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with
an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.' When the trumpet
sounds long, they shall come near the mountain." Then Moses went
down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and
they washed their clothes. And he said to the people, "Be ready for
the third day; do not come near your wives."
Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were
thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and
the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who
were in the camp trembled. And Moses brought the people out of
the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the
mountain. Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the
Lord descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke
of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder
and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice. Then
the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain.
And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses
went up. And the Lord said to Moses, "Go down and warn the
people, lest they break through to gaze at the Lord, and many of
them perish.
Also let the priests who come near the Lord sanctify themselves,
lest the Lord break out against them." And Moses said to the Lord,
"The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for you warned us,
saying, "Set bounds around the mountain and sanctify it.'" Then the
Lord said to him, "Away! Get down and then come up, you and
Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break
through to come up to the Lord, lest He break out against them."
So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them..."
The Palestine Covenant
Deuteronomy 28-30
Blessings on Obedience
Curses on Disobedience
The Covenant Renewed in Moab
The Blessings of Returning to God
The Choice of Life or Death
The Davidic Covenant:
2 Samuel 7
God's Covenant with David
David's Thanksgiving to God
The New Covenant: Kings and Priests:
Genesis: The New Priestly Service
Hebrews 8
Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such
a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the
Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true
tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man. For every high
priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is
necessary that this One also have something to offer. For if He
were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who
offer the gifts according to the law; who serve the copy and shadow
of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he
was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, "See that you make
all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain." But
now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is
also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better
promises.
A New Covenant
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have
been sought for a second. Because finding fault with them, He says:
"Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah--"Not
according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;
because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded
them, says the Lord." For this is the covenant that I will make with
the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws
in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God,
and they shall be My people. None of them shall teach their
neighbor, and none his brother, saying 'Know the Lord,' for all shall
know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. For I will
be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless
deeds I will remember no more. In that He says, "A new covenant,"
He has made the first obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish
away.
Becoming Spiritual Israelites
DOCTRINES that have roots in Genesis:
(1) The Ten Commandments
Genesis 26:5 "...Because Abraham
obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My
statutes, and My laws..."
(2) Man is Mortal
Genesis 2:7 "...And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a living being..."
Nephesh
Genesis 3:19 "...In the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were
taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return..."
(3) Character by choice:
Genesis 2:15, 17 "...Then the Lord God
(Commanded) took the man and put him
in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it...but of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you
eat of it you shall surely die..."
(4) Satan as Adversary
Genesis 2-3
Life In God's Garden
The Temptation and Fall of Man
(5) Man to Build, Dress, and Enhance the Earth
(6) Marriage
Genesis 2:15, 18-25 "...God took the man
and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it...And the Lord
God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a
helper comparable to him." Out of the ground the Lord God formed
every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to
Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called
each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all
cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for
Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. And the
Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and
He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then
the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a
woman, and brought her to the man. And Adam said: "This is now
bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman,
because she was taken out of man. Therefore a man shall leave his
father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become
one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and
were not ashamed..."
(7) Sin: Cuts Us Off from God and Hurts
Genesis 3
The Temptation and Fall of Man
(8) A Savior Required
Genesis 3:15 "...And I will put enmity
between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed;
He Christ shall bruise your head
(the Devil chained), and you
(the Devil) shall bruise His heel
(Christ and the
Crucifixion)..."
Genesis 12:3 "...I will bless those who
bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the
families of the earth shall be blessed..
(9) Obedience: From the Heart
Genesis 4:3-9 "...And in the process of
time it came to pass that Cain brought an offerng of the fruit of the
ground to the Lord. Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock
and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offeing, but
He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry,
and his countenance fell. (Offering was not from
the heart, but for self-esteem)
(10) Overcoming
So the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your
countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And
if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire if for you,
but you should rule over it.
(11) Caring for Others
Now Cain talked with Abel his brother;
and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose
against Abel his brother and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain,
"Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I
my brother's keeper?"
(12) Performing God's Work
Genesis 5:29 "...And he called his name
Noah, saying, "This one will comfort us concerning our work and the
toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed..."
Philippians 2:12 "...Therefore, my beloved,
as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now
much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and
trembling..."
Genesis: The Great Flood
Genesis 7 "...Then the Lord said to Noah,
"Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen
that you are righteous before Me in this generation. You shall take
with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female;
two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; also
seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species
alive on the face of the earth.
For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty
days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all
living things that I have made." And Noah did accordng to all that the
Lord commanded him. Noah was six hundred years old when the
flood of waters was on the earth.
So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his son's wives, went into the
ark because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, of beasts
that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth,
two by two they went into the art to Noah, male and female, as God
had commanded Noah.
And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood
were on the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the
second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the
fountains of the great deep were broken up, and windows of heaven
were opened. And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty
nights.
On the very same day Noah and Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them,
entered the ark--they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after
their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind,
and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. And they went
into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of
life.
So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God
had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in. Now the flood was
on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark,
and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and greatly
increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of
the waters.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high
hills under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed
fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. And all
flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and
every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on
the dry land, died. So He destroyed all living things which were on
the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird
of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and
those who were with him in the ark remained alive. And the waters
prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days..."
(13) Clean and Unclean Meats: Foods Permitted and Forbidden
Genesis 7 The Great Flood
Leviticus 11:1-23 "...And the Lord spoke
to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, "Speak to the children of Israel,
saying, "These are the animals which you may eat among all the
beasts that are on the earth: Among the beasts, whatever divides
the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud--that you may
eat.
Nevertheless these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud
or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the
cud, but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; the rock
hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is
unclean to you; the hare, because it chews the cud but does not
have cloven hooves, is unclean to you;
And the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet
does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Their flesh you shall not
eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to
you. These you may eat of all that is in the water: whatever in the
water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers--that
you may eat.
But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all
that move in the water or any living thing which in the water, they are
an abomination to you. They shall be an abomination to you; you
shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an
abomination. Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales--
that shall be an abomination to you.
And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they
shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture,
the buzzard, the kite, and the falcon after its kind; every raven after
its kind. The ostrich, the short-eared owl, the seagull, and the hawk
after its kind; the little owl, the jackdaw, the carrion vulture; the stork,
the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. All flying insects
that creep on all fours shall be an abominatin to you.
Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours:
those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on
the earth. These you may eat: the locust after its kind, the
destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the
grasshopper after its kind. But all other flying insects which have
four feet shall be an abomination to you..."
Leviticus 11:44-47 "...For I am the Lord
your God, you shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and you shall be
holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourself with any
creeping thing that creeps on the earth. For I am the Lord who
brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall
therefore be holy, for I am holy. This is the law of the beasts and the
birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every
creature that creeps on the earth, to distinguish between the unclean
and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the
animal that may not be eaten..."
(14) Purpose of God: His Sons
Genesis: The Genealogy
(15) Punishment for Sin
Genesis 9:5-6 "...Surely for your lifeblood I
will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it,
and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I
will require the life of man. Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his
blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man..."
(16) Tithing
Genesis 14:20 "...And blessed be God
most high, who has delivered your enemies into our hand. And he
gave him a tiathe of all..."
Genesis 28:22 "...And this stone whch I
have set as a pillar shall be God's house, and of all that You give
me I will surely give a tenth to You..."
(17) Feast Days: The Sacrifice of Christ; Passover:
(Abrahams Faith Confirmed Through Isaac)
Genesis 22
(18) Baptism and Repentance
Genesis 17:10-12 "...This is My covenant
whch you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants
after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised; and
you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be
a sign of the covenant between Me and you. He who is eight days
old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your
generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money
from any stranger who is not our descendants..."
(19) Healing
Genesis 18:10-11 "...And He said, "I will
certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah
your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening in the tent door
which was behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old,
well-advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of
childbearing..."
Genesis 21:1-3 "...And the Lord visited
Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken.
For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the
set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the
name of his son who was born to him--whom Sarah bore to him--
Isaac..."
Leviticus 27:
(Redeeming Persons and Property Dedicated to
God)
Genesis 21:33 "...Then Abraham planted
a tamarisk tree (Hebrew: eshel, a grove of trees or tree)
1 Kings 15:3 "...Also he
(King Asa) removed Maachan his
grandmother from being queen mother, because she had made an
obscene image of Asherah (Hebrew, a grove,
pagan worship) And Asa cut down her obscene image and
burned it by the Brook Kidron..."
Judges 3:7 "...So the children of Israel did
evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God, and
seved the Baals and Asherahs. (Hebrew, grove,
pagan worship)
2 Kings 23:4 "...And the King,
(Josiah) commanded Hilkiah the high
priest, the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepeers to
bring out of the temple of the Lord all the articles that were made for
Baal, for Asherah (Hebrew, grove, pagan
worship), and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them
outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to
Bethel..."
1 Kings 14:15; 23-24 "...For the Lord will
strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel
from the good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter
them beyond the River, because they have made their wooden
images (Hebrew, grove, pagan worship),
provoking the Lord to anger.....For they also built for themselves high
places, sacred pillars, and wooden images
(Hebrew, grove, pagan worship), on
every high hill and under every green tree. And there were also
perverted persons in the land. They did according to all the
abominations of the nations which the Lord had cast out before the
children of Israel..."
1 Samuel 22:6; 31:13 "...When Saul
heard that David and the men who were with him had been
discovered--now Saul was staying in Gibeah under a tamarisk tree
(Hebrew, grove, pagan worship), in
Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants standing
about him--Then they took their bones (Saul and
his sons), and buried them under lthe tamarisk tree
(Hebrew, grove, pagan worship), at
Jabesh, and fasted seven days..."
Genesis 21:33 "...Then Abraham planted
a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the
Lord, the everlasting God..."
So endeth the Overview of Genesis, until we pick up next time with
the Overview of Exodus, God bless!
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