OVERVIEW (2) – GENESIS: “DayThe Book of Beginnings” (Part 1)

OVERVIEW OF THE BIBLE
Genesis: “The Book Of Beginnings” (Part 1)
Chapters 1-11 (NKJV)

1) The beginning of world (ch. 1-2)
2) The beginning of nations (ch. 3-11)
3) The beginning of Israelites (ch. 12-50)

                                                      TWO STORYLINES

1) The story of four important events (Part 1 / ch. 1-11)
2) The story of four important people (Part 2 / ch. 12-50)

                                            FOUR IMPORTANT EVENTS

1) CREATION (ch. 1-2)

Day 1: day and night                               Day 5: sea creatures and flying creatures
Day 2: expanse and heavens              Day 6: land animals and man
Day 3: earth, seas, vegetation           Day 7: God rested
Day 4: sun, moon, and stars

   A) Basic Theories of the Origin of Life
           1) Evolution – Slowly evolved over millions of years
           2) Literal Creation – Completed in 6 days
           3) Theistic Evolution – God began the evolutionary process and then let it run
           4) Day-Age-Theory – Days of Genesis are long ages of time
           5) Revelatory Day Theory – God revealed to Moses in six          ………….            .                       days which took millions of years to accomplish
          6) Progressive Creation – God intervened at every stage of creation separately
          7) Gap Theory – There is a gap between Gen. 1:1 and Gen. 1:2

   “Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.”
Genesis 1:31

 2) FALL (ch. 3-5)
     A) Four Basic Things About The “Fall”
.         1) Entrance of “sin” (ch. 3)
                  a) “Temptation” (3:1-6)
                  b) “Consequences” (3:14-20)
                       1. Satan (3:14-15)
                       2. Eve (3:16)
                       3. Adam (3:17-19)
                  c) “Remedy” (3:20-21)
          2) Entrance of “Offering” (ch. 4)
                 a) Requirement (4:3-4a)
                 b) Respect for Abel (4:4b)
                 c) Refusal for Cain (4:5-7)
                 d) Relationships torn (4:16-25)
          3) Entrance of “Remnant” (4:26)
          4) Entrance of “Lineage” (ch. 5).

3) FLOOD (ch. 6-9)
      A) Four things about this “Flood”
.        1) God’s “Grief” (ch. 6)
                a) Reason (6:5-7, 11-12)
                b) Noah (6:8-9)
                c) Ark (6:13-14)
                     1. Dimensions (6:15)
                    2. Window and levels (6:16)
                    3. Cargo (6:19-20)
                    4. Food (6:21)
         2) God’s “Rain” (ch. 7)
               a) Length of the rain (7:4, 12)
               b) Height of the rain (7:17-20)
               c) Duration of the rain (7:24)
         3) God’s “Deliverance” (ch. 8)
               a) Remembered Noah (8:1)
               b) God’s covenant with creation (8:20-22)
         4) God’s “Mandate”  (ch. 9)
               a) Man’s dominion (9:1-3)
               b) Man’s reminder (9:4-7)
               c) Man’s assurance (9:8-13)

4) TOWER (ch. 10-11)
“….and fill the earth.” (Gen. 8:17, 9:1)

      A) Two things about this “Tower”
             1) Man’s “Arrogance” (11:1-4)
             2) God’s “Answer” (11:5-9)