In the beginning God created the sky and the earth.
Although it can be challenging for us to go beyond the question “I wonder how we got here?”, it has many benefits to do so.
When you realize that you are in physically…
Genesis 1:2-19
On the first Wednesday the world existed diamonds were revealed in the sky. Even if there was a solid firmament of frozen water above the earth, it was clear enough to allow the stars to be seen. In fact, i…
Genesis 1:20-25
Have you ever wondered about the question “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” You have the answer in these verses. God created the birds in a dazzling variety of types and kinds, including the chicken…
Genesis 1:26
This episode provides insight into the amazing words of God:
"Let us make human beings in our image and likeness"
Here is a poem to enjoy from a dear brother in Christ:
"The crown of God’s wonderful creation pl…
Genesis 1:27-31
27 So God created human beings in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female. 28 God blessed them and said, “Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be i…
Genesis 2:1-3
2 So the sky, the earth and all that filled them were finished. 2 By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing. So on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 God blessed the seventh day and…
Genesis 2:4:9
4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh[a] God made the earth and the heavens. 5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and n…
Genesis 2:10-15
God is complete in and of Himself. He lacks nothing and therefore anything that He has created is a demonstration of His own goodness and should reflect His infinite worth. Man pursuing works doesn’t fit thi…
Genesis 2:16-17
16 Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; 17 but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will su…
Adam was being used as a symbol of Christ to come. Just as God took a rib from the side of Adam while He slept, God formed His church through the death of His Son – His moment of deepest sleep. The soldier pierced His precio…
Genesis 3:1-6
3 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”
2 The woman said to the serp…
Genesis 3:7-13
7 Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves. 8 They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the d…
Genesis 3 verse 14 and 15
In this episode the first gospel is presented in the Bible. The proto evangelium.
The bruising of the Promise One is described in graphic detail in Psalm 22, which is surely an account by the Lord …
Even though they had come to the end of the Garden of God, they had hope of a better day ahead and they exhibited faith that what the Lord promised would come about.
Genesis 3:16-20
16 To the woman he said,
“I will greatly …
God didn’t kill Adam or the woman, but rather chose an innocent animal in their place. In essence, He transferred their guilt to the animal and the animal suffered for their misdeeds.
This symbolizes God’s choice of the only…
The disappointment in realizing that we have any part to play in our salvation apart from simply trusting in God without boasting is expounded from the understanding given in this episode about the meaning of the Hebrew name…
Genesis 4:11-16
17 Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and named the city after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 Irad was born to Enoch. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael bec…
While we’re pondering the life of Cain and his generations that were swept away in the flood, we should take to heart that God remembers those who meditate on His name.
Throughout the Bible, when a name is mentioned, it’s be…
Genesis 5:1-17
5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness. 2 He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them A…
Genesis 5:18-32
18 Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, then became the father of Enoch. 19 Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and became the father of other sons and daughters. 20 All o…
Genesis 6:1-4
When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, 2 God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives. 3 Yahw…
Genesis 6:5-13
5 Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil. 6 Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it…
Genesis 6:14-22
14 Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch. 15 This is how you shall make it. The length of the ship shall be three hundred cubits,[a] its…
We can also infer that Noah was considered righteous by faith. And we can infer that the grace he received was because of this faith.
Noah built an ark by faith, without ever having seen a flood.
Genesis 7:1-12
Yahweh said t…
