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Creationism: A look at Genesis and the Science



                                                      Behind it
                                   By Kris Bjorgen, Ed.D. and Kennedy Banda, M.A.B.E.


                            Chapter 1:  The Importance of Studying Genesis


                             Connect…


               If you go to almost any museum of natural history in the entire world, they will teach you that the world
               is 14.5 billion years old formed by a colossal bang and that 4.5 million years ago the planet earth began
               to form.  They will have fossils dated 500 million years ago showing how each life form changed or
               evolved slowly over the years to form all other life forms.    Is what is presented to us as FACT really
               what happened?  Doesn’t sound like the account in Genesis, does it?


                        Objectives…



               1.  The student should be able to describe how important the book of Genesis is, being the foundation
               of the entire Bible.


               2. The student should be able to list all the various “origins” found in the Book of Genesis.

               3.  The student should be able to show how other Old Testament and New Testament books validate the
               authenticity of the book of Genesis


                           The Lesson ...


               The Importance of Studying Genesis

               Genesis forms the foundation of world and biblical history. While the Bible would be considered the
               book that has had the greatest impact on the world it is really a compilation of many books and the
               book of Genesis is at the foundation of them all.

               If the book of Genesis were removed from the bible, the rest of the bible would be incomprehensible.  It
               would be like a building with no foundation or a bridge with no support. The books of the Old Testament
               chronicle the way that God dealt with the children of Israel.  However, without the foundation of
               Genesis, God seems capricious, bigoted, and provincial. It is through Genesis that we are able to
               contextualize God’s progressive plan of redemption through Israel for all of mankind. In the New
               Testament we see God’s implementation and execution of His redemptive plan for mankind.  However,


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