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Genesis 4-6: Evil increases on the earth as mankind continues to rebel against God until the earth is
filled with violence. God sends a worldwide flood as a consequence for mankind’s sin, saving but one
man named Noah and His family, through whom God begins again. But this man fails, as do his
descendants after him.

Genesis 12-23: God again chooses a man (Abraham) from among all the evil and violent people
populating the earth. He calls this man to Himself and promises to bless him. God then makes a
covenant with Abraham, making it clear that He alone will fulfill it (Gen. 15). In this, we see that only
God can and will remain faithful, a faithfulness that ultimately led to His Son’s life, death, and
resurrection.
Genesis 24-50: For the remainder of Genesis, we see God beginning to build a nation from Abraham’s
descendants, through whom His ultimate blessing will come, Jesus. And yet again, we see mankind’s
continual sin.
In each of these stories, God reveals man’s need for rescue and God’s continual rescuing. This points to
Christ, and our ultimate rescue found only in Him. Scholars have also noted a close correspondence
between Genesis, the first book in Scripture, and Revelation, the last.
In Genesis, God created the heavens and the earth (1:1). Revelations speak of the “new earth (2:1).” A
tree of life stood prominent in the Garden of Eden and will also grow in the new earth (Gen. 2:9, Rev.
22:2). In Genesis chapter one, God created light; light came from Him, and He separated the light from
darkness (1:4). In Revelation, He is the light source, and there is no night (21:23). He created the first
heavens and earth (Genesis 1-2), which are temporary; the new heaven and earth will remain through
eternity (Rev. 21:2).
Genesis mentions gold in the land (2:12), whereas Revelation tells of a street of gold within the city
(21:21). God dwelt, or communed, with man in both. Evil enters the garden (Satan, Gen. 3:1-5), but evil
will be banned from heaven (Rev. 21:27). In Genesis, we see how God’s people broke into nations
originally of one tongue (Gen. 11). In Revelations, those nations are brought back together and worship
Christ in unity (7:9). Genesis reveals a world that has been cursed by sin and the consequences of that
sin—death, sorrow, sickness, tears, thorns and thistles, laborious work, and separation from evil.
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Scripture tells us none of these will exist in the new heaven and earth.

Introduction to Genesis

A US Delta II rocket carried a NASA telescope into space for its 10-month journey and
310 million dollar price tag to discover the universe's origin. Now that’s 310 dollars
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of US taxpayers’ money to find out what’s in the first chapter of Genesis. Amazingly
foolish!

The Bible opens with a monumental statement, “In the beginning, God created the
heavens and the earth.” And with that statement, the Word of God, Holy Scripture,
affirms the existence of the universe and everything in it as the product of God’s
created act.

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