STUDIES IN THE BIBLE – LESSON 6
GENESIS – BEGINNINGS 1
1. AUTHOR:
· Genesis Authorship Assumed As Mosaic.
· Genesis As 1st Of Five Books Of Moses.
· Genesis Assumed As Revealed On Mt. Sinai.
· God As Author, Moses As Amanuensis.
2. BEGINNINGS IN GENESIS:
a. GOD: (Gen. 1:1)
· God Revealed As Elohim.
· God Revealed As Universal-Creator.
· God Revealed As Moving-Spirit, (Gen. 1:2).
· God Revealed As Speaking-Spirit, (Gen. 1:3).
· God Revealed As Creator-Father, (Gen. 1:27).
· God Revealed As Gift-Giver, (Gen. 1:29).
· God Revealed As Lawgiver, (Gen. 2:16-17).
· Note: God Revealed As YHWH/Adonai, No Explanation, (Gen. 2:4).
b. CREATION: (Gen. 1:1)
· Creation As 7-Literal 24-Hour Days.
· Creation As 7-Geological Ages.
· Creation As Re-Creation “Gap Theory”
· Creation As 7-Day Framework.
· Creation As Expression Of God’s Will.
· Creation As Expression Of God’s Word.
· Creation As Expression Of God’s Gift, (Gen. 1:28-29).
· Creation As Expression Of God’s Goodness, (Gen. 1:31).
c. MANKIND: (Gen. 1:26-27).
· Mankind As God’s Image.
· Mankind As Male & Female.
· Mankind As Body, Spirit, Soul, (Gen. 2:7).
· Mankind As Creation-Stewards.
· Mankind As Dominion-Bearers.
· Mankind As Worshipping Stewards, (Gen. 2:15a).
· Mankind As Creation-Protectors, (Ge. 2:15b).
PRAYER: FATHER OF CREATION, WE WORSHIP YOU.
