Grace Bible Church Glorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

1. Grace Bible ChurchGlorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

2. Introduction Pick up audio or text of: The Reliability of the Bible; The Purpose of the Bible; The Nature & Attributes of God – GraceBibleNY.org or from Pastor Harris

3. The Book of Genesis Attacked by non-Christians because they don’t like its implications Attacked by Christians because they are either ignorant or false

4. The Book of Genesis Written by Moses to show Israel its origin in God’s sovereign establishment of a promised & chosen seed.

5. The Book of Genesis – Reveals: Fundamental nature of God Origin of heavens, earth and all in them Reality & methodology of Satan Promise of Redemption The antediluvian world & the Flood Covenants with Noah, Abraham & descendents

6. The Book of Genesis – Answers: Origin of death? Length of life? Extent of the Flood? Origin of Rainbow? Proper punishment for murder? Are aboriginal cultures “primitive”? First musician & instruments? Which came first? Stone, bronze or iron tools? What is the oldest profession?

7. Which is Older? A Tyrannosaurus Rex or a chicken A whale or a Stegosaurus? A dragonfly or an eagle? A Sequoia Redwood or the Moon? How long is a “day” in the Creation?

8. Genesis 1 Overview Day Vs. Action 1 1-5 Heavens & Earth; Light; Divided light & Darkness 2 6-8 Expanse between waters 3 9-13 Seas; Dry land; Vegetation, seed plants, fruit trees 4 14-19 Sun, Moon & stars, ordered movement

9. Genesis 1 Overview Day Vs. Action 5 20-23 Water creatures; Birds 6 24-31 Land creatures: cattle, beasts, creeping things; Man made in God’s image & given rule over living things & Earth; Plants given as food for man & animals 7 2:1-3 God rested

10. Genesis 1 Overview Only literal interpretation through mid 1800’s Ideas of long geologic ages & evolution pressured reinterpretation of Genesis to match “science”

11. Ten Interpretations of Genesis 1 Literal: A six, 24 hour day creation Gap / Reconstruction / Re-creation or Pre-world: Original creation destroyed and world re-created. Gap between either Genesis 1:1 & 1:2 or 2:3 & 2:4 Progressive Creation / Evolution: Evolution is helped along by creative acts of God

12. Ten Interpretations of Genesis 1 Day-Age Theory: Each day of Genesis is an undetermined length of time Theistic Evolution: “God’s method of creation is evolution” Framework / Day of Revelation: Each day gives an idea of the framework of creation, but not an actual account

13. Ten Interpretations of Genesis 1 Pictorial / Allegorical: Literary: Poetical Mythological These differ in minor points, but all view Genesis as just a story which is not actual fact

14. Day One – Verses 1-5 In the beginning: Denies the eternity of time In the beginning God: Denies atheism and polytheism In the beginning God created: Denies fatalism / chance Denies progressive / infinite becoming

15. Day One – Verses 1-5 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth: Denies pantheism Denies eternal materialism (basis of evolution)

16. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the watersGenesis 1:2

17. No time gap suggested in verse 2, conjunction (waw) connects it to vs. 1 No Biblical or theological reason for an extended period of time for Satan’s fall “ruined & desolate” is a mistranslation Reconstruction / Re-creation Contrary to the text Have death prior to sin (cf. Rom. 5:12) No evidence of previous world if recreated or reconstructed

18. God created light.He saw the light was good.He separated light from darkness.He called the light day, He called the darkness nightEvening & Morning, one dayGenesis 1:3-5

19. Yom = Day. Context determines whether figurative or literal and length of time. Yom – used figuratively – 65 times . - used literally – 1200 + 700 times Genesis 1:5 Yom / day = period of light Yom / day = sequence of evening & morning. (Cf. Vs 5, 8, 13, 19, 23 & 31)

20. Day 2God makes an expanse in the midst of the waters.He separates the waters above and below the expanseHe calls the expanse heaven.Genesis 1:6-8

21. Day Two Genesis 1:6-8 See “Starlight in Time” by Dr. D.R. Humphreys Water molecules are found in space The water canopy, regardless of its exact nature, would have an effect on the earth’s climate prior to the flood

22. Day Three - Genesis 1:9-13 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”

23. Day Three - Genesis 1:9-13 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind . .

24. Day Three - Genesis 1:9-13 Summary: God makes the seas, dry land & plants

25. Day 4God makes the sunfor the day andthe moon for the night.He also makes the starsin the sky.Genesis 1:14-19

26. Day 5– Genesis 1:20-23 God creates all the living creatures of the sea God creates all the flying creatures of the air

27. Day 6 – Genesis 1:24-31 God creates all the land animals & man

28. Day Six – Genesis 1:24-31 God creates man & woman in His own image to rule over the animals & the earth. He gives man & animals the plants for food

29. Day 7God rests from all His work.He blesses the seventh day and makes it holy.Genesis 2:1–3

30. Order of Creation vs. Evolution

31. Order of Creation vs. Evolution

32. Conclusions Whales before Stegosaurs Eagles before dragonflies Redwoods before the Moon Chickens before dinosaurs A “Day” in Genesis 1 is a sequence of light & dark, one rotation of the earth, a 24 hour time period

33. Conclusions You can either accept or reject God’s revelation in Genesis 1 If you reject it: You favor the thoughts of those who fit Romans 1:18-23 You accept the mocking of the ungodly – 2 Peter 3:3-7 Your god is small and impotent

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