Overview of the Book of Genesis

Moore's Corner Church

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This morning, instead of our doctrine of the week segment, we're going to begin something new, a brief summary of each book of the scripture.

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So an overview of the week segment where we will go through Genesis through revelation, giving a brief overview of every book of the

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Bible. So the overview of the week for this Sunday is the book of Genesis. Genesis means origin or the book of beginnings.

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Since it starts in chapter one, verse one by saying in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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Genesis was written by Moses, of course, somewhere around 1450

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BC. And of course, BC, you know, a BC means it means what?

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Before Christ, none of this BCE before common era nonsense.

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What does that mean? Anyways, the common era and funny how the common era is still based on the birth of Christ.

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So, but I digress. The book of Genesis is so important because it lays the foundation.

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The person cannot believe God in Genesis that he created in six days and rested on the seventh day.

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If a person cannot believe God in Genesis, it's unlikely they're going to believe him anywhere else.

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So the Bible says that God created all things in six days, rested on the seventh day, mankind was made in God's image.

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Genesis also records the fall of man into sin in the garden of Eden.

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It also records the first promise of the Messiah in Genesis 3, 16, records memorable accounts such as the story of Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, the

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Tower of Babel, and then begins the story of the children of Israel who descended from the patriarchs,

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Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This starts with the call of Abraham in Genesis chapter 12, where the

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Lord says to Abram at the time, get out of your country from your family and from your father's house to a land that I will show you.

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I will make you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great and you shall be a blessing.

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I will bless those who bless you and curse him who curses you and in you, all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

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And of course, through Christ who descended from Abraham, this world has been truly blessed.