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More About the Bible: Part 4

Let us make man in our image.

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Genesis

Author: Moses

Written: between 1446 and 1406 BC

Details:

  • first book of the Hebrew Bible called bereshit or in the beginning and the first book of the Christian Bible.
  • Genesis is the Greek word meaning origin or beginning.
  • First book of the Torah or the Law
  • Primeval history
  • Ancestral history

First Line sets the tone of the entire book, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Genesis 1:1.

The Primeval history consists of relationships. The first relationship presented and most important, is the relationship between God and the Son as mapped out in the name of God or Elohim. The root El translated from Hebrew into English for God, the first name of God as seen in Genesis 1:1. Elohim is the plural for God. The Hebrews of the Old Testament had only one God who was Yahweh. They believed in monotheism which is the worship of one God. As Elohim is plural and Eloah is singular, this is the first evidence that the Son was with God the Father in eternity past before the creation.
And God said, “let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” (Genesis 1:26) In the beginning, before time began, He was not alone but, is speaking with someone else.
Then there is the relationship between God and man and the relationship between man and beasts and then man and woman as seen in the creation story. (Chapters 1- 11)
The ancestral history details the rise of the nation of Israel as God’s chosen people and God’s covenant to Abraham (the patriarch) and his descendants. (Chapters 12-50)

Overview

  • Creation and the fall, (so-called original sin, casting out of the Garden, first promise of God, first murder and first murderer, the story of Cain and Abel) 1:1-5:32
  • Noah and his descendants, (the Ark, the Deluge, tower of Babel, dividing of language) 6:1-11:26
  • Abram (Abraham) and his descendants, (command to leave the Ur of the Chaldees, Covenant of God with Abram, Melchizedek the King of Salem and high priest of El Elyon is introduced, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot’s Wife, the birth of Moab and Ammon, Ishmael of Haggai, Abraham’s last test, the sacrifice of Isaac and Abraham’s belief in the promise of God and belief in resurrection is introduced) 11:27-25:18
  • Story of Isaac, Jacob, and Esau, (stolen birthright, Jacob, Leah, and Rachel, birth of Edom, the twelve sons of Jacob, brotherly jealousy, coat of many colors)25:19-36:43
  • Story of Joseph, (coat of many colors destroyed, Joseph sold into slavery, Joseph becomes governor, reunion of all the brothers and forgiveness, Jacob journeys to Egypt, the families all go down to Egypt and Joseph’s death) 37:1-50:26

More About the Bible: Part 3

The first five books of the Old Testament are called the Pentateuch.

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The sixty-six books of the Bible are categorized into nine classifications:

  • The Pentateuch
  • History
  • Poetry
  • Prophets
  • Gospels
  • History
  • Pauline Epistles
  • General Epistles
  • Prophecy – Apocalypse

The first five books of the Old Testament are called the Pentateuch which title comes from the Greek Penta meaning, five and teuchos meaning scroll. Also known as the Law or the books of Moses, the lawgiver. In Jewish tradition, these five books make up what is called the Torah. The books begin with Genesis that chronicles the Creation, the covenant with Abraham and his descendants to Deuteronomy, ending with the death of Moses. Many scholars discuss the authorship of these books with the consensus that Moses composed them.

More About the Bible Leading to the Book of John: Part 1

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More about the Bible
The Bible is the most influential book named in the world. Translated into every known existing language, it is still read daily by large numbers of people around the world. The Bible is more than a so-called religious book filled with instructions for life and commandments to follow, it has changed lives, laid out foundations of many governments to follow, it is the basis on which judicial and educational institutions around the globe dedicate their code of conduct. In general, it chronicles the ancient promises to the Jewish people and their activities, but further historically, it is sometimes used as an anthropological bridge to help verify lost gaps of time for the dating of ancient events and people when no other script is accurate enough.
Whether you are a true Believer in God and his only son Jesus Christ or not, the Bible is the Word of God and is given “by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” The Bible is not just a book, but it tells God’s plans for mankind from the beginning of creation right to the future when the Son of God shall reign forever.

God’s Promises: He calls it

to give you a future and a hope.

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There is hope amid hopelessness.
There is light when it is dark,
with his promises to hold.
He will never forsake you.
He will never leave you to stumble in the dark.
He has a purpose and a plan for every one of his children.
Wait in stillness and confidence, knowing that God will never fail for when God calls it, it will be complete.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29: 11 ESV

God’s Promises: I am with you

I will give thee rest.

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When you’re lonely …

And God said, my presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

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When you’re afraid, have nowhere to turn and no one to go to…

For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee Fear not, I will help thee.

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God’s Promises: I am with you…

Let not your heart be troubled.

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He gives comfort when you’re in pain.

He gives strength when you’re weak.

He makes the coward heart brave when it is afraid,

And he gives peace because he is peace. 

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever.

But the Comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid.  John 14: 16, 26,27.

God’s promises: I go to prepare a place for you.

Where He is, He wants us to be.

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The desire to have someone we love close and to keep that person always near is worth having.
Opening our life, our dwelling place to someone our heart forms an attachment is intimate and precious.
It is a language far deeper than emotions can ever flow.
It is out of sight, out of mind caught up in the heart, which is the seat of all affection.
This is the love of God and His desire in His promises towards us.
Where He is, He wants us to be.
Where He belongs, we have a home ready and waiting.
There is no other desire in His heart but for us.
If that isn’t love indeed, the oceans are dry, and there are no stars in the sky.

“I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there you maybe also.” John 14:2 and 3

God’s Promises: He Will Never Forget You.

You are never forsaken

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God said, “I have chosen you, and not cast you away.” Isaiah 41:9

You are not forgotten, never forsaken.
Chosen before the beginning of time.
You are beloved, the apple of his eye, accepted in His son, and cherished by His own heart.

God’s Promises: Never the underdog

you shall be the head and not the tail

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Negativity does not bring prosperity

And the Lord shall make you the head and not the tail; and you shall be above only and you shall not be beneath. Deuteronomy 28:13

God’s Promise: I will never leave you.

Lo, I am with you all way, even to the end of the world.

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“Loneliness is an unpleasant emotional response to perceived isolation.”


As a child of God, we must remember that God promised never to leave or forsake us.
Sometimes when circumstances are overwhelming, we forget to remember the Bible is God’s word to us, every chapter, every verse, and every line. Scripture is given to us for rebuke, correction, and instruction. A passage from the Old Testament may speak about a character from the past but, it can also be relatable to us today. God’s word is fresh and applicable in the past, in the present, and forever.
God promised to Jacob, “Behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places wherever you go and will bring you again into the land; for I will not leave you until I have done that which I have spoken to you of.”
Again in Deuteronomy, chapter 31 verse 6 Moses spoke to the children of Israel to encourage them with the truth. He said, “He (God) it is that goes with you, He will not fail you, nor forsake you.”
This promise passes throughout the Old Testament and well into the New Testament. Jesus the only begotten son of God says, “Lo, I am with you all way, even to the end of the world.”
As He was with the children of Israel, we are His children, and He will help us also.
He is God and changes not.

(reference verses: Genesis 28:15, Malachi 3:6, Deuteronomy 31:6, Matthew 28:20, 2 Timothy 3:16)