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02 CREATION – BABEL
THE PENTATEUCH
-The first five books of the Old Testament (and the Bible)
o___Genesis_
o____Exodus____
o___Leviticus___
o____Numbers____
o____Deuteronomy_____
-Also known as:
oThe ___Torah___ (the Law)
oThe Law of ___Moses___
o__Mosaic____ Books
-Foundational to the __entire__ Bible
-Sets the stage for the rest of the story
-Tells us where we’ve come __from____ and where we’re ___headed__.
Genesis: the Book of _____beginning__
-Genesis 1-11: Four Major Events
o_____Creation_____
o_____fall_____
o______flood_____
o______nations____
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-Genesis 12-50: Four Major People
o____Abraham_____
o____Isaac___
o____Jacob___
o___Joseph___
CREATION (GENESIS 1-2)
-In the beginning __God__ created the heavens and the earth
-The days of creation
oGod separates __light__ from the darkness
oGod separates the __water__ from the sky
oGod separates the __earth__from the sea; God creates plants
oGod creates __sun___, moon, and stars
oGod creates __sea__ creatures and __birds____
oGod creates land creatures and ___humanity___
oGod __rest__ and enjoys the work of his creation
-The original creation was:
o__Good___
oIdeal
o_____Beautiful___
oInnocent
-How was creation made?
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oCreation from __nothing__ (ex nihilo)
oCreation by the __word___ of God
-Humans
oHumans were made in the ___image____ __of__ ___God___
oGod’s __representatives____
oGenesis 1:27—both ___male___ and ___female___ are made in God’s image
Marriage is instituted in Genesis 2:24
oGiven _____domination____ to take care of creation
o___crown___ of creation
oApplication for today:
Our __role___ as God’s representatives
Our ___treatment___ toward others
Our ____responsibility______ over creation
-Concept of _rest__
oInstituted at ___creation___
oBefore sin enters the world
oEstablished by _God__ for us to follow
THE FALL
-You can eat from _all__ the trees of the garden except the tree of the knowledge of
good & evil, because if you do, you will surely _die_ (Gen 2:16-17)
-The serpent:
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o More subtle than all other creation
o__Satan__ (cf. Rev 12:9)
o___Doubt____: “did God really say…?”
o_Deny___: “you shall surely not die and you will be like God”
o___Distort____: “neither shall you touch it”
-Eve
oShe __ate___
oShe __shared___
The tree was good for food
A delight to the eyes
Desire to make one wise
oShe __lusted___
oShe ___________
“She also gave some to her husband who was _______ her”
-“Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they
sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.” Gen 3:7
-Immediate consequences:
oGuilt
o__Shame__
oFear
oBroken ___communication___
oKnowledge of __evil__ by experience
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-Personal consequences:
oSerpent” “bites the dust”
oWoman: difficulty in ___childbearing_____ and __submission__
oMan: ___labor___ and __pain___ from the land
-Ultimate consequences
o___Death___ (cf. Rom 5:12)
oPain
o____Expulsion___ from the Garden
REDEMPTION
-“And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed
them.” Genesis 3:21
-The blood sacrifice
o____Animals___ slain
o_____Blood____ shed
o__Sin__ covered
-“I will put ___enmity___ between you and the woman, and between your offspring and
her offspring; he shall __bruise__ your head, and you shall ___bruise___his heel.”
Genesis 3:15
-The triumph!
oThe offspring of the woman will bruise the head of the offspring of the snake,
and the snake will bruise his heel
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oThe ___messianic__ promise
oThe ____Proto-Evangelium______(“First Gospel”)
oCf Romans 16:20
THE FLOOD (GENESIS 6-9)
-Ongoing effects of sin in Adam’s family / humanity
oAdam and Eve’s son, ___Cain__, kills his brother ___Abel___
oGenesis 3-5 shows how sin destroys __people____ and ____relationships_____
oIt gets so bad that there is only 1 righteous man left in the world: __Noah____
-Noah is commanded to build an ark
oIt has never __rained___ before
oGod gives Noah __specific____ dimensions how to build the ark
oNoah ___obeys_____
-The flood brings _____________
oAll humanity (not on the ark) ________
oRains for _____ days
oNoah and his family are stuck in the ark for over a year
-In response to the flood and Noah, God makes a __covenant_____. God’s promises to:
oNever destroy the earth by __Flood____
o____Rainbow____ is a sign of that promise
-COVENANTS!!
oA heightened ___promise or agreement___
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oGod makes ___covenant___ with people and asks them to respond
oGod ____obligates___ himself to these partnerships despite humans’ failures
repeatedly
o__Jesus_ fulfills these covenants
THE NATIONS
-Even after the flood, humans behave the way humans do: ___sinfully___
-Humans get together to build the ___Tower__ of ___Babel__
-“Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not
understand one another’s speech… And from there the LORD dispersed them over the
face of all the earth.” Genesis 11:7-9
-God scatters the people as a way of ______Gracefully redirecting____them from
pursuing this sinful behavior
-This causes the people to establish different ___nations_____ and ____langauges_____
Gen 1-11 & Jesus
•Jesus as present at ___creation___ (the Word)
•Jesus as the __snake__ ____crusher___ (Romans 16)
•Jesus as the Savior of ___all__ nations
