Meet Adam, Noah & Abraham

Fall, Flood, Family

My Prayful Declaration

I am what it says I am

I can do what it says I can do

I am going to be taught the

Word of God today and

I will NEVER be the same

What do we mean when we

say that the Bible is true?

We are not just saying that the

Bible is accurate.

We are saying that the Bible covers

matters of supreme importance,

things that are essential for life, both

here on earth and for all eternity.

God is not opposed to you asking

for evidence.

Just be sure that when you get it,

you respond as would a reasonable

man.

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Various kinds of evidence will be presented

in these lessons which will prove that the

Bible is reliable.

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Examining the Bible

Progressive Revelation

Prologue

Act I: The Old Testament

Act 2: The Life of Christ

Act 3: The Church

Act 4: The End of the Age

Progressive Revelation

Prologue MAN WORKS

GOD WORKS

Act I: The Old Testament

Act 2: The Life of Christ

Act 3: The Church

Act 4: The End of the Age

Torah Hebrew: “Law,

Instruction”

Pentateuch Greek: “Five-Part

Book”

Creation “In the beginning

God created

the heavens

and the earth.”

- Genesis 1:1

Prologue (Gen 1-11)

Fall “But of the

tree of the

knowledge of

good and evil

you shall not

eat…”

- Genesis 2:17

Prologue (Gen 1-11)

Fall

Flood “I Myself am

bringing

floodwaters on

the earth...”

- Genesis 6:17

Prologue (Gen 1-11)

Fall Flood

Prologue (Gen 1-11)

Fall

Flop

Flood

Flop “…its name is

called Babel,

because there

the Lord confused

the language of

all the earth….”

- Genesis 11:9

Prologue (Gen 1-11)

Fall

Flop

Flood

God

Speaks Friendship Method

Desired Response:

I will trust You!

Mosaic Authorship of Genesis

• Moses was qualified to write the

book of Genesis.

• The Style of Genesis reflects an

Egyptian influence.

• The unity of the book of Genesis

reflects a single author.

“THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF...”

Formula Contents Location

In the beginning God... Creation 1:1 - 2:3

1. This is the account of the

heaven and the earth

Creation 2:4 - 4:26

2. This is the written account of

Adam's Line

Genealogy: Seth to Noah 5:1 - 6:8

3. This is the account of Noah Flood & Covenant 6:9 - 9:29

4. This is the account of Shem,

Ham & Japheth

Table of Nations & Babel 10:1 - 11:9

5. This is the account of Shem Genealogy: Shem to Abraham 11:10-26

6. This is the account of Terah Story of Abraham 11:27 - 25:11

7. This is the account of

Abraham's son Ishmael

Genealogy of Ishmael 25:12-18

8. This is the account of

Abraham's son Isaac

Transition of blessing from

Isaac to Jacob

25:19 - 35:29

9. This is the account of Esau Genealogy of Esau 36:1-43

10. This is the account of Jacob Joseph & Israel in Egypt 37:1 - 50:26

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the

heavens and the earth.

Elohim

• Teaches the existence of God.

• Teaches the existence of One God.

• Teaches the pre-existence of God.

• Teaches the personhood of God.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the

heavens and the earth.

Elohim

• When a Hebrew word ends in “im”

that signifies a plurality within a

unity.

• This is the first hint of the trinity.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the

heavens and the earth.

bara

• An initial act of creation.

• A summary statement of

the entire chapter.

Unformed Unfilled

Day 1: Light Day 4: Light-bearers

(sun, moon, stars)

Day 2: Water & sky

divided

Day 5: Fish & birds

fill water & sky

Day 3: Dry land &

vegetation

Day 6: Land animals

& humans

Day 7: Sabbath Rest

Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let Us make

man in Our image, according to Our

likeness; and let them rule over the fish

of the sea and over the birds of the sky

and over the cattle and over all the

earth, and over every creeping thing

that creeps on the earth.”

And God created man in His own

image, in the image of God He created

him; male and female He created

them. (Genesis 1:26-27).

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them; and God

said to them, “Be fruitful and

multiply, and fill the earth, and

subdue it; and rule over the fish of

the sea and over the birds of the

sky and over every living thing

that moves on the earth.”

– In the Image of God

– Federal Headship

– Stewardship and a basis for Ecology

Genesis 1:29-30 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30 and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.

Genesis 1:31

God saw all that He had

made, and behold, it was very

good. And there was evening and

there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 1:31

God saw all that He had

made, and behold, it was very

good. And there was evening and

there was morning, the sixth day.

• Rising crescendo

• This would change at fall

• Creation was made to be very good

• That culmination was part of a

process

Lessons from Genesis 1 • There is only one God and that is the

God who created us.

• The God who created us is a very big

God.

• God is personally involved in His

creation.

• The purpose of the Genesis account is

not merely to have us view the creation,

but that we might see the Creator who

created the creation.

Genesis 1

The heavens and the

earth are created in six

days.

Genesis 2

Creation of the man

and woman (no time

element mentioned).

Man’s creation is

climactic

Man’s creation

mentioned first

Panorama of creation

as a whole

Detailed focus on one

aspect of creation

Centers on God

creating the heavens

and the earth

Man & woman as the

completion of God’s

creation

In journalism, the first

paragraph is a summary

of the entire article.

Remaining paragraphs

amplify the synopsis

given in the first

paragraph.

THAT’S NOT RECORDING

DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS

1) Physical universe

2) Atmosphere opaque to translucent

3) Stable water cycle

4) Land and seas/oceans separated

5) Plants appear

6) Atmosphere translucent to transparent

7) Small sea animals

8) Sea mammals

9) Birds

10) Land mammals

11) Human beings

11 EVENTS MAKE UP CREATION

As the adopted son of Pharoah’s daughter,

Moses was trained at the Egyptian equivalent

of Harvard.

The Egyptians had terrible cosmology.

Moses didn’t get his ideas from man.

He got them from God through revelation.

The Odds that Moses

Could Get the Order Right

Experts in:

Astronomy

Astrophysics

Chemistry and

Geology

evaluated the chances of Moses guessing

the proper order of creation to be

one in 40 million.

CREATION’S PROPER ORDER

THE TWO CREATION

ACCOUNTS DO NOT

CONFLICT

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Genesis 2

God outlines a simple

test of obedience

Genesis 3

Man fails the

test of obedience

And the LORD God commanded the man,

saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat

freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good

and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat

from it you shall surely die.“ (Genesis 2:16-17)

Creation complete: Heavens & earth created;

God finished His work (1-3)

Man created: Formed from dust (4-9)

Trees & Rivers in garden given names (9-14)

Man assigned task of guarding & keeping the

garden (15)

Forbidden fruit (16-17)

Man in need of a helper: not good to be alone

(18)

Animals in garden are given names (19-20)

Woman created: Formed from rib (21-24)

Creation complete: Man & woman naked &

unashamed in presence of God (25)

Genesis 3

Opens with Adam and

Eve in the garden

Genesis 4

They give birth to Cain

and Abel outside the

garden

As the chapter opens,

Adam and Eve are

innocent

As the chapter begins,

Cain and Abel are

sinners

Satan comes to the

woman and speaks

with her openly

Satan is tempting Cain

in the background

where we cannot see

him.

Genesis 3 Genesis 4

Adam and Eve’s sin

was in disobeying God

by eating of the fruit of

the tree of knowledge

of good and evil

Cain’s sin is threefold:

• He offers an

unacceptable sacrifice

• Anger and jealousy

• Murders his brother

God seeks out Adam

and Eve and

interrogates them until

they admit their guilt

God seeks out Cain

and interrogates him,

but he still refuses to

acknowledge his guilt

Genesis 1-6 Creation history

Genesis 7-11 Noahic history

Adam’s sons (4:1-16) Noah’s sons (9:18-29)

Technological

Development of

Mankind (4:17-26)

Ethnic Development

of Mankind (10:1-32)

Ten Generations from

Adam to Noah (5:1-

32)

Ten Generations from

Noah to Terah (11:10-

26)

Genesis 6:5-6 Then the LORD saw that the

wickedness of man was great on the

earth, and that every intent of the

thoughts of his heart was only evil

continually. 6 The LORD was sorry

that He had made man on the earth,

and He was grieved in His heart.

Genesis 6:7-8 The LORD said, “I will blot out

man whom I have created from the

face of the land, from man to animals

to creeping things and to birds of the

sky; for I am sorry that I have made

them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the

eyes of the LORD.

The Ark All flesh was to be

destroyed in the flood.

The Cross All mankind is under

condemnation.

The ark was designed

and planned by God

(Genesis 6:14-16).

Our hope in Christ

was designed by God

before the world

began (Ephesians

1:4).

Noah’s part was to

build the physical

structure of the ark

(Genesis 6:22).

Christ was born of a

human mother

(Matthew 1:21).

The Ark God made known to

Noah this plan of

salvation (Genesis

6:13).

The Cross God has made known

to us His plan of

eternal salvation

(Romans 16:25-26).

Noah believed the

Lord (Hebrews 11:7).

We must believe in

Christ (John 3:16).

The ark had only one

door (Genesis 6:16).

Christ is the only door

to salvation (John

10:9).

Genesis 6

God warns

Noah

The ark is built

Noah building

the ark

Genesis 7

God delivers

Noah

The ark is used

to save Noah

from the flood

Noah in the ark

Genesis 8

God

remembers

Noah

The ark comes

to rest in the

mountains of

Ararat

Noah coming

out of the ark

The earth filled

with violence

The earth filled

with water

Noah to go out

& fill the earth

Genesis 9:20-22 Then Noah began farming and

planted a vineyard. 21 He drank of the

wine and became drunk, and

uncovered himself inside his tent. 22

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the

nakedness of his father, and told his

two brothers outside.

Adam Placed into a Garden

Noah

Results in a curse

Results in a lasting division of the seed

Followed by a genealogy to demonstrate

the division

Plants a Garden

Eats the fruit of the

tree

Drinks of the fruit of

the vine

Results in recognizing

his nakedness

Results in lying naked

in his tent

Adam Noah His eyes were opened

and he knew he was

naked.

He awoke from his

wine and knew what

his younger son had

done.

He was judged and

cursed by God.

He placed a curse

upon Canaan.

Three sons

Noah

Ten

Gene

ratio

ns

Adam

Three sons

Terah

Ten

Gene

ratio

ns

Noah

Genesis 1-11

Events Predominant

– Creation

– Fall

– Flood

– Tower of Babel

Genesis 12-50

People Predominant

– Abraham

– Isaac

– Jacob

– Joseph

Race as a whole Family of Abraham

Over 2000 years 250 years

Genesis 11:1 Now the whole earth used the

same language and the same words.

Genesis 11:4 They said, “Come, let us build

for ourselves a city, and a tower

whose top will reach into heaven,

and let us make for ourselves a

name, otherwise we will be scattered

abroad over the face of the whole

earth.”

Genesis 11:5 The LORD came down to see

the city and the tower which the sons

of men had built.

Genesis 11:6-7 The LORD said, “Behold, they

are one people, and they all have the

same language. And this is what

they began to do, and now nothing

which they purpose to do will be

impossible for them. 7 Come, let Us

go down and there confuse their

language, so that they will not

understand one another's speech.”

Genesis 11:8 So the LORD scattered them

abroad from there over the face of

the whole earth; and they stopped

building the city.

Genesis 11:9 Therefore its name was called

Babel, because there the LORD

confused the language of the whole

earth; and from there the LORD

scattered them abroad over the face

of the whole earth.

Progressive Revelation

Prologue

> Act I: The Old Testament

Intermission

Act 2: The Life of Christ

Act 3: The Church

Act 4: The End of the Age

Act 1: Scene 1

ABRAHAM

“…Get out of your country, from your family,

and from your father’s house. To a land I

will show you. I will make you a great

nation; I will bless you and make your name

great… and in you all the families of the

earth shall be blessed.’”

– Genesis 12:1-3

Babel

Judgment

upon man’s

rebellion:

Languages

scatter

mankind

Abraham

One man to

become a

great nation:

All nations to

be blessed

through him

Jesus

One is judged

for all of man’s

rebellion: Gift

of languages

proclaim the

good new

Genesis 15:2-3

Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what

will You give me, since I am childless,

and the heir of my house is Eliezer of

Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “Since

You have given no offspring to me,

one born in my house is my heir.”

Sarai is barren

• Lot as a potential heir

• Eliezar of Damascus as a

potential heir

Genesis 15:4

Then behold, the word of the

LORD came to him, saying, “This man

will not be your heir; but one who will

come forth from your own body, he

shall be your heir.”

Sarai is barren

• Lot as a potential heir

• Eliezar of Damascus as a

potential heir

• One from Abram’s own

body will be his heir

Genesis 15:5

And He took him outside and

said, “Now look toward the heavens,

and count the stars, if you are able to

count them.” And He said to him, “So

shall your descendants be.”

Genesis 15:6

Then he believed in the LORD;

and He reckoned it to him as

righteousness.

Genesis 16:1-2

Now Sarai, Abram's wife had

borne him no children, and she had

an Egyptian maid whose name was

Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Now

behold, the LORD has prevented me

from bearing children. Please go in to

my maid; perhaps I will obtain children

through her.” And Abram listened to

the voice of Sarai.

The Result of “Helping” God

Ishmael, was borne of Hagar, the

slave woman.

In a fit of anger, Sarai sent Hagar

and Ishmael away from the family.

Ishmael had twelve sons, from

whom the Muslims are descended.

The Akedah

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Genesis 17:1-2

Now when Abram was ninety-

nine years old, the LORD appeared to

Abram and said to him, “I am God

Almighty; Walk before Me, and be

blameless. 2 I will establish My

covenant between Me and you, And I

will multiply you exceedingly.”

Genesis 17:3-5

Abram fell on his face, and God talked

with him, saying,

4 “As for Me, behold,

My covenant is with you,

And you will be the father of a

multitude of nations.

5 No longer shall your name be

called Abram,

But your name shall be Abraham;

For I will make you the father of a

multitude of nations.”

Genesis 17:18-19

And Abraham said to God, “Oh

that Ishmael might live before You!”

19 But God said, “No, but Sarah

your wife will bear you a son, and you

shall call his name Isaac; and I will

establish My covenant with him for an

everlasting covenant for his descend-

ants after him.”

Genesis 21:3

Abraham called the name of his

son who was born to him, whom

Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Genesis 22:1

Now it came about after these

things, that God tested Abraham, and

said to him, “Abraham!” And he said,

“Here I am.”

Genesis 22:2

He said, “Take now your son,

your only son, whom you love, Isaac,

and go to the land of Moriah, and offer

him there as a burnt offering on one of

the mountains of which I will tell you.”

2 Chronicles 3:1. Then Solomon

began to build the house of the LORD in

Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the

Lord had appeared to his father David...

Genesis 22:3

So Abraham rose early in the

morning and saddled his donkey, and

took two of his young men with him

and Isaac his son; and he split wood

for the burnt offering, and arose and

went to the place of which God had

told him.

Genesis 22:4-5

On the third day Abraham raised

his eyes and saw the place from a

distance. 5 Abraham said to his young

men, “Stay here with the donkey, and

I and the lad will go over there; and

we will worship and return to you.”

Genesis 22:7-8

Isaac spoke to Abraham his

father and said, “My father!” And he

said, “Here I am, my son.” And he

said, “Behold, the fire and the wood,

but where is the lamb for the burnt

offering?” 8 Abraham said, “God will

provide for Himself the lamb for the

burnt offering, my son.” So the two of

them walked on together.

Genesis 22:9-10

Then they came to the place of

which God had told him; and Abraham

built the altar there and arranged the

wood, and bound his son Isaac and

laid him on the altar, on top of the

wood. 10 Abraham stretched out his

hand and took the knife to slay his

son.

Genesis 22:11-12

But the angel of the LORD called

to him from heaven and said,

“Abraham, Abraham!” And he said,

“Here I am.” 12 He said, “Do not

stretch out your hand against the lad,

and do nothing to him; for now I know

that you fear God, since you have not

withheld your son, your only son, from

Me.”

Genesis Revelation

Creation of the heavens and

earth.

A new heaven and a new earth.

The Tree of Life in the Garden. The Tree of Life in the New

Jerusalem.

A river runs through the

Garden.

A river runs through the New

Jerusalem.

The first marriage: Adam and

Eve.

The last marriage: The last Adam

to the church.

The beginning of the career of

Satan.

The end of Satan’s career: The

Lake of Fire.

Death enters. Death is destroyed.

Man lost privileges because of

sin.

Man regains privileges because of

Christ’s payment for sin.

Beginning of sorrow, pain and

death.

Christ wipes away all tears.

The first murder. No more death.

The beginning of Babylon. Babylon destroyed.

Homework

BIBLE READING:

Genesis 1 to Genesis 22

NOTEBOOK:

Read Chapters 1 & 2 (10 pages)

MEMORIZATION:

Verse #1