Genesis:

G1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

No talk about Big Bang, Hesitation Model, Oscillation Model, Inflation Model, or Gap Theory. Just 6 days of creation!

G1:3-5 Day 1 - light.

G1:6-8 Day 2 - heaven.

G1:9-13 Day 3 - dry land, seas, and vegetation.

G1:14-19 Day 4 - sun, moon, days, years, seasons.

G1:20-23 Day 5 - sea creatures, birds.

G1:24-31 Day 6 - earth creatures, “man in our image”.

Position? G1:26 - “rule over it all”.

Identity? G1:27 - “male and female”.

Charge? G1:28 - “be fruitful, multiply, fill, subdue, rule”.

Food? G1:29,30 - vegetarian.

G2:1-3 Day 7 - completed, sanctified. kaw-dash’ - set apart as holy

Why did God create Adam?

Why did God create Eve?

G2:20 “...a helper...”

G2:24 “...they shall become one flesh...”

What was their occupation?

G2:4-25 Placed in the Garden with purpose and instructions.

G2:15 “...cultivate and keep...” .

Why the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

Why didn’t God intervene to prevent the fall? Is this still the case?

G3:1-5 Temptation comes

What happened when they ate the fruit?

G3:6-13 Perspective change, fear, blame shifting.

Do we elevate our own knowledge acquisition over obedience?

What part of the original plan changed?

G3:22-23 “...Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" - therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden...”

G4: Procreation started after the fall. No Garden for Cain and Abel

What can we learn about worship from Cain and Abel?

G4:3-5 How to approach God? Anger is dangerous? Still true?

Post-fall sacrificial lamb? Post-crucifixion Christ?

Does the world believe this? Do you?

Who must master sin? Rom.6:12-14

G4:7 “...If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it...”

What did Cain’s choice cost him?

G4:9-16 Alienation from people and prosperity.

G4:17 From where do you think Cain’s wife came?

G5:1-32 Adam’s descendants.

G5:5 “...So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died...”

130 - Seth

105 - Enosh

90 - Kenan

70 - Mahalalel

65 - Jared

162 - Enoch

65 - Methuselah

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687 930 - 687 = 243 yrs that Adam and Methuselah were both alive.

187 - Lamech

182 - Noah

500 - Shem, Ham, Japheth

100 - Flood came

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969 Did Methuselah die in the flood?

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1656 about 41% of Old Testament History was pre flood.

about 27% of World History was pre flood.

Why must we be careful with genealogies?

1 Timothy 1:3-4 “...not to teach strange doctrines, nor to pay attention to ... endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation...”

G6: Dealing with the corruption of mankind.

What grieved God’s heart?

G6:4 “... the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them...”

G6:5 “...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...”

Why the flood?

God created with intentions and expectations. He intervened when man’s evil intent reached ‘continual’ status. When man lives for man, without God, chaos is always created. Conversely, the presence of God always brings order.

Did the flood bring order. Do you see order or chaos in the world today?

How did Noah find favor with God?

G6:8,9 He was “...blameless in his time...” and “...walked with God...”, which led to G6:22 doing everything God commanded.

G7: The Flood

How long were Noah and his family in the ark?

G7:11 2nd month, 17th day -- G8:14 2nd month 27th day >1yr

G8: The Flood Subsides

What does God know about mankind?

G8:21 “...the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth...”

Is this what the world believes?

What was God’s promise?

G8:22 "...While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease..." Promise was to? 8:21 Himself. Then 9:9 To Noah and descendants. Is the promise to us? What does it mean?

G9: The Covenant

What were God’s expectations concerning Noah’s family?

G9:1,7 Same as Adam and Eve - “...be fruitful and multiply...”

Should we all be vegetarians?

G9:3 We can eat animals like we were given plants in G1:30.

Is the Rainbow still a sign from God?

G9:13 “...I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth...”

G10:18 Descendants of Noah - Shem, Ham, Japheth.

Descendants of Ham - Canaan, Cush, Nimrod.

Which well known kingdoms were founded by Nimrod?

G10:10 Babel, G10:11 Nineveh.

G11: From Unity to Confusion

What was the heart motivation in the land of Shinar?

G11:4 Make a name for ourselves. (Make America Great!!)

What did God proclaim about man’s ability?

G11:6 “... nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible...”

Can man accomplish a great deal - good or bad?

How far will God go to protect us from ourselves?

G11:7-9 “...Let US ... confuse ... scatter...”

Will He still confuse communication to prevent us from missing His original purpose (relationship) as we pursue our own purposes?

Self centered pride or submissive humility?

G11: Descendants of Shem - 8 generations to Terah, father of Abram

Who initiated the move from Ur of the Chaldeans?

G11:31 - Terah, not Abram, took them as far as Haran

G12:1 God asks Abram to finish the journey to Canaan.

What were God’s intentions through Abraham?

G12:3 To bless ALL the people of the earth.

Does God still intend to bless ALL? Does God have a people willing to bless the world? Are we striving to bless, or to be blessed?

What caused the first recorded plagues of Egypt?

G12:10 Famine drove Abram from Canaan to Egypt.

G12:11-17 Abram’s deceit led to Pharoah’s great plagues

G13: Abram and Lot.

What do you find interesting about the Lot/Abram split?

G13:7 No surprise there was strife among the herdsmen.

G13:9-11 Abram let Lot pick what looked to be the best location.

Why was it okay to allow Lot to choose?

God’s favor was on Abram. What looks best isn’t always best.

Abram ended up with the promised land without self promotion.

Do you have to manage your future?

How long will the land belong to Abram’s descendants?

G13:15 “...for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever...”

G14: War of the kings leads to Sodom, Gomorrah, and Lots capture.

G14:13-16 Abram musters his forces and rescues Lot and others.

Who is Melchizedek?

G14:18-19 King of Salem who received 10% from Abram after Lot’s rescue