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Overview of Genesis | Book by Book
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Overview of Genesis | Book by Book

January 5, 2022

Theology is for every mom and the best way to study theology is to study God’s Word, the Bible. So here on Naptime Theology we’re going to go through the Bible one book at a time. Today let’s start with an overview of Genesis.

Genesis is the very first book of the Bible. The opening to God’s story of redemption and the foundation on which all of God’s plans develop. 

The Theme of Genesis: God Begins

The main theme of Genesis is “God Begins.” The Word Genesis literally means beginning. And, to clarify, it doesn’t mean that this is where God begins. But that Genesis is where God begins the world. 

Even in that main theme, we already see that this story is not about us. It’s about God beginning the world. It’s His story from the very first verse.

Of course, the most important story in Genesis is the very first one, Creation. So we must start there. My college professor would say, “If you get the beginning right, everything else will fall into place.” And that’s what I hope to do as we study Genesis together.

Creation | Genesis 1-2

So, in the opening chapters of Genesis we have the creation account. The easiest way I’ve found to remember the days of creation is like this: Days 1-3 God created spaces in the world – the light and darkness, waters above and below, and the land separate from the waters. Then on Days 4-6 God created creatures to fill those spaces – the sun, moon, and stars on day four, fish in the sea and birds in the air on day five, and the animals and humans on land for day 6. And then on day 7, God rested. Did He have to rest because He was so tired? No, He rested on the 7th day to set a precedent for us. He wanted us to know that we will need rest and we should rest just like He did. 

The Hebrew of Genesis makes it very clear that these are literally 6 24-hour days in which God created the entire universe. And it is here that we have the first opportunity to trust the Bible and the God of the Bible because the creation account has no scientific explanation. The universe was supernaturally created by God and, therefore, won’t have a scientific explanation or description. That makes this account primary in our thinking, because we must trust that what the Bible says is true from the very beginning. 

Herbert Spencer, an English philosopher, biologist, and staunch evolutionist who would later influence Darwin recognized that there are five manifestations of all scientific phenomena: time, force, action, space, and matter. I listened to a sermon recently where the pastor pointed out that the very first verse of the Bible has all five of these manifestations of scientific phenomena. For time the Bible says, “in the beginning.” For force the Bible says, “God.” For action the Bible says, “created.” For space the Bible says, “heavens.” And for matter the Bible says, “earth.” That tells me that God has got the science part covered. He’s doing something supernatural that only He can do.

Hebrews 11:3 helps us understand that we will need faith in order to believe the creation account as told in the Scriptures. It says, “By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.” We believe in the creation account by faith, not by science. And it is our first chance to do so, making it primary.

Creation is Simple

The creation account is not only primary because it’s about our origins, it’s simple. God created the universe. Man simply cannot create things. There’s that old joke about the man who challenged God to a contest to see who could make a man out of nothing. God agreed to the challenge and said that the man had to go first. As the man stooped over to pick up some dirt, God said, “Get your own dirt!” Man can only make, God is the one who creates.

That’s the simple part of the creation account in Genesis. But it’s not only simple in Genesis 1-2, it’s simply put in other verses of the Bible. Verses like John 1:3, which says, “All things came into being through Him, and apart from HIm nothing came into being that has come into being.” And Psalm 148 where all creation is praising their Creator and verse 5 says, “Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created.” It’s that simple, God commanded and the world was created.

Why Create the Universe?

Okay, so we know that God created the universe from nothing. But now we must ask the question, “Why did God create the world?”

Well, thankfully, we have the answer to that question in the Bible as well. Ephesians 3:8-11 says, “God … created all things so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

God created all things for His glory. And that glory points man to God. And man is only redeemed by God. So, following that logic, God created the world to ultimately bring redemption to fruition and to glorify Himself. Redemption is why the whole world exists. Isaiah 46:9 says, “For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me.” God is God and He is to be glorified through redemption.

What Is Our Response to Creation?

Now let’s pause here and think about that. God created the whole world by His command. He didn’t need dirt or anything to help Him. He just did it. And He did it to ultimately bring about redemption and glorification of Himself in Jesus. Doesn’t that amaze you? It amazes me. And I think the only response we should have at such news is to stand in awe of our Creator, He is to be feared and worshipped. I think we should remember Psalm 33, verses 8-9, which say, “Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke and it was done; He commanded and it stood fast.” 

Praise God that we serve a Creator who created the whole universe from nothing.

Now that is the creation account in a nutshell. Of course, there’s more to study and learn here and I’ll link some more resources in the description of this episode. But I wanted to spend more time explaining the first few chapters because they are so vital to the rest of the book and the rest of the Bible. For if we can’t trust God in the opening chapters of the Bible, then what can we trust from His Word?

Structure of Genesis

Fall of Man | Genesis 3

After the creation account ends in chapter 2, chapter 3 brings us to the fall of man. We will get into the specifics of this chapter in another episode, but to be brief, Adam and Eve are deceived by Satan in the form of a serpent and disobey God’s command to not eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They are then sent out of the garden with many consequences of their disobedience. In sending them out of the garden of Eden, God also gave them a promise that He would one day send someone from Eve’s seed to crush the head of the deceptive Serpent. They were not left without hope.

God Always Wins | Genesis 4-11

Chapters 4-11 are a series of stories that show Satan at work in the world and how God always wins in spite of his efforts. God always wins and Satan always loses.

Lessons from Patriarchs | Genesis 12-50

The rest of the book of Genesis follows the main characters of the Israelite people or the Patriarchs as some would call them. Chapters 12-50 are centered on lists of names called genealogies or toledoths in Hebrew. The toledoths are a big process of elimination that will eventually end in Jesus. Picture them like a funnel that starts very wide and gets smaller and smaller until Jesus is pinpointed at the very end. That’s why the book of Matthew opens with a genealogy leading up to Jesus. Matthew is the Genesis of the New Testament. 

Reading through genealogies in the Bible can be difficult, but we must remember that every word of the Bible is written for a purpose and the genealogies do a great job of showing us that the Messiah is Jesus. And, as you read through these toledoths in Genesis, do so carefully. You may just find a small story or note that is especially encouraging. Remember that these were real people who God used to bring Jesus to the earth.

Some of the people in the genealogy get zoomed in on and we read a lot about their lives and their stories. Abraham is the first main character we read about and he teaches us a lot about faith. God promises to bless him in chapter 12 and then tests him throughout the following chapters to see if he really has faith in God or not. His ultimate test is in Genesis 22 when God asks him to offer his only son, Isaac, as a sacrifice to the Lord. God stops him before killing his son and gives him a ram instead. Abraham passed the test. And that is confirmed in Hebrews 11:8.

In the following chapters, Genesis zooms in on Isaac and Jacob to teach us about God’s presence. Though Jacob is constantly scheming evil, God redeems them. The high point of Jacob’s constant wrestling with God is when he actually physically wrestles with God in chapter 32. Of course, Jacob lost and God changed his name to Israel which means, “God will fight for you.” Now instead of Jacob wrestling for himself, God graciously wrestles for him and his people, the Israelites, as we will see throughout the Bible.

Jacob has 12 sons which bring about the 12 tribes of Israel. Genesis zooms in on Jacob’s favorite son, Joseph, to teach us that God turns evil to good (remember it’s all about redemption, right?). Joseph is unjustly sent to Egypt and then to prison in Egypt by his brothers and an evil woman respectively. There is a one-off chapter, chapter 38, which tells the story of Judah and Tamar. That promiscuous event is really posing the question, “Who will be the real leader of Israel?” In chapter 38, Judah is proven to not be the leader at all. But as the chapters go on, Joseph ends up testing his own brothers to see if they have changed after all the years apart. He is placed in leadership in Egypt just in time for a famine to bring his brothers begging him for food. It’s here that Joseph tests his brothers to see, “Who will be the real leader of Israel?” and this time Judah offers his own life in the stead of another, proving he is the true leader of Israel. Jacob confirms this when, on his deathbed in Egypt, he says in Genesis 49:10 that “the scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until shiloh comes, and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.” Judah’s line will bring the Ruler.

Remember that big funnel leading to Jesus? Well, you’ll read that it funnels down through Judah’s line all the way to the King, our Lord and Savior Jesus.

The last chapter of Genesis brings the death of both Jacob and then Joseph, the last of the main characters. 

Genesis Conclusion

And that is the whole book of Genesis. That was a lot to cover and we could only touch on the basics, but I hope you see that this book in which God begins the world is really all about God. He is the one to be feared and worshipped. I look forward to diving into more specifics about this book of beginnings with you on future episodes. 

Thanks so much for listening, have a great day!

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Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To everything there is a season."

Romans 8:28 "God works all things together for good to those who love Him."

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    This video sums up my life lately. And the caption This video sums up my life lately. And the caption sums up my feelings about it. ❤️ soak up those precious moments with your kids, mamas! They go by quickly.
    Rainy mornings are not my favorite... They usually Rainy mornings are not my favorite... They usually make me feel like doing nothing! But I've realized that if I get up and out of the house, even for just a short walk, my outlook changes for the better. How kind of God to give us such simple joys like scooter rides, river paths, and wispy willows over canals. And even kinder to use them to strengthen and lift our spirits when we are down. 💕

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1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon honey
Pinch of salt
A few twists of freshly cracked pepper

Twizzle it up, adjust to taste, and pour over salad!

Not only is it easy, but it keeps those nasty, seed-oil filled dressings from the store out of your kitchen. 

And my next hack is even better, 2: use a frother for your homemade salad dressing! I did this one day when I was in a hurry and I've never looked back. 😎

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1. Washing the dishes at night. 🧼
Guess what, they will be there in the morning! I come to the end of the long day and am so tired. Pushing myself to stay up and wash the dishes is not the right choice in this season. So I leave them to be, shower, and go to bed.

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I used to keep up with so many podcasts! But since I've had my baby (and, tbh, even a few months before 😅) I haven't listened to any podcasts. We constantly have input into our brains with social media and the internet. My mind just needs a break! It has helped me focus more on the tasks at hand and being available for my daughter's many questions.

3. Trying to catch up on my Bible reading plan. 📖
Bible reading plans are my bread and butter; they help me get my reading done every day. But I do sometimes still miss a day here or there. I used to always just double up one day and play catch up so that I can stay on track. Well, I've stopped doing that. Now if I miss a day or many days I just read what's on the plan for today. That way I'm still reading and not overwhelmed with a large chunk that I can't get thru.

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So what are you going to stop doing today? 💕
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I've known Romans 5:8 for a long time (20+ years!). But reading the whole chapter this morning really put it into a better perspective for me. What do you think?

1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.  2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.  3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,  4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,  5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.  6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.  7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person-though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die-  8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.  10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.  11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.  12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned-  13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.  14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come... (Last verses in comments!)
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So go read yours today! 💕

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12

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Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (NASB)
"These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk on the road, and when you lie down, and when you rise up."
    My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the str My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26.

Literally the verb is simply fail, not “may fail.” This God-besotted psalmist, Asaph, says, “My flesh and my heart fail!” I am despondent! I am discouraged! But then immediately he fires a broadside against his despondency: “But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

The psalmist does not yield to discouragement. He battles unbelief with counterattack. 

In essence, he says, “In myself I feel very weak and helpless and unable to cope. My body is shot, and my heart is almost dead. But whatever the reason for this despondency, I will not yield. I will trust God and not myself. He is my strength and my portion.” 

The Bible is replete with instances of saints struggling with sunken spirits. Psalm 19:7 says, “The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.” This is a clear admission that the soul of the saint sometimes needs to be revived. And if it needs to be revived, in a sense it was “dead.” That’s the way it felt.

David says the same thing in Psalm 23:2–3, “He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.” The soul of the “man after [God’s] own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14) needs to be restored. It was dying of thirst and ready to fall exhausted, but God led the soul to water and gave it life again. 

God has put these testimonies in the Bible so that we might use them to fight the unbelief of despondency. And we fight with the blast of faith in God’s promises: “God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” We preach that to ourselves. And we thrust it into Satan’s face. And we believe it. -- John Piper, Future Grace, 303-304
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    Being a new mom over again has filled my heart wit Being a new mom over again has filled my heart with an overwhelming sense of joy and gratitude, and I can't help but thank God for all the little things that make this postpartum season so special.

The tiny fingers that grip my own, the sweet coos that fill the air, the little bit of hair on the back of his neck, the way he glances up while he's nursing... All these little things are little blessings. It's not all rosy, but it's not lost on me how special it is to have a little baby in my arms day in and day out. 🤱

James 1:17 says, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no shadow of turning."

every precious moment, every little joy, and every blessing in this postpartum season comes directly from the loving hand of our Heavenly Father. His gifts are perfect and I don't want to forget these small ones. 💕

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    As I'm coming into the 5th week of postpartum, her As I'm coming into the 5th week of postpartum, here are my top 4 Postpartum Tips for you!

1. Listen to your body 👂. Remember that you just gave birth and will need time to gain your strength! If you feel like resting all day and can do it, do it. If you feel like going for a walk, go. 

2. Let the chores go 🧹. I mean, do what you can/really need to, but don't stress about getting the chores done right away. Ask for help and leave what you can undone.

3. Drink water! 💦 Your hormones have been on a trip and still are during the postpartum period. So you need to flush your system with water! Especially if you're breastfeeding, you need to drink more water. I aim for 3L per day and it's a bonus if I remember to put a pinch of salt in too!

4. Read your Bible or a devotional on your phone. 📲 Normally I wouldn't give this advice, but when you have a baby in your arms most of the day, you need to find a way to stay in the Bible. And your phone might just be your best bet at this point. I always have the Grace to You Bible app on my phone for Bible reading. And then I keep Spurgeon's Morning and Evening devotional (it's excerpts from his sermons) on my phone as well. That way I always have something to read when sitting so much and nursing!

I have been so thankful for the special weeks right after birth this time around. Here's to finding more ways to treasure it! 💕
    June was fast and full. ❤️ June was fast and full. ❤️
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