The Story of Genesis

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1 The Story of Genesis Lauren Weber Colorado Christian University BIB-101A Jung January 21, 2024
2 The Story of Genesis Our understanding of God and his creation is examined in Genesis 1-3, where He reveals Himself as a being of creation, about interpersonal relationships, and a loving father. The first thing about God's nature that we are introduced to is that He is able and willing to create the world, which shows us how He wants us to be involved directly in His purpose and plan. The desire to create is universally relatable, as the statement implies. Everyone wants to organize, structure and set up their surroundings in a way that says something about them. We are all familiar with the sense of fulfillment that comes from creating something, and we also almost always connect creation with good things. When we read this first promise, we automatically feel that everything is "hopeful and "good." This is a statement that all of us would perceive as positive. (Burke, 2007) It reveals that He is a kind and compassionate Father who guards us as His children, First, God is expressing to us that He regards our relationship with Him as that of a child with a parent. He is the one who created us and desires for us to resemble His family. (Staff, 2022) 26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, [ a ] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them (Zondervan, 2011 Genesis 1: 26-27)
3 The Story of Genesis God's fatherly revelation of Himself also reveals something about our relationship with Him. It demonstrates His affection and compassion for us and His involvement in our personal growth, which includes correcting us when needed. The way God treats the first man and wife demonstrates this. God showed them how much He loved them by giving them a place that was made to meet their needs. God: Eden's Garden, the Creation, and Humanity's Rebellion. At the start of the book of Genesis, God brings order, beauty, and goodness out of chaos and darkness. He gives life its start and makes the planet and its inhabitants. The belief that God created everything is at the heart of the Genesis narrative. One God is the creator of everything. Everything that God made in the beginning was good. The same God who made everything also made all people, male and female, in his image. God created humans to live in cooperation with him. God made humans to be his stewards—both earth, water, and other species—living under our responsible governance. By design, humans were intended to be sociable creatures. God wants everyone to follow his rules. God made marriage for people. The first humans, Adam, and Eve had no fear or shame toward God or one another at first. God is both transcendent—found above and beyond the world—and immanent—found inside it. According to Genesis 1, God speaks to make things. In Genesis 2, God makes man out of dust, instilling life in his nostrils. The snake is a malevolent spiritual entity that tricks and preys on humans. Mankind gave in to temptation and then rebelled against God. Initially, human sin stemmed from dishonesty and self-interest. More suffering, the beginning of human shame, and eventually human death were the results of
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