Genesis- the origin or mode of formation of something
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. – Genesis 1:1
Without God, nothing comes into being!
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth — all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
Genesis 1:1-2 The Message
God spoke: “Light!” And light appeared. God saw that light was good and separated light from dark. God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning — Day One.
Genesis 1:3-5 (Msg)
Genesis 1:6-25 – God continues to create!
“Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature so they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, and, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth.” God created human beings; he created them godlike, reflecting God’s nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them: “Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth.”
Genesis 1:26-28 (Msg)
Genesis 1:29-31 — 2:1-3
Genesis 1 is a Theology lesson.
It gives us insight into the nature of God and God’s creation.
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 2:4-7 New International Version (NIV)
Genesis 2:8-25
Genesis 2 is a Theology lesson.
It gives us insight into the nature of God and God’s creation.
It gives us insight into God’s personal relationship with creation, especially us.
adam (Hebrew) – man
adamah (Hebrew) – earth
Different Aspects of God
Genesis 1 – Cosmic God
Genesis 2 – Personal God
Genesis 3 – God who loves despite disobedience
Do you know this God who desires a personal relationship with you?