DR. CHAD BROWN

@SALIXBETHELCHURCH

GENESIS

DR. CHAD BROWN

@SALIXBETHELCHURCH

COMING SOON!

• THE NEPHILIM?
• WHY DID GOD ACTUALLY FLOOD THE WORLD? WAS IT JUST BECAUSE THERE WERE BAD PEOPLE?
• WHAT IS THE REAL STORY BEHIND EDEN?
• WHO ARE THE SONS OF GOD?
• WHY DOES PSALM 82:6 MENTION OTHER GOD’S?

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT:

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5 ”THE ‘GODS’ KNOW NOTHING, THEY UNDERSTAND NOTHING.

They walk about in darkness;

all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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6 “I said, ‘You are “gods”;

you are all sons of the Most High.’

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

PSALM 82:6

CH. 1-11 ORIGIN OF THINGS

CH. 12-50 ORIGIN OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL/PATRIARCHS

WHERE DO WE START?

CH. 1-11 UNIVERSAL PROBLEM AND ALIENTATION FROM GOD

CH. 12-50 THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WOULD COME THROUGH 1 MAN (ABRAHAM) TO GET TO (JESUS)

WHERE DO WE START?

THE FIRST PHRASE IN THE HEBREW TEXT OF 1:1 IS BERESHITH ("IN [THE] BEGINNING"), WHICH IS ALSO THE HEBREW TITLE OF THE BOOK (BOOKS IN ANCIENT TIMES CUSTOMARILY WERE NAMED AFTER THEIR FIRST WORD OR TWO). THE ENGLISH TITLE, GENESIS, IS GREEK IN ORIGIN AND COMES FROM THE WORD GENESEOS, WHICH APPEARS IN THE PRE-CHRISTIAN GREEK TRANSLATION (SEPTUAGINT)

IN THE BEGINNING.........

“ GENESIS” MEANS “HISTORY OF ORIGIN”

ORIGIN OF WHO OR WHAT?

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CH. 1-11 ORIGIN OF THINGS

CH. 12-50 ORIGIN OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL/PATRIARCHS

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IN THE BEGINNING.........

CH. 1-11: ADAM, CAIN AND ABEL, NOAH’S ARK, TOWER OF BABEL

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CH. 12-50: ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, JACOB’S 12 SONS, JOSEPH IN EGYPT, JACOB’S FAMILY IN EGYPT

3 I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU,

and whoever curses you I will curse;

and all peoples on earth

will be blessed through you.” Gen. 12:3

THE KEY VERSE IN THE O.T.

3 THEN MOSES WENT UP TO GOD, AND THE LORD CALLED TO HIM FROM THE MOUNTAIN AND SAID, “THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE TO SAY TO THE DESCENDANTS OF JACOB AND WHAT YOU ARE TO TELL THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL: 4 ‘YOU YOURSELVES HAVE SEEN WHAT I DID TO EGYPT, AND HOW I CARRIED YOU ON EAGLES’ WINGS AND BROUGHT YOU TO MYSELF. 5 NOW IF YOU OBEY ME FULLY AND KEEP MY COVENANT, THEN OUT OF ALL NATIONS YOU WILL BE MY TREASURED POSSESSION. ALTHOUGH THE WHOLE EARTH IS MINE, 6 YOU will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

EXODUS 19:3-6

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ISRAEL MISSION STATEMENT

3 I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU,

and whoever curses you I will curse;

and all peoples on earth

will be blessed through you.” Gen. 12:3

THE KEY VERSE IN THE O.T.

GENESIS 1:1

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IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.

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בְּרֵאשִׁי

תרֵאשִׁית

rē'šîṯ

ray-sheeth'

beginning

“our beginning, not God’s”

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בָּרָאבָּרָא

bārā'

to create

out of nothing

3 BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE UNIVERSE WAS FORMED AT GOD’S COMMAND, SO THAT WHAT IS SEEN WAS NOT MADE OUT OF WHAT WAS VISIBLE.

HEBREWS 11:3

JOHN 1:1-3

1 IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. 2 HE WAS WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING. 3 THROUGH HIM ALL THINGS WERE MADE; WITHOUT HIM NOTHING WAS MADE THAT HAS BEEN MADE.

A FEW KEY THOUGHTS:

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• THE BIBLE IS NOT A BOOK OF SCIENCE. YET IT DOES NOT CONTRADICT SCIENCE

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• SCIENCE DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING, SCIENTISTS DO.

THE S.U.R.G.E. ACRONYM-

S — Second Law of Thermodynamics: This law states that entropy (disorder) increases in closed systems over time. Apologists argue that an eternal universe would eventually run out of usable energy, so it must have had a beginning, implying a creator.

U — Expanding Universe: Evidence suggests the universe constantly expands, pointing to a starting point.

R — Radiation Afterglow (Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation): This faint radiation leftover from the Big Bang is seen as further evidence for a universe with a beginning.

G — Great Galaxy Seeds (Primordial density fluctuations): Tiny fluctuations in the early universe are believed to be the seeds for galaxies. Apologists argue this fine-tuning suggests an intelligent design.

E — Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity: This theory supports the idea of a universe with a beginning and ongoing expansion.

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TIME SPACE CONTINUUM

SET OF FORCES:

• TIMELESS
• SPACELESS
• IMMATERIAL
• POWERFUL
• PERSONAL

11 FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM, BUT HE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY. THEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY AND MADE IT HOLY.

- EXODUS 20:11

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THE WORD “DAYS” IS TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW WORD (YÔM)AND IT REFERS MOSTLY TO A 24 HOUR PERIOD

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ADAM WAS SUPPOSEDLY CREATED AROUND 4004 B.C.

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IS THERE A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE?

YOUNG EARTH (6,000 TO 10,000 YEARS)

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OLD EARTH (13.8 BILLION TO 16 BILLION YEARS)

MOST CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS WHO BELIEVE IN AN OLD EARTH BELIEVE IN 1 OF 3 THEORIES:

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GENESIS BIG BANG OR

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GAP THEORY- THIS THEORY PROPOSES A LARGE GAP OF TIME BETWEEN GEN 1:1 AND GEN. 1:2. THEY BELIEVE THAT THE MAJORITY OF GEOLOGICAL TIME COULD HAVE OCCURED THERE.

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DAY-AGE THEORY- THIS THEORY INTERPRETS THE “DAYS” OF CREATION AS LONG PERIODS OF TIME, POTENTIALLY MILLIONS OR BILLIONS OF YEARS, ALLOWING FOR A MUCH OLDER UNIVERSE.

• EXPANSION OF SPACE:
• THE UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING, MEANING THE SPACE BETWEEN GALAXIES IS INCREASING OVER TIME. THIS EXPANSION IS NOT GALAXIES MOVING THROUGH SPACE, BUT RATHER SPACE ITSELF STRETCHING AND GROWING.

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THE RED LIGHT SHIFT AND EINSTEINS THEORY OF RELATIVITY

• TIME DILATION:
• Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that gravity and the curvature of spacetime affect the passage of time. As the universe expands, the fabric of spacetime stretches, and this stretching impacts the rate at which time passes in different regions of the universe.

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THE RED LIGHT SHIFT AND EINSTEINS THEORY OF RELATIVITY

16 billion divided by

1,000,000^2

= 0.016

0.016x365 days

=6 days

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• THE BIBLE LOOKS FORWARD INTO TIME
• FROM THE BIBLES PERSPECTIVE CREATION TOOK ONLY 6 DAYS
• SCIENCE LOOKS BACKWARD INTO TIME

ISAIAH 40:22 “It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.”

1 IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 2 NOW THE EARTH WAS FORMLESS AND EMPTY, DARKNESS WAS OVER THE SURFACE OF THE DEEP, AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS HOVERING OVER THE WATERS.

GENESIS 1:1-2