In our last chapter, we looked at the first murder in history (which didn’t even take place against an enemy but rather over jealousy and in the same blood related family). We saw the chances for Cain to continuously make the right choice, and his rejection to God’s providence and forgiveness, ultimately leading to his exile and his separation from God. We are then introduced to the salvation lineage of Seth, leaving us with hope for the future generations to come.

In this chapter, we will be reading a lot about the lineage of Adam. Honestly, that is pretty much all this chapter focuses on, so I am going to use this as an opportunity to define the names that are given so we have a clear idea and representation of this lineage coming out of Adam and Eve, and how it leads to the story of salvation through Jesus Christ.

In the last chapter, we spoke heavily on the fall of man, and the first sin ever taking place.

In this chapter we continue to see what life is like after the fall of man...

In our last chapter, we get a really great look at the rest of God (God's rest), a recap of the days of creation, and a look at the creation of man and woman. God was putting everything into perfect places, and everything was in harmony. Nothing was useless. Everything had life, and purpose. Man was one of the last creations of God in these six days, and it was His most precious of all creation. He knew the coming issues that would arise seemingly quickly, and so He's setting things up for that occassion.

In this chapter, we see the first issue of man come into the picture, which is the disobedience of God's command. It's the first sin ever committed, and it is what will be passed down through all the generations of the Earth. Of course, this doesn't throw God off, but it also doesn't make God happy. This will happen, though, ultimately to bring in the Savior!

We will not need to go about stating what happened last time because God actually does this for us in this chapter! Sometimes God does this throughout His Word. Actually, He does this quite often. He explains something simply and plainly, and then turns around and highlights the really important facts that you don’t want to miss. He does this with the law of Moses through the book of Deuteronomy, same with the prophets, and the life of David, and it even continues throughout the New Testament with the 4 gospel accounts.

We will not need to go about stating what happened last time because God actually does this for us in this chapter! Sometimes God does this throughout His Word. Actually, He does this quite often. He explains something simply and plainly, and then turns around and highlights the really important facts that you don’t want to miss. He does this with the law of Moses through the book of Deuteronomy, same with the prophets, and the life of David, and it even continues throughout the New Testament with the 4 gospel accounts.

I am not a scholar by any means (hence the name of this podcast) but I do enjoy reading through scripture and taking down notes to help us take our time and dig deeper into what we are reading.

In this episode, we are starting in the book of Genesis. The hopes and goals are to dive deep into this book of the Bible and encourage others to study it out and grow closer in their personal studies to the Lord. I will be uploading once a month until Genesis is over, and after that I will go into a new book. Hope this is helpful!

We continue our story through Genesis opening up with the faith and leading of Abram!

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