NEW BEGINNINGS - a message of encouragement from God to His kids (the Jews and Jesus) about the new phase of life in which they were about to embark
* God to the Israelites:
* The Israelites were about to enter the Promised Land.
* What message would God have for them?
* God downloaded five books into Moses, one of them went back to the beginning - Genesis.
* The Jews needed this book to create a solid foundation for their new life.
* Many scholars believe that the Israelites fled Egypt around 1450-1440 BC.
* They also believe Moses wrote Genesis around 1400 BC.
* KEY - Whatever God forms He fills.
* But there’s an order to how He does it:
* Illumination - Separation - Habitation.
* He did this with all of creation - the earth first and then mankind.
* Gen 1:1-2 - He created the heavens and the earth.
* But the earth was FORMLESS - God needed to FORM it.
* The earth was VOID - He needed to FILL it.
* The Six Days of Creation are all about Him forming and filling.
* 1) ILLUMINATION: Gen 1:3
* 2) SEPARATION: Gen 1:4-9
* * light from darkness
* * waters below from waters above
* * land from water
* Illumination and separation prepared the way for habitation.
* 3) HABITATION:
* vs 10-31 - Vegetation, Animals, Humans.
Day 1 - Heavens and the earth (nothing but water) - He lit it up and split it up!
Day 2 - Sky - He separated the waters above and below
Day 3 - Land - He separated the water from the dirt - vegetation was a part of this
Day 4 - Stars - Gen 1:14-18 - Before habitation he had to create government so people could keep things separate.
Day 5 - Fish
Day 6 - Animals & Man
* EXAMPLE - ADAM: God did with Adam what He did with the earth.
* vs 2:19-20 - ILLUMINATION - no helper was “found” - he was looking.
* vs 2:21 - SEPARATION - feminine was removed from masculine.
* vs 2:22-25 - HABITATION - and they lived happily ever after.
* FLOOD - when God brought the flood He set the earth back to its original form (full of water) - He removed Separation. (Genesis 7:21)
* APPLICATION: Illumination - Separation - Habitation
* 1) Walk in the light. Spend time with God in prayer and the Word.
* 2) Stay separate from the world. “Be holy for I am holy.”
* 3) When we walk in the light and remain separate we live in God and He lives in us.
Gen 1-4 (1/8/13)
January 8, 2013 • Benham Brothers
Gen 1:2-16
* Order first, then Dominion
* Made man and then gave charge for dominion (1:26)
Gen 2:15
* Complete the Work
Gen 3:1-6
* If you leave your place of responsibility you lose your place of authority
Gen 4 - Cain's Sacrifice
* He gave a bad sacrifice
* The sin that crouched at his door came because of his poor sacrifice
* Bad sacrifice = rejection - God couldn't accept it and thus Cain got mad
* When anger birthed in his heart murder crouched at his door
* It all hinges on what type of sacrifice you give
Gen 1-12 (1/22/13)
January 22, 2013 • Benham Brothers
BIG PIC:
Adam - Noah (Shem, Hem, Japheth) - Abe - Isaac - Jacob - 12 Tribes - Moses (govt) - Joshua - Judges & Prophets (to enforce what Moses put in place) - cried for King - SILENCE.
* OT - God wanted you to keep you distance
* NT - God wanted you to come close
* Order had to come before God created Adam / Order had to come before God sent Jesus
