A STUDY IN GENESIS
As promised, we are coming back to our series in the book of Genesis. I am very excited to start this next part. For those who were not with us in our previous study, please go back and see what so far has been discussed. The book of Genesis is a literal historical account of human history that provides many answers for the careful student willing to dig in and examine what has been provided for us. For those who are wondering some of deepest questions of the universe, Genesis is our book!
Today, I want to take a moment and reflect on where we left off and where we are going. Between chapters 11 and 12, we see that the human world is indeed expanding and societies, cultures, and many of the civilizations you and I know of today are starting to take their first pages into human history. For the careful student of God’s word, they will be wondering about the first prophecy given in the Bible, Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.” Satan failed to thwart God’s plan with the polluting of human genes, he failed to unite the human race under his banner in Babel, and furthermore has failed to identify what woman would bring the promise destruction. Satan must have thought it was Job’s decedents. Job was steadfast and faithful to the Lord, in fact scripture tells us that Job was actually the local talk in Heaven’s royal courts. I can only imagine the thought that crossed the oppositions mind, when God identified an old couple with no offspring as the instrument of salvation for the human race.
However, what is impossible for man is very much possible for God, Luke 18:27 “But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.” Over the next set of chapters we will learn why the world hates the Jewish people. We will learn their ancestry, the roots into how they became the tool for our eternal rescuer. God chose the nation of Israel, and even before they were a name, they were known to God. This should be an increadible encouragement to you and I! The fact that God was willing to work outside of man’s rational to work His miracles. The fact that He knew them and acted to prepare them for their destiny should reassure you that for those who are in Christ, He knew you would be His and has planned accordingly for your life. You will not have salvation for mankind come from you in your descendents, but your calling in life can serve the man who saved mankind from itself. Over the next couple weeks I hope you take the time to reflect on God’s word and recognize that Genesis is more than just history for us, but it is something that through the power of the Holy Spirit can guide and direct you accordingly. Remember Genesis is part of scripture, 2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.”
Hold until relieved, our Blessed Hope is coming,
JL