Genesis I

I interviewed two of my co-workers (Dan and Jaclyn) and one person that volunteers in third through fifth grade ministry (Steve). I found it intriguing that none of the people I chose to interview subscribed completely to a literal Biblical Young Earth interpretation. I have summarized their answers below. On the question of length of day, Steve was in the 24 hour camp. His reason was that he believed the text was talking about the amount of light in a given period of time since on the first…

“Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.” The biblical flood comprises chapters 6-9 in the Book of Genesis of the Bible. The chapters state God’s disgust of what humanity had become, and his intentions to cleanse the earth. One man and his family were picked by God to build an ark and save a male/female of each animal. God’s intentions led to Noah’s Ark. In…

with a Vampire. For instance, the books and the film have common references to the book of Genesis in the bible. Therefore, God creating man from clay can be compared to vampires creating or turning other humans into vampires. As well as, the temptations of Adam and Eve from eating from the tree of knowledge can be related to the vampires and their temptations to avoid feeding from humans. Therefore, in Genesis, Adam and Eve were banished from Eden because of their sin. Thus, the characters can…

one of the mountains that I shall show you.”(Genesis 22:2) Upon reading this verse, a reader might ask themselves “Why would God command Abraham to do such a horrible thing?” Especially after He had kept to his word and blessed Sarah with this miracle pregnancy, just a chapter before? I believe the answer is embedded in the notion that God didn’t command Abraham to do this in a negative sense, it was merely a test of faith. It clearly states at the very beginning of Genesis chapter 22, “God,…

In preparation for this assignment I talked with several people, asking them the interview questions, I will address the answers of four of the people I talked with. Each question is listed below with a summary of the answers following. How long are the days in Genesis 1? Why? Three of the four persons basically said the exact time is unknown. The fourth said a day was from sun up to sun down no hours were specified. How old is the Earth and life? Why? One person said about 6,000 years, two…

In the book of Genesis and Exodus God makes covenants with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses in return for obedience of his commands. God promised blessings that consisted of acquiring Promised Land, building a great nation and having children to fulfill his perfect plan. The Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants are affirmed and re-affirmed on a continued basis but the promises take years to be executed. While Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses obey God’s commands, they are almost never enriched with…

Redemption There are many ways the book of Genesis has signified the theme of redemption. Redemption is the act of a person or god in which he/she is taking a wrong doing and turning it into something right. In the earliest part of the book of Genesis, Eve took the apple from the serpent and Adam and Eve consumed it. They both have sinned and established a wrong doing in front of God. God then asks them in verse eleven “Have you eaten from the tree of witch I commanded you not to eat?” God said…

trouble by insulting and mocking his little brother” (Genesis 21:8-9) (4). After Sarah, who by then had come to dislike both Hagar and Ishmael, saw what he was doing, she said to Abraham "Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac” (Genesis 21:10 RSV) (4). Isaac, where the Jewish…

created in different time periods. Some of these documents are Sky Tree, the Book of Genesis, The Bill of Rights, “The Iroquois Constitution,” and the Ten Amendments. While most of the cultures are different, they all have a set reason of why they were created, similarities and differences that show…

Genesis 3 and 4 are how things got to the way they are. God’s wisdom is ordering creation by calling humanity to cooperate and follow His vocation; to serve, cultivate, and to care. Although, a cunning serpent always gets in the way to strew the ability to manipulate and dominate, creating never ending hills of destruction and creation. This is demonstrated first in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, there is a tree in the middle which God declares the Tree of Life, representing God’s…