Sowing the Word
So they read distinctly from the book, in
the Law of God; and they gave the
sense, and helped them to understand
the reading. (Nehemiah 8:8)
Genesis 1-2
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
• God Omnipresence
"LORD, You have been our dwelling
place in all generations. Before the
mountains were brought forth, Or
ever You had formed the earth and
the world, Even from everlasting to
everlasting, You are God."
Psalm 90:1-2
God
Beginnin
g
Endin
g
Omnipresent
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
• God Omnipresence
• God’s Priority
‫אשית‬
ִׁ ‫ ֵר‬-raysheeth’ – beginning, first
‫ֹלהים‬
ִׁ ֱ‫ א‬- eloheem – God
First God
God First
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
Theories of Earth’s Beginning
Evolution
Creation
Charles Darwin
(1809-1882)
1859 – Published book Origin of the Species
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural
Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races
in the Struggle for Life
Quite RACIST
Theories of Earth’s Beginning
Evolution
Creation
Theistic Evolution
• Day Age Theory
• Progressive Creation
Spiritualist view
• Gap Theory (v.2)
- Punctuated Creation
- Previous Civilization
- Spiritual Gap – satan’s fall
Law of Biogenesis

Proven Scientific Law that states – Life
only rises from life.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
(Entropy)

Proven scientific law that states – All
kinetic energy in the universe is in a
process of running down. Organization
and Complexity is descending into
Disorganization and Chaos.
Fossil Record

Contrary to popular secular scientist belief
– not one transitional fossil has ever been
found. Darwin stated that for his theory to
be true, there must be millions of
transitional fossils.
Two Types of Evolution
 Macroevolution
 Major
changes that caused the
appearance of new life-forms(species)
 Microevolution
 Accumulation
a species
of tiny mutations within
Two Types of Evolution
 Macroevolution
 Major
changes that caused the
appearance of new life-forms(species)
 Microevolution
 Accumulation
a species
of tiny mutations within
Evolutionary Rug
Therefore, just as through one man
sin entered the world, and death
through sin, and thus death spread
to all men, because all sinned
Romans 5:12
Theories of Earth’s Beginning
Evolution
Creation
Theistic Evolution
• Day Age Theory
• Progressive Creation
Spiritualist view
• Gap Theory (v.2)
- Punctuated Creation
- Previous Civilization
- Spiritual Gap – satan’s fall
By faith we understand that the
worlds were framed by the word of
God, so that the things which are
seen were not made of things
which are visible.
Hebrews 11:3
So then faith comes by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:17
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
1st day: light (1:3–5)
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
1st day: light (1:3–5)
2nd day: space & water (1:6–8)
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
1st day: light (1:3–5)
2nd day: space & water (1:6–8)
3rd day: earth and plant life (1:9–
13)
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
1st day: light (1:3–5)
2nd day: space & water (1:6–8)
3rd day: earth and plant life (1:9–
13)
4th day: sun, moon, stars (1:14-19)
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
1st day: light (1:3–5)
2nd day: space & water (1:6–8)
3rd day: earth and plant life
(1:9–13)
4th day: sun, moon, stars (1:1419)
5th day: fish and fowl (1:20–23)
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
1st day: light (1:3–5)
2nd day: space & water (1:6–8)
3rd day: earth and plant life
(1:9–13)
4th day: sun, moon, stars (1:1419)
5th day: fish and fowl (1:20–23)
6th day: animals &
people(1:24-31)
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
1stLet
day:Us?
light (1:3–5)
2nd- day:
space
&
water
(1:6–8)
Elohim? – God
rd
3 day: earth and plant life
- Plural Singular
(1:9–13)
in God’s
4thMade
day: sun,
moon,Image
stars (1:1419)
Given Dominion
5th day: fish and fowl (1:20–23)
6th day: animals &
people(1:24-31)
Modern Myths…
 Dinosaurs?



Yes and no
Yes existed
No not millions of years, before man
Modern Myths…
 Dinosaurs?
 Cavemen?
YES
Modern Myths…
 Dinosaurs?
YES
 Cavemen? NO!!!!!!!!!
That which has been is what will
be, That which is done is what will
be done, And there is nothing new
under the sun.
Ecc 1:9
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
1st day: light (1:3–5)
2nd day: space & water (1:6–8)
3rd day: earth and plant life
(1:9–13)
4th day: sun, moon, stars (1:1419)
5th day: fish and fowl (1:20–23)
6th day: animals &
people(1:24-31)
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:2……. Formless and void
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
1st day: light (1:3–5)
2nd day: space & water (1:6–8)
3rd day: earth and plant life (1:9–
13)
4th day: sun, moon, stars (1:14-19)
5th day: fish and fowl (1:20–23)
6th day: animals & people(1:24-31)
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Creation…and New Creation?
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:2……. Formless and void
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
1st day: light (1:3–5)
2nd day: space & water (1:6–8)
3rd day: earth and plant life (1:9–
13)
4th day: sun, moon, stars (1:14-19)
5th day: fish and fowl (1:20–23)
6th day: animals & people(1:24-31)
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Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:2……. Formless and void
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
2:4-17… Creation of Man (revisited)
• The LORD God made…
• Made from dust (v.7)
• Life by Breath of God (v.7)
• Made for a Garden (v.8-17)
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:2……. Formless and void
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
2:4-17… Creation of Man (revisited)
2:18-25..Creation of Marriage
The Pharisees also came to Him,
testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is
it lawful for a man to divorce his
wife for just any reason?”
Matthew 19:3
And He answered and said to them,
“Have you not read
Matthew 19:4-5
And He answered and said to them,
“Have you not read that He who
made them at the beginning ‘made
them male and female,’ and said,
‘For this reason a man shall leave
his father and mother and be joined
to his wife, and the two shall
become one flesh’ ?
Matthew 19:4-5
So then, they are no longer two but
one flesh. Therefore what God has
joined together, let not man
separate.”
Matthew 19:6
Genesis 1-2
2:18-25..Creation of Marriage
1st
2nd
it is about Loneliness (2:18)
it is about a Helper-alongside
(2:18-20)
3rd
woman
4th
5th
6th
7th
it is Exclusive–one man, one
it is Completing – out of side
it requires Leaving all (2:24)
it requires Cleaving (2:24)
it brings Oneness (2:24)
Husbands, love your wives, just as
Christ also loved the church and
gave Himself for her….
This is a great mystery, but I speak
concerning Christ and the church.
Eph 5:25,32
Genesis 1-2
2:18-25..Creation of Marriage
1st
2nd
it is about Loneliness (2:18)
it is about a Helper-alongside
(2:18-20)
3rd
woman
4th
5th
6th
7th
it is Exclusive–one man, one
it is Completing – out of side
it requires Leaving all (2:24)
it requires Cleaving (2:24)
it brings Oneness (2:24)
Genesis 1-2
1:1…….. In the Beginning God
1:2……. Formless and void
1:3-2:3...Creation in Seven Days
2:4-17… Creation of Man (revisited)
2:18-25..Creation of Marriage