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Genesis 12:1-3

Genesis 12-50 is the story of four men called the Patriarchs:

1. Abraham (12-23).

2. Isaac (24-26).

3. Jacob (27-36).

4. Joseph (37-50).

Three key words in Genesis 12:1-3 help us understand the rest of the Bible:

1. God will reveal Himself in the land of Canaan (v. 1, vv. 4-7). … Land is important in salvatio history. Places in the Bible are important. That’s why so many Bibles have maps in them. Canaan would later become Israel.

2. God will reveal Himself through one nation, the descendants of Abram (v. 2; Psalm 147:19-20). … Abram (Abraham) was promised that his descendents would be a great nation. He and his wife were past child-bearing age and had no children, but God proomised them a child. … God revealed Himself through only one nation, Israel, and no other nation.

3.God will bless the world through this one nation in this one place (v. 3; Matthew 1:1-2).

How does thus apply to your life?

God has a plan for your life. He has been working thousands of years to bless you through Jesus.

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1. The beginning of the universe (Genesis 1-2). … God is eternal. Everything except God had a beginning. Science now agrees that eveything had a beginning. The question is “What caused the beginning?”. … Humans were made different from every other creature. We were made in the image of God and given authority over the rest of the creatures of the world. We were also created with free will; we can make our own choices.

2. The beginning of sin and its consequences (Genesis 3-11). … The bad thing about having free choces is that we make bad choices. Adam and Eve were tempted by the serpent ant sinned against God. After the original sin, it only got worse. The second generotion of humans brought the first murder. Not long after that, we see poligamy, so marriage has already been disgraced. … Then God sees that mankind is corrupt all the way through and so he floods the Earth, leaving only Noah and his family as the sole representatives of mankind. … Get rid of all the bad people and the world will be better right? Nope. It got worse. After the flood, Noah got drunk and laid down, completely exposed. The Tower of Babel was a low point in the history of mankind. God seperated

3. The beginning of salvation history (Genesis 12-50). … God begins to reveal Himself to us. He gives us ways to redeem our lives. This is the beginning of the story of Jesus.

The book of Genesis tells you three basic facts you need to know about yourself:

1. You are valuable because of creation.

2. You are marred by sin.

3. You can be redeemed by Christ.

2012: The Year of the Bible

Bible Fact:

The Bible has 66 books. It is divded into two parts: Old Testament and New Testament.

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