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Genesis
Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Aug 16, 2024 (message contributor)
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1. Prologue
Contributed on Aug 16, 2024
Before getting to the story proper there is a Prologue – Creation. God breathed creative power. He said it and it happened – “In the Beginning.”
August 17, 2024 The Bible. Scripture. The Word of God. 66 books written by more than 40 authors, over a span of approximately 1500 years, on 3 continents (Asia, Europe and Africa) and in 3 different languages (Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek). And yet, despite all those variables, the Bible is ...read more
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2. The Villain
Contributed on Aug 23, 2024
It is important for us to understand the role The Villain plays in the story. He is not a Halloween caricature - a guy in red pajamas carrying a pitchfork. He is the very worst of enemies and life can be very confusing if we don’t take into account that there is a Villain in the story.
August 24, 2024 The Prologue concluded last week by telling us that Adam and Eve were naked, yet not ashamed. How long did this beautiful, peaceful, perfect situation last? We don’t know. God did not see fit to tell us the time span between the end of the Prologue and the beginning of the Big ...read more
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3. Sin Takes Root
Contributed on Aug 29, 2024
And the sin weed sprouts a few more leaves...
August 31, 2024 Last week we were introduced to the Villain. He planted the seeds of distrust and rebellion through the power of an idea – God cannot be trusted. The central question in the rest of the story will be, “Who is telling the truth – God or the Villain? One thing is certain, sin ...read more
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4. The Flood
Contributed on Sep 13, 2024
The verdict was dire. The perfect system God had created was broken. The corruption of humanity – which extended to the earth itself – was universal and would require a universal response....
September 14, 2024 Last time we discussed how quickly sin took root in the pre-flood world. There seemed to be no hope for humanity. However, in the midst of this sad and sorry situation, we are given the brief genealogy of Noah. Genesis 6:9-10 - …. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among ...read more
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5. Starting Over
Contributed on Sep 26, 2024
Life resumed on planet earth….. Will the future be different from the past?
September 28, 2024 We ended last time by briefly discussing the covenant sign of the rainbow. This morning we are going to begin by looking at the Covenant itself. The Covenant God made with Noah and his descendants is the first formal covenant described in the Old Testament. In the Hebrew ...read more
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6. Abram And Sarai
Contributed on Oct 10, 2024
God’s plan would revolve around the history of one man and woman – Abram and Sarai. They will become the nucleus of his hands-on Plan of Redemption.
October 12, 2024 After Adam and Eve sinned, they were promised a Deliverer – a Savior – who would undo what they had done. Meanwhile, the sin weed grew and flourished until – “every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.” It was pruned briefly by the ...read more
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7. Abraham And Sarah
Contributed on Oct 17, 2024
Abram’s hands were not clean. Sarai’s hands were not clean. Hagar’s hands were not clean. This situation was never a part of God’s plan. It was the result of distrust. Period. Full stop. And yet…… God did not abandon the plan. He was committed to these people in spite of themselves.
October 19, 2024 Last week we concluded with God promising, again, to make Abram a great nation and then ratifying the covenant by walking through the carcasses – taking upon himself the consequences of a failed covenant. Which brings us to Genesis 16. It had been 10 years since God first ...read more
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8. Lot
Contributed on Oct 25, 2024
The wickedness of the city may have caused Lot pain, but instead of being an INFLUENCER, he had become the INFLUENCEE. He had squandered his knowledge of God. His very presence in the city and his own actions say – if nothing else - “acceptance” of the swamp he had chosen.
October 26, 2024 We don’t know much about Lot. He is mentioned just 26 times in Genesis, primarily in chapters 13 and 19. We know that his father was Haran and that he joined the household of his uncle Abram and aunt Sarai after the death of his father (interestingly, it was one of Abram’s ...read more
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9. Abraham And Isaac
Contributed on Oct 31, 2024
Abraham was to be the father of the nation through which the Messiah would come. Faithfulness was an important character trait, yet, in moments of perceived crisis, Abraham had proven himself unfaithful. Was he really the man for the job? That was the question to be answered.
November 02, 2024 When we left off last week, Abraham and Sarah had been told that, at the same time the following year, they would have a child. I also asked a question……. Did Abraham finally understand that Sarah was and had always been included in the covenant promise? Well, no. Genesis ...read more
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10. Foward-Looking Faith
Contributed on Nov 7, 2024
Faith is always looking forward and in the final events of Abraham’s life we see his forward-looking faith on full display.
November 09, 2024 After the dramatic events on Mount Moriah, Abraham and Isaac returned home. Sarah lived for, approximately, another 20 years and died at Hebron age 127. Abraham was now 137 years old. He had been walking with God for a long time. Faith is always looking forward and in the ...read more
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11. Isaac And Rebekah
Contributed on Nov 14, 2024
Right from the start we know that Isaac and Rebekah are going to be in for a bumpy ride because “the babies jostled with each other in her womb.”
November 16, 2024 Last week we concluded the story of Abraham and Sarah with a bridge that included the genealogies of 2 of the 3 branches of his family: the children of Keturah and the children of Ishmael. Today we begin with the “account of Abraham’s son, Isaac.” Isaac was 40 years old when ...read more
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12. Jacob ---- The Early Years
Contributed on Nov 21, 2024
“Conflict, tension, faith and finally, reconciliation are key themes in Jacob’s story.... The son of the blessing experienced numerous mountaintops and valleys as he grew into the man who would become Israel.”
November 23, 2024 Last week we were introduced to Jacob and Esau - the sons of Isaac and Rebekah. While Esau will play a bit part, the remainder of Genesis will be devoted to Jacob and his children. “Conflict, tension, faith and finally, reconciliation are key themes in Jacob’s story. ...read more
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13. Jacob - The Exile Years
Contributed on Nov 28, 2024
Yahweh had promised to go with Jacob and He had also promised to bring him back to the land of Abraham and Isaac.
November 30, 2024 When we left Jacob last week, he had arrived in the land of his mother’s people - Mesopotamia. Yahweh had promised to go with him and he had also promised to bring him back to the land of Abraham and Isaac. And so, the exile years begin. Not knowing where he was, Jacob ...read more
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14. Jacob's Name Changed
Contributed on Dec 5, 2024
I will not let you go unless you bless me..........
December 07, 2024 83 years ago today, the empire of Japan attacked the Hawaiian island of Oahu at Pearl Harbor, Hickam Army-Airfield and Wheeler Army-Airfield. The next day President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to Congress: ….Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the ...read more
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15. The Canaan Years
Contributed on Dec 19, 2024
The theme of deceit and betrayal that we have seen throughout Jacob’s story continues in the lives of his sons.
December 21, 2024 When we left Jacob last week, he and Esau had reconciled and he had purchased some land from Hamor, not far from the city of Shechem, and had settled his family there. Maybe Jacob would finally get some rest…… -Dinah- Genesis 34:1 - Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne ...read more