Transcript The Importance of Genesis

The Importance of
Genesis
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Foundations are crucial
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A weak foundation means that the
structure built upon that foundation will
fall.
Applies, not only to physical structures,
but to philosophical and theological
constructs.
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“Creation is a side issue.”
“It’s divisive.”
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Genesis is foundational to the
gospel
What is the gospel?
In a nutshell, it is that Jesus Christ died for your
sins and by personally accepting His sacrifice on
your behalf you have reconciliation with God.
What is sin? Where did sin originate?
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Genesis is foundational to the
gospel
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Sin, man’s disobedience to God
“For all have sinned and fall short of the
glory of God”
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Genesis is foundational to the
gospel
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Sin, man’s disobedience to God
Death
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Genesis 3:21
The LORD God made garments of skin
for Adam and his wife and clothed
them.
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Genesis is foundational to the
gospel
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Sin
Death
Heterosexual marriage
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Which marriage is biblical?
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Genesis is foundational to the
gospel
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Sin
Death
Heterosexual marriage
Man is made in God’s image
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Genesis is foundational to the
gospel
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Sin
Death
Heterosexual marriage
Man is made in God’s image
Trinity
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Different views of Genesis creation
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Different views of Genesis creation
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Gap theory
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Different views of Genesis
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Gap theory
Theistic evolution
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Genesis order of creation
Evolutionary long-age theory
Earth before the sun and stars
Sun and stars before Earth
Earth covered with water at first
Earth a molten blob at first
Oceans before dry land
Dry land before oceans
Life first created on the land as plants
Life started in the oceans
Plants created before the sun
Plants formed after the sun
Fish and birds created together
Fish formed long before birds
Birds created before land animals
Land animals formed before birds
Whales created before land animals
Land animals formed before whales
Man and dinosaurs lived together
Dinosaurs died out long before man
Creation completed in six days
Evolution going on into the future
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Different views of Genesis
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Gap theory
Theistic evolution
Progressive creationism
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Different views of Genesis
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Gap theory
Theistic evolution
Progressive creationism
Framework hypothesis
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Different views of Genesis
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Gap theory
Theistic evolution
Progressive creation
Framework hypothesis
Biblical six-day creation
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Different views of Genesis
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Gap theory
Theistic evolution
Progressive creation
Framework hypothesis
Biblical six-day creation
Only one of the above can be true.
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Is Genesis an allegory or poetry?
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allegory \ ‘al-Ə-,gōr-ē, -,gor\ n, pl –ries [ME
allegorie, fr. L. allegoria, fr. Gk allegoria, fr.
allegorien to speak figuratively, fr. allos other +
-agorein to speak publicly, fr. agora assembly –
more at ELSE, GREGARIOUS] (14c) 1: the
expression by means of symbolic fictional figures
and actions of truths or generalizations about
human existence; also: an instance (as in a
story or painting) of such expression 2: a
symbolic representation: EMBLEM
(Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, 1991, Thomas Allen & Son Limited, Markham, ON)
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Poetry?
By suggesting that Genesis is poetry, it is
implied that a non-literal interpretation is
justified.
However, this is a false premise. Form does
not necessarily imply non-literal
interpretation.
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Psalms are poetry.
Poetry employs metaphors, similes,
symbolism, cadence, parallelism, etc.
Psalm 1:6 “For the Lord knows the way of
the righteous, but the way of the wicked
will perish.”
Ps. 2:2 “And the rulers take counsel
together against the Lord and His
Anointed…”
Ps. 3:5 “I lay down and slept.”
Ps. 4:1 “Be gracious to me and hear my
prayer.”
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Genesis is written as an historical narrative,
not as an allegory or poetry.
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Psalm 11:3
If the foundations are destroyed, What can
the righteous do?
Unfortunately, the atheist better
understands the issue than most
churchgoers.
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‘Christianity has fought, still fights, and will
continue to fight science to the desperate
end over evolution, because evolution
destroys utterly and finally the very reason
Jesus’ earthly life was supposedly made
necessary. Destroy Adam and Eve and the
original sin, and in the rubble you will find
the sorry remains of the Son of God. If
Jesus was not the redeemer who died for
our sins, and this is what evolution means,
then Christianity is nothing.’
G. Richard Bozarth, ‘The Meaning of Evolution’, American Atheist, p. 30. 20 September 1979
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Can a person be saved and hold a nonliteral/historical view of Genesis?
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Yes, but they are being inconsistent.
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What kind of foundation are they building?
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War of the World 1
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War of the World 2
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War of the World 3
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War of the World 4
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1 Peter 3:15
…but sanctify the Lord God in your
hearts, always being ready to make a
defense (answer, NIV) to everyone
who asks you to give an account for
the hope that is in you, yet with
gentleness and reverence;
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Acknowledgements
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www.Creation.com
Creation Ministries International
www.icr.org
Institute for Creation Research
www.answersingenesis.org
Answers in Genesis
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The End
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