sin — Genesis in English — His Glory In Our Story

The Story of Genesis and the Beginning of Everything

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

These are the first words of the Bible. It goes on to tell the most important story in the world. The Bible is human history presented from God’s point of view.

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Story 4: Genesis 1:27-2:3: Eden...the way it was meant to be

Let’s think for a minute about what God did when He created the first humans. There are very few things that truly deserve to be called marvelous, but this is one of them. It is worth going over and repeating in our minds.

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Story 8: The Fall

When God created the first man and woman, they were the high point of all Creation (see Story 7 and Story 8 for the details). They were made in the image of God and given the high honor of acting as His appointed viceroys over His created order.

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Story 10: Life Outside the Garden

The first man and woman brought a terrible curse upon themselves and upon the world. They would live in bondage to sin and their lives would end in death (see Story 7, Story 8, and Story 9 for the details). But when we continue to read their story, we see that the first man still had faith.

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Story 11: From Adam to Noah

The God who created all of the universe and made it good had created a special Garden for humanity, those special creatures who were made in His own image.

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Story 12: The Broken Image of God

After having Seth, Adam and Eve had more sons and daughters. All of them had many sons and daughters as well. The world was filling up with these humans that were made in the image of God. But there was a problem.

Story 15: The Covenant and the Rebellion

God did a remarkable thing. He promised He would never bring another worldwide flood. He said, “You can trust that I will never do this again.” He made a special covenant, or promise, with Noah and his sons.

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Story 21: From Shem to Abram

When we look at the time between Adam and Noah, there were ten generations of humans that multiplied on the earth. They became so hardened and wicked that God had to wash the earth clean of their polluting sin.

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Story 24: Parting Ways: The Foolish and the Wise

Abram was a chosen man. Adam and Eve, the first humans, had plunged the world under a terrible curse by rebelling against God in the garden of paradise that he had provided with him.

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Story 33: Pleading for Sodom

Three visitors had come to visit Abraham. He had provided them with a feast and honored their presence at his home. These guests were truly worthy of such an honor.

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Story 34: Sulfer and Fire

Abraham had been bargaining with God. It was a remarkable day all around. The LORD had come with two angels to visit Abraham and his wife, Sarah, in order to bring them a message.

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