By JOE MILLER JR. Jan 20, 2009 Genesis 1:1-2:4 You may have heard quite a few sermons on the creation. Read Genesis again, paying particular attention to the "ordering" of things.

Genesis 1 wants to examine the “big picture,” the creation of all that is, including man. A reader is immediately struck by its structure: there are a series of days on which particular works ...

This meant that from the very creation of the world, some people were destined to rule over others. Genesis 1 will have none of this. It is not the king who is the image of God but each and every ...

For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. Genesis 1 richly repays reflection. Consider it not just a creation account, but an accounting of the community of creation, of the ...

One of the lesser-known facts about Genesis 1-2:4a, the story of the seven days of creation, is that it was written in response to a disaster. Judah, the southern kingdom of the Israelite people ...

The book is based on Brown’s earlier book on the same topic (The Days of Creation: A History of Christian Interpretation of Genesis 1:1–2:3), which itself draws upon his PhD dissertation.

Genesis was meant to be read as literal history, creation out of nothing in six 24-hour days. From the extensive genealogies in Genesis 5, Genesis 11, 1 Chronicles 1-8 and Luke 3:23-38, we can ...

In Genesis, Adam and Eve and all the animals were vegetarians (Genesis 1:29–30) and there was no death or disease. God pronounced his Creation "very good." It was perfect.

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