Genesis Class
This class starts Wednesday, Jan 11, 2023, and goes for 13 weeks, finishing on or around April 5.
Class starts 6:30 pm and ends 8:00 pm.
Online Audio and Video Resources
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A few words about Creation vs. Naturalism
Naturalism (which includes concepts such as the Big Bang Theory, Evolutionary Theory, Critical Race Theory, Climate Change Theory) is not "science". Science is observable and repeatable. None of these theories is observable, repeatable, or proven. Hence Naturalism is not "Science". It is simply another religion requiring the faithful to believe. So, when comparing Creationism with Naturalism, you are not comparing Christianity with Science. You are comparing Christianity with another religion (albeit a false one). Those claiming Naturalism is science do not understand what science is.
Week 1 - January 11, 2023
Introduction to Genesis
Themes:
- Origin and age of the universe
- The creation of man
- The sanctity of life
- What is the nature of God? What is He like?
- God's design and purpose for marriage
- What is sin, and where does it come from?
- What does God require of us?
- Why is there evil in the world?
- Why is there suffering and death?
- Why was there a world-wide flood?
- Where did the races and nationalities come from?
- Why are there so many different languages in the world?
Do you have a customized worldview?
State of Theology Survey (Click on the Data Explorer link)
Ken Hamm Message at Truth Matters Conference
ANONYMOUS SURVEY OF CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW
Week 2 - January 18, 2023
Creation of the World - Genesis 1:1 - 2:2
Sermon: Creation: Believe It or Not, Part 1
Sermon: Creation: Believe It or Not, Part 2
Week 3 - January 25, 2023
Adam and Eve - Genesis 2:3 - 2:25
Sermon: Genesis Chapter Two - John MacArthur
As you listen to the Hebrew reading of Genesis Chapter Two, in the following recording, listen for the following words:
- Adonai - Lord
- Elohim - God
- Shabbat - Sabbath
- Nephesh - Soul
- Adam - Man (proper name)
- Adamah - earth, as in dust or dirt
- Ish - man (a man's function, in the sense of a husband)
- Ishshah - woman (a woman's function, in the sense of a wife)
A look at the Hebrew Roots for "ish" and "ishshah", see https://www.abarim-publications.com/Dictionary/a/a-n-si.html
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אנש => "ish"
- The root of ISH has a single meaning, that of man as an individual
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איש => "ishshah"
- The root for ISHSHAH has three potential meanings:
- the root as a verb means "weak" or "weaker"
- the root as a root has the sense of "friendly, or social"
- the root in cognate languages (similar to ancient Hebrew) means "soft"
- The root for ISHSHAH has three potential meanings:
Week 4 - February 1, 2023
The Fall Of Man - Genesis 3:1 - 3:24
"As soon as one does not completely, unreservedly, and wholeheartedly trust in the wisdom and absolute goodness of God, as soon as one does not believe that the purposes and the commands of God are for our best and highest joy, sin has entered the heart. Because anything less than loving the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is sin." - John MacArthur
Sermon: The Fall of Man, Part 1 - John MacArthur
Sermon: The Fall of Man, Part 2 - John MacArthur
Theologian William Lane Craig mocks the Genesis story and says why he doesn't "want" it to be true
Week 5 - February 8, 2023
Cain and Abel - Genesis 4:1-8
- "If I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous Revolution that swallowed up some sixty million of our people (Russia), I could not put it more accurately than to repeat: Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1983
Cain: The Portrait of a Doomed Sinner, Part 1
Week 6 - February 15, 2023
The First Murder and Its Consequences - Genesis 4:8-16
Cain: The Portrait of a Doomed Sinner, Part 2
Further Study: The Origin of Society - Genesis 4:17-26
Week 7 - February 22, 2023
Preview - The Generations of Adam - Genesis Chapter 5
Sermon, The Generations of Adam
The following genealogy traces Joseph back to Abraham. This establishes his kingship rights, since his earthly father is descended from David, and there are many kings in his lineage:
The following genealogy traces Mary (wife of Joseph) back to Adam. This establishes that he is the promised seed of Eve that will crush the serpent's head:
Noah and the Ark - Genesis Chapter 6
The Destruction of Mankind, Part 1, Gen 6:5-12
The Destruction of Mankind, Part 2, Gen 6:5-12
Human fossils?
Noah's Arc of Faith, Gen 6:13-22
Week 8 - The Great Flood - March 1, 2023
Genesis Chapters 7-8
The Genesis Account of Noah's Ark - Video Series
Judgment on the Horizon, Gen 7:1-5
The Flood of Judgment, Gen 7:6-16
The Power of Divine Judgment in the Global Flood, Gen 7:17-8:5
God's Miraculous Restoration of Mankind, Gen 8:6-22
Week 9 - The First Covenant - March 8, 2023
Genesis 9:1-17
Life and Death in the New World, Gen 9:1-7
God's Rainbow Covenant, Gen 9:8-17
Rainbows are caused by both refraction and reflection inside of raindrops. Sunlight enters the raindrop at about 48 degrees. Inside the drop it hits the back of the drop at about 21 degrees to the perpendicular, so instead of refracting, it reflects, creating an optimal 42 degree angle, and then exits the drop refracting again. Red light travels the fastest so is bent the least when it crosses the refractive interface. Violet bends the most.
To see a rainbow, the sun must be behind you. The colors you see are reflected off the back side of millions of raindrops. As an observer looking up, the drops lower in the sky display violet to you, and the drops higher in the sky display red to you. The curve of the bow is created based on the sun's position relative to the raindrops and the observer, and the fact that violet bends more than red, and hence appears as the color on the inside of the rainbow.
Week 10 - The Sons of Noah - March 15, 2023
Genesis 9:18-29
The Polarizing Effect of Canaan's Curse
Week 11 - Heritage and Family - March 22, 2023
Genesis 10:1-32
Sermon-History in the New World
World Map of Y-DNA Haplogroups
Week 12 - The Tower of Babel - March 29, 2023
Genesis 11:1-9
Judgment of the Rebellion at Babel, Part 1
Judgment of the Rebellion at Babel, Part 2
The Descendents of Shem
Genesis 11:10-32
- Noah was still alive when Abraham walked the earth!
- Shem could have held Jacob in his lap as a young lad!
- See the chart below
