Genesis 1

Beginnings 50 Genesis 1:1 Seed of Abraham

**Writer of the Book: Date: Conclusion of the Book: ** Moses About 1500 B. C. The failure of man under every condition is met by the salvation of God.

Genesis 1:1-31

** Contents:** Original creation and the renovating of earth for habitation of man. Creation of animal and human life.

Characters: God, Genesis 1:1. Spirit, Genesis 1:2. Christ, Genesis 1:26 (See Colossians 1:15-17; John 1:3) first man and woman.

Conclusion: An all-wise, all-powerful, loving God formed all things perfect in the beginning. He made man, the crown of His creation, perfect and capable of fellowship with Himself and able to enjoy and govern Eden.

Key Word: Beginnings, Genesis 1:1.

Strong Verses: Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:27.

Striking Facts: Genesis 1:1. Be sure to compare John 1:1; John 1:2; John 1:3; John 1:14. Not only was Jesus Christ present in creation, but creation was bound up with Him as its secret. Colossians 1:15-17. See Hebrews 1:3.

Gen. 1 is not a history of the original creation, but of a reconstruction following a cataclysmic judgment which had befallen the original creation. Genesis 1:1 Original creation. Genesis 1:2 Its destruction. Genesis 1:3 and on, Reconstruction.