Adam and Eve — 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.

Bible Stories, Genesis, Old TestamentJennifer JagersonSeptember 14, 2023Adam and Eve, Almighty God, Big Picture, creation, devastation, Ephesians, Garden of Eden, history, I Am, Isaiah, Jesus Christ, John, Mark Schulz, redemption, Revelation, salvation plan, sin, Sovereign, the Fall

Story 3: Day Six

When God spoke most of the universe into place, it took five days (See here and here for more details). It was an abundance of creation: light and darkness, the sun, moon, and stars, the boundaries of land and ocean, the flourishing of plant life, the birds winged in flight, the flashing of the fish in the sea…

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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 7: The Love of Adam

According to Scripture, every aspect of our universe came bounding out of the perfect will of God in an outpouring of energy, beauty, and the substantial, concrete things that make up our Reality.

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 13: The Flood

All was not well in the world. The members of the human race were living in malice, greed, and violence towards one another. The people that were meant to live in perfect peace in a glorious garden had disintegrated into a society of terrors.

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