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The Doctrinal Purpose of Genesis
To Teach God is the Sovereign Creator
To Teach God is a Personal God
-desires and seeks out relationship with man
To Teach the Justice of God
-rewarder of those who obey (Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham)
-punisher of those who walk in disobedience
(Adam and Eve, Cain, people of Noah’s generation)
To Teach the Grace and Mercy of God
To Teach the Faithfulness of God
In Genesis we discover that God is a covenant making and covenant keeping God (covenants with Noah, with Abraham, Jacob)
To Teach the Redemption of God
God has a plan to redeem mankind from the penalty of their sins. We can find the blood of Jesus Christ flowing throughout the first book of the Bible
*from the Garden of Eden (animal slain for covering to seed of woman crushing the head of the serpent)
*to the Ark of Noah (type of Christ)
*to the Ram sacrificed as a substitute for Isaac
*to Joseph
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