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GENESIS CHAPTER
      ONE
IMPORTANT POINTS
 THUS FAR IN THE STUDY
• Time is a physical property
• Time is the plane that measures the
  relationship between objects in space
  held together by gravity
• Man sees time as linear but God is
  outside time and space and sees
  everything at once
• Before time began God knew he would
  come in Jesus
Apologetics
• 1 Peter 3:15: "But sanctify the Lord God in your
  hearts, and always be ready to give a defense
  to everyone who asks you a reason for the
  hope that is in you, with meekness and fear"
• Defense = "from logical reasoning"
• All our reasoning is built from the living “logos”,
  i.e. Jesus
• The fall created a blindness in our
  understanding
• Revelation is needed to take the covering from
  our eyes to see the living “logos”.
2 Corinthians 4:3-6
"But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to
those who are perishing, whose minds the god of
this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the
light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is
the image of God, should shine on them. 5 For
we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the
Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus'
sake. For it is the God who commanded light to
shine out of darkness, who has shone in our
hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."
Genesis 1:1
      “In the beginning God
 created the heavens and the
•"..created..": Bara earth” = "out of nothing
                     ;"to create"
• "God,….calls those things which do not exist as
  though they did"--Rom 4:17
• “ Bara” is specific , God created out of nothing,
  God is separate from His creation
• Only God can create, that is call into existence
  that which had no prior existence
• Men make things or form things from that which
  are already present
“GOD” = ELOHIM
• God as creator
• In Genesis chapter 2 God will be
  Jehovah the covenant keeping God
• Elohim is a plural form of God
• All three persons of the trinity are at
  work in the creation account
• Vs 3: "Then God Said.." = Jesus the
  Son
• Vs 2: "…the Spirit of God was
  hovering…"
Is creation instantaneous,
    or is it gradual over time?
•   Crystals in oldest rocks demonstrated
    bulls eye effect known as radio halos
•   Bulls eye = radio activity is an
    impurity in the rocks themselves
•   Three things had to happen for the
    radio halos to form:
•   1. Rock had to be liquid
•   2. Rock has to be solid to remain
•   3. Only happens when radio activity
    is happening
•      Rate of decay ratio for polonium (half-
       life)
•      1. PO-218: 3 MINUTES
•      2. PO-214: .000164 SEC.
•      3. PO-210: 138 DAYS




    Dr. Robert
    Gentry a nuclear
    physicist
PSALM 33:6&9
“By the word of the LORD the
heavens were made, And all the host
of them by the breath of His
mouth….. For He spoke, and it was
done; He commanded, and it stood
fast."
The chicken really did come
      before the egg!
• WHEN GOD CREATED THE
  EARTH, HE MORE THAN LIKELY
  CREATED A MATURE EARTH. HE
  CREATED THINGS IN THE MIDST
  OF TIME ALREADY WITH AGE
  BUILT INTO THEM. EXAMPLE:
  ADAM; ANIMALS; PLANTS;
  TREES; ETC., ALL MATURE
"…the heavens and the
            earth.”
•   Heavens = space; shamayim; often plural
•   Heavens literally means: elevation…a place
    that is higher in order, i.e. as opposed to
    solid
•   Earth = matter; erets or land as opposed to water
•   The word often represents the whole
    surface of this planet and when put together
    with the word heavens describes the entire
    physical creation and everything in it.
Gen 1:2
"The earth was without form,
        and void…."
• “Was”—hayah
• In 98 percent of its occurrences hayah
  is translated as was and not became, or
  had become as some have used it
• This verb indicates more than simple
  existence or identity; rather, the verb
  makes a strong statement about the
  being or presence of a person or thing
• The prophets often used hayah to denote
  God’s intervention in the future, by using
  this word, the emphasize upon…the
  underlying force, i.e. God that will effect
  the future events.
• The verb hayah simply stated is concerned
  with the state in which things are, and the
  force who is effecting change by direct
  action upon things
• The earth had not become "without form,
  and void" but was without form, and void
  before God's direct forceful action upon it
GAP THEORY REFUTED
•   Scofield Reference Bible supports
    the "Gap Theory"
•   Gap between Genesis. 1:1 and
    Genesis 1:2
•   Creation time not given therefore
    could be billions of years
•   First creation was for angels when
    angels were in charge of planets
    and this is when Lucifer fell and
    took his fallen angels with him
•   God needed to recreate the world from
    its fall from the angels rebellion
•   Gap theorist not only place a huge
    emphasis upon the word hayah as "had
    become" but also upon the word `asah
    "made" as "recreate"
•   Fossils are reminder of this time
•   Gap Theory is a theological disaster:
•   FOSSILS EQUAL DEATH; NO DEATH
    BEFORE ADAM MAKES GOD
    RESPONSIBLE DEATH, PAIN, AND
    SUFFERING (ROM 5:12, I COR 15:21)
without form, and void…."
•    “Without form”—tohu
•    “And void”—bohu
•    Tohu: Formlessness, confusion,
     unreality, nothingness
•    Bohu: Emptiness
•    Jewish rabbis noticed by the
     formation of the wording in
     Genesis 1:1&2, that the proceeding
     verses would result in the
     formation of God’s house, and then
     the filling of his house.
Isaiah 45:18
  '"For thus says the LORD, Who
  created the heavens, Who is God,
  Who formed the earth and made it,
  Who has established it, Who did not
  create it in vain, Who formed it to be
  inhabited: "I am the LORD, and
  there is no other."'
• GOD DID NOT CREATE THE
  EARTH IN VAIN BUT TO BE
  HOUSE FOR MAN AND THE
  ANIMALS FOR HIS DIVINE
Gen 1:2
     "and darkness was on the
         face of the deep."
•   "Deep" = waters
•   "face of the deep"= "face of the waters = a watery
    matrix
•   “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of
    the waters”—vs. 2
•   "…The Spirit of God”= the energizer of the
    universe
•   Two types of forces on matter = electromagnetic
    spectrum and gravitational forces
•   2 Peter 1:2: The Spirit of God
    energized the prophets
•   Col 1: 15-17: Could it be that what
    we know as gravitational forces is
    actually the Person of God?
•   The compass of the world needed to
    be set, and had not yet happened;
    the elements of matter and
    molecules of water were present
    but not yet energized; the forces of
    gravity had not yet been functioning
    to pull together the particles into a
    functioning form
Proverbs 8:24-31
"When there were no depths I was
brought forth, When there were no
fountains abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was brought forth;
While as yet He had not made the
earth or the fields, Or the primal dust
of the world. When He prepared the
heavens, I was there, When He drew a
circle on the face of the deep, When
He established the clouds above, When
He strengthened the fountains of the
When He assigned to the sea its
    limit, So that the waters would not
    transgress His command, When He
    marked out the foundations of the
    earth, Then I was beside Him as a
    master craftsman; And I was daily
    His delight, Rejoicing always before
    Him, Rejoicing in His inhabited
    world, And my delight was with the
    sons of men."
•    "Not by might, nor by power, but
    by my Spirit says the Lord…" Zech.
Babylonian map of the
           world




Probably the oldest map yet found dating. This
tablet dates from the 7th-6th century BC and
depicts the world as a circle surrounded by water
and with Babylon at its center.
Genesis 1:2
    And the Spirit of God was
            hovering
 "As an eagle stirs up its nest, Hovers
  over its young, Spreading out its wings,
  taking them up, Carrying them on its
  wings…" Deut 32:11
• The imagery painted in verse two is
  that God is a loving protective creator
  brooding over His young assuring their
  success and growth into maturity as
  they take their first steps. How can we
  fail?
• A person who wants to do a study of the
  Holy Spirit does not start at acts 2, but
  here in Genesis verse 2.
• .."for it is God who works in you both
  to will and to do for His good pleasure."
  Phil 2:13


• "What then shall we say to these things?
  If God is for us, who can be against us?
  He who did not spare His own Son, but
  delivered Him up for us all, how shall
  He not with Him also freely give us all
"Who shall bring a charge against
God's elect? It is God who justifies.
Who is he who condemns? It is Christ
who died, and furthermore is also
risen, who is even at the right hand of
God, who also makes intercession for
us. Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or
distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is
written: "For Your sake we are killed
all day long; We are accounted as
sheep for the slaughter."
Yet in all these things we are more
than conquerors through Him who
loved us. For I am persuaded that
neither death nor life, nor angels
nor principalities nor powers, nor
things present nor things to come,
nor height nor depth, nor any other
created thing, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 8:31-39

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Genesis chapter one

  • 2. IMPORTANT POINTS THUS FAR IN THE STUDY • Time is a physical property • Time is the plane that measures the relationship between objects in space held together by gravity • Man sees time as linear but God is outside time and space and sees everything at once • Before time began God knew he would come in Jesus
  • 3. Apologetics • 1 Peter 3:15: "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear" • Defense = "from logical reasoning" • All our reasoning is built from the living “logos”, i.e. Jesus • The fall created a blindness in our understanding • Revelation is needed to take the covering from our eyes to see the living “logos”.
  • 4. 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 "But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."
  • 5. Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the •"..created..": Bara earth” = "out of nothing ;"to create" • "God,….calls those things which do not exist as though they did"--Rom 4:17 • “ Bara” is specific , God created out of nothing, God is separate from His creation • Only God can create, that is call into existence that which had no prior existence • Men make things or form things from that which are already present
  • 6. “GOD” = ELOHIM • God as creator • In Genesis chapter 2 God will be Jehovah the covenant keeping God • Elohim is a plural form of God • All three persons of the trinity are at work in the creation account • Vs 3: "Then God Said.." = Jesus the Son • Vs 2: "…the Spirit of God was hovering…"
  • 7. Is creation instantaneous, or is it gradual over time? • Crystals in oldest rocks demonstrated bulls eye effect known as radio halos • Bulls eye = radio activity is an impurity in the rocks themselves • Three things had to happen for the radio halos to form: • 1. Rock had to be liquid • 2. Rock has to be solid to remain • 3. Only happens when radio activity is happening
  • 8. Rate of decay ratio for polonium (half- life) • 1. PO-218: 3 MINUTES • 2. PO-214: .000164 SEC. • 3. PO-210: 138 DAYS Dr. Robert Gentry a nuclear physicist
  • 9. PSALM 33:6&9 “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth….. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast."
  • 10. The chicken really did come before the egg! • WHEN GOD CREATED THE EARTH, HE MORE THAN LIKELY CREATED A MATURE EARTH. HE CREATED THINGS IN THE MIDST OF TIME ALREADY WITH AGE BUILT INTO THEM. EXAMPLE: ADAM; ANIMALS; PLANTS; TREES; ETC., ALL MATURE
  • 11. "…the heavens and the earth.” • Heavens = space; shamayim; often plural • Heavens literally means: elevation…a place that is higher in order, i.e. as opposed to solid • Earth = matter; erets or land as opposed to water • The word often represents the whole surface of this planet and when put together with the word heavens describes the entire physical creation and everything in it.
  • 12. Gen 1:2 "The earth was without form, and void…." • “Was”—hayah • In 98 percent of its occurrences hayah is translated as was and not became, or had become as some have used it • This verb indicates more than simple existence or identity; rather, the verb makes a strong statement about the being or presence of a person or thing
  • 13. • The prophets often used hayah to denote God’s intervention in the future, by using this word, the emphasize upon…the underlying force, i.e. God that will effect the future events. • The verb hayah simply stated is concerned with the state in which things are, and the force who is effecting change by direct action upon things • The earth had not become "without form, and void" but was without form, and void before God's direct forceful action upon it
  • 14. GAP THEORY REFUTED • Scofield Reference Bible supports the "Gap Theory" • Gap between Genesis. 1:1 and Genesis 1:2 • Creation time not given therefore could be billions of years • First creation was for angels when angels were in charge of planets and this is when Lucifer fell and took his fallen angels with him
  • 15. God needed to recreate the world from its fall from the angels rebellion • Gap theorist not only place a huge emphasis upon the word hayah as "had become" but also upon the word `asah "made" as "recreate" • Fossils are reminder of this time • Gap Theory is a theological disaster: • FOSSILS EQUAL DEATH; NO DEATH BEFORE ADAM MAKES GOD RESPONSIBLE DEATH, PAIN, AND SUFFERING (ROM 5:12, I COR 15:21)
  • 16. without form, and void…." • “Without form”—tohu • “And void”—bohu • Tohu: Formlessness, confusion, unreality, nothingness • Bohu: Emptiness • Jewish rabbis noticed by the formation of the wording in Genesis 1:1&2, that the proceeding verses would result in the formation of God’s house, and then the filling of his house.
  • 17. Isaiah 45:18 '"For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: "I am the LORD, and there is no other."' • GOD DID NOT CREATE THE EARTH IN VAIN BUT TO BE HOUSE FOR MAN AND THE ANIMALS FOR HIS DIVINE
  • 18. Gen 1:2 "and darkness was on the face of the deep." • "Deep" = waters • "face of the deep"= "face of the waters = a watery matrix • “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters”—vs. 2 • "…The Spirit of God”= the energizer of the universe • Two types of forces on matter = electromagnetic spectrum and gravitational forces
  • 19. 2 Peter 1:2: The Spirit of God energized the prophets • Col 1: 15-17: Could it be that what we know as gravitational forces is actually the Person of God? • The compass of the world needed to be set, and had not yet happened; the elements of matter and molecules of water were present but not yet energized; the forces of gravity had not yet been functioning to pull together the particles into a functioning form
  • 20. Proverbs 8:24-31 "When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth; While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primal dust of the world. When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep, When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the fountains of the
  • 21. When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth, Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, Rejoicing in His inhabited world, And my delight was with the sons of men." • "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord…" Zech.
  • 22. Babylonian map of the world Probably the oldest map yet found dating. This tablet dates from the 7th-6th century BC and depicts the world as a circle surrounded by water and with Babylon at its center.
  • 23. Genesis 1:2 And the Spirit of God was hovering "As an eagle stirs up its nest, Hovers over its young, Spreading out its wings, taking them up, Carrying them on its wings…" Deut 32:11 • The imagery painted in verse two is that God is a loving protective creator brooding over His young assuring their success and growth into maturity as they take their first steps. How can we fail?
  • 24. • A person who wants to do a study of the Holy Spirit does not start at acts 2, but here in Genesis verse 2. • .."for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." Phil 2:13 • "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all
  • 25. "Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
  • 26. Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:31-39