Genesis — Book Overview
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
If you want to understand the world the way it truly is, you need to begin right here where God begins. Think of flowers that have been snipped from the garden and neatly arranged in a vase. For a while, they keep their beauty, their fragrance, and their structure. We live in an age that has made an idol of romantic sentiment. The world, and sadly, much of the church, believes that marriage is fundamentally a private arrangement between two individuals, governed by their feelings, their attractions, and their personal happiness. The book of Genesis begins in a garden, with God and man walking in fellowship. But because we know the God of the story, this coffin is not a symbol of despair but rather a defiant anchor of hope, cast into the future.
This overview explores the whole book. Read the explanations sampled in this summary: