The Book of Genesis
- First Impressions
1.1 What do you see in this book that tells you
about the Original Reader?
- The
original reader of the book of Genesis seems to be the people of Israel who had
been enslaved in Egypt (Gen 15:13). From chapter 11 to the end of the book is
about a family who became the ancestors of Israelites. All the names of the
descendents of Israel must be relevant to the reader (Gen 46:8-27).
1.2 What do you see in this book that tells you
about the author?
- The
author of this book seems to be Moses because this book, especially from
chapter 39 through 50, contains so many details about the Egyptian society at
the time such as the government officials (Gen 40:1), table customs (Gen
43:32), embalming practice and mourning period (Gen 50:2-3) and so on.
1.3 Main themes, repeated ideas and main idea
- There are several themes
repeated in the book of Genesis: the
fall of human beings and the resulting sins against God (Gen 3:1-19, Gen
4:5-8, Gen 4:23-24, Gen 6:5, Gen 11:1-4, Gen 18:20-19:14); the redemption through a messiah (Gen 3:14, Gen 22:1-14); unwarranted favor given to God’s elected
people (Gen 5:21-24, Gen 6:8,
Gen 12:1-3, Gen 20:3-7, Gen 25:23, Rom 9:11-13); and the covenant (Gen 12:2-37, Gen
13:14-17, Gen 15:9-21, Gen 17:1-21, Gen 22:16-18, Gen 26:2-5, Gen 26:24, Gen
28:13-15, Gen 34:11-12).
1.4 What is the primary reason this book was written?
- The people of Israel at the time had been
enslaved by the Egyptians, under which they had been
suffering greatly (Exo 1:11-16).
- The author wanted to deliver God’s desire that
the people of Israel should keep the way of the Lord so that he could fulfill
what he promised (Gen 18:19).
- Theme Tracing
2.1 What does this book show about the Character and Nature of God?
- God exists in eternity thus
capable of creating time (Gen 1:1).
- God has the knowledge of good
and evil (Gen 1:4).
- God is able to do whatever he
intends to do (Gen 1:3).
- God cares about his creation
(Gen 1:29).
- God desires a close fellowship
with human beings (Gen 5:22-24).
- God is a covenant-giving god
(Gen 12:2-37, Gen 13:14-17, Gen 15:9-21, Gen 17:1-21, Gen 22:16-18, Gen 26:2-5,
Gen 26:24, Gen 28:13-15, Gen 34:11-12).
2.2 What does this book show you about God’s redemptive plan for mankind?
- The first man “Adam” is the symbol
for Jesus and “Eve” who is created from the man’s rib, his church. And the
union of Adam and Eve foreshadows the union of Christ and his church made
through his death on the cross where his side was pierced (Gen 2:21-24, Eph
5:31-32).
- God declared that the offspring
of the woman would strike the head of the serpent which is Satan, thereby
redeeming his people (Gen 3:14).
- The story of Noah and the ark
also symbolizes God’s work of salvation. Only by grace of God, Noah (and his
family) was regarded as righteous among all the other human beings on earth and
was spared from the flood by the means of an ark which foreshadows Jesus Christ
(Gen 5:9-17).
- The lion mentioned in Jacob’s
blessing for Judah points to Jesus who would come in the line of Judah’s tribe
and die on the cross (Gen 49:11).
- Application
3.1 Personal application
- As I was reading Gen 9:13 “When
I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between
God and every living creature on earth,” It came upon my mind that the people
living at the time of the Great Flood had never seen the cloud before. So Noah
and his family members would have been frightened at the sight of a cloud in
the sky unless God gave them the rainbow as a sign of the covenant. Therefore this
rainbow is not just a reminder of the covenant but also God’s kind, considerate
gesture for human beings. How good is our God!! This God who cared so much
about Noah and their descendents cares about me today. This passage just
reminded me once again of how good, how gentle, how tender is my God.
3.2 Point of Passion Assignment
I am not sure about this yet.
The Book of Exodus
- First Impressions
1.1 What do you see in this book that tells you
about the Original Reader?
- The
original reader of the book of Exodus is the people of Israel who had been
enslaved in Egypt.
- Ref.:
Exo 3:16, Exo 6:6, Exo 12:3
1.2 What do you see in this book that tells you
about the author?
- The
author of this book is Moses.
- Ref.:
Exo 17:14, Exo 24:3-4, Exo 34: 27
1.3 Main themes, repeated ideas and main idea
- Throughout
the book, the author repeatedly highlights several ideas: the covenant which God made with the ancestors of the Israelites,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Exo 6:4, Exo 31:13, Exo 33:1-2, Exo 34:10-11); separation of His people from the world
(even their livestock and land) (Exo 8:23, Exo 9:4. Exo 9:26, Exo 10:23, Exo
11:7); firstborn son (Exo 4:22, Exo
11:5, Exo 12:12, Exo 13:2, Exo 13:12, Exo 34:19-20); rebellious people of Israel (Exo 5:21, Exo 14:11, Exo 15:24, Exo
16:20, Exo 16:20, Exo 17:2); Sabbath
(Exo 16:23, Exo 20:8-11, Exo 31:13-17); and Israelites described as an army (Exo 12:41, Exo 12:51, Exo 13:18).
- God
made a covenant with His people to bring them to himself despite their being
rebellious through His firstborn son Jesus.
1.4 What is the primary reason this book was written?
- The people of Israel at the time had been
enslaved by the Egyptians, under which they had been
suffering greatly (Exo 1:11-16).
- The author wanted to reveal God to the
Israelites and reaffirm the covenant God made with their ancestors (Exo 6:
2-8).
- Theme Tracing
2.1 What does this book show about the Character and Nature of God?
- God exists by himself who was
not created by any other (Exo 3:14).
- God sets up his plan and wills
it (Exo 4:21).
- God is almighty (Exo 6:2).
- God uses anybody to fulfill his
purpose in any way (Exo 9:16).
- God is a warrior (Exo 15:3).
- God is holy, splendid and
performs great wonders (Exo 15:11).
- God is compassionate, merciful,
slow to anger, loving and faithful (Exo 33:6-7).
- God is jealous (Exo 20:5).
2.2 What does this book show you about God’s redemptive plan for mankind?
- The massive infanticide of
Hebrews by Pharaoh at the time when Moses was born is a counterpart to another
massive baby-killing by King Herod in the New Testament, foreshadowing the
coming of Jesus, the savior of His people (Exo 1:15-16).
- The act of Zipporah’s
circumcising her son and touching Moses’ feet with the son’s foreskin
foreshadows the crucifixion of Jesus Christ through which God forgives human
sins (Exo 4:24-26).
- The lamb of the Passover
foreshadows Jesus Christ (Exo 12:13, 21).
- Every firstborn son who is to
be bought back means every believer who is bought back for the price Jesus paid
on the cross (Exo 13:12-15).
- A piece of wood in this story
foreshadows Jesus who died on the tree, through whom we became acceptable to
God (Exo 15:25).
- Application
3.1 Personal application
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