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GENESIS:
THE FOUNDATION OF DIVINE REVELATION. Pages
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I. Rebellion. (Satan the perpetrator).
2. Genesis. (Rebuilding the ruined Creation).
3. Adam and Eve. (Fall from grace).
4. Noah the flood. (and why).
5. Abraham. (True lineage).
6. Our Lord Jesus Christ. (The Crucifixion.)
7. Revelation. (The Apocalypse).
Genesis is the seed plot of the whole Bible. It is essential to the true understanding of it’s every part. It is the foundation on which Divine Revelation rests; and on which it is built up. It is not only the foundation of all Truth, but it enters into, and forms part of, all subsequent inspiration; and is at once the warp and woof of Holy writ.
Genesis is quoted or referred to sixty times in the New Testament; and Divine authority is set like a seal on it’s historical facts. ( see )
Matt 19:4-6; 4. And He answered and said unto them, “Have ye not read, that He Which made them at the beginning made them male and female.
5. And said, ” For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh.’’
6. Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Matt. 24: 37-39, 37. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
39. And knew not until the flood came, and took the all away.
Mark 7: 4,10,
4. And when they came from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
5. Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why walk not Thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”
6. He answered and said unto them, “Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
7. Howbeit in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
8. For laying aside the commandment of God ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups, and many other such like things ye do.
9. And He said unto them,” Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
10. For Moses said, “Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother let him die the death:’’
Mark 10:3-8 (on the question.”Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?’’ asked by the Pharisees, Jesus replied.)
3. And He answered and said unto them, “What did Moses command you?’’
4. And they said, “Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.’’
5. And Jesus answered and said unto them, “For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.’’
6. But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.
7. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife.
8. And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Luke 11: 49-51.
49. Therefore also said the Wisdom of God, “I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: