Genesis 3 – the True Hope

Here’s a quick summary of the first two chapters – Chapter 1 of Genesis has been about God’s formation and filling of his creation in presenting the gospel of Jesus’ incarnation (light over darkness), death (separation of the waters) and resurrection (new life on dry land) through Days 1-3, and 4-6 respectively.
Chapter 2 focuses on [...]

Genesis 2:16-25 – The great gospel of marriage

v.16-17 speaks of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and it is God’s commandment that man should surely eat of the tree of life (v. 9) as opposed to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Much debate spins on why God would want us to prevent ourselves from feeding on [...]

Genesis 2:15 – Salvation by works or faith alone?

We now come to a heavily misconceived topic – “Work”. The verse in Hebrew for Genesis 2:15 goes:
וַיִּקַּ֛ח יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ בְגַן־עֵ֔דֶן לְעָבְדָ֖הּ וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃
Here is the NIV translation:

“…Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.”

The Chinese 和合本 translation:

耶 和 華 [...]

Genesis 2:4-14 – The Four Rivers

There is some updated content (check below) – updated on 24-6-2008
So now chapter 2 of Genesis continues to describe the sixth day of creation in detail.
v. 4-9: Some particular things to note – we have here the man of “dust”, who had the breath of life by God’s breath/ruah, who was contending in man, [...]

Genesis 2:1-3 – Day Seven – the Sabbath

Let’s take a look @ Genesis 2:1-3
v.1-3: Day seven – a day representing (temporary) completion. God blessed this day specifically, in contrast to day 1-6. The Sabbath is especially important, and it is blessed because God rested from all his work. The theme in Hebrews 3 and 4 follows after this [...]

Genesis 1:9-13; 24-31 – Day 3 & 6 – Born Again

And so we reach Day 3 and 6!!!
If you’ve been following the previous entries, the framework is Day 1-3 (formation), Day 4-6 (filling). And of course, the last entry I’ve hinted that Day 1, 2 and 3 have some significance we shouldn’t overlook, and we’ve been dealing with the doctrine of choice. If [...]

Genesis 1:6-8; 20-23: Day 2 & 5 – Father, father, why have you forsaken me?

We now turn to Day 2 and 5.

Now a big mistake most Christians make is use sweeping statements such as classifying the entire days of creation as “good” (a mistake I’ve made many times) when God does not state a “day” itself being good except for the Sabbath day seven. It is the ‘events’, [...]

Genesis 1:3-6;14-19 – Day 1 and Day 4 – I am the light of the world

Ch 1:3-6 “And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first [...]