Sacred Pages: Exploring Biblical Depths

Genesis: Themes

Genesis the Book of Beginnings has these themes:

Creation: God created the world. "it was very good." there was wholeness and harmony between God and there was also harmony within humanity and also between humans and nature.

Sin: sin entered through the choice by Adam to eat the apple, Unbelief, Human Conflict, Illness and Natural Degradation are the consequences.

The Image Of God: Every human is created in the image of God. every person has God's Likeness as a Rational, Creative and Moral being. Men and Women are equal in the eyes of God.

God's Plan For Redemption: Though God chose to work through one specific cultural group in the Old Testament it was always his plan that all peoples would come to know him through Abrahams descendants, Abraham was chosen by God because of his faith, making Abraham the father of all who express faith in God.