Genesis - It all begins with God |
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(This commentary was co-written with Marie Wetherill)
There is SO MUCH comment on Genesis that it sometimes seems to overwhelm. People want to prove - or disprove - Darwin. Or they want to argue this scientific point or that one. To one person, Genesis teaches what scientists affirm. To another, Genesis proves that scientists are taking wrong approaches.
Somewhere, we need to get away from all this debate. What matters is not what people think, but what God says. Our aim is not to respond to mockers, but to understand what the Bible teaches. Otherwise, we shall never learn what Genesis is trying to teach us.
Our book on Genesis is intended to do just that. We want to show you what Genesis means without entering into all this debate. Genesis is where it all begins - the Bible, the account of how people began to know God, the Jewish nation, the prophecies about Jesus. So there is a great deal to learn here.
But Genesis is not like some academic text. It is the account of real people, dealing with daily problems in the real world. It deals with the human condition - our heartache, our joys, our fears. These were people very much like us. And yet God entered into their lives - not often, not everyday - but at the critical stages in their lives. When they really needed him, he was there. When they sought him, they found him. Or perhaps I should say, he found them. He found them in their state of need, and he cared. He spoke to them, at times as a man speaks to his friend. He took part in their lives, and he became the reason for their lives.
This is also the book where God made his first promises to people. Because of his love for them, he promised the most wonderful things for them. He promised to nomads a permanent home. He promised to lost people a Saviour. He made promises about the future of nations.
And he did not disappoint.