Genesis

I am off to a great start and have just read Genesis.

The Bible is really the story of the Gospel which can be easily explained in four parts. Creation, the Fall, Redemption, and Restoration. It is interesting that the first two parts to the grand story of God working with his creation, humanity, is contained within the first few chapters of the first book. We have little record of what it was like in the Garden of Eden, but after Adam and Eve disobeyed God, we certainly get a good handle on what it was like afterward.

It is apparent that the chosen of God had not had any rules and regulations put down because they were all over the map with their dysfunctionality. And yet, there seems to have been some sense of what pleased God and what did not. The patriarchs and their descendants, of the nation of Israel, were no angels, and yet, time and time again God would assure them that they were destined for greatness and he would lead them and bless them.

The narrative is very careful in documenting the lines of genealogy and even without following it on a family tree diagram, one can see that there were a lot of Hillbilly, Redneck, Ozark type happenings going on.

Impression: God can and does work with jerks.

Readability: 5 star