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H ow th ing s start or begin has al ways been an interesting study for me. That is why the book of Gene sis is so fascinating. There are seven beginnings in this first book of the Bible; things that begin there and end in the book of Revelation. There are seven great men in Genesis who are models of different types of lives given for our admonition. The same is true with seven women in the book. In the fourth place there are seven great events, effecting us even today, in this vital portion of God’s Word. Seven great lessons which we may learn for our spiritual growth today are to be found here, too. The beginning of the natural crea tion of all things begins God’s account revealed to Moses. These things didn’t just happen or come about in an}' evo
lutionary process. The hypothesis of evolution is absolutely false. God made the combination of the chemical ele ments. Of course, the beginning of man is also given to us. He is the subject of God’s love and grace. Man wasn’t made from some animal or pro toplasm. He was made in God’s own image. We find the sad beginning of sin in Genesis. This is the cause of God’s grace. Rather than believe God, man believed the devil. (That sin is still going on today!) Here, too we find the beginning of sacrifices. This is the means of God’s grace. It points the way to the substitutionary atonment of Christ on Calvary. The start of the Jewish race is recorded here. This sig nifies the channel of God’s grace. The beginning of the nations of the 3
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