SURVEY OF
GENESIS
Course Objectives: (Read these objectives carefully and think about
what they will mean to your understanding of the Book of Genesis.)
1. To trace the
important sequence of events in the Genesis record,
2. To identify the major spiritual lessons in the events in the
Genesis record.
3. To gain knowledge about each of the major characters in the Genesis record.
4. To gain a spiritual lesson from each of the major characters in the Genesis
record.
5. To make comparisons with other Bible references.
6. To examine the major covenants in Genesis.
7. To test your ability to communicate the results of your study.
Primary Lesson Procedures:
1. Get the "Big
Picture" of Genesis.
a. Read the entire book.
b. As you read make notes in the margin of the Bible or in a notebook.
c. After completing the book, review your notes.
2. Try to put the following topics in their proper order:
Record of Isaac,
Record of Creation,
Record of Temptation and Fall,
Record of Jacob,
Record of Adam and Eve in the Garden,
Record of Joseph's Temptation,
Record of Cain and Abel,
Record of Babel,
Record of Flood,
Record of Abraham sacrifice of Isaac,
Record of Lot's Choice,
Record of Hagar.
3. Check with the Bible and place the Scripture reference with each topic
above.
4. Study and make notes about the following covenants:
Edenic Covenant:
Genesis 1:28- 30,
Adamic Covenant, Genesis 3: 14-19,
Noahic Covenant, Genesis, 8:20 - 9:17,
Abrahamic Covenant, Genesis 12:1-3.
5. Place the proper
chapter and verse reference after each of the following:
The image and
likeness of God is bestowed,
The remarkable example of forgiveness ,
The name of the man who pleased God,
The human cause of the Flood,
The man who bargained with God of a city,
The man who was changed by wrestling in prayer,
How Joseph overcame the temptation of lust,
The beginning of blood sacrifice,
The first man to believe in the resurrection,
Why was Abraham declared righteous, Cf. Romans 4.
6. Using all your notes, speak a 5 minutes summary of Genesis to a mirror.
7. Write as briefly
as possible what you think is the theme of Genesis.
8. Review your notes
and mark 7 passages that would make good sermons.
9. Review your notes
and mark 10 verses you will memorize.
10. How does Genesis
3:15 relate to God's Plan of Salvation?
11. Why is Genesis
called the book of Beginnings?
12. Discuss what you
have learned with two people and make notes of their reaction.
A Higher Level of Understanding
Study the
following for types and write a brief description of:
For example, a type of the death of
Christ is seen in the Old Testament sacrifice of the lamb as a sin offering.
1. How the covering
of skins foreshadowed the blood atonement.
2. How the Ark foreshadows God's care in judgment.
3. How Enoch foreshadows the Rapture.
4. How God uses the rainbow.
5. How Melchizedek foreshadows Jesus.
6. How circumcision revealed a relationship.
7. How did God set a pattern for marriage.
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