The second Hebrew word in Genesis 1 — bara, “create” — tells us a lot about something that God is creating in us, His body of believers that is unseen, powerful and will get greater over time.
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Genesis 1:1 — ‘beginning’ part 2
Knowing where all that is comes from is important, but God plans to make the end, the outcome, of us and the earth greater than the beginning. We explore more deeply what it was about the end that God declared in the beginning, in the first book of the Bible, Genesis.
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Genesis 1:1 — ‘beginning’ part 1
The first book in the Bible is called Genesis, which is Greek for “beginning.” The meaning of “beginning” in the Hebrew language in which the book was written can tell us a lot about Messiah.
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Introduction to Genesis
Genesis, as the name of the first book of the Bible indicates, is about beginnings. What did God begin in the beginning? More than you think, and it all has to do with what Messiah would do, is doing and will do.
The book of Deuteronomy is full of contrasts: blessings and curses, exile and regathering. In this book we learn about the heart of God and how He wants to win the devotion of our hearts.
God’s blessings for the tribes of Israel reach down through time, though apostasy and repentance. These are blessings for all Israel, all those who put their trust in the LORD God, the Creator.
Moses, “the man of God,” passes along cryptic blessings to each tribe of Israel — well, almost all of them. These blessings reach down through time to be still in our future and not possible to be fulfilled without all the tribes united, including Yehudah (Judah, a.k.a. the Jews).