by David Keesling | Sep 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 3:24 “After He drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.” Observation: Everyone in the story sinned: Adam, Eve and the serpent. Each came under...
by David Keesling | Sep 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 3:6 “She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.” Observation: Genesis 3 is the awful story of man’s fall … a tale of blame, of unresisted yielding to rebellion, and of subsequent shame and punishment. The chapter begins with an abrupt...
by David Keesling | Sep 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 2:18 “The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’ ” Observation: God had put Adam into the garden made expressly for their shared intimacy. (Gen. 2:8) He had set the boundaries (vs. 15–17) and then made the...
by David Keesling | Sep 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 2:8 “Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there He put the man he had formed.” Observation: Genesis 2 begins to give more detail of God’s provision for Adam. Genesis 1:27 tells us that we were created in His image, then this business...
by David Keesling | Sep 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 2:2 “ … on the seventh day He rested from all His work.” (NIV) Observation: God’s first workweek was finished. Creation was complete, so now He rested. Genesis 2:3 tells us more … that it was because He rested that the seventh day was blessed and made holy....
by David Keesling | Sep 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 1:3 “And God said, ‘Let there be light’, and there was light.” Observation: God created light on earth’s first day. A moment before, the earth had been “formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep … ” (Gen. 1:2) But in an instant God spoke...
