The first genealogy in Scripture gives us a look into the antediluvian (pre-flood) period of history. It traces the generations from Adam to Noah and his sons, and the ages of the men in the account stand out.Let’s skip ahead to the next chapter for a moment:“My Spirit shall not strive with man forever because he indeed is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be 120 years.”-Genesis 6:3 (LSB)There ha...  Read More

It’s truly amazing how much grace God extends to us in the midst of our sin.It was grace when God performed the first sacrifice to make garments of skin to clothe Adam and Eve in their shame (3:21).It was grace that God sent them out of the garden so they would not eat of the tree of life in their sinful state and remain in it forever (3:22).It was grace that God accepted an offering by faith (Heb...  Read More

Although at one point in human history God saw that “all that he had made” “was very good,” (1:31), we were not divine, and had the ability, and even the proclivity, to sin.Eve’s particular proclivity to sin was deception (1 Timothy 2:14; 2 Corinthians 11:3). Adam’s specific proclivity to sin was “listening to the voice of [his] wife” (3:17), rather than obeying God’s command (2:17).Many have spec...  Read More

After God made Adam from the dust, he set him in the garden (2:15) and gave him the responsibility to cultivate and keep it.He also told him that it was not good for man to be alone and that He would make a helper suitable for him. It must have been interesting for Adam to then begin the process of naming the animals as God brought them to him, because He was in the process of looking for a helper...  Read More

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