The Five Basic Religious Stories of Genesis
“He [Christ] was foreknown before the foundation of the world
but was made manifest in the last times for your sake…â€
(1 Peter 1:20, ESV)
Sometimes we need clarifying information. The five basic religious stories of the book of Genesis provide such a structure for understanding the Bible and the plan of God for mankind.
1. Genesis 1 – The story of creation: This Is My Father’s World (Genesis 1:31; 1 Tim. 4:4).
2. Genesis 2 – The story of Adam and Eve: Sin Had Left a Crimson Stain (Romans 5:12).
3. Genesis 6 – The story of Noah and the Flood: (Gen. 6:5- 8). Judgment.
4. Genesis 11 – The story of the tower of Babel: Social chaos (Genesis 11:9).
5. Genesis 12- The story of Abraham: Sweet Are the Promises (Gen. 12:3; ).
The first story is of one of paradise; the second, paradise lost; the third; judgment for wickedness; the fourth, further social disintegration and alienation; the fifth, hope through the coming Messiah.
-Robert M. Housby