THE SEMINAL BOOK, GENESIS

"Genesis is the book of  beginnings.  It records not only the
beginning of the heavens and the earth, and of plant, animal
and  human  life,  but  also  of  all  human  institutions  and 
relationships. Typically,  it speaks of the new birth, the new 
creation, where all was chaos and ruin."  

    "With Genesis begins also that progressive self-revelation 
of God which culminates in Christ. The three primary names
of Deity, Elohim, Jehovah, Adonai, and the five most impor-
tant  of  the compound  names occur in  Genesis;  and that in
an ordered progression which could  not be changed without
confusion..." 

     The  first  two paragraphs in  the introduction  to the first 
book of Scripture, Genesis, from "The Scofield Study Bible,"
Oxford  University  Press,1945.


(This excerpt should encourage one to engage in the reading/
study of this Divinely inspired work penned by Moses some  
4004 years  before Christ and is thought to cover a period of 
some 2,315 years. (Ussher)

"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righ-
teousness.  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly fur-
nished unto all good works."  II Timothy 3: 15-16

(We would be quick to recognize, when Scripture is mentioned,
the reference is to  "Old" Covenant, or Testament, as well as the
"New" Covenant, or Testament.)

donporter,sr.  10.03.17, edited 10.05.17, 5.26.18