Genesis is the first of five books of the Bible that God inspired Moses to write — except for the Ten Commandments which were written on two tables. . . of stone, written with the finger of God (Exodus 31:18).
The first sentence in the Bible states the basic truth: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1). This makes it clear that God is a living, personal Being who is the Creator of all things and, therefore, the Absolute Sovereign over all things (John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:16-17) including mankind and marriage. Jesus said that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female . . . Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder (Matthew 19:4-6; Genesis 1:27; 2:23-24). Genesis is an accurate account of the creation of all things. It also records the origin of sin and the history of the Hebrew nation.
The word God used in Genesis 1 is the Hebrew plural noun Elohim, even though the singular noun Eloah could have been used if God had so chosen (Deuteronomy 32:15,17). The first chapter of Genesis also states: Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness (Genesis 1:26). By recognizing the plurality of the Hebrew noun Elohim and the plural Hebrew words translated as Us and Our, as well as the reference to the Spirit of God (1:2), we have a clear revelation that God is Triune (three Persons in One) and exists as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
The later revelation of John states: All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made (John 1:3). John was speaking of Jesus, as did Paul, who declared that by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist (Colossians 1:16-17). It was the creative power of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Jesus also made the reality of the Trinity very clear when He said: When the Comforter (Holy Spirit) is come, whom I will send unto you . . . the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me. . . . I came forth from the Father . . . I leave the world, and go to the Father (John 15:26; 16:28).
It is of utmost importance that believers acknowledge Jesus as Christ and coequal with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit.
The historical reliability of Genesis becomes apparent when Jesus referred to Sodom and Gomorrah as cities that were destroyed by God, to Noah and the flood (Matthew 10:15; 24:37-38; Genesis 6:5; 7:23; 19:24-25), and to Jonah, saying: As Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth (Matthew 12:40).
Genesis explains how Satan deceived Eve, who then, with Adam, decided to disobey the Word of God. Because of their sin all mankind inherited a sin nature and became destined for both physical and spiritual death (Genesis 3:1-7,16-19). For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive (I Corinthians 15:22).
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