Tag: Genesis

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Day 10: Leave your home.

Today’s reading: Genesis 12: 1-20 God has a plan to restore humanity back to Him. We see how God established a covenant with Noah (Gen 9:11) by promising never to destroy the world with the flood and how nations rose from his offspring. God is not done yet and in Abram’s case, God has a…
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Day 9: The Tower of Balel

Today’s reading: Genesis 11:1-9 Today, we come to the end of four major themes in Genesis 1-11, which are Creation, The Fall, The Flood, and Nations. As the people advanced sociologically and in numbers, they set out to do something that looked good from a technological advancement point of view but something that God did…
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Day 6: What shall we say then?

Today’s Reading: Genesis 6:1-22, Romans 6: 1-7 Paul asks an age-old question, “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?” Romans 6:1 (NIV). I am almost certain that Noah’s neighbours must have found out that God does not always deliver instant justice. Maybe they had this excuse that…
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Day 5: The first death

Today’s reading: Genesis 4:1-26 Sin has entered the world and mans desires are all over the place. What used to be a perfect life, living the perfect mission has now turned into survival for the fittest. We can clearly see what happens when man is no longer in God’s presence. There are competing desires as…
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Day 4: The Fallout

Today’s Reading: Genesis 3:1-24 Man was having the time of his life, busy naming animals, working the land, and getting to know each other. I would assume that the Serpent was known to them and that it was not strange to hear it talking. This triggers events that will have deadly consequences for all living…
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Day 3: Operation Leave and Cleave!

Today’s Reading: Genesis 2:4-25 One might wonder why there seems to be a second creation account from Genesis 2:4. I suggest to you that this was an attempt by the author to talk about some more important details, something that will set the stage for the new family that we are going to be introduced…
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Day 2: The Apple of God’s Eye

Today’s Reading: Genesis 1:26-2:3 God has a love for mankind that many, myself included, will never fully understand. Our efforts to grasp how deep and wide it goes is way beyond our comprehension. God takes His time to create man and woman uniquely. He does three things; He creates them in His image and likeness.…
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