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Does anyone else find it odd or interesting at least that the only people on board with this (excluding the OP) seems to be women? 
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Does anyone else find it odd or interesting at least that the only people on board with this (excluding the OP) seems to be women?
Snap what I said....
Maybe some guys aren't interested in getting closer to God and just on the look out for a wife
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Not necessarily. I can't speak for others but I already have on-going studies I am doing and they're all a means to a particular end(systematic theology, apologetics, etc.) that I do as and when.
Beyond that I try read a chapter of Proverbs each day and I get frustrated with myself if I don't even get that stuff done without taking any more on.
I'm also trying to develop more resources for group-set things like this on CF as well.
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Nei, Miss Goodbook. Not until the early morning in U.S. central time. I will try to have up each day's reading before work every day with my own commentary if I can find any to start off with, somewhere around 8 in the morning each day.
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*Takes a deep breath*
IT'S FEBRUARY 1ST!
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*Takes a deep breath*
IT'S FEBRUARY 1ST!
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*Takes a deep breath*
So it is, Sheena.
All right, then. Incidentally, by this schedule today we start with the very beginning (Mondays will include the first five books of the Bible, or, "the Law"):
Genesis chapters 1 through 3.
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So, the very beginning of creation, recounting how God made the vast space (by the term here "heavens" I assume it means just the skies over Earth or all of space) and the planet Earth.
It is odd but, the last two or three times I read through Genesis chapter 1 I felt a small surge of wonder and awe at how God literally did all of this on His own, forming light from darkness, giving stars to the night sky that people can find their way through some amount of light in the dark of night, creating every living species of thing on Earth, and at the end of it all, man and woman.
And one thing that continues to stand out to me as more Scriptural indication that God is not the endlessly angry and wrathful God that some present Him as to the unbelieving masses, is the repeating phrase in chapter 1, "And God saw that it was good." I can only think, then, that this means He did not create the world and all life in it just to have something to be forever mad at and kick around for the rest of the Earth's days. No, He finds value in it, ... enough to send us a Savior to make everything right one day even when things went sour in chapter 3 by Adam and Eve's listening to the serpent's lies and disobeying God in hopes of achieving His kind of knowledge, His divinity. The serpent lied saying that Adam and Eve would not die one day as God warned them would happen, but rather, they would be like Him, knowing good and evil. In knowing the difference between the two, innocence was lost.
But then, even then, God shows quite remarkable gentility here to me in His response to Adam and Eve's sin. He clothes them to cover their embarrassment over their nakedness (a symbolic gesture of a greater covering of sin to come in the far future with Christ, perhaps?) and, while stern a consequence in itself, does not even seem particularly wrathful but more saddened as He ushers them out of the garden before they can also take hold of the tree of life and make things even worse in their sinful state (Genesis 3:22-23). It would appear that the natural consequence of their sin in eating of the tree of knowledge is the general harshness of life itself - the labor pains of childbirth and daily work to be able to survive, the occurrence of sicknesses and death, the returning to dust that is guaranteed for all living humans and beasts, and so on - but perhaps God was letting it be known in Genesis 3:15 (what you might call His first sermon ever
) that one day all would be made right in the destruction of evil (represented here by the serpent) by Eve's seed, Jesus Christ, who would "crush the head" of the serpent, even as the serpent "struck His heel".
Just my personal thoughts on this segment.
It is odd but, the last two or three times I read through Genesis chapter 1 I felt a small surge of wonder and awe at how God literally did all of this on His own, forming light from darkness, giving stars to the night sky that people can find their way through some amount of light in the dark of night, creating every living species of thing on Earth, and at the end of it all, man and woman.
And one thing that continues to stand out to me as more Scriptural indication that God is not the endlessly angry and wrathful God that some present Him as to the unbelieving masses, is the repeating phrase in chapter 1, "And God saw that it was good." I can only think, then, that this means He did not create the world and all life in it just to have something to be forever mad at and kick around for the rest of the Earth's days. No, He finds value in it, ... enough to send us a Savior to make everything right one day even when things went sour in chapter 3 by Adam and Eve's listening to the serpent's lies and disobeying God in hopes of achieving His kind of knowledge, His divinity. The serpent lied saying that Adam and Eve would not die one day as God warned them would happen, but rather, they would be like Him, knowing good and evil. In knowing the difference between the two, innocence was lost.
But then, even then, God shows quite remarkable gentility here to me in His response to Adam and Eve's sin. He clothes them to cover their embarrassment over their nakedness (a symbolic gesture of a greater covering of sin to come in the far future with Christ, perhaps?) and, while stern a consequence in itself, does not even seem particularly wrathful but more saddened as He ushers them out of the garden before they can also take hold of the tree of life and make things even worse in their sinful state (Genesis 3:22-23). It would appear that the natural consequence of their sin in eating of the tree of knowledge is the general harshness of life itself - the labor pains of childbirth and daily work to be able to survive, the occurrence of sicknesses and death, the returning to dust that is guaranteed for all living humans and beasts, and so on - but perhaps God was letting it be known in Genesis 3:15 (what you might call His first sermon ever
) that one day all would be made right in the destruction of evil (represented here by the serpent) by Eve's seed, Jesus Christ, who would "crush the head" of the serpent, even as the serpent "struck His heel".Just my personal thoughts on this segment.
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Some thing stood out for me when reading these first three chapters of Genesis.
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1. When God was creating, He said each time 'let there be...' It made me think of another scripture when he said who 'letteth, let' which is talking about the end of time...and the 'restrainer' in 2 thessalonians 2:7
2. The land of Havilah..where is that now?? I'm curious
3. East of eden there is a garden. Why east? I live in the western part of town. The west has a reputation for being a bit wild.
4. Ack. Thorns and thistles! I really hated prickles as a child and could never go barefoot on the grass because of them. Other kids could but I couldnt...
I will keep short -
1. When God was creating, He said each time 'let there be...' It made me think of another scripture when he said who 'letteth, let' which is talking about the end of time...and the 'restrainer' in 2 thessalonians 2:7
2. The land of Havilah..where is that now?? I'm curious
3. East of eden there is a garden. Why east? I live in the western part of town. The west has a reputation for being a bit wild.
4. Ack. Thorns and thistles! I really hated prickles as a child and could never go barefoot on the grass because of them. Other kids could but I couldnt...
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I kind of got stuck on chapter 1. ha ha ha. I did read the other 2 chapters but I got hung up on the first one.
I just find it awe inspiring that the Lord is so powerful that he can speak and it is done. Through out the creation account and in creation itself you can see that God is not only all powerful but also a God of order. He created and it was good. He works not only in the major details of creation but in the minute as well, he not only created the stars, and the heavens but animals, fish, and man. It reminded me of Revelation 4:11 "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." and also of Job's encounter with God in the last chapters of the book of Job.
I do want to say one thing about chapter 3. Verse 15 is known as the proto-evangelium or the first gospel, it is also sometimes referred to as the first telling of the good news. God offered hope to mankind in this verse. All is not lost, there is hope and in this verse is found the first foreshadowing of the crushing blow Christ would deal to the serpent.
Also while I was reading today's section 1 Timothy 2:14 came to mind.
I just find it awe inspiring that the Lord is so powerful that he can speak and it is done. Through out the creation account and in creation itself you can see that God is not only all powerful but also a God of order. He created and it was good. He works not only in the major details of creation but in the minute as well, he not only created the stars, and the heavens but animals, fish, and man. It reminded me of Revelation 4:11 "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." and also of Job's encounter with God in the last chapters of the book of Job.
I do want to say one thing about chapter 3. Verse 15 is known as the proto-evangelium or the first gospel, it is also sometimes referred to as the first telling of the good news. God offered hope to mankind in this verse. All is not lost, there is hope and in this verse is found the first foreshadowing of the crushing blow Christ would deal to the serpent.
Also while I was reading today's section 1 Timothy 2:14 came to mind.
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Reading Genesis and the creation of everything He had made with just words, reminds me just how careful we should be with what we say. Even though we'll never have THAT much power, they still hold influence and some kind of power over others for both good and bad. Words aren't just words after realizing what God did with speaking them.
God may be harsh with his children when they disobey, but He still cares for, and loves, by clothing them and still giving them food to eat.
This actually reminded me to look into the different "heavens" there are listed in the Bible.
God may be harsh with his children when they disobey, but He still cares for, and loves, by clothing them and still giving them food to eat.
This actually reminded me to look into the different "heavens" there are listed in the Bible.
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