Creation in Genesis 1–2 and various theories
Genesis 1–2 is a worship text before it is a debate: God speaks, and the world is — form and fullness, then a man and a woman in a garden. Other theories (gap…
Lesson 1 · Course 50
Introduction to the Old Testament
Survey overview of OT structure and themes — the story that prepares the way for Christ.
At a glance
Summary
Survey overview of OT structure and themes — the story that prepares the way for Christ. The Old Testament is one unfolding story: creation, covenant, failure, and promise — God preparing a people and a Savior.
Survey doorway: how the Old Testament is put together, what its big themes are, and why the church still needs it. Quiz complete at 100% with exact Moodle wording below.
Big ideas
What to teach and remember
- The Old Testament is one unfolding story: creation, covenant, failure, and promise — God preparing a people and a Savior.
- It is not a random shelf of books. The church receives sixty-six inspired books; Jesus and the apostles treated the Old Testament as the Word of God.
- When you preach the OT, watch for covenant, sacrifice, kingship, land, and remnant hope. Every one of those roads runs toward Jesus.
- Genesis still preaches: a real creation, a real fall (Eve deceived, Adam choosing), a real flood, and a God who will not abandon the world He made.
- The God of Abraham is not a different God from the Father of our Lord. These pages still form a people for His glory.
Key terms
People, places, and words that matter
The fall of humanity — results and consequences
The snake speaks, Eve is deceived, Adam chooses, and the garden is lost. Results follow at once: shame, blame, pain in childbearing, toil in the ground, death…
The argument for the Universal Flood
This course reads Genesis 6–9 as a worldwide judgment: the language of covering the earth, the ark, the mountains, and a covenant God makes with the earth…
Abraham
Abraham is not a different God from the Father of our Lord
Covenant
The Old Testament is one unfolding story: creation, covenant, failure, and promise — God preparing a people and a Savior.
Inspiration
Inspiration is not a weekend.
Structure
Outline / timeline
- Creation in Genesis 1–2 and various theories
- The fall of humanity — results and consequences
- The argument for the Universal Flood
Must remember
Facts to keep straight
| Quiz score | 100% (1 attempt) |
|---|---|
| Covenant | The Old Testament is one unfolding story: creation, covenant, failure, and promise — God preparing a people and a Savior. |
| Key claim | It is not a random shelf of books. The church receives sixty-six inspired books; Jesus and the apostles treated the Old Testament as the… |
| Covenant | When you preach the OT, watch for covenant, sacrifice, kingship, land, and remnant hope. Every one of those roads runs toward Jesus. |
Compare
Side-by-side contrasts
Creation in Genesis 1–2 and various theories
- gap
- day-age
- theistic evolution
- literary framework
For the pulpit
Sermon hooks
- When you preach the OT, watch for covenant, sacrifice, kingship, land, and remnant hope.
- Genesis still preaches: a real creation, a real fall (Eve deceived, Adam choosing), a real flood, and a God who will not abandon the world He made.
- For sermon and review, hold the text first: a real Adam and Eve, a good world, a God who is not competing with matter.
- Name the theories without letting them steal the pulpit.
Quiz drill
Quiz drill / review · open to practice · 10 items
Quiz score: 100% · 1 attempt
1. One purpose of this course is to trace the history of God's people from the creation of mankind to the beginning of the New Testament.
TrueThe survey walks from Eden to the threshold of the New Testament — one people, one story.
2. The Bible is a collection of 96 books that are recognized as divinely inspired by the Christian Church.
FalseThe Christian canon is sixty-six books, not ninety-six.
3. God revealed His Word to ancient Israel over a thousand-year period.
TrueInspiration is not a weekend. God spoke across centuries to form a people.
4. Jewish tradition affirmed that prophecy ceased in Israel ca. 400 BC after the ministry of Malachi.
TrueAfter Malachi, Jewish tradition heard a long silence until the days of the gospel.
5. Jesus and the apostles accepted the inspiration of the Old Testament.
TrueJesus and the apostles did not treat the Old Testament as optional background. They received it as the Word of God.
6. The earliest existing manuscripts of the Old Testament were found in Jerusalem.
FalseThe oldest copies we have came from the Dead Sea Scrolls near Qumran, not from Jerusalem.
7. There is great biblical and historical evidence for a pre-Adamic race of humans.
FalseScripture does not furnish a race of humans before Adam. Start with Genesis 1–2, not with speculation.
8. In the fall temptation, Adam was deceived, but Eve chose to rebel against God.
FalseThe statement reverses them. Eve was deceived; Adam chose to rebel.
9. At the fall temptation, Lucifer embodies a snake.
TrueThe serpent in the garden is not a children’s mascot — Lucifer embodies the snake.
10. One change which occurred after the universal flood was the increase in life-span.
FalseAfter the flood, life-spans decreased; they did not increase.
Essay themes
If you preach or review
Creation in Genesis 1–2 and various theories
Genesis 1–2 is a worship text before it is a debate: God speaks, and the world is — form and fullness, then a man and a woman in a garden. Other theories (gap, day-age, theistic evolution, literary framework) try to make peace with extra-biblical clocks. For sermon and review, hold the text first: a real Adam and Eve, a good world, a God who is not competing with matter. Name the theories without letting them steal the pulpit.
The fall of humanity — results and consequences
The snake speaks, Eve is deceived, Adam chooses, and the garden is lost. Results follow at once: shame, blame, pain in childbearing, toil in the ground, death, and exile east of Eden. The damage is personal, relational, and cosmic — yet the first gospel is already spoken: the seed of the woman will crush the serpent’s head. Preach the fall as tragedy with a promise, not as a myth with a moral.
The argument for the Universal Flood
This course reads Genesis 6–9 as a worldwide judgment: the language of covering the earth, the ark, the mountains, and a covenant God makes with the earth itself. Local-flood theories shrink the judgment; the text will not. After the waters, life-spans fall, the nations will scatter, and God hangs a bow in the cloud. For the pulpit: mercy after judgment — not a geology lecture.