In today’s reading, we see how God kept and demonstrated His faithfulness to Abraham by establishing a covenant with him. The faithfulness of God is shown through Abraham’s family lineage as God’s promises were ultimately fulfilled in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus––a descendant of Abraham.  How did God establish His covenant with Abraham? What was the significance...

In today’s passage, we read how Abram began his journey of following God. He showed marvelous faith by believing the promises God made to him, and he walked in obedience to the command of God. God proved Himself faithful and used Abram to display the glories of His promises, which would one day be fulfilled through the sacrifice and...

Scripture’s Tower of Babel account tells of man’s disobedience and God’s intervening mercy to keep people from their own destruction. Not long after God’s covenant to never again destroy the earth by a flood, people chose to follow their own sinful plans rather than obey God’s good commands. Despite God’s mercy, people failed to trust Him and walk according...

Genesis 6 gives us an understanding of the growth of early civilization. After Adam and Eve were cast out of the garden of Eden, the sinful state of humanity spread as far and wide as their family trees. God saw that every inclination of the human heart was evil all the time. And God regretted that He had made...

Genesis 4 offers insight into the first family in history—showcasing the deathly reality of sin and merciful nature of God. Here, we read of Abel’s blood that was wrongfully shed, which cried out for condemnation. In contrast, however, the gospel speaks of a different firstborn Son whose blood provides everlasting life to us instead.  How does Cain’s life differ...

Genesis 2–3 recounts sin’s entrance into the world through Adam and Eve’s disobedience. Although this passage may seem familiar to us, we must be careful not to overlook the gravity of Adam and Eve’s sin and how our need for redemption is just as dire as theirs was from the earliest pages of the Old Testament.  How has God...