Episode Details

Are the opening chapters of Genesis simply a bland recitation of ancient history? Far from it! These chapters set the stage on which the grand drama of redemptive history will play itself out.

Timestamps

• Introduction - 00:30
• How Did the Kingdom Through Covenant Book Project Begin? - 3:00
• How Did Dr. Gentry Start Thinking about the Covenants? - 4:50
• How Does Genesis 1-11 Open the Door to the Rest of the Scriptures? -  8:40
• How Have We Seen Genesis 1-11 Mishandled? - 10:26
• Who Wrote Genesis and What’s it’s Relation to the Ancient Near East? - 14:22
• How Should We Understand the Six Days of Creation? - 16:58
• How Do We See the Image of God Working its Way through Scripture? - 22:20
• What Things Do We See in Gen. 1-2 That Would Indicate a Covenant With Adam?- 27:07
• What’s the Storyline in Genesis 1-11 Moving from Adam to Second Adam?- 30:05
• How Do We Then Move From the First Adam to the Last Adam? - 32:44
• What Would Be a Resource to Help Study Genesis? - 35:17
• Anything that Would Be Helpful When Preaching Genesis? - 37:03
• Outro – 39:33

Resources to Click

• The Account of Creation and Its Relation to the Biblical Storyline – Peter J. Gentry
• Were the Sons of God in Gen. 6 Fallen Angels? Who Were the Nephilim? – Peter J. Gentry

Books to Read

• Kingdom Through Covenant: A Biblical Theological Understanding of the Covenants (Second Edition) – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• God’s Kingdom through God’s Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology – Peter J. Gentry & Stephen J. Wellum
• Genesis 1-15 Vol. 1 Word Biblical Commentary – Gordon J. Wenham
• Creation and Blessing: A Guide to the Study and Exposition of Genesis – Allen P. Ross
• Genesis – Derek Kidner
• Covenant and Creation: An Old Testament Covenant Theology