Genesis: The Connection

by Robin Williams

Often I hear people say they get lost when they try to read the Bible. I hear people say they have never read the Bible all the way through. That makes me think of my own experience. I grew up attending church but rarely read the Bible myself. Mostly I just listened to what was read in Sunday school or from the pulpit. Until I started reading it myself, I really didn’t understand how it all connected. I knew Adam and Eve came first, and Noah built the Ark, but beyond that I couldn’t tell you much. I knew Abraham, Moses, Jacob, Daniel, David, Joseph, Peter, Paul, and Mary were people in the Bible, but I couldn’t tell you who came first or why knowing that was even necessary. I knew Israel was important but couldn’t tell you why. I knew there was an Old Testament and a New Testament, but could not explain how or if they were connected. Sadly, many people I went to church with didn’t know those things either.

I had been a Christian for many years before attempting to read the Bible from beginning to end, Genesis to Revelation. The same thing would happen every time. I would get to Numbers or Leviticus and get lost so I would read Psalms and Proverbs because they seemed easier to understand. Eventually, I got to a point where I read all 66 books of the Bible, just not consecutively. Finally I decided to follow one of those “read the Bible in a year” plans. I did it! Then I did it again, and again. I started understanding how God was revealing Himself to the world through this nation called Israel. I started understanding how God used them and set them apart from the rest of the world, to teach them who He was, how to worship Him, and how to live according to His ways. That story and pattern didn’t end with Israel and the Old Testament. It continued with the birth of Christ, the Church, and the New Testament. The Bible is relevant for you and me and the whole world. It starts with God and creation and ends with God and eternity. It is His story, it is our story. What a story!

152 pages, Paperback

Published November 28, 2021

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