Everlasting Gospel Series : Genesis

PART Ⅰ The Theological Structure of the Pentateuch and Genesis
Chapter 01 The Theological Structure of the Pentateuch
1. What is the Pentateuch?
2. Historical Classification and Major Themes of the Pentateuch
3. Message of Hope-the Central Idea of the Pentateuch
Chapter 02 The Theological Structure of Genesis
1. Beginnings
2. Toledot: God at Work in history
3. Narrative Typology
4. Major Theological Themes.
5. The Interpreter’s Attitude: A Call to Return to the Five Major Principles of the Reformation

PART Ⅱ Great and Merciful God
Chapter 03 The Names of God
1. The Theological Significance of God’s Names
2. Elohim
3. Yahweh
4. El Elyon
5. Adonai
6. El Roi
7. El Shaddai
8. El Olam
9. Yahweh Yireh
Chapter 04 God’s Works
1. God the Creator
2. God the Judge
3. God the Redeemer
4. Absolute Sovereign
5. Protector
Chapter 05 God’s Attributes
1. Eternity
2. Omnipotence
3. Omniscience
4. Omnipresence
Chapter 06 God’s Character
1. Holy
2. Merciful
3. Forgiveness
4. Faithfulness
5. Long-suffering

PART Ⅲ Humanity
Chapter 07 Image of God
1. Genesis: A book about the origin and destiny of mankind
2. Biblical references to the image of God
3. God’s creatures
4. Union of mind and body
5. Ontological and functional interpretations
6. Temple of the Holy Spirit
Chapter 08 Living Soul and Body
1. Living Soul
2. Body
Chapter 09 God’s Steward
1. Person in charge of the family’s affairs.
2. General Principles of Stewardship in Creation
3. The Eschatological Meaning of Stewardship in the Flood
4. Stewardship in the tithes of the patriarchs

PART IV Sin and Judgment
Chapter 10 Words for Sin and the Fall of Adam
1. Technical terminology for sin
2. The Fall of Adam
Chapter 11 Words for Judgment
1. The Hebrew root shapat and its derivatives
2. The Hebrew root din and its derivatives
3. Hebrew root rib and its derivatives
Chapter 12 Events and Procedures of Judgment in Genesis
1. Common pattern of judicial procedure
2. The Fall of humanity
3. Cain and Abel
4. Flood
5. Babel
6. Sodom and Gomorrah

PART V Grace and Salvation
Chapter 13 Salvation
1. Salvation by grace
2. Salvation by faith
Chapter 14 The Covenant
1. Etymology and meaning of “berit”
2. Creation Covenant
3. Adamic Covenant
4. Noahic Covenant
5. Abrahamic Covenant
6. The Patriarchs’ Faith in the Covenant
Chapter 15 The Law and the Sabbath
1. Meaning and Function of the Torah
2. The Law in Genesis
3. The Sabbath in Genesis
Chapter 16 Sacrififices and Altars
1. The proto-evangelium (original gospel)
2. The sacrifices of Cain and Abel
3. Noah’s burnt offerings
4. Abraham
5. Isaac
6. Jacob
Chapter 17 The Remnant
1. Genesis 7:23
2. Characteristics of the remnant from the perspective of judgment
3. Other Remnants
4. The remnant of the woman
Chapter 18 Revelation
1. Words for Revelation
2. Based on Creation
3. God takes the initiative
4. God’s entry into human history
5. Purpose of reconciliation and restoration
6. A personal encounter with God of communal significance
7. Call for decisive action by humanity
8. Creating a community of faith

PART VI Beginning and End
Chapter 19 Creation
1. Why study creation?
2. Creation from nothing
3. God created all of nature
4. God’s creation is good
5. One God
6. Human beings as the chief concern of creation
7. Glorifying God as the purpose of creation
8. Foundation of other doctrines
9. The patriarchs’ faith in God the Creator
Chapter 20 Creation and Judgment
1. Linguistic correlation
2. Theological correlation
Chapter 21 Eschatology
1. Fate of the individual
2. Fate of history
3. Correlation between protology and eschatology
4. Eschatological timeframes
5. History of late Israel from an eschatological perspective
6. Eschatological periods within the book of Revelation

Appendix
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