Creation - Man in the Garden of Eden - The Fall. (GENESIS 1-3) Part 2

The first verse in the book of Genesis simply states the
general fact, that "In the beginning" - whenever that may have been - "God created the heaven and the earth." Then, in the second verse, we find earth described as it was at the close of the last great
revolution, preceding the present state of things: "And the earth was without form and void; and
darkness was upon the face of the deep." An almost indefinite space of time, and many changes, may
therefore have intervened between the creation of heaven and earth, as mentioned in ver. 1, and the
chaotic state of our earth, as described in ver. 2. As for the exact date of the first creation, it may be
safely affirmed that we have not yet the knowledge sufficient to arrive at any really trustworthy
conclusion.

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1 Bethlehem Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a village

just a few miles south of Jerusalem in Judea (Luke 2:1-38;

Matt 2:1-22).

2 Nazareth Jesus grew up in Nazareth (Matt 2:23;

Luke 2:39-40), a small village in the southern part of

Galilee, 65 miles north of Jerusalem. When he began

his ministry, he preached here but was rejected in his

Jesus Christ

􀁊 Jesus Christ: King, Messiah, Servant, Savior,
Son of God. In each of the four Gospels, Jesus
Christ is the central focus, but each Gospel highlights
a slightly different aspect of his significance. Matthew
presents Jesus as the King of kings and the long-awaited
Jewish Messiah. Mark presents Jesus as the Servant of
God. Luke presents Jesus as the Savior of the entire world,
and John presents Jesus as the unique Son of God who
reveals the Father to us. All of these portraits of Jesus
are important (and true), and the differences between
the Gospel accounts can be attributed to the different
elements of Jesus’ character and ministry that they are

The Gospel Of Matthew

AUTHOR: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector who
became one of Jesus’ 12 disciples
AUDIENCE: Jews
PURPOSE: To prove that Jesus is the Messiah, the eternal
King
DATE WRITTEN: Approximately a.d. 60–65

SPECIAL FEATURES: Matthew is filled with messianic
language (“Son of David” is used throughout) and Old Testament
references (53 quotes and 76 other references).
This Gospel’s purpose was to present the clear evidence
that Jesus is the predicted Messiah, the Savior.