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January 7, 2026 · 18 min
Discover how God's word shapes our world over a 2-year journey through the Bible.
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Embarking on the Chronological Bible Journey 0:10 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word. Thanks for joining me this morning, and happy New Year. Today, we begin our 2 year chronological journey through the Bible. It's gonna be an exciting0:22 2 years as we discover the truths of God's word and how they apply to the world in which we live. Verse 1 of chapter 1, in the beginning, God created the heavens0:34 and the earth. This first verse provides the foundation for our journey over the next 2 years. Our study approaches the bible with an understanding that god is the creator and0:46 his word is true, and it is authoritative to everything that it speaks to. Bottom line, the bible is man's manual for living, and we're going to approach it from that0:58 standpoint. Stand on the word, as I mentioned, is a chronological journey examining the events as they occurred as best as we can determine. And we start with the old testament because that's where it all began. There1:08 are some teachers, pastors today who say, we really don't need the the old testament. We just need the new testament. I beg to differ because you really can't understand the fullness of the new testament1:20 without the foundation of the old testament, so that's where we begin. And by the way, you know, Paul in his second and final letter to Timothy before he was martyred, he said this in chapter 3 of1:32 second Timothy verse 16, all scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete,1:44 thoroughly equipped for every good work. And Paul was referring to the old testament. I think you'll be amazed at what the Holy Spirit will show you through the word of God1:56 on this journey. Now, among the steps I would encourage you to take as we approach this each and every day is number 1, each time you open the word of God, ask the Holy Spirit to lead you into2:07 an understanding of the truth, which is what Jesus said he was sending the Holy Spirit to do. Number 2, read to learn. Don't read just to read. This is not a speed reading course. We are2:19 abiding in Christ through his word. Number 3, take notes. You don't have to take a lot of notes. Some people like to take notes, others don't. But I say if if something is prompted, the Holy Spirit prompts you and2:30 something or you you see something that just kind of leaps off the pages to you. Write it down. Keep a journal along this journey. I think you'll find it helpful. And then you might want to use a commentary to go deeper2:42 into some of these areas. Now what I'm going to be doing is I'm just this is not an exhaustive verse by verse study. I'm giving you kind of pointing out the highlights. I'm kind of a tour guide2:54 or a I'm a trail master, kind of leading us on this journey, on, through the mountains through and I'm gonna see some vistas that are just beautiful and breathtaking.3:06 I'm gonna point those out as we work our way through the word of God over the next 2 years. A couple of commentaries I might recommend is, 1 is Haley's3:18 Bible Handbook. It's, it it is very helpful. I I think, it's very practical, gives you a little more context. And if you like deeper, if you wanna go even deeper, Matthew3:30 Henry, is a is a really good commentary to use. So the book of Genesis is the first of Moses' 5 books, which he wrote together. All 5 of those are called the Torah3:42 in the Hebrew, in the Greek. They're called the Pentateuch. Now Moses is the accepted author of all of that except the last few verses that chronicle his,3:54 his death. Now Moses wrote Genesis in the mid fifteenth century BC, during the 40 years that Israel was in the wilderness after they had left,4:06 Egypt. Now the book of Genesis covers a period from creation to the death of Joseph at 110 years old in Egypt. Genesis covers over 2000 years, which is significant4:17 because the entire Bible spans a period of 4200 years. So that means Genesis covers almost half of the entire time frame of the Bible. Now the first4:29 11 chapters, I believe, are essential to the Christian faith into a biblical worldview. It provides really the answers, to the questions that man by his nature is4:41 asking, such as, where did I come from? Why am I here? What's my purpose, and where am I going? In these first 11 chapters, we're going to see the origins of man. We're gonna see the origins and the doctrine4:53 of of marriage. We're gonna see human sexuality as designed by God, sin, death, man's need for redemption, and God's plan for redemption, all here in the book of Genesis.5:05 Now plenty of critics have suggested there was no way that Moses knew enough to write authoritatively on history dating back 2500 years before him, let alone the5:17 account of creation. Well, let me ask you a question before I touch on some of the evidence that's there. Do you believe in the prophecies of the bible? Now there are at least 3005:29 prophecies regarding the Messiah that Jesus fulfilled and are recorded. So if the holy spirit, through prophets, inspired them to see into the future, could the Holy5:41 Spirit not enable a writer to understand the things of the past? There's also tangible evidence. Critics have said there's no written records and some have even claimed that Moses couldn't write. Well, he was5:53 something like caveman or something. There are volumes volumes of archaeological discoveries that annihilate these claims. Alright? First, discoveries in just the last6:05 hundred and 50 to 200 years have uncovered pre flood writings revealing that historical records were kept. Right? Records carved in stone, discovered near Nineveh dating back to 3500 BC6:17 depict the account of the of creation. There have been vast libraries discovered in and around Ur where Abraham originated, revealing that it had been the center of liter6:29 literary culture for generations before Abraham. So why is this important? Well, Abraham would have been educated and most likely received from Shem,6:41 who was told by Noah, who was told by Methuselah, who was told by Adam the story of creation and the fall of man. Now, remember the light we're6:53 gonna see here in a moment that the lifespans were long and these generations overlap, So we're not talking about the, you know, having to go back, you know, 25 people or generations7:05 to get this information. This information would have been passed from 1 family to the the the next. And additionally, it is believed that Moses had access to written accounts from each of these generations7:16 that are referenced in Genesis 9 total, plus the generations of the heavens and the earth. Now the open of Genesis, verse 1 through chapter 2 verse 3 is called the creation7:28 hymn. It's a poetic description of the steps of creation. I mean, if you think about it, a a poem, a song, maybe a hymn, you can remember from when you were a child. Well, because when7:40 something is put to a certain beat, it's remembered. And so the story of creation, this would have been 1 way for it to be passed from generation to generation. Verse 1, chapter 1, inDefending the Creation Account 7:52 the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Now,8:04 this is the beginning of creation. Now, someone say, well, who created God? God is outside of time, space, and matter. God always was. God is. We it's hard to comprehend8:16 because we're limited by time, time, space, and matter. God is not. 11 times in the first chapter we're not gonna read the first chapter. I'm not gonna read it. I encourage you to read it. God said, let 118:28 times in this first chapter, meaning he brought into existence the elements of our world. Alright. We're gonna go to chapter 2. We got a lot to cover here in this first session together. Thus, the heavens and the earth8:39 and all the host of them were finished. And on the seventh day, god ended his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. Then god blessed the seventh day and sanctified8:50 it, because in it, he rested from all his work which god had created and made. You know, from the beginning to the end of the bible, we're gonna see something. The number 7, it holds prominence in scripture.9:02 7, in biblically speaking, it means complete, it's finished, it is divine perfection. So the account of creation covers 7 days, 6 days of work and9:14 1 day of rest. So why didn't God just do it all in 1 day? Could it be that God was establishing a pattern for us? We're gonna see these patterns throughout scripture. Verse 4, this9:26 is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created in the day that the lord god made the heaven made the earth and the heavens. The account of creation has been fiercely attacked in9:38 modern times over the last hundred years, most prominently through the theory of evolution. So macroevolution plagued by serious evidential questions serves really as as a worldview,9:50 for its adherence, meaning that they they interpret everything around them based upon this worldview that man was created by accident, you know, through evolution. Yet and and and this is actually taught in our schools.10:01 Even though it's a theory and a and a theory filled with holes like Swiss cheese, it's taught as fact. And so at the outset, we're gonna acknowledge10:13 something. Hebrews chapter 11 verse 3 says this, by faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God. He spoke it into being. So that the things which are seen were not made of things which10:25 are visible. Alright? So by faith, look, it takes more faith to accept evolution than it does the fact that God created the heavens and the earth, because we're gonna see, because10:37 biblical faith is not blind faith. It rests on a foundation. And as we will see on this journey, the word of God has repeatedly been proven true, especially in its prophetic10:49 declarations, spoken in advanced and confirmed in history. Verse 7, and the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and manHumanity in the Garden and the Dawn of Sin 11:00 became a living being. Now the breath of life here is literally the breath of lives, which indicates both a physical life, but unlike animals, there's a11:12 spiritual life as well, the soul of man. Men have souls. Human beings have souls. Animals do not. God breathed spiritual eternal life. Now you're gonna live eternally, 1 way11:24 or the other. It's gonna be life or it's gonna be eternal death, but it is eternal. Once it's breathed, once God breathed into man, he created an eternal being. Verse 9, and out of the11:36 ground, the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Now we're gonna read more of11:47 the tree of life in Revelation where its leaves are for the healing of the nations. Verse 15, then the Lord God took man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and keep it. Now,11:59 just a a side note here, my personal view, I I think the garden gives us some idea of what eternity will be like. We will be working, pending the business of God. Verse12:11 16, and the Lord God commanded the man saying of every tree of the garden you may eat freely, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely12:23 die. So this prompts the question, why did god put 2 trees in the garden and then tell man not to eat from 1 of them? It is to test or prove man's obedience and12:35 love for god. We're not created as robots. He didn't create us as robots. We were given the ability to choose. Jesus said this in the new testament. He said, if you love me, you'll keep my commandments. Our obedience to12:45 God is an expression of love for him and appreciation and gratitude. So why did man choose the tree of knowledge rather than the tree of life, which he could have freely eaten from?12:58 Well, is this not the same choice that people are making today? We see these patterns, and you're gonna see these throughout the New Testament. We see them even today. Man wanting to be like God, if not being a God13:10 themselves. Verse 1 of chapter 3, now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, has God indeed said you shall not eat of every tree of the garden?13:22 Now, scholars are not sure of the the time frame here, but Satan didn't waste any time in infiltrating creation and taking on the lie the likeness of the serpent, speaking through the serpent. And and look what13:34 Satan does here. It's the same thing that he and his minions do today, plants a seed in Eve's mind questioning the word of God. Has God indeed said?13:47 Verse 2. And the woman said to the serpent, we may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, but the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, god has said, you shall not eat it nor shall you touch it, lest13:57 you die. The serpent said to the woman, you will not surely die. You won't really die. Notice the progression. Okay? This is important. Having planted a doubt14:09 about the veracity of God's word and what he had said, he now openly contradicts what God had said. For God knows that in the day that you eat of it, your eyes will be opened,14:21 and you will be like god knowing good and evil. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes and the tree desirable to make 1 wise, she took of its fruit14:33 and ate. Satan did a sales job. He deceived her. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. So right here right here at the very beginning of creation, we14:45 see the progression of sin and we see where it leads. The wages of sin is death. But first, it's it's listening, entertaining the voices of those who question14:57 and contradict God. We're told in the word to flee Satan, not to entertain him, not to debate him, but to flee him. Then there's the looking and the desire. Well,15:09 you know, that sounds good. That looks good. Desiring of the eyes to be open as so that we can be the captain of our own fate, the lord of our own destiny, which bottom line15:21 is we want to be god. But in the end, there is guilt, there is emptiness and fear, and that sin left unrepented of, well, it leads to judgment. Look15:32 what what comes next, verse 9. Then the lord god called to Adam and said, where are you? So he said, that is Adam, I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was15:44 naked and I hid myself. You see, guilt causes shame, and it causes us to try and hide from God. Verse 11, and he, that is God,15:56 said, who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree which I commanded you that you should not eat? Then the man said, the woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree and I16:08 ate. Look at the response of the man who was given the authority and the responsibility in chapter 2. Wasn't me, it was the woman who wasn't even around when that16:20 direct command was given by god. So the woman, what does she do? She follows an example of her husband. Verse 13, and the lord said to the woman, what is it that you have done? The woman said, the serpent16:32 deceived me, and I ate. The devil made me do it. It was his fault. Well, there we have the fallen nature of man and the pattern that is16:43 repeated over and over. Father, we thank you for your word, and Lord, I do pray that the Holy Spirit would guide us on this journey and be our teacher,16:55 showing us the truths of your word and how they apply to our lives individually, and Lord, collectively, that Lord, we would understand how your word affects the17:07 world around us and how we should interact with it. May we have boldness and courage as we gain confidence in your word. Lord, by faith, receiving the truth of your word. May we17:19 be not just educated, lord. May this not just be a journey to learn, but, lord, may it be a journey that transforms our lives, that we're sanctified and set apart for your work, lord, as we17:31 become more like our savior and our lord Jesus Christ. For it's in his name we pray. Amen. Alright. Thanks for being with me. Again, happy New Year, and I do wanna encourage you to invite someone17:43 else to join you on this journey as we go through the word of God. Lots of resources and an invitation at f r c dot o r g slash bible. Until next time,17:55 keep standing on the word.17:58 Today's study comes from the stand on the word bible reading plan, available for free at frc dot org slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day,18:10 you can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at frc dot org slash bible.In this video 0:00 Embarking on the Chronological Bible Journey7:51 Defending the Creation Account10:54 Humanity in the Garden and the Dawn of Sin
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