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

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

2.36 Peter Gentry, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • "The Account of Creation and Its Relation to the Biblical Storyline"

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