Read Through the Bible in a Year

Day 1
Genesis 1-2. Genesis comes from the word meaning ‘beginnings.’ Here we have the origin of the cosmos and people are very important. In many of the religions surrounding the Israelites, their stories of origins (like the Enuma Elish) do not give people a place of prominence. People are often offspring of the gods. People are made to serve the gods. In the Genesis accounts we are made in the image of God. We are to have dominion over the earth. Also significantly, there are not gods of light and darkness, sun and moon, earth and sky. For our God has created even them! This would have served as a real slap in the face to the other religions of the day. It was a way of proclaiming – Our God Reigns!


Does that change how you read Genesis 1? If so how?