Welcome to Deep Dive To Be Read First The Book of Genesis Genesis 1:1 A Cry of Praise and Worship Genesis 1:1 What it is Not About Genesis 1:2 Primal Elements of Chaos and Primal Fears Outline of Genesis Chapter One Genesis 1:3-5 Days One and Four (1:14-19) God Erects a Roof for His Temple: Days Two (Gen. 1:11-13) and Five (Gen. 1:20-23) Terra Firma: The Temple Floor –Days 3 Gen. 1`:9-13 & Day 6 Gen. 24 The Jewel of the Sixth Day: The Image of God We are Kings and Queens! Day Seven: The Great Enthronement of God in His Cosmic Temple: Genesis 2:2 But the Lord is in His Holy Temple … Conclusion to Genesis One The Garden: The Idea of Sacred Space A Look into the Holy of Holies The Two Trees Binary World of Bright Side/Dark Side The Jewel of the Sixth Day: The Image of God In Statu Viae Adam’s Original Solitude and Original Union with Eve The Purpose of Marriage and the Place of Animals God’s Temple and Evil The Faces of Adam, Eve, and Evil Snaky Words The Nakedness Motif and the Fall The Divine Incantation The Haunted House: “…I was afraid…” Light from the Clerestory Cain’s Alternative Culture Seth’s Line: Winning When It Feels Like Losing! Noah’s Ark as Temple The Noachian Covenant: A Temple Document Noah: His Fall, Curses, and Blessings Babel, the Culmination of the Fall Faustian Patterns Separation from the Chaos of Ancient Civilizations The Abrahamic Covenant: It’s overall Structure Genesis 12: Abram, His Call to Land and Motivating Promises Genesis 15: Abram’s Belief & God’s Covenant/Oath Concerning the land Gen 17: My Covenant in your Flesh The Sublime Climax: Genesis 22 Sodom and Gomorrah Key Abrahamic Motifs: Blessing Key Abrahamic Motifs Cont. – The Nations Abrahamic Motifs Cont. – Greatness Key Abrahamic Motifs: Theophany Encounters Key Abrahamic Motifs: – Trees Isaac the Fortunate Jacob or Esau? Take Your Pick! Jacob’s Wives Jacob the “Jerk” Jacob’s Temple Encounter Stairway to Heaven No One Can Embrace God without a Fight! Enigma and the Mysterium Tremendum