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===the Creation===

===the Creation===

''In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth''.  This is one of the most famous statements in the Bible, and it opens up Genesis to a view of the world as being formless and void, just before God acted out His creation.  Genesis 1:1 through 2:3 involved the first seven days in history:

''In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth''.  This is one of the most famous statements in the Bible, and it starts the account of God's creation.  Genesis 1:1 through 2:3 involved the first seven days in history:

*The first day, the creation of light (Gen. 1:2 through 1:5).

*The first day, the creation of the heavens and the Earth, and light (Gen. 1:1 through 1:5).

*The second day, the creation of the firmament of the waters (Gen. 1:6 through 1:8).

*The second day, the creation of a "firmament" or ''expanse'', separating the waters (Gen. 1:6 through 1:8).

*The third day, the creation of dry earth and plant life (Gen. 1:9 through 1:13).

*The third day, the creation of dry earth and plant life (Gen. 1:9 through 1:13).

*The fourth day, the creation of the Sun, the moon, the stars, and the seasons of earth (Gen. 1:14 through 1:19).

*The fourth day, the creation of the Sun, the moon, and the stars, to mark the seasons (Gen. 1:14 through 1:19).

*The fifth day, the creation of the animals of the sea and the fowl of the air (Gen. 1:20 through 1:23).

*The fifth day, the creation of the creatures of the sea and the fowl of the air (Gen. 1:20 through 1:23).

*The sixth day, the creation of the animals of the land, and the creation of Man (Gen. 1:24 through 1:31).

*The sixth day, the creation of the animals of the land, and the creation of Man (Gen. 1:24 through 1:31).

The fall of mankind into sin began when Satan questioned one of God's commands, namely not to eat of the tree of life, and succeeded in talking Eve into eating the fruit, followed by Adam.  The result of disobeying this command resulted in the driving away of Adam and Eve from the garden, to live a life of subsistence farming and painful childbearing.  Genesis 3:15 is also cited as being the first reference to the coming [[Messiah]].

The fall of mankind into sin began when Satan questioned one of God's commands, namely not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and convinced Eve into eating the fruit, followed by Adam.  The result of disobeying this command resulted in the driving away of Adam and Eve from the garden, to live a life of subsistence farming and painful childbearing, and eventually dying.  Genesis 3:15 is also cited as being the first reference to the coming [[Messiah]].

===the Flood===

===the Flood===