Can you identify The plan of salvation in the first chapter of genesis?

Answer 1

Yes. First, its important to understand that the Old Testament illustrates the New Testament spiritual truths through the physical stories contained in the Old Testament. Accordingly, every single New Testament doctrine is beautifully illustrated in the Book of Genesis (the book of Beginnings), especially in the first 12 chapters. The plan for salvation is contained in the first chapter of Genesis, and in fact, in the first 5 verses, Genesis 1:1-5. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the Earth. It was created perfectly in the Beginning as Gods relationship with man was perfect (with Adam) in the Garden of Eden. However man sinned, he fell, was expelled from the Garden of Eden and denied access to the Tree of Life, which would have enabled Adam to live forever. The result of Adams sin brought the ruinous curse of sin and death upon all his seed after him, and the very earth itself, the result, was ruin, and spiritual darkness.Rom5:12, Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep There was a time when you were an infant, you were innocent, and did not know the difference between right and wrong. However, at a certain point in your life you passed this age of innocence, when you recognized right from wrong. At that point, the sin nature passed down to you from Adam (Rom5:12), revived, and shortly thereafter you sinned and were likewise under the curse and condemnation and ruin of sin from that time forth. (Romans 7:9) Gen 1:2 And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters In that darkness and in the midst of that ruin of a ruined creation by sin, and a ruined life by sin, your life, the Spirit of God is moving, to call you unto Christ. (John 15:26, John 16:7-8, John 6:65) Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light --compare with John 8:12 Then spake Jesus unto them saying, I am the light of the world... When we receive Christ as Saviour, Christ the light of the world brings light to us, with a reborn spirit that is reborn within us and at one with Christ, the light of the world. Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, THAT IT WAS GOOD: and God divided the light from the darkness You become two people, two natures at your salvation. There is now the new you, the Born again you, spiritually reborn that is in the light, and at one with Christ, it is your new nature and it is good in Gods eyes, as its basis of righteousness is Christ's righteousness, not your own, but there is still your old nature, your old man, the darkness. And now the two are permanently divided, and at odds with each other, light from the darkness, two opposite natures. Light and darkness divided by God, we likewise, our new light nature is divided from our old dark nature by God. Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. compare with 2Peter 1:19..and the day star arise in your hearts. The Day, capitalized here in Gen 1:5, as the Day star mentioned in 2 peter and Mal 4:2 Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings, these all refer directly to Christ. As the the light is now called Day, we are, the new man are now called Christ. Christ in us, He is the light that is within us, the goodness and righteousness that is the nature of the new man, is Christs. We reflect Him, the rest of our life is spent in God working out His new good nature in us working out into all areas of our life as we live the rest of our life as a witness of Jesus Christ that He is the Light of the world that brings light to a world of darkness ruined by the curse of sin. The rest of this growth process is likewise pictured in the rest of Genesis 1.