"Genesis"
means "origin." The book of Genesis tells us the origin
of the universe and especially about the origin of Earth, the home
of mankind. The creation account begins with a dark and lifeless
state into which God speaks. The crowning glory of His creation
occurs on the sixth day and is the creation of Man (both male and
female), into
whom He breathes His
spirit. In all of His creation, only Mankind is created in the
image of God. We were created to glorify God and to reflect His
Goodness, His Mercy, His Beauty, and His Love. All of Mankind was
tested in Adam. No one since Adam has been created with such
perfection as God gave to him. He was the perfect test candidate
for Mankind. Adam faltered and failed to abide by the one
restriction that God placed on him in the Garden of Eden. In all
the beauty and splendor of the Garden, only one thing was denied
him, and Adam decided he would rather throw it all away just to
have this one little thing. Adam's test, ultimately, was a test of
his willingness to subject himself to God and to obey Him. Since
the time of Adam, all of Mankind has inherited Adam's inability to
humble himself before his creator. All, that is, but one - Jesus.
