The One Year Chronological Study Bible - Flipbook - Page 11
January
January
Day 1 •
JANUARY 1
The opening chapters of the Bible reveal God as eternal, wise, powerful, good, and committed to human
flourishing. They also introduce the integrated systems that sustain life, explain the origin of sin, and point
to God’s plan and way of redemption.
God forms humanity in His image to govern His creation, reflect His glory, and fill the earth with His
image bearers. He unites the first couple in marriage and places them in Eden with one prohibition,
inviting them to live in relationship with Him by faith.
Tempted by the serpent, Eve violates the prohibition, as does Adam. They choose to determine good
and evil by what they see instead of what God said. Sin thus enters the world and brings with it shame,
fear, guilt, and separation. The couple is evicted from the Garden, but not before God graciously covers
their nakedness by sacrificing an animal that He had called “good.” Adam and Eve depart with a promise
(Genesis 3:15) and a picture (Genesis 3:21) of redemption.
The Bible begins in Genesis 1–11 with the dawn of
Creation and the early history of the world.
waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, “Let the land sprout with
vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing
plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit.
These seeds will then produce the kinds of
plants and trees from which they came.” And
that is what happened. 12 The land produced
vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants,
and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds
produced plants and trees of the same kind.
And God saw that it was good.
13And evening passed and morning came,
marking the third day.
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The Account of Creation • GENESIS 1:1–2:4a
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and
the earth.* 2 The earth was formless and empty,
and darkness covered the deep waters. And the
Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of
the waters.
3
Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there
was light. 4And God saw that the light was
good. Then he separated the light from the
darkness. 5 God called the light “day” and
the darkness “night.”
And evening passed and morning came,
marking the first day.
6
Then God said, “Let there be a space between the
waters, to separate the waters of the heavens
from the waters of the earth.” 7And that is what
happened. God made this space to separate
the waters of the earth from the waters of the
heavens. 8 God called the space “sky.”
And evening passed and morning came,
marking the second day.
9
Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky
flow together into one place, so dry ground
may appear.” And that is what happened.
10 God called the dry ground “land” and the
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Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to
separate the day from the night. Let them be
signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.
15 Let these lights in the sky shine down on the
earth.” And that is what happened. 16 God made
two great lights—the larger one to govern the
day, and the smaller one to govern the night.
He also made the stars. 17 God set these lights
in the sky to light the earth, 18 to govern the day
and night, and to separate the light from the
darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19And evening passed and morning came,
marking the fourth day.
1:1 Or In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, . . .
Or When God began to create the heavens and the earth, . . .
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