Further Study

Review Questions

These questions are designed to help you review important material covered in the lecture.

1. In what two ways is Gen. 1:1-2:3 inspired? Explain.
2. Explain the background of the chapters in terms of availability and interaction.
3. Why did Moses write these chapters?
4. Summarize the basic overview of Gen. 1:1-2:3?
5. What is the literary structure of the Dark Chaotic World in Gen. 1:1-2?
6. What is the literary structure of the Ideal World in Gen. 2:1-3?
7. What is the literary structure of the Six Days of Ordering in Gen. 1:3-31?
8. How do these literary structures help us understand Moses’ purpose for writing?
9. What is the original meaning of the Dark Chaotic World?
10. What is the original meaning of the Ideal World?
11. What is the original meaning of the Six Days of Ordering?
12. Explain how the NT writers related the creation story to the inauguration of the Kingdom.
13. Explain how the NT writers related the creation story to the continuation of the Kingdom.
14. Explain how the NT writers related the creation story to the consummation of the Kingdom.

Application Questions

Application questions are intended for group discussions.

1. In contrast to the other creation stories in Moses’ day God’s spoken word alone brought order and restrained the chaos. How does the way in which God created cause you to worship Him?
2. Moses’ primeval history was intended to validate Israel’s exodus and conquest by showing that they were in accordance with the order God had established in the early history of the world. In what way does an understanding of the creation story help you understand your life within history?
3. The Israelites failed to recognize God’s blessings in the Promised Land instead they thought Egypt was pretty good. In what ways are we tempted to not recognize the blessings of Christ’s inauguration and possibly settle for “pretty good”?
4. When Paul spoke in 2 Cor. 5:17 that believers are a new creation he indicated that believers become a part of a new realm, a new world. How does it make you feel that you are not only a new creation but part of a newly created realm?
5. Dr. Pratt mentioned that Christians often disconnect their eternal hope from the creation. In other words we assume we will spend eternity in the spiritual world of heaven. However, the NT teaches that our eternal destiny will be in the new heavens and new earth. How does the NT teaching of a re-created universe affect your view of the world today?
6. What is the most significant insight you have learned from this study? Why?