The book of the Father

Genesis has four primary divisions by the four voices of God.

Priest: Ge 1:1-2:5 - This division is like a Table of Contents to the Book of Life. Each day is a picture of Christ which is revealed in one of seven portions of the Bible. It speaks of the work of God in a hidden language, and it speaks of the work of the Son of God in all time and eternity.

Prophet: Ge 2:6-5:32 - The highlight of this portion is the sacrifice of the lamb to cover the sin of Adam. It ends with the genealogy showing fruitfulness. The voice of the prophet always speaks of the life and mission of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.

Judge: Ge 6:1-11:28 - One cannot mention Noah without thinking of the judgement of God. But judgement is not God's main focus and this section also ends with genealogies showing fruitfulness.

King: Ge 11:29-50:26 - The king is concerned with earthly affairs and indeed the focus of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the promise God made to Abraham for land. Even Joseph, who is not one of the fathers, but is a son, becomes the king of kings as he rules over all the nations.

Priest

The word 'day' יום figuratively means 'a distinct picture of what God intended to do and completed through the Son of Man' or simply 'a picture of Christ'. The activities of each day appear to be sequential, but finally we discover that all seven days occurred in a single day:

Ge 2:4 ¶ These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Literally we interpret that all of creation happened outside of time. How else can seven days be one day? But figuratively we interpret that all the pictures of Christ are one picture. Rather than sequential activities, they are seven views of the work of Christ which can be seen in it's entirety by overlaying each picture upon the others like transparencies, until it is a unified whole.

Day 1 - The light and the dark Light represents the holiness of God and darkness represents his grace. The first expression of God's holiness and grace to mankind is found in the narrative of Adam.

Day 2 - The waters The pre-eminent feature of the narrative of Noah is the water.

Day 3 - The land The Fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are looking to possess the land.

Day 4 - The two great lights As God lead Israel out of Egypt he led them by the pillar of fire and smoke. The purpose of the great lights and the pillar was to 'divide'.

Day 5 - Life from the waters Water represents the word of God. Nearly everyone who passed through the Red Sea died without receiving the promise. The Egyptians died immediately, and the Hebrews died in the desert. Their children possessed the land. As they crossed the Jordan, though there were setbacks, they were bathed is the word of God in order to bring life.

Day 6 - The day of the man The gospels tell of THE man Christ Jesus who was the express image of God. He obtained his bride.

Day 7 - The rest The fruitfulness of the man is obtained through rest in the cross. The letters share the grace of God obtained through the cross of Christ.

Prophet

The narrative of Adam is the prophecy of Christ:

The father chooses the bride

Ge 2:6 General revelation

Ge 2:7 Incarnation

Ge 2:8-9 The cross

Ge 2:10-14 Revelation through 4 voices

Ge 2:15 Made lord of the earth

Ge 2:16-17 If you 'care' for mankind you must die

Ge 2:18-20 Father searches for a bride

Ge 2:21-25 Christ obtains the bride through his death

The Son marries the bride

Ge 3:1-6 The deception of mankind

Ge 3:6 Christ made to be sin

Ge 3:7 Christ and the bride change places (fig = lies)

Ge 3:8-11 Gethsemane

Ge 3:12-15 Tribulation of Christ from the bride

Ge 3:16 Persecution of the church

Ge 3:17-19 Christ gives himself for the church

Ge 3:20 Promise of fruitfulness

Ge 3:21 Christ and the bride made holy in resurrection

Ge 3:22 We are made like him

Ge 3:23-24 Leave the father cleave to the wife