



Genesis
1-11 As Literal History
nThe style of
these early chapters of Genesis does not suggest a mythical, allegorical, or poetical approach
nThis is the view entertained by our Lord Jesus Christ
nThe inspired writers of the NT not only referred often to the narrative, but made doctrinal arguments which depended upon the historical validity of the Genesis account
nThe Bible teaches that the creation of the heavens, the earth, and the inhabitants
thereof, was for the
glorification of Almighty God