The Bible Is One Grand Story:
The Restoration of Eden's Kingdom

February 9, 2014
MF Blume


2Co 11:2    For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
2Co 11:3    But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.



When we read Genesis, it is important to know that the first three chapters form the basis for everything else in the bible afterwards.

Even the idea of creation is used through the Old Testament to the thought of Israel becoming his people.

Deu 32:8    When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Deu 32:9    For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Deu 32:10    He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Deu 32:11    As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

This passage is in pattern from Genesis.

WASTE is the same Hebrew word as WITHOUT FORM.

Gen 1:1    In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2    And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And the picture of the eagle stirring her wings to flutter over her young is also taken from Genesis 1:2.
Gen 1:2    YLT the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness is on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

God purposely had Moses speak of the Exodus as CREATION when Israel became His people with the OLD COVENANT.
Isa 51:16    And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

We are a COVENANT PEOPLE who are also called new creation.

2Co 5:17    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

So we see the OLD COVENANT PEOPLE called by CREATION terms and the NEW COVENANT PEOPLE also by creation terms.
We begin to see there is an overall story from the front of the bible to the back.
The Exodus is like the PATTERN OF CREATION in Genesis because God looks at Israel entering the covenant with Him as a NEW CREATION.

And New Testament salvation has the same pattern.

Act 2:38    Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Exodus 14:19-20 KJV And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: (20) And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Notice this:

When the enemy came upon Israel, God’s angel that was leading Israel moved
Genesis 1:1-4 KJV In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (2) And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. (4) And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Just like Israel being tormented by Egypt and treated like slaves, our lives were tormented by our sins that held us in bondage.

And the first step in seeing that broken is what Peter preached to the Jews the day the church came to a new level as promised by Jesus.

THAT IS what REPENTANCE does.
The second thing Peter said was BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS.

Genesis 1:6-7 KJV And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. (7) And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

And the EXODUS showed the same pattern as well.

Exodus 14:21-22 KJV And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. (22) And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Egyptian soldiers represent our sins.

Exodus 14:26-29 KJV And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. (27) And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. (28) And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. (29) But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.


The sins God separates from you when you repent are then dealt with again by the waters.

Compare:

Acts 2:38 KJV Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, …

Luke 24:47 KJV And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

NOT ONE EGYPTIAN REMAINED ALIVE!

Exodus 14:30-31 KJV Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. (31) And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.

Exodus 15:1-2 KJV Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. (2) The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

You can see baptism in Jesus' name in the Exodus!
GOD BECAME THEIR SALVATION – THAT IS THE MEANING OF THE NAME JESUS – YASHUA!

The third element listed in Acts 2:38, after repentance and water baptism, is HOLY GHOST BAPTISM.

Acts 2:38 KJV Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

The third thing in Genesis...

LIFE:

Gen 1:9-11    And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Land "appearing" is existing but then being seen when formerly unseen.
HOLY GHOST BAPTISM IS LIFE IN YOU!

The garden was in Eden.

Gen 2:8    And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Ezekiel shows it was on a mountain.

Eze 28:13    Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
28:14    Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

God took Israel to a mountain after he repeated the creation pattern.
The woman is pictured to bring forth a seed to crush the serpent's head.
Israel -- specifically JERUSALEM -- was also known as a BRIDE of God in the Old Covenant.

But notice how he mentions her abominations before describing her as a bride whom he married.

Eze 16:1-15 KJV Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, (3) And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. (4) And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. (5) None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. (6) And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. (7) I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased
and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. (8) Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. (9) Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. (10) I clothed thee also
with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. (11) I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. (12) And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. (13) Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. (14) And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. (15) But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.

He went onto to talk about her ornaments that He adorned her with as His bride.
Eze 16:26 KJV Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

Eze 16:28 KJV Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.

Eze 16:31-32 KJV In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; (32) But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

Eph 5:25 KJV Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Paul even stated that the church situation is like Adam and Eve in Genesis, when God made her from his rib.

Eph 5:30-32 KJV For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. (31) For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. (32) This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Rev 21:1-5 KJV And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. (2) And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Instead of old Jerusalem in Ezekiel 16 who was God's bride and became a prostitute, we see a NEW JERUSALEM.

SERMONS