
Where was Jesus in Genesis?
1. Jesus
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Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
John 1:1-3 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] He was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Colossians 1:16-17 - For by Jesus all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. [17] And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
What do we learn?
• Jesus is and always has been
• Jesus is in complete
2. Jesus was in the Garden of
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Genesis 3:8 - And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Christophanies are
3. Jesus gave Adam and Eve the
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Genesis 3:15 - I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
protoevangelium = “first” + “good news”
What do we learn?
• Adam knew Christ as God
• We were created to have a
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• Adam was saved, just like us, by trusting in the promised
4. Jesus was typified in Adam, the Tree of Life, Noah’s Ark, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and more.
Romans 5:14 – …Adam, who was a type of the One who was to come.
John 14:6 - “I am the way, the truth and the LIFE.”
Genesis 18:1 - The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth
5. Jesus was typified in Joseph…
Both Joseph and Jesus were Despised and
Genesis 37:23 - So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore.
John 1:11 - “Jesus came to his own and his own received him not”
Isaiah 53:3-4 – Jesus “is despised and rejected of man, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief”
Both Joseph and Jesus were found
Genesis 45:3 - Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.
Luke 24:5-6 - “Why do you seek the living among the dead? Jesus is not here, but has risen.
Both Joseph and Jesus were
Genesis 45:4 - So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. [5] And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
Matthew 1:21 - Thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
Egypt typified
Canaan Land typified
Genesis 50:25 - Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” 26 So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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