all the great doctrines concerning God, man, sin and salvation are found there. The very first verse suggests the purpose of the book. “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” The Israelites, to whom the message of the book was first addressed, would learn that the God of Palestine was also the God of all lands, and that the God of one nation—Israel—was also the God of all nations. Since He was the God and Creator of all the earth, He must ultimately become the Redeemer of all the