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A Study Commentary on Genesis, Volume 1: Genesis 1:1–25:18 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Genesis is a book about beginnings—the creation of the universe, the formation of mankind, the establishment of the covenant, and the founding of the people of Israel. Many Christians regard the Old Testament as merely a collection of interesting stories to be taught in Sunday school, but which have little application for the church today except as providing examples or illustrations from a...

Christ. When the disciple Stephen speaks of Israel before the Sanhedrin, he calls the Hebrews ‘the ekklesia in the wilderness’ (Acts 7:38). That Greek term, often translated as ‘congregation’, is the basic New Testament word for ‘church’ (see Matt. 16:18; Acts 20:28). And, vice versa, when the New Testament speaks of the church it sometimes employs language that was reserved for the people of Israel. 1 Peter 2:9, for example, exclaims to the church: ‘But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,
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