Publisher's Synopsis
The book's chief concern, however, is not just the physical origins of humanity and God's people, but more so about the relationship that God desires to have with the people he created who inhabit his earth. How Adam and Eve, though sinless when created, fell into sin, and the evil consequences of their sin passed on to the entire human race who were was descended from them. Rebellious humanity deserved, and received God's judgment, but that judgment was always mixed with mercy. God did not destroy the human life he had created. Rather he worked through it to provide a way of salvation available to all. His way was to choose one man (Abraham), from whom he would build a nation (Israel), through which he would make his will know, and then eventually produce the Saviour of the world (Jesus). The book of Genesis not only shows how humanity began but subsequently rebelled against God and fell under his judgment. However, it shows also how God began to carry out his plan for their salvation fully revealed in the New Testament through Jesus Christ.
