Genesis is the wild west. Its the new frontier. It reads like the narration of an epic tale liking to Lord of the Rings or Conan the Barbarian. Lawrence of Arabia with out the guns (or planes). Primitive, new, undiscovered worlds colliding and growing daily with the interaction of its Creator. Stories of travel, adventure, war, destruction, incest, moments that bring wonder.
All of this a story of Gods interaction with man. It's quiet amazing to think about, almost like it is in a distant land long ago.
But it is our story.
At times I read and think, "Ok so I'm not the guy who God's angels are trying to rescue from the destruction of my city, btw I'll offer my virgin daughters to the angry mob, because that will make thinkgs all better guy." But I'm a guy, and I don't do things right, and because of Jesus who I read about in the parallel chapters, I too can have interactions with God. The thought provoked by Genesis for me, is: How? How is God intersecting and interacting in my life? How is He intersecting in the lives of others? What prejudices are blinding me from seeing God interact in the lives of the imperfect?
It's amazing you read the stories, and almost in passing a fact like "at that time men began to call on the name of the Lord." [Gen. 4.26]" is brought into the drama. Amazing. Hundreds of years in four chapters and men begin calling on God. The things I take for granted. What an amazing book this is!
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I get the same feeling about Genesis.
It's like Texas!
In a historical sense.
Or, how we like to see it.. bigger, better.. untamed and unruly.
(in comparison to the rest of the U.S. anyway)
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