The Scriptures: Genesis 1—The Chaos Pattern

About this episode

This episode explores the chaos pattern in the first three chapters of Genesis and its implications throughout scripture.

When we read the scriptures we need to do our best to read from the perspective of the original audience it was written to, an ancient near eastern people who thought in different ways than we do as modern westerners. The writers of scriptures use different mechanisms to tell the story: problems, patterns and pointers. In this episode we are going to examine a pattern that emerges in the first three chapters of Genesis and continues through the whole of scripture. The chaos pattern. We will see how this pattern is established and repeated throughout the Old Testament and how Jesus breaks this pattern. This is part of the good news that he and his followers announced in the New Testament.

People in this episode

Host: Mountain Park Church

Topics covered

• scripture interpretation
• chaos pattern
• Genesis
• Old Testament
• New Testament
• ancient near eastern culture

Keywords

• Genesis
• chaos pattern
• scripture
• Old Testament
• New Testament
• Jesus
• ancient near eastern

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Books & works: Genesis

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