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The Bible as HistoryBook OneCreation to the United Kingdom
 Dr. Stanford E. Murrell
 
The Bible as HistoryDr. Stanford E. MurrellTable of ContentBook OneCreation to the United KingdomChapter
1. Genesis2. Exodus3. Leviticus and Numbers4. Deuteronomy5. Joshua6. Judges7. Ruth8. The First Book of Samuel
Book TwoThe Golden Years of Hebrew HistoryThe United Kingdom
9. The United Kingdom Under Saul10. The Life of David11. The Life of Solomon12. Ten Tribes and the Kingdom of Israel13. The Era of Jonah, Amos, and Hosea14. The End of an Era15. Rulers and Prophets16. The Suffering Saints17. Hebrew Society18. A Table of Nations of Contemporary History
Book ThreeThe Babylonian Captivity to the Restoration
19. The Captivity
Book FourThe Restoration
20. The Restoration
 
The Bible as HistoryChapter 1Genesis
"In the beginning, God..."~*~
Genesis 1:1
Introduction: The Dawning of a New Day
Nowhere does the Bible ever try to prove the existence of God. The reason for this is simple. Whatever evidence would beoffered, as confirmation of the Divine presence would be of greatervalue than God Himself. This point is presented in part by theLord's appearance to Moses when the reluctant leader asked for asign to prove to others that the Lord had spoken to him.
“ And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM and He said, Thus shalt thousay unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you
"(Exodus 3:14). God appealed to His own essence and to His ownself-existence as the greatest evidence of Divine reality.It has been said that, if a person can believe the first fourwords of 
Genesis
, all the rest of the Bible will be easy to receive:
"In the beginning, God...” The
author of Hebrews (11:6) declares that fundamental faith in the actuality of God is the basis forall Divine fellowship.
"But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh toGod must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him."
One way that God rewards those who believe in Him and seek after Him is by declaringthe way of salvation. In the Bible we have the revelation of God to man, and the responsibilityof man to God. In the Bible we have the Divine plan of human redemption, and theestablishment of God's kingdom upon the earth. The kingdom of God, embodied most fully inthe spiritual seed of Abram, was ordained to survive in the midst of other nations such as Egypt,Assyria, Babylon, Phoenicia, Syria, Arabia, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. That it did surviveis the great story of Bible History.
The Eleven Commandments of Creation
Having decided according to the good pleasure of His own sovereign will to createmankind (Eph. 1:11), it was necessary that the Lord establish a habitation for man to dwellwithin. And so we read,
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth"
(Gen. 1:1).While skeptics mock the simplicity of the Divine narrative, no philosopher or scientist has everprovided a logical alternative to the wonderful truth that God created the heaven and the earth.God spoke and by His omnipotent power the world sprang into existence. At least eleven timeswere read,
"and God said"
and it was done. (Gen. 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26, 28, 29)
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