Lead:

Remember when Jesus responds to the Pharisees about divorce and He points them to Genesis? At the very end of today we make the connection to nakedness.

Intro:

One thing about a new year and a new trip through the Bible: we will have choices — hard choices — about what to comment on. Or more accurately, what we don’t talk about together given that we used to try to shoot for these to be 22 minutes and this new reading plan is five days a week instead of seven. So, since yesterday’s intro was kinda long being the new year and new plan and all, today let’s just get to it.

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Old covenant:

Passage: Genesis 2-4
Translation: NLT (New Living Translation)
Verses: 34
Words: ~806

Wisdom:

Passage: Psalm 104
Translation: NLT (New Living Translation)
Verses: 35
Words: 174

New covenant:

Passage: Mark 2
Translation: NLT (New Living Translation)
Verses: 28
Words: ~592

NOTES:

Hey, I promised you a couple links.

That story where I speak about the first reference to Jesus and the gospel in Genesis 3:15 is found on this page (scroll down and look for December 23).

And the new album by our music sponsor, The Dandelion Project is here.

Finally, here’s the main point about the nakedity verse at the end of Genesis 2: The verse immediately preceding is the one Jesus references when the Pharisees asked Him about divorce. His point: two become one and feel no shame. And in Genesis, literally the next words are about the Satan and sin.

Love you!

-R

ForTheHope is a daily audio Bible + apologetics podcast and blog. We’ve got a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.

Sources and resources:

(1) John M. Frame, Salvation Belongs to the Lord: An Introduction to Systematic Theology (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2006), 249–250.

#994: Genesis 2-4 | Psalm 104 | Mark 2 | Nakeditity and Jesus