In this episode of IBR, we have a conversation about how Greeks (Westerners) & Hebrews (Easterners) think about the world differently. This is an invaluable study as it drastically changes the way we process Scripture as a whole and Genesis in particular. Many of the troubles we have with interpreting Scripture comes from the way we ask questions. As westerners, many times we are simply asking different questions than our eastern Biblical authors. We are looking for answers they simply aren’t prepared to give.

This week we look at Genesis 1 from a perspective that may be completely foreign, that is, as poetic narrative. When we look at Genesis 1 as simply a “lab report” of how the world was physically created, we see but a small and insignificant portion of the bigger story that God is telling.

Welcome to Image Bearers Radio, a new podcast ministry of Out of Ashes Ministries. In this first episode, Joe introduces you to himself, tells about his background, where the Father is leading him now. joe also gives his vision for IBR. We hope you enjoy the show!

 

In today's lesson, we will look at the 7 days of creation and ask different questions than we have traditionally. Is Genesis 1 a scientific "lab report" of the physical creation of the world? Does Genesis 1 tell us about the age of the earth? Or is this creation story about something much, much bigger?

This week we begin a new Torah cycle beginning in Genesis. With this new beginning, we will start a new series exploring how all of the Biblical concepts are seeded in the first few chapters of our Bibles.

 

In this first session, we begin before the beginning. How do we think about the Scriptures? Does our western American mindset altar the way we understand our Bibles? How do we come to a closer understanding of the eastern authors and how the Sprit of God inspired them to write? We attempt to shed some light on some of these questions and begin to delve into the first few verses of Genesis.