Genesis 1–2 in the Teaching of Jesus and the Apostles

Abstract

Many Bible scholars suggest that the creation account in Gen 1–2 is not a trustworthy account of the origin of life on earth. Some view it as just a poetic way of expressing the fact that God was the originator of life, but it is not a literal, historical account of how God created life on earth. Others view it as merely a mythological story that pre-scientific people believed, but it is not to be believed today. But the creation account has been validated not only elsewhere in the Old Testament but also in the New Testament. Jesus and the apostles clearly believed and taught the Genesis creation account to be a true account of the origin of life on planet Earth. This article reviews the New Testament evidence for their convictions about Gen 1–2.

Keywords: Creation, Gen 1–2, origin(s), teaching, hermeneutic, NT