2: The Genesis Foundation — Teaching Plan

Key Thought: Genesis lays out the path that our world descended into sinful chaos. Nearly every concept mentioned in Revelation appears in the book of Genesis.
April 12, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 40:7,8, Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8.

Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
What principle can you find in these texts that would help you in your study of prophecy?
Personal Application: If you don’t understand something in the Bible, or an apparent contradiction, how do you try to understand it properly? Share your thoughts.
Case Study: One of your relatives states, “There are people that say the Book of Mormon or the Koran are perfect, bu the Bible has errors in it. They accept the Bible in part, but rely on their own writings as more perfect.? How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Genesis 22:7,8; Exodus 12:3-13; Revelation 15:5-10.

Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
How does the story of Issacc’s son sacrifice help us understand how lambs are used symbolically? How does Revelation 5 tie into this?
Personal Application: Why is knowing that Jesus is our substitute so foundational to our salvation? Share your thoughts.
Case Study: One of your friends states, “I can’t grasp Jesus’ love in dying for my sins, but also for all the sins of all the people who have done terrible things. Why would He sacrifice for the murderers, rapists, thieves, adulterers, and deceivers in the world? I don’t ever think I could have that kind of love.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Genesis 2:15-17; 4:8-15; I Corinthians 15:150-19; Rev. 1:18.

Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
What do these passages tell us about why people die, how God views death, and what His solution is for our problem?
Personal Application: If death had no solution, how useless, meaningless, and futile would our lives be? Share your thoughts.
Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “No matter how a person lives, whether they follow Christ or not, whether they were good or evil; everyone speaks well of the dead and assure themselves they are in heaven. Why are people so self-deceived and in need of some positive assurance of an afterlife?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Genesis 3:1-5, Revelation 12:1-9.

Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
What are some of the common themes in each passage? How do these texts reveal some of the issues that led to the war in heaven?
Personal Application: How are the devil’s lies still being prologated in our culture today? Share your thoughts.
Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.
(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared. ”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).