THE GENESIS
OF NEW CREATION
October
5, 1997 pm
MF Blume
Genesis 1:1-3 In the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon
the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was
light.
John 1:1-5 In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in
the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not
any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light
of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it
not.
1 John 1:1-2 That which was from the
beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we
have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the
life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto
you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto
us;)
1 John 1:5 This then is the message
which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in
him is no darkness at all.
John's Gospel is different than
Matthew, Mark and Luke. The other three parallel in many ways and in events.
You often read the same accounts in all three
BUT GOSPEL OF JOHN IS DIFFERENT
- It parallels another book
of the Bible CALLED GENESIS.
- A clear parallel is seen
between Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1 and 1 John 1:1.
- In each chapter The beginning,
God's WORD, and Light are all listed in all accounts.
- Each section of this first
chapter in John's Gospel is very similar to Genesis and the days of creation/restoration.
In the Gospel of John there is
mention of "the next day" in verses, 29, 35, 43.
John 1:29 The next day ...
John 1:35 Again the next day ...
John 1:43 The day following ...
- Day after day just as in
Genesis 1
DAY ONE
JOHN 1:1-14
From verse 1 to 14 we see Genesis
Day 1 in spiritual terms, which in Genesis involved God speaking forth LIGHT.
- John explains that the
WORD was with God and was God.
- In THAT WORD was LIFE
and He is the LIGHT.
- So God sent HIS WORD,
HIMSELF, to mankind.
- 1 John says that which
was from the beginning is the WORD OF LIFE.
- We handled it.
- God's WORD was manifest
in FLESH.
- THE LIGHT came into being.
- But though He was
in the world, the world knew Him not.
- Like Genesis 1:2, the world
was without form and void.
- Humanity was made formless.
- Man who was formed of the
dust was rendered without form.
- And man who was meant to
be filled with fruit from tree of LIFE, was VOID or EMPTY.
- The world was made by that
Word but knew Him not.
- Some will remain that way
until Jesus comes.
- Jesus will say unto them,
"I never knew you."
- And they will not enter
into the Kingdom.
- So between now and His
coming we had better make sure we KNOW HIM.
- He came for that reason.
God told Adam to be fruitful
and to multiply
- Jesus is the VINE and we
are the branches.
- He wants us to KNOW HIM
and bear fruit.
Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren,
ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be
married to another, [even] to him who is raised from the dead, that we should
bring forth fruit unto God.
- Extend His influence over
the world.
- Let others learn how to
KNOW Him.
- Bear fruit of the Spirit
- love, joy, peace, etc.
He comes and there is light.
- Some know Him and some do
not.
Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light,
that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
John 1:5 And the light shineth
in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
- When Jesus comes, some reject
Him and are darkness and other accept Him and are in the light as He is in
the light.
1 John 1:6-7 If we say that we have
fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But
if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
- Those in LIGHT fellowship
with Him.
- Those in darkness are separated
from that fellowship.
DAY TWO
JOHN 1:15-28 is DAY TWO of Genesis 1
- On day two God divided the
waters, upper waters from lower waters.
- And a firmament was between
them.
In John, John the Baptist BAPTIZES
people bearing witness of JESUS, the LIGHT.
- Waters are divided.
- John said another is coming
after me.
John 1:15 John bare witness of
him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after
me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
- Priests asked Him saying
"Who are you?"
- Why did he baptize in water
if he was not Christ.
- v. 26 but he said "I baptize
with water, but one comes whom you do you not know."
Matthew 3:11 I indeed baptize you
with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I,
whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost,
and with fire:
- Day two is water division.
- Jesus will come after John
with Spirit baptism.
- Water baptism is separation.
- Upper waters from lower
waters.
- As light and darkness were
separated, upper waters and lower waters are separated on day two.
- After light comes and those
who have repented fellowship with the light while others stay with darkness,
one must be baptized.
- Heavenly life is separated
from earthly life.
- Some choose not to be baptized
and A WAY OF LIFE is separated now, not just fellowship.
- When you repent, light
comes and you FELLOWSHIP with Jesus.
- But then you must LIVE
a lifestyle differently.
- Waters is LIFE.
- Baptism buries OLD LIVES
and remits old sins by the blood of Jesus.
- The old life is lower waters
and the New Life is Upper waters.
DAY THREE
JOHN 1:29 -34
But after this day comes the
THIRD DAY
- The third day was always
RESURRECTION.
Jesus comes into the picture.
- Jesus rose again from the
dead on the third day.
- And aptly, this third day
is a resurrection day for Jesus gives the Spirit of resurrection, the dove
of the Holy Ghost.
John 1:32-33 And John bare record,
saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode
upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the
same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining
on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
- This is the Son of God (v.
34).
- And the Spirit He has is
given to us in Spirit baptism, and we become sons of God by Spirit baptism.
Romans 8:15-16 For ye have not received
the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are the children of God:
- He resurrects you from the
death of repentance and the burial of water baptism, and you become a SON
OF GOD Like Him.
- YOUR THIRD DAY is like
Genesis' third day.
- The land arose from beneath
the waters.
Genesis 1:9 And God said, Let the
waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry
[land] appear: and it was so.
- Out from under the waters
of baptism, we experience Spirit Baptism.
- Day three of Genesis had
first forms of life.
- Fruit - Tree of Life grew
on that day.
- To give man eternal life.
- That is Spirit Baptism.
DAY FOUR
JOHN 1:35-42
Genesis spoke of heavens this
time
- We go from the earth to
the Heavens.
- Sun, moon, stars.
After Jesus resurrected, He
ASCENDED .
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her,
Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren,
and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God,
and your God.
- After resurrection we must
learn we are SONS OF GOD.
- God is our Father now,
too.
In John 1:35-42 we see the fourth
day.
- Men follow Jesus.
- All sorts of people come
to Jesus.
- Andrew, Peter.
- When Jesus was born wise
men followed the STAR.
- Men follow Jesus now.
Romans 8:14 For as many as are led
by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Galatians 5:18 But if ye be led of the
Spirit, ye are not under the law.
As sun is Jesus and the Moon
reflects His glory, the Bride, the corporate Church and the stars are the
individual children or people in the church, we follow Him and this FAMILY
is a light to the world.
- ASCEND and SHINE.
- More than just repent,
baptism in His name and resurrection.
- We received HIS NAME in
baptism, and HIS LIFE/SPIRIT in Spirit infilling, now let's use that authority
and SHINE in this world.
JACOB heard Joseph's dream and
said this:
Genesis 37:9-10 And he dreamed yet another
dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream
more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance
to me. And he told [it] to his father, and to his brethren: and his father
rebuked him, and said unto him, What [is] this dream that thou hast dreamed?
Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves
to thee to the earth?
- Sun, moon and stars are
Father, Bride and children.
- As individuals we are the
sons of God but as the Church we are the BRIDE.
MOON:
Psalm 89:37 It shall be established
for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
SUN:
Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear
my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and
ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Psalm 19:4-6 Their line is gone out
through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath
he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his
chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is
from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there
is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
STARS:
Philippians 2:15 That ye may be blameless
and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked
and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
DAY FIVE
JOHN- 1:43-51
- GENESIS: water animals (fish
and whales) and air animals (birds).
- Life like Day three - plant
life, but higher life.
- We feast on life.
- Life in BODY is seen in
lower life forms.
- Life in our SPIRIT is seen
in higher lifeforms in air.
- We live by His life.
- Jesus uses His power in
Spirit.
- He uses Word of Knowledge
and knows who Philip is without anyone telling Him his name.
- You see greater things
soon...
- We begin doing things in
Spirit as we LIVE by His life in a higher manner than simply being resurrected.
- In everyday life, we live
by the Spirit.
DAY SIX:
JOHN 2:1-11
ADAM MADE in IMAGE OF GOD
- To have dominion over the
earth.
- MIRACLES occur.
- At wedding of Cana at Gallilee.
- Turned water into WINE.
- POWER over nature.
- Rule the earth.
- Mary said, "Whatever he
tells you, do it".
- Dominion and authority.
- We are His Church with
His name.
- Use that dominion.
- Six waterpots of stone
of earth filled with water turn to wine.
- Even richer LIFE than simply
having Spirit.
- Rule and reign with Him.
- Enter miraculous.
- Manifested His GLORY.
John 2:11 This beginning of miracles
did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples
believed on him.
Sons of God must mature to be
glorified
Hebrews 2:10 For it became him, for
whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto
glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Romans 8:19-20 For the earnest expectation
of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the
creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him
who hath subjected the same in hope,
2 Thessalonians 2:14 Whereunto he called
you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace,
who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have
suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
- Many sons are meant to come
to GLORY.
- That was His goal in dying
on the cross.
- To have sons and ultimately
bring them to GLORY.
- Jesus manifested His glory
to men in the sixth day of JOHN.
- (It says THIRD DAY in John
2:1, possibly because it was the sixth day of the series, but the third of
the following week).
- And this sixth day relates
to the third day because day 3's resurrection pointed towards this day when
SONSHIP rules.
AND IT WAS VERY GOOD .
And then SEVENTH DAY REST
JOHN 2:12
- In Genesis God rested the
seventh day after these things
John 2:12 After this he went down
to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and
they continued there not many days.
- A few days were spent in
CAPERNAUM.
- This city in ENGLISH means
"VILLAGE OF COMFORT".
- KAPHAR - VILLAGE.
- NAHUM - COMFORT.
- WE REST in the comfort
of God.
ADAM'S HISTORY REPEATED
BY THE LAST ADAM
After Genesis' account of creation,
we read Adam's life. Same as in John. We read Jesus' search for His bride
after the account of the Genesis of New Creation.
John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
He needs a BRIDE born of the
SPIRIT like He was
John Baptist says:
John 3:29-30 He that hath the bride
is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth
him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore
is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease.
- He increases Himself by
having a BRIDE.
- Others who have His Spirit
can do a work for God all over the world in many places at the same time.
- Jesus could only do one
thing at a time before MANY SONS OF GOD came.
Than Jesus speaks of others getting
eternal life
John 3:36 He that believeth on
the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not
see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
- And THEN a story of the
Samaritan woman occurs.
- A woman looking for love,
unsatisfied with life.
- Jesus tells her He can
give her eternal life.
- Like Adam, Jesus sought
a bride.
All animals came before Adam
in Gen. 2:18-23
- From the same dust, but
not of same LIFE level.
- That woman represents all
who are in sin whom Christ can cleanse and give life to - the same Life He
lived by - as Adam could not find a help in the animals who passed before
Him, but had taken out of his side the life within he possessed from which
was formed the Bride, his wife.
- Jesus life in Him was given
to us on the cross.
- From His Side came the
building materials for His bride.
- Blood and Water.
- RECEIVE THE LIGHT AND LET
YOUR NEW LIFE IN THE NEW CREATION BEGIN TODAY!
- Make it your goal to go
all the way in this GENESIS of NEW CREATION.