Why Genesis is important for us today?

If we compare the whole bible, from the beginning to the end, we can see that there is symmetry in it. And to be prepared for what is to come, we need to be familiar with the beginning. The history, since the beginning shows the desire of God when creating mankind, of being in communion with us. And if we look to the book Revelation we notice that God’s plans are to the restore fellowship He had with man, in other words, the story begins and ends in the Garden. 

“And he showed me a pure[a] river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” Rev 22:1-2

“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.” Gen 2:8-10

Genesis introduces us the bible and the plan of God, it is the book with the principles of human race childhood, because it narrates the beginnings of creation: of man, sin, redemption and the chosen people. God begins His redemption choosing a people. The book can also be called seed-plot, because there you can find the seeds to all of the great doctrines. Genesis shows us how God established a nation to himself, and it  highlights the characters that relate with His plan of redemption trough the story, Abel and his blood sacrifice (Gen 4:4), Isaac’s offering (Gen 21:11) etc, it also shows Jesus Christ as the Lamb known before the foundations of the world and slain before it (Rev 13:8; Acts 2:23). Jesus, the Lamb, the Center of the whole bible. Genesis presents Jesus as the seed of woman (Gen 3:15), Sacrifice (animal skins) and new garments (Gen 3:21; Isa 28:20; Eph 4:24; Rom 13:14; Lev 7:8).

This book can easily be consider one of the most important book ever written, because it traces the foundation to all bible prophecy, the rest of the bible complements what Genesis started, for it is part of a progressive revelation. Genesis is the only book with history of creation and of the first two thousand and five hundred years of human existence. Without it is impossible to understand the bible.