{"id":3510,"date":"2019-04-04T20:17:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T20:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.azurewebsites.net\/nlt\/?p=3510"},"modified":"2021-12-08T09:22:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T09:22:03","slug":"finding-jesus-in-genesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/2019\/04\/04\/finding-jesus-in-genesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Jesus in Genesis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Taken from <em>The<\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tyndale.com\/search?keyword=Wayfinding+Bible\">Wayfinding Bible <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the events in the book of Genesis even begin, Jesus is there. Jesus, the Word, already existed with God before the creation of the world (John 1:1). God created all things through his Son, Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/earthsmall-1024x510.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3268\" width=\"361\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/earthsmall-1024x510.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/earthsmall-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/earthsmall-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/earthsmall-1536x765.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/earthsmall.jpg 1799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You will catch glimpses of Jesus throughout the book: He is Eve\u2019s promised offspring who will crush the serpent\u2019s head (Genesis 3:15); he is Abraham\u2019s descendant who will bless the whole world (12:2); and he is the ultimate king promised as a descendant of Judah (49:10). In the book of Hebrews, Jesus is likened to Melchizedek, the priest-king who appears in Genesis 14. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/CrossSmall-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3056\" width=\"271\" height=\"202\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When Abraham climbs Mount Moriah, prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac on an altar, a ram is found to take Isaac\u2019s place, prefiguring what Jesus would become for us: our substitute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"748\" height=\"891\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/SmallWayfinding3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/SmallWayfinding3.jpg 748w, https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/SmallWayfinding3-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Look inside the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperturn-view.com\/us\/tyndale-bibles\/wayfinding-bible?pid=MzE31281&amp;v=1.4\">Wayfinding Bible<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperturn-view.com\/us\/tyndale-bibles\/wayfinding-bible?pid=MzE31281&amp;v=1.4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taken from The Wayfinding Bible Before the events in the book of Genesis even begin, Jesus is there. Jesus, the Word, already existed with God before the creation of the world (John 1:1). God created all things through his Son, Jesus. You will catch glimpses of Jesus throughout the book: He is Eve\u2019s promised offspring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,44,56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5814,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3510\/revisions\/5814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}