This week’s reading from the Triennial Cycle (Bereshit / Genesis 1:1-2:3) gives the account of the creation week when God made the heavens and the earth. Did you know that the entire Bible (all of scripture) rests upon these first few verses? In fact, even the death and miraculous resurrection of Yeshua is impacted by these scriptures. Without considering the importance of God creating all things from nothing as the scriptures say in (Bereshit / Genesis 1:2 “v’haaretz haytah tohu u’vohu” … “the earth was formless and void,” it is difficult to understand the finished work of Yeshua who laid down his life for ours as a substitutionary atonement. In fact, even the concept of atonement by the offering of blood becomes confusing without understanding theses scripture verses appropriately in the context of the Bible. The reason relates to the question of whether death and dying occurred before man chose to be disobedient (sin) in (Bereshit / Genesis chapter 3). Was there death and dying prior to man’s sin in (Bereshit / Genesis 3? Parashat Bereshit _2010-2011_
