Does the New Testament
Support Genesis 1-11?
Over the past century, evolution
has become more entrenched in our schools as supposedly a scientific fact.
As a result, the first eleven chapters of Genesis have slowly become an
embarrassment within many Christian churches and seminaries. Few people
in these churches and seminaries have stopped to consider just how foundational
these chapters are to the New Testament. The early chapters of Genesis
were frequently referred to by every New Testament writer and Jesus Christ
Himself. What happens to their credibility if these early chapters are
incorrect? Listed below are sixty-eight direct references in the New Testament
that refer back to these foundational chapters of Genesis. (Based in part
on the original work of Dr. Henry M. Morris as contained in his book The
Remarkable Birth of Planet Earth .
There are many more indirect
references. A student of scripture cannot fail to realize that the New
Testament writers believed in the events described in the early chapters
of Genesis.
| Reference |
Topic |
Genesis Reference |
| *1. Matthew 19:4 |
Created male and female |
1:27, 5:2 |
| *2. Matthew 19:56 |
Cleave to his wife; become
one flesh |
2:24 |
| *3. Matthew 23:35 |
Righteous Abel |
4:4 |
| *4. Matthew 24:3739 |
Noah and the Flood |
6:1-22, 7:1-24, 8:1-22 |
| *5. Mark 10:6 |
Created male and female |
1:27, 5:2 |
| *6. Mark 10:79 |
Cleave to his wife, become
one flesh |
2:24 |
| *7. Mark 13:19 |
Creation which God created |
1:1, 2:4 |
| 8. Luke 3:34-36 |
Genealogies: Abraham to
Shem |
11:1026 |
| 9. Luke 3:36-38 |
Genealogies: Noah to Adam
to God |
5:329 |
| *10. Luke 11:51 |
Blood of Abel |
4:811 |
| *11. Luke 17:27 |
The flood came and destroyed
them all |
7:1023 |
| 12. John 1:13 |
In the beginning God |
1:1 |
| *13. John 8:44 |
Father of lies |
3:45 |
| 14. Acts 14:15 |
Who made the heaven and
the earth |
2:1 |
| 15. Acts 17:24 |
God made all things |
1:131 |
| 16. Romans 1:20 |
The creation of the world |
1:131, 2:4 |
| 17. Romans 4:17 |
God can create out of nothing |
1:131 |
| 18. Romans 5:12 |
Death entered the world
by sin |
2:1617, 3:19 |
| 19. Romans 5:14-19 |
Death reigned from Adam |
2:17 |
| 20. Romans 8:20-22 |
Creation corrupted |
3:1718 |
| 21. I Corinthians 6:16 |
Two will become one flesh |
2:24 |
| 22. I Corinthians 11:3 |
Head of the woman |
3:16 |
| 23. I Corinthians 11:7 |
In the image of God |
1:27, 5:1 |
| 24. I Corinthians 11:8 |
Woman from man |
2:2223 |
| 25. I Corinthians 11:9 |
Woman for the man |
2:18 |
| 26. I Corinthians 15:21-22 |
By a man came death |
2:1617, 3:19 |
| 27. I Corinthians 15:38-39 |
To each. . . seeds of its
own (kind) |
1:11, 1:21, 1:24 |
| 28. I Corinthians 15:45 |
Adam became a living being |
2:7 |
| 29. I Corinthians 15:47 |
Man from the earth |
3:23 |
| 30. II Corinthians 4:6 |
Light out of darkness |
1:35 |
| 31. II Corinthians 11:3 |
Serpent deceived Eve |
3:16, 3:13 |
| 32. Ephesians 3:9 |
Created all things |
1:1-31, 2:1-3 |
| 33. Ephesians 5:3031 |
Cleave to his wife, become
one flesh |
2:24 |
| 34. Colossians 1:16 |
All things created by Him |
1:1-31, 2:13 |
| 35. Colossians 3:10 |
Created in His image |
1:27 |
| 36. I Timothy 2:1314 |
Adam created first |
2:1823 |
| 37. I Timothy 2:14 |
Woman deceived |
3:16, 3:13 |
| 38. I Timothy 4:4 |
Everything created by God
is good |
1:1031 |
| 39. Hebrews 1:10 |
In the beginning God made
heavens and earth |
1:1 |
| 40. Hebrews 2:78 |
All things in subjection
under man |
1:2630, 9:23 |
| 41. Hebrews 4:3 |
Works were finished |
2:1 |
| 42. Hebrews 4:4 |
Rest on the seventh day |
2:2-3 |
| 43. Hebrews 4:10 |
Rest from His works |
2:2-3 |
| 44. Hebrews 11:3 |
Creation of the universe |
1:1 |
| 45. Hebrews 11:4 |
Abel offered a better sacrifice |
4:35 |
| 46. Hebrews 11:5 |
Enoch taken up |
5:2124 |
| 47. Hebrews 11:7 |
Noah's household saved |
7:1 |
| 48. Hebrews 12:24 |
Blood of Abel |
4:10 |
| 49. James 3:9 |
Men in the likeness of God |
1:27, 5:1 |
| 50. I Peter 3:20 |
Construction of the Ark,
eight saved |
6:1416, 7:13 |
| 51. II Peter 2:5 |
A flood upon the ungodly,
eight saved |
6:812, 7:124 |
| 52. II Peter 3:45 |
Earth formed out of water
and by water |
1:67 |
| 53. II Peter 3:6 |
The world destroyed by water |
7:1724 |
| 54. I John 3:8 |
Devil sinned from the beginning |
3:14 |
| 55. I John 3:12 |
Cain slew his brother |
4:8, 4:25 |
| 56. Jude 11 |
The way of Cain |
4:8, 4:16, 4:25 |
| 57. Jude 14 |
Enoch, the seventh generation
from Adam |
5:324 |
| 58. Revelation 2:7 |
Tree of life |
2:9 |
| 59. Revelation 3:14 |
Beginning of the creation
of God |
1:131, 2:14 |
| 60. Revelation 4:11 |
Created all things |
1:1-31, 2:1-3 |
| 61. Revelation 10:6 |
Who created heaven. . .
and the earth |
1:1, 2:1 |
| 62. Revelation 14:7 |
Who made the heaven and
the earth |
1:1, 2:1, 2:4 |
| 63. Revelation 20:2 |
The serpent of old, who
is the devil |
3:1, 3:14 |
| 64. Revelation 21:1 |
First heaven and first earth |
2:1 |
| 65. Revelation 21:4 |
No more death, sorrow, crying
or pain |
3:1719 |
| 66. Revelation 22:2 |
Fruit of the tree of life |
3:22 |
| 67. Revelation 22:3 |
No more curse |
3:1419 |
| 68. Revelation 22:14 |
The tree of life |
2:9 |
*The words of Jesus Christ
during His earthly ministry.
Note:
a. Every New Testament writer
refers to the early chapters of Genesis (Genesis 1-11).
b. Jesus Christ referred
to each of the first seven chapters of Genesis.
c. All New Testament books
except Galatians, Philippians, I and II Thessalonians,
II Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and II and III
John have references to Genesis 1-11.
d. Every chapter of Genesis
1-11, except chapter 8, is referred to somewhere in the New Testament.
e. Every New Testament writer
apparently accepted these early chapters of Genesis as historically
accurate.
Another interesting parallel
between Genesis and the New Testament relates to the flood
and water baptism. Ask yourself, "What was the original significance
of water baptism?" Of course, John baptized as a symbol of repentance for
the forgiveness of sins. But where did he get the idea? As you look at
the following table, consider whether water baptism should remind us
of the flood . Also carefully examine I Peter 3:20-21.
Table 8: Comparison of the
Flood with Water Baptism
| The Flood |
Water Baptism |
| A sin corrupted world was
covered with water. |
A person acknowledges his
sinful nature is covered by water. |
| The Ark lifted the followers
of God out of the water. |
The person who desires to
follow God's will is lifted out of the water. |
| The Ark saved a few people
from a horrible destruction. |
Jesus Christ saves the believer
from a horrible destruction. |
| After the flood, a dove
returned to Noah indicating that it was safe to go out into the world that
had been destroyed. |
After John baptized Jesus
Christ, the spirit of God descended to Christ as a dove. Then Christ went
into the wilderness where He was tempted. |
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