Parsha Bereishit – Apostolic Readings, Links, and Videos

Readings

• Genesis 1:1-2:3
  • Mark 2:23-3:6
  • John 1:1-15
  • John 8:39-59
  • Colossians 1:13-23
• Genesis 2:4-3:24
  • Matthew 19:3-6
  • Romans 5
  • 1 Corinthians 15:12-58
  • 1 Timothy 2
  • Revelation 21
• Genesis 4:1-26
  • Romans 6:1-18
  • Hebrews 11:1-6
  • 1 John 3:11-24
• Genesis 5:1-6:8
  • Luke 1:68-79
  • Titus 2:11-15
  • Jude 1:3-23

Additional Reading

• Articles at Soil from Stone
• Articles at American Torah

Video Teachings Related to Parsha Bereishit

• Prophetic Significance of Feeding the Four Thousand in Matthew 15:32-39 – Three days, a desolate place, seven loaves, fish, and four thousand families… The elements of this great miracle aren’t arbitrary. It’s a prophecy of the Kingdom of God.
• Get Your Hands Dirty – Adam was created to be a gardener. Dirt is part of who we are in our core, and people will tend to be happier and healthier if they get their hands dirty now and then.
• Genesis 2:1-3 – The Sabbath Predates Creation – Everything God does is planned; everything is in order. He created the world on a timetable with each element created on a specific day for a purpose. God could have made everything in a single instant, yet he designed a process that required seven days. He didn’t reach the end of the sixth day and say to himself, “Whew! I need a break!” The Seventh Day Sabbath (not the first day or the fourth day) was an inherent part of God’s perfect plan from before Creation.
• Marriage and Divorce in Matthew 19:3-9 – God’s Law as given through Moses explicitly allows divorce for sexual immorality, but that right shouldn’t be exercised until all other options have been exhausted. God hates divorce, just like he hates death, but both are still necessary in extreme cases. Yeshua’s main point was this: God instituted marriage. Don’t treat it casually. If you love God, then you will protect and cultivate your marriage.
• Proverbs 31:1-9 and the Burdens of Authority – King Lemuel’s mother warned him against any indulgences in pleasures that might compromise his judgment, specifically women and alcohol. There’s nothing especially wrong with either one, but it’s important to keep everything in it’s proper time and proportion. And the greater your authority, the more disciplined you need to be.
• Sin, Grace, and Law in Romans 5:20-21 – Adam’s sin brought death to all men, and that corruption leads all men to sin, subjecting them to the power of sin and death, which is the power of the Law to condemn. On the other hand, Yeshua’s death enables God’s grace to forgive our sin, releasing us from the Law’s power to condemn, but not from its power to teach us right from wrong.

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