About the Book
Book Title: The Bible Companion Book 1 Genesis-Exodus
Author Name: Karen Westbrook Moderow
Genre: Bible Study
Release Date: April 16, 2024
The Bible Companion series is a simple, flexible, and compelling Bible Study guide. Short daily readings link God’s story to yours, help you through difficult passages, and highlight the treasures in each chapter of the Bible. In Genesis and Exodus, God reveals Himself as a loving Creator who longs to walk through life with you. Book 1 takes you deep into God’s plan to share His life and wisdom with those who love and follow Him. The storytelling approach of the series will keep you reading, even through the parts that are challenging and hard-to-understand. Find hope in the stories of ordinary men and women in the Bible whose encounters with God transformed them and reversed the direction of their lives. Discover that what God has done for them, He can do for you.
Book Excerpt
Genesis 3: An Important Promise
He will crush your head.
Genesis 3:15
The ideal world god creates shatters as Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Through their act of disobedience, sin enters the world, and because of their sin, comes death. In an instant, Adam and Eve are separated from God. With their spiritual death, every living thing begins a spiral of decay that will lead to physical death. The good God has created must now coexist with evil.
Immediately after the fall, God puts into motion a plan to reclaim all that has been lost. God tells the serpent (Satan) that the seed of the woman “will crush your head.” This prophecy in Genesis 3:15, is the first promise of a Savior given in Scripture. Even as God pronounces judgment, He refuses to let us go. Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection will one day restore humanity and all of creation to its former glory. Today, Jesus’s sacrifice makes it possible for every person to enjoy the intimate relationship Adam and Eve once had with God.
About the Author
Karen Westbrook Moderow is a Bible teacher and author who brings a storyteller’s perspective to Scripture. She graduated magna cum laude from California State University at Long Beach with a BA in English Literature. She also holds an MFA from Chapman University in creative writing and a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Seminary. She has been published by numerous Christian periodicals and authored two previous books.