Everything Points to Jesus: Week 1
This week we launched a short series tracing a single golden thread: from Genesis to Revelation, everything points to Jesus. We didn’t just say it—we followed the text, watched the patterns, and saw how the Bible’s details (days, numbers, places, covenants) converge on Christ.
The Bible isn’t a random anthology. 66 Spirit-inspired books (40+ human authors) form one unified narrative. Genesis opens with a sinless creation and a garden; Revelation closes with a renewed creation and a garden-city. In between stands the Son who fulfills every promise.
Creation, Fall, and the First Gospel
Creation: Six days of ordered forming and filling; humanity made imago Dei (Gen. 1:27).
Command: One tree withheld—the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:16–17).
Fall: The serpent’s lie leads to sin, separation, death, and a cursed creation (Gen. 3).
First Gospel (Protoevangelium): God promises a descendant who will crush the serpent (Gen. 3:15). From the beginning, a Redeemer is coming.
The Eighth Day: Sign of New Creation
God’s covenant with Abraham established circumcision on the eighth day (Gen. 17) — the first day of a new week, a symbol of new reality, renewal, and covenant belonging. First-century Jews knew this rhythm: seven marks creation; eight signals new creation.
John’s Gospel: Proving the Deity of Christ
John writes with a purpose: to show Jesus is the Son of God.
“In the beginning…” (John 1:1) anchors Jesus back in Genesis. He is the eternal Word through whom all things were made.
The Word became flesh (John 1:14): the Creator steps into creation.
John then records eight signs, not by accident, but to echo the eighth-day motif of new creation:
Water to wine (2:1–11)
Healing the official’s son (4:46–54)
Healing the paralytic (5)
Feeding the 5,000 (6)
Walking on water (6)
Healing the man born blind (9)
Raising Lazarus (11)
The Resurrection of Jesus (20) — the climactic sign of the first day of the week, the dawn of new creation.
Hundreds of thousands were crucified under Rome; only one rose. The cross declares our justification; the empty tomb secures our forever. Christianity is not merely a moral path—it’s resurrection life breaking into the present.
Reflect & Respond
Discipleship Next Steps:
Open the Book Daily (John + Genesis): Read John 1–2 and Genesis 1–3 this week. Note every echo (light, word, life, garden, seventh/eighth day) and pray, “Holy Spirit, show me how this points to Jesus.”
Name & Surrender One “Eighth-Day” Area: Identify one part of your life that needs resurrection renewal (habit, relationship, priority). Bring it under Jesus’ lordship and take one concrete act of obedience this week.
Invite Someone Into the Story: Share one “Jesus thread” you learned (e.g., the gardener theme) with a friend or family member, and invite them to church next week.
Everything points to Jesus. From Eden’s loss to Gethsemane’s victory, from the first creation to the eighth-day new creation—the Bible’s details sing one song: Christ is the center. May our worship, work, giving, and serving do the same.