The awakening interest in the book of Genesis has been apparent in several newsmagazines and in Bill Moyers's series on public television in the United States. I find this very exciting. As a devoted student of the Bible, I was interested in watching the first program, which aired a variety of opinions from a variety of religious backgrounds concerning the story of Cain and Abel.
I was truly amazed that no one touched upon what I feel is the most essential point of the Bible! That is the dynamic message, the golden thread that runs throughout its precious pages of the superiority of spiritual power over any belief in a power opposed to God. That thread begins with the acceptance of the true creation story as recorded in the first chapter of Genesis, in which God saw everything He had made as very good.
Many Bible scholars agree that there are definitely two distinct records of creation presented in Genesis. Chapter one reveals the true, spiritual record, which can be used as a liftoff station of thoughtful prayer that leads to receptivity to the creator's guidance. From the fourth verse in chapter two the record becomes fuzzy, misty, unclear. It is a mortally viewed picture that leads to confused, frustrated, opinionated thinking if accepted as true.
