Genesis 1 - In the beginning God | YouTube videos Sheets Table

Automatic captions only. This is a lecture on Genesis 1. The speaker was Donald Macleod who was professor of systematic theology at the Free Church College - now Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ETS). Macleod subscribed to the Westminster Confession of Faith. He wrote the popular book A Faith to Live By which includes some other material on creation explaining more of his reasoning.

0:00:00 01 introduction and thanks
0:00:46 02 title: In the beginning God
0:01:33 03 Genesis 1 as porch or vestibule
0:05:41 04 Genesis 1 - full of artistry, intricacy and attention to rhetorical detail
0:09:29 05 Genesis 1 - the living, triune God
0:13:32 06 Genesis 1 - the Creator
0:16:48 07 Genesis 1 - the earth
0:18:58 08 day 1 - God deals with the formlessness by dividing the light and the darkness
0:21:01 09 Genesis 1 - evening before morning
0:21:36 10 day 2 - God deals with the formlessness by dividing the waters
0:22:56 11 recurring phrases
0:23:40 12 day 3 - God deals with the formlessness by dividing the seas from the land
0:33:31 13 day 4 - the lights
0:40:03 14 day 5 - the sea creatures and the birds
0:48:03 15 day 6 - the land animals and man
1:02:38 16 day 7 - the blessed, holy day of rest

For more on Macleod's view on the harmonisation of Genesis with contemporary science see this lecture:
https://youtu.be/tAFTVywKzH0 It also gives his views on such things as timescale, Flood geology and Darwinism. That lecture has been captioned.

Other Lecture Series:

Edinburgh Conference https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzqI2edT8iWS06BEdUEsn6My&si=uUFCQHFMqfzI3NCR

1991-92 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3Wrzq6iDnNRliGcYv21zXnbTC6

1992-93 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzoambhfnVoiVC3aPnwiDna2

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1996-97 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzoRn1IvAsYc2DbSr9ST04cg

1997-98 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzrYch7S_TiYm5mEjcpepbid

1998-99 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLieNTYk3WrzrDVNjhYqtyztOtMqbJ76Jc

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