创世记有五十章之多；后面的三十九章乃是整本新约圣经的摘要。你知道新约圣经是怎样开始的么？新约圣经的开始是：“耶稣基督，大卫的子孙，亚伯拉罕后裔的家谱”（太一1）。按照马太福音的家谱，福音是从亚伯拉罕开始的。新约开始于亚伯拉罕的家谱。这与创世记十二章相符。新约的每件事几乎都在创世记里撒下种子。所以那构成创世记第三部分的三十九章半，乃是整个新约的概要。
新约开始于国度福音的传扬。当耶和华来呼召亚伯拉罕的时候，曾给他一个应许，那应许就是福音的传扬。加拉太三章八节证实这点：“并且圣经既豫先看明，神要本于信称外邦人为义，就豫先傅福音给亚伯拉罕，说，‘万国都必因你得福。’”福音第一次的传扬不是在马太福音，乃是在创世记十二章。所传给亚伯拉罕的福音，其中主要的一项是国度。神应许叫亚伯拉罕成为大国，那大国就是神的国，包括旧约作神国度的以色列，新约作神国度的教会，来世的千年国，和新天新地。这是国度，这也就是国度的福音。
加拉太三章十四节说到亚伯拉罕的福：“为叫亚伯拉罕的福，在基督耶稣里可以临到外邦人，使我们藉着信，可以接受所应许的那灵”。甚么是福？福就是那灵。那灵是谁？那灵就是耶稣（林后三17）。那灵就是耶稣，耶稣就是耶和华，而耶和华就是神。所以这福就是神自己。在神向亚伯拉罕所传的福音中，祂应许蒙召的人，要将祂自己当作福赐给他们。这福就是耶和华自己。耶和华就是耶稣，耶稣就是那灵，而那灵乃是我们藉着相信基督所领受的。这就是福音。请记得，创世记是整本新约圣经的摘要。
在创世记这段很长的部分里，只说到三个人－亚伯拉罕－以撒和雅各的一生。当神向摩西显现时，说，“我是你父亲的神，是亚伯拉罕的神，以撒的神，雅各的神”（出三6）。我们以后会看到，这句话很清楚的说到三一神。新约圣经实在就是三一神的自传，这三一神就是亚伯拉罕身上所看到的父，以撒身上所看到的子，以及雅各身上所看到的灵。也许有人要问，约瑟怎么样？我们以后会看到，约瑟不是单独的，他是雅各的一部分。创世记中蒙召者的全部故事就是这三个人的故事，而整本新约圣经乃是所有新约信徒所经历之神圣三一－父、子、灵－的记载。
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Genesis Is the Summary of the Entire New Testament – Gen 12:2
Genesis consists of fifty chapters; the last thirty-nine chapters are a summary of the entire New Testament. Do you know how the New Testament begins? The New Testament begins with: “The record of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham” (Matt. 1:1). According to the genealogy in Matthew, the gospel begins with Abraham. The New Testament begins with the genealogy of Abraham. This corresponds with Genesis 12. Almost every matter in the New Testament was sown as a seed in Genesis. Therefore, the thirty-nine and half chapters that constitute the third section of Genesis are a summary of the entire New Testament.
The New Testament begins with the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. When Jehovah came to call Abraham, He gave him a promise, and that promise was the preaching of the gospel. Galatians 3:8 confirms this: “The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ‘All the nations will be blessed. in you’” The first preaching of the gospel was not in the Gospel of Matthew, but in Genesis 12. A primary item of the gospel preached to Abraham was the kingdom. God promised to make Abraham a great nation; that great nation is the kingdom of God, which includes Israel as the kingdom of God in the Old Testament, the church as the kingdom of God in the New Testament, the coming millennial kingdom, and the new heaven and new earth. This is the kingdom, and this is the gospel of the kingdom.
Galatians 3:14 speaks of the blessing of Abraham: “That the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” What is the blessing? The blessing is the Spirit. Who is the Spirit? The Spirit is Jesus (2 Cor. 3:17). The Spirit is Jesus, Jesus is Jehovah and Jehovah is God. Therefore, this blessing is God Himself. In the gospel that God preached to Abraham, He promised to give Himself to those who are called as their blessing. This blessing is Jehovah Himself. Jehovah is Jesus, Jesus is the Spirit, and the Spirit is the One we receive through believing in Christ. This is the gospel. Remember, Genesis is the summary of the entire New Testament.
In this long section of Genesis, it only speaks of three people — the lives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. When God appeared to Moses, He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” (Exo. 3:6) As we will see later, this sentence very clearly speaks of the Triune God. The New Testament is actually the autobiography of the Triune God; this Triune God is the Father seen in Abraham, the Son seen in Isaac, and the Spirit seen in Jacob. Perhaps someone might ask, what about Joseph? We will see later that Joseph is not separate; he is a part of Jacob. The entire story of the called ones in Genesis is the story of these three people, and the entire New Testament is a record of the divine Trinity — the Father, the Son and the Spirit — experienced by all New Testament believers.
Daily Question: Why is it said that Genesis is a summary of the entire New Testament? What do the stories of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob correspond to?