Encounter Jesus in Genesis (2)

Pastor Samuel J. Kim

Aug 2023 · ENCOUNTER JESUS IN GENESIS Book 2 · 도서출판 의제당

About this ebook

After they sinned, Adam and Eve made clothes out of fig leaves to hide their shame. That was the first religious attempt to cover up sin with human righteousness and merit. But, they could not truly hide their shame (sin) with these fig leaf garments.

God took away their fig leaf garments and gave them tunics made from the skin of a sacrificed lamb. These tunics symbolize God's righteousness, which perfectly and forever hides human shame (sin).

The offerings of Adam's sons, Cain and Abel, show the difference between human and God's righteousness. God accepted Abel's offering of the "firstborn of his flock and of their fat" (Genesis 4:4), but He did not receive Cain's gift of "the fruit of the ground" (Genesis 4:3).

Religion is about trying to show off human righteousness, which Satan encourages. On the other hand, faith is about trusting in and following God's righteousness, which He has made perfect and gives us as a gift. From the start of Genesis, the Bible tells us that only those who trust and follow God's righteousness are born again by receiving the remission of their sins to enter the everlasting rest that God has prepared.

About the author

Pastor Samuel Jungsoo Kim was born in 1952.

He majored in Policy Studies at the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy and the Graduate School of Yonsei University. He worked as a professor in the Department of Public Administration at Dongwoo College starting in 1981.

During his tenure, he served as an advisory professor for IVF (a Christian students’ fellowship) and led an urban community church.

After encountering the “Gospel of the Water and the Blood” in 1991, he was called by God and worked as a pastor and missionary in China, Russia, Bangladesh, and the United States.

 Now retired, he devotes himself to evangelism through literature, serving as the CEO of Uijedang Press and the president of Original Gospel Mission.