The fall of Adam not only affected man’s relationship with God, but it eventually caused a breach in human relationships. The downward course of human nature plunged even deeper with the murder of Abel by his brother Cain. As people began to forge a civilization without God, violence and death became constant realities of human existence. Man’s wickedness became so vile that God regretted ever making a human being. Finding only Noah and his family worthy of saving, God decided to destroy his creation by flood. Nevertheless, after the flood, man’s inherent sin nature caused him to once again go his own willful way. This time, God met man’s arrogance by confusing the language of evil people and scattering them over the face of the earth. Even so, we see the redemptive heart of God at work in the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. The calling of Abraham brought the promise of salvation. Because Abraham obeyed God in faith and love, God was able to give him a promise of blessing to the world. The story of Abraham shows how God developed and tested Abraham’s faith in relationship to the promise. The chosen line through Abraham and Isaac led down to the promised Messiah, Jesus Christ, who fulfilled the promise of blessing and redemption. The lineage of Christ is part of the fabric of the Book of Genesis. Those selected to be in the line were chosen because they were men of faith like Abraham. Today, we who choose Jesus by faith have our part with faithful Abraham (Romans 4:16).