Did Genesis Really Happen?

If it didn't then Jesus and every New Testament author was wrong. They all referenced the first 11 chapters of Genesis as real history:

Reference	Topic	Genesis Reference
*1. JESUS-Matthew 19:4	Created male and female	1:27, 5:2
*2. JESUS-Matthew 19:5–6	Cleave to his wife; become one flesh	2:24
*3. JESUS-Matthew 23:35	Righteous Abel	4:4
*4. JESUS-Matthew 24:37–39	Noah and the Flood	6:1–22, 7:1–24, 8:1–22
*5. JESUS-Mark 10:6	Created male and female	1:27, 5:2
*6. JESUS-Mark 10:7–9	Cleave to his wife, become one flesh	2:24
*7. JESUS-Mark 13:19	Since the beginning of the creation which God created	1:1, 2:4
8. Luke 3:34–36	Genealogies: Abraham to Shem	10:22–25, 11:10–26
9. Luke 3:36–38	Genealogies: Noah to Adam to God	5:3–29
*10. JESUS-Luke 11:51	Blood of Abel	4:8–11
*11. JESUS-Luke 17:27	The flood came and destroyed them all	7:10–23
12. John 1:1–3	In the beginning God	1:1
*13. JESUS-John 8:44	Father of lies	3:4–5
14. Acts 14:15	Who made the heaven and the earth	2:1
15. Acts 17:24	God made all things	1:1–31
16. Romans 1:20	The creation of the world	1:1–31, 2:4
17. Romans 4:17	God can create out of nothing	1:1–31
18. Romans 5:12	Death entered the world by sin	2:16–17, 3:19
19. Romans 5:14–19	Death reigned from Adam	2:17
20. Romans 8:20–22	Creation corrupted	3:17–18
21. I Corinthians 6:16	Two will become one flesh	2:24
22. I Corinthians 11:3	Head of the woman	3:16
23. I Corinthians 11:7	In the image of God	1:27, 5:1
24. I Corinthians 11:8	Woman from man	2:22–23
25. I Corinthians 11:9	Woman for the man	2:18
26. I Corinthians 15:21–22	By a man came death	2:16–17, 3:19
27. I Corinthians 15:38–39	To each ... seeds of its own (kind)	1:11, 1:21, 1:24
28. I Corinthians 15:45	Adam became a living being	2:7
29. I Corinthians 15:47	Man from the earth	3:23
30. II Corinthians 4:6	Light out of darkness	1:3–5
31. II Corinthians 11:3	Serpent deceived Eve	3:1–6, 3:13
32. Ephesians 3:9	Created all things	1:1–31, 2:1–3
33. Ephesians 5:30–31	Cleave to his wife, become one flesh	2:24
34. Colossians 1:16	All things created by Him	1:1–31, 2:1–3
35. Colossians 3:10	Created in His image	1:27
36. I Timothy 2:13–14	Adam created first	2:18–23
37. I Timothy 2:14	Woman deceived	3:1–6, 3:13
38. I Timothy 4:4	Everything created by God is good	1:10–31
39. Hebrews 1:10	In the beginning God made heavens and earth	1:1
40. Hebrews 2:7–8	All things in subjection under man	1:26–30, 9:2–3
41. Hebrews 4:3	Works were finished	2:1
42. Hebrews 4:4	Rest on the seventh day	2:2–3
43. Hebrews 4:10	Rest from His works	2:2–3
44. Hebrews 11:3	Creation of the universe	1:1
45. Hebrews 11:4	Abel offered a better sacrifice	4:3–5
46. Hebrews 11:5	Enoch taken up	5:21–24
47. Hebrews 11:7	Noah’s household saved	7:1
48. Hebrews 12:24	Blood of Abel	4:10
49. James 3:9	Men in the likeness of God	1:27, 5:1
50. I Peter 3:20	Construction of the Ark, eight saved	6:14–16, 7:13–24, 8:1–19
51. II Peter 2:5	A flood upon the ungodly, eight saved	6:8–12, 7:1–24
52. II Peter 3:4–5	Earth formed out of water and by water	1:6–7
53. II Peter 3:6	The world destroyed by water	7:17–24
54. I John 3:8	Devil sinned from the beginning	3:14
55. I John 3:12	Cain slew his brother	4:8, 4:25
56. Jude 11	The way of Cain	4:8, 4:16, 4:25
57. Jude 14	Enoch, the seventh generation from Adam	5:3–24
58. Revelation 2:7	Tree of life	2:9
59. Revelation 3:14	Beginning of the creation of God	1:1–31, 2:1–4
60. Revelation 4:11	Created all things	1:1–31, 2:1–3
61. Revelation 10:6	Who created heaven ... and the earth	1:1, 2:1
62. Revelation 14:7	Who made the heaven and the earth	1:1, 2:1, 2:4
63. Revelation 20:2	The serpent of old, who is the devil	3:1, 3:14
64. Revelation 21:1	First heaven and first earth	2:1
65. Revelation 21:4	No more death, sorrow, crying or pain	3:17–19
66. Revelation 22:2	Fruit of the tree of life	3:22
67. Revelation 22:3	No more curse	3:14–19
68. Revelation 22:14	The tree of life	2:9

Two Good Resources

Jerusalem Chronology from Stone Age: ca. 4000 BC: To 1898:
HERE

Eschatology Chart:
HERE

Rev. 3:20

I think too many pastors have forgotten the "why" and merely preach the 'how to." Why is Jesus completely absent or just tacked on at the end in most sermons? 

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me." (Revelation 3:20)

The Diminished God of Open Theism: Part IV

Addressing the question of one’s view of open theism making a difference, Ware speaks to three subjects in which he believes it does. The first is prayer: “How and why we pray is a crucial question. Do we believe that prayer is effective…that they make a difference?” Secondly, Ware raises the issue of guidance, asking, “How does God provide guidance for his people? Can we trust his leading and be confident that his direction is best? Thirdly, Ware discusses human pain and suffering, asking, “How shall we interpret and make sense of terrible suffering in…our lives? Is God at work to bring about good through all our suffering, or is it…simply an unavoidable and pointless by-product of this sinful and evil world?”

With regard to prayer, the open view holds that “all we bring to God in prayer can truly make a difference to what happens in the future.” Yet if God already fully knows all of our thoughts, our heart, and our mind how can we inform God of anything? “It is strictly speaking impossible for human beings to inform God of their thoughts, concerns, longings, feelings, and requests.” Concerning guidance, “every Christian wants to believe that God’s will is best.” Yet since the God of open theism “cannot know any future free actions…he is seriously limited in his ability to make plans and give direction for the future.”

And regarding suffering, the God of open theism could not have a purpose or reason behind our suffering rendering it useless. Ware writes, “While God feels the pain of our suffering, he often is unable to prevent it.” Yet in light of Romans 8:28 we see “that God causes all things to work together for good” Ware writes that “there is for believers, no such pointless suffering or evil.” Ware goes to write, “The message of the Bible is that suffering has meaning, God is in control over it and over all else, and so life can be lived by faith in the infinitely wise and powerful God.”