Why understanding the patriarchal-tribalism of the ancient world is essential to understand Genesis. The parallels between Adam and God. Discovering who is our Patriarch and why it matters. The transmission of the story of the Fall and the Promise of the Seed
Walking in intimate fellowship with God. How walking with God differs from one person to the next. Enmity between the righteous and unrighteous line. The significance of Methusaleh. Through Noah comes rest from the curse.
The Children of Israel needed to have their worldview purified and reordered. Who are the Sons of God? What happens when Christians marry outside of the Faith? The two things which led to the corruption of the world and the Flood. When God’s
The beauty of God’s creation is devastated by man and his sin. What does it mean that God was sorry or repented that he had made man? How is this idea foundational to the Gospel we preach? God’s eternality and personhood. The comforting of God.
What were the days of Noah like? The contrast between the condition of the world and the beauty of God’s creaton. God knows how to deliver the rigtheous. God’s use of covenants and fictive kinships. (Apologies for inferior audio quality.)
Introductory considerations about Noah’s flood. Skeptics attacks on Genesis and the Flood. Three things that demonstrate the Flood was real and world-wide. Science and scripture. Uniformitarianism and catastrophism. Why build an ark?
Why do we as adults study the account of the Flood? Why all the repetitions in the Flood account, and how should we read them? Types and antitypes in Scripture. God’s provision for our obedience. Noah’s faith. Are you in the Ark?
Waiting to move until God says move. What makes a sacrifice a sacrifice? What did God think about Noah’s sacrifice? God says, “Never again.” Noah comforts God in His grief.
God blesses Noah and his descendants, as he did with Adam and Eve. He grants permission for mankind to eat meat, but the value of life is strongly emphasized. A new dispensation or administration. The Image of God.