Come and See: an exploration of the God of the Bible and his message

We continue to observe what happened after God’s judgment of the global Flood. Yahweh makes a covenant with mankind promising He would never again destroy the earth with a global flood even though mankind’s heart is continuously evil. God allows His character and promise to be scrutinised by entering into a covenant with mankind. He really wants mankind to know Him and trust Him.

The post-Fall world is quite different and we observe some differences that have occurred. We also see that God reinstalls the divine institutions and adds a fourth: the divine institution of civil government with the power to exercise capital punishment on murderers. God did this to limit evil in a fallen world. Then God tells the people to go out and fill the earth once more.

But the descendants of Noah choose to be rebellious by not obeying God’s instructions to fill the earth. In their rebellion, they build a waterproof tower to reach the heavens. Yahweh judges their rebellion by scattering them through the creation of new languages. In this way, the people of the earth spread out over the re-shaped planet.

To follow the session, access the notes at: https://comeandsee.online/s/Lesson-06-God-Judged-the-Evil-World-Part-2.pdf

After the Fall of mankind, life outside the garden of Eden was a unique time in history. The people were intelligent, resourceful and lived very long lives. They could have chosen to learn from Adam and Eve’s mistake. They could have chosen to believe Yahweh’s promise about the “offspring of the woman” and have a personal relationship with Him. But instead, they chose to live wicked lives and have nothing to do with Him. Eventually, their sin was so great that it exceeded the limit of God’s tolerance. So Yahweh, as Creator-Owner-Ruler of the world, decided to send a global Flood to judge the evil world. Out of all the people in the world, only one man, Noah, and his family believed God’s word about the coming global judgment. To follow the session, access the notes at: https://comeandsee.online/s/Lesson-05-God-Judged-the-Evil-World-Part-1.pdf

We continue to examine the effects of the rebellion against the Creator by the first man and woman. The Bible calls this rebellion sin and the Bible describes the result of sin, which is death. Scripture describes death in three aspects: death of mankind’s friendship with Yahweh, death of mankind’s physical body and the eternal separation from God, which is called the “second death”. We also examine sin’s consequences on creation. We see that when mankind fell, what mankind was in charge of—nature—also fell. Nature became corrupted. In addition, the divine institutions God put in place were also corrupted. While God had every right as the Creator to judge rebellion, in His mercy, He put in place a rescue plan for mankind. To follow the session, access the notes at: https://comeandsee.online/s/Lesson-04-Why-There-is-Evil-in-the-World-Part-2.pdf

Today, when we look around us, most people would not call this world “very good”. There are disasters like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and hurricanes; people suffer from all kinds of health problems, diseases and even terminal illnesses; there are accidents and tragedies, and we have to live with all kinds of evil like murder, theft, abuse and exploitation. Many people live lives filled with much pain, suffering and brokenness. What happened? We will see what the Bible says about what happened to the perfect world that God had created. To follow the session, access the notes at: https://comeandsee.online/s/Lesson-03-Why-There-is-Evil-in-the-World-Part-1.pdf

The Bible says the world was created by Yahweh, the Creator-God. He is a Person and He is separate and at a totally different level from what He created. Yahweh created the world and all that is in it by just speaking, but He personally made mankind. Mankind is especially valuable, important and special to God because only mankind is made in His image. No other creature in all of creation is made in His image. Yahweh also purposefully designed mankind’s physical features, minds, emotions as well as the patterns of behaviour to enable them to live well. Mankind were to be under-lords, representing their Creator-Owner. He gave them divine institutions so that they could look after the world responsibly. Man and woman were to marry, have children and fill the earth with people responsible for taking care of the world. In this way, society and the world would thrive. To follow the session, access the notes at: https://comeandsee.online/s/Lesson-02-About-Creation.pdf

Come and See explores the main message of the Bible in 25 sessions. In this first episode, we begin by looking at what is the Bible. We will see that it claims to be the recorded words of the Creator-God of the universe. We will examine the Bible’s history: who wrote it, how it was put together, how copies were made and how we can be very confident that today, we have the original words of the original writers. To follow the session, access the notes at: https://comeandsee.online/s/Lesson-01-About-the-Bible.pdf