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After the global flood subsided, Yahweh made a covenant, a contract, with mankind and nature. He promised never to send another global flood and He promised to maintain the stability of the earth. Those were the conditions He put on Himself and there were no obligations for man or nature. God signed the covenant using the rainbow, the symbol of His majesty, authority and glory. Yahweh then reinstalled the original three divine institutions and put in place a fourth: civil authority with the power of capital punishment. Civil authority’s role was to limit the spread of evil. This is part 1 of the lesson. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/06-The-New-World-Covenant.pdf

In this lesson, we examine the global Flood. It was a historical, worldwide judgment on everyone on earth. Only eight people, Noah and his family, trusted in what God said and they built and entered the ark. God saved them because they had faith in Him, and not because they were special or sinless. God sealed them in the ark and kept them safe. After the flood waters subsided, they were the only people left on earth. God would start again with them on an earth that was distinctly different now. Through the account of the Flood, we learn five
very important things about God, His relationship with man and how God will eventually save people from the sin problem. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/05-The-Global-Flood.pdf

We conclude Lesson 3 (at the 23:00 minute mark), then move on to Lesson 4 where we examine what happens to the church when the pagan worldview became all-pervasive. Looking at history, we observe three responses of churchgoers to the pagan worldview. First, there is “surrender the truth”; second there is “accommodate and reinterpret Scripture”; and third there is “counterattack the falsehoods”. We’ll examine the consequences of each response. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/04-Three-Responses-to-the-Pagan-Worldview.pdf

This lesson examines the consequences of mankind’s rebellion against God in the garden of Eden. We will see that the first humans’ rebellious decision had massive consequences. There is now death and sin damage. We will explore what death is according to the Scriptures. And we will explore the sin damage on mankind: physically, spiritually, mentally and socially. There is also damage to creation and also to the divine institutions. This is part 1 of the lesson. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/03-Consequences-of-the-Fall.pdf

We had begun by learning about creation and the three divine institutions that God created for mankind to succeed as the under-lord of the earth. We also learnt that there was a Creator-creature distinction between God and man and nature; that God is a personal, sovereign God who relates personally to His creation and that He is the ultimate authority on right and wrong. Now, in this lesson, we will see that in contrast, the non-biblical worldview pushes three ideas: (i) the continuity of being (all beings including man and God are on a continuum and there is not much difference between them), (ii) impersonal fate and chance (no one is in charge), and (iii) self as the ultimate authority. Where did these ideas come from? The Bible tells us in Genesis 3. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/02-Pagan-View-of-Origins.pdf

We look at the creation account in Genesis and at the three divine institutions that God put in place to help mankind succeed at the role that He had assigned the man and woman: that of under-lords, with the authority and responsibility to take care of the earth under God’s direction. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/01-Origin-of-the-Divine-Institutions.pdf

The Overview provides the background for the benefits of a chronological study of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. It explains how important it is to understand God’s Word holistically in a way that builds the life of the believer. The lesson then provides a summary of God’s big narrative from Genesis to Revelation to set the stage for Lesson 1.

Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/00-The-Overview.pdf