After the hopeless cycles of sin and judgment in Genesis 1-11, we’re given the glorious promises of God, spoken to Abraham, but fulfilled in Christ; that by faith, we can experience the wonderful blessing of eternal life.

Jesus fulfills all the Old Testament prophecies. He is the one true Prophet who speaks the word from God. He is the Light of life that speaks truth into the darkness. And He is God. If you listen to Him, you will have the light of life. But if you do not listen, you will die in your sins.

Christ's resurrection isn't just some icing on the cake of our salvation, but an essential part of our justification, sanctification, and glorification, and therefore should be central to our understanding, living and proclamation of the gospel.

Jesus Christ demonstrates that He is the resurrection and the life by speaking life out of death and raising a man from the grave. This sign demands a response because it proves that Jesus indeed is the Messiah.

Jesus Christ is both the door that leads us to the safety and security of eternal life and the good shepherd who lays down His life so that we might be saved through Him. There is only one appropriate response, to worship Him as Savior and follow Him as Lord.

The remedy for a troubled heart is faith in Jesus Christ, trusting the promises of God that He will never leave us nor forsake us and that there's a place prepared for us in heaven. Therefore, true believers in Christ are free to live godly lives that are characterized by peace.

To bring hope and humility to the people of God, our kind and sovereign Lord tears down pride and the arrogant city of man so that He might exalt us at the proper time and prepare us for the heavenly city, the city of God, where righteousness will reign for all eternity.

God's covenant to never again judge the world through a flood foreshadows the new covenant, which is made through a greater priest and a better sacrifice, whereby He promises to remember our sins no more and enables us to walk in true righteousness.

God's Judgment is the result of man's sin, corruption, and violence; but because of His grace and mercy, He provides salvation through the obedience of the seed of the woman. Noah and the flood point us to a coming judgment and the salvation that is available in Christ alone.

We must engage in God's Temple-building mission (i.e., the mission of the church) with hope and confidence, relying on His Sovereign Spirit and trusting in the Savior who will finish His work through the proclamation of His invincible Word.