The Family of Ham, Part Two

One of Ham’s sons was Cush.
One of Cush’s sons was Nimrod.

The name Nimrod means Rebel.
He was referred to in the Bible as:
a mighty hunter before the Lord
Might One
He was mighty in the eyes of the people
He began a kingdom

At this time in history, there is one language, but people and families were still moving, separating, and multiplying the face of the earth.

These cities were started by Nimrod.
Babel/Babylon
Erech/Uruk
Accad/Akkad
Caineh (in the land of Shinar)
Asshur (also a name for one of Shem’s sons. Could this man have linked up with Nimrod?)
Ninevah, the capital city of Assyria
Reheboth
Calah
Resen

This was the beginning of the Babylonian Empire. Nimrod and others wanted to exhibit their power by building the Tower of Babel.

The Babylonians were extremely wicked and wanted a one-world order and government.

The Families of Noah Through Japheth

Genesis 9:27, 10:1-15

Deuteronomy 32:6-9, Consider the generations, especially when God divided the nations

9:27, Japheth - mentioned eleven times in the Bible
3rd son of Noah

It is possible that the tower of Babel occurred before chapter ten. See Gen 10:5.

Enlarged - geographical growth, expansion, large family, enlarged tribe, OPEN

Dwell in Shem’s tents = Japheth would have an open-mindness to Shem’s message of salvation and of the Messiah

The Faithful Fall

Genesis 9:18-29

VS. 18-19: The common ancestor of all

VS. 20: Farming: A healthy occupation

VS 21: A precedent of drunkenness

VS 22: To dishonor your God

VS 23: To honor your God

VS 24: Sin shall find you out

VS 25: The unfaithful and curses

VS 26-27: The faithful and the blessings

VS 28-29: Life belongs to God

God Gives us the Noahic Covenant

Genesis 9:1-17

Vs. 1: Remember the Relocation and Reproduction Repetition

Vs. 2: Man’s Fear Factor: Creatures

Vs. 3-4: Man may eat animals, but not the blood

Vs. 5-6: God clarifies capital punishment

Vs. 1 & 7: God does not want us to forget; Relocate and Reproduce

Vs. 8-11: The Noahic Covenant. Never again will the earth be destroyed by a world-wide flood

Vs. 12-17: The Rainbow. The Sign of the Covenant. God sees the rainbow and remembers His promise

Have Faith in a Few More Flood Facts

Genesis 8:1-22 Have Faith in a Few More Flood Facts!

Year600, Month2, Day17 On Ark 7.6,11,12

(40) Waters Increase 40D, 

Waters Prevail (150D)

7.18,24 190D Waters Stop

8.1,2 Deceases

3-12 Y600, M7, D17 Touch Down

4 Y600, M10, D1 Mountain Tops

5 40D Window Opened, Raven, Dove

6 14D Doves 7-12 Y601, M2, D27 Off Ark

13-19 @ 374D On Ark Noah’s Thankful Heart!

20 God’s Satisfied Heart! 21,22

 

Faith in Flood Facts Demands Forsaking Flood Fables

Genesis 7: 1-24

Vs. 7-10: “8” - eight righteous people on the ark
“2x2” - unclean animals
“7x7” clean animals

Vs. 11: “600” age of Noah when the flood started
“40” It rained forty days and nights

Vs. 12-16: “8” saved

Vs. 17-18: “40” forty days of ocean turbulence/upheaval

Vs. 19-22: “22.5” number of feet the water exceeded the tallest mountain

Vs. 23-24: “150” Number of days the water was on the earth, and the ark was floating

Find Grace in the Eyes of the Lord, Part Three

Genesis 7:1-24

vs. 1: God declares that Noah was righteous
Noah proved this by building the ark

vs. 5 - Noah did all that God commanded him, by faith.
God declared Noah an obedient man in all things

Gen. 8:20 - Noah followed the examples of the faithful

Gen. 9:1 - Grace comes from God. God showed Noah grace by multiplying his family

Isaiah 54:9 - Though God judges, God is a God of mercy and grace. God promises not to flood the entire earth

Matthew 24:37-42 - As in the days of Noah… get ready and stay ready
God’s judgement will surprise people.

Hebrews 11:7 - Noah’s righteousness came by his faith, not by his works. God saved Noah by his faith.

I Peter 3:20 - God is long suffering

2 Peter 2:5 - God saved Noah, by grace, through faith.

Find Grace in the Eyes of the Lord

Genesis 6:8-20

Review:
Genesis 1 & 2: Creation, All was good.

Genesis 3 & 4: The Fall and Curse, Things went bad.

Genesis 4: God covers their Sin, God is good. God is gracious.

Genesis 4 & 5: God’s Plan Continues, God executed His plan over a period of 1656 years

Genesis 5:28: God gives life to men and they multiply

Genesis 5:29: God comforts the cursed

Genesis 5:30-32: God uses a righteous family man

Genesis 5 & Luke 3:36-38: God uses righteous men as witness

Genesis 4 & 5: The Fallen find Grace through God and His Followers

Genesis 6:1-7: God promised to destroy the world
Their mixed marriages
God’s strife with man
Wickedness and evil thoughts
God’s repentance and grief
The corruption and violence

The Wicked Way and Works to Flee From

Genesis 4:1-15

  1. Don’t forget your roots vs. 1,2

  2. Don’t reject parental training vs. 3-5

  3. Don’t harbor hate and anger vs. 6

  4. Don’t reject God’s gospel, grace, and goodness vs. 7

  5. Don’t refuse to confess sin vs. 8

  6. Don’t be deceitful and a murderer vs. 8

  7. Don’t lie, disrespect, or demote God vs. 9

  8. Cain’s curse becomes the curse of those who follow his ways and works vs. 10

  9. Cain reaped, had diminished productivity, had increased dissatisfaction, had increased sorrow vs. 12

  10. Cain carried unresolved guilt vs. 13

  11. Cain’s fears increased vs. 14

  12. Cain was blessed by God answering his prayer, but still cursed vs. 15

  13. Cain was separated from God vs. 16

The Garden of Eden and the River of Life

Genesis 2:8-14, Revelation 22:1-2

The flood changed the entire earth, but there was nine witnesses of the earth before and after the flood (Noah and his family)

Vs. 8: Eastward in Eden
In order for us to determine where “eastward” is, we need a second reference point, which is not given
Eastward could be translated as a time word instead of as a place. It could be the word “before” in the old
language.

Vs. 9: Tree of Life
God placed Adam & Eve and gave them dominion over everything in the garden, including this tree.

Vs. 10: River of Life
One river came out of Eden, and it parted into four separate rivers.

Vs. 11 & 12: River #1 - Pishon
It was in a land of gold
It could’ve flowed possibly to Egypt and Ethiopia

Vs. 13: River #2 - Gihon
Currently, the Gihon River is located now around Jerusalem
Before the flood, it possibly flowed to Ethiopia
I Kings 1:33,38, 45
2 Chron. 32:30
2 Chron. 33:14

Vs. 14: River #3 - Hiddekel (Currently the Tigris River)
Mentioned in Daniel 10:4, which puts it in the Assyria, Persia area
River #4 - Euphrates
Flows to the Persian Gulf

Revelation 22:1,2
This text refers to the New Heaven & the New Earth
Will be similar to Eden with a Tree of Life and a River of Life

Ezekiel 28:12-16
Satan in Eden
Satan is referred to in this text as the King of Tyre, in God’s Holy Mount
Where is the Holy Mount? Daniel 9:16 - Jerusalem, the Holy Mountain

The Bible points to Jerusalem to be where He created Adam and Eve and placed them in the Garden of Eden.

The Way it was Meant to Be

Genesis 2:1-25
Genesis means the book of generations or the book of beginnings
The beginning is summarized in chapter 2 verses 4-6

Vs 5 - 6: a mist watered the ground (vapor canopy)
things that were created were created with age
no tilling was necessary for the ground

vs. 7: God creates man
and breathed into him a soul
soul - your soul is the seed of your emotions
Genesis 7:22, even the animals had the breath of life
breath of life means spirit, it is possible that there will be animals in heaven.

vs. 8-17 The Garden of Eden
God planted the garden, trees, herbs, etc. with variety
Eden - Garden of Pleasure, Garden of Delight
God created work in the garden
All vegetation had the ability to grow
Two special trees
1. tree of the knowledge of good and evil (do not eat)
2. Tree of life (only for unfallen people)
Purposes of the trees were for pleasure and food