How many of us, having stepped out in faith to obey God, have found ourselves face to face with trials? Satan likes to oppose those who are following God and put temptations into their path. Even Jesus, after having been baptized, was taken into the desert to be tempted by Satan (Matt 4:1-11). Today we will see Abram, having obeyed God and come to Canaan, being faced with adversity and temptation.
We know that the Bible is the story of God’s plan to deliver salvation to sinful mankind through the sacrificial work of His Son, Jesus Christ. In order to accomplish this, He has chosen a people, the nation of Israel, through which to deliver His Son into the world. God begins with one man, Abram, to establish a family line which will grow into His chosen nation. The early founding fathers of this line are known as the patriarchs. They are descendants of Noah's son Shem.
All mankind has been wiped from the face of the earth. Noah and his family are all that remain and life must begin anew. The first verse of chapter 10 tells us that this is going to be an account of the lineage of Noah’s sons. Verses 2-5 give us the offspring of Japheth. We can see in verse 5 that some dialects have already developed.
Noah and his family spent a little over a year in the ark, but now they are beginning life anew. Having disembarked from the ark on Mount Ararat, they then returned about 500 miles to their previous home in what was to become Babylonia (modern day Iraq).
We spoke in our last lesion about how Noah obeyed God, even in a situation which must have been both frightening and uncomfortable. Thinking about him there in the ark brings to mind how frightened my dog gets in a Kansas storm. The poor thing carries on and cries so badly that he must be comforted and held until the thunder and lightning stop. When I imagine an ark, full of thousands of frightened and howling animals, and for forty days, my heart goes out to Noah. Can you imagine it?
If you have ever been cooped up on a rainy day, you know how dreary and depressing it can be. This is especially true if it goes on for several days. In today’s chapter, Noah and his family will spend 40 days and 40 nights in the storm that beat all storms. But God will keep them safe.
How many of you out there love a great disaster movie? The theaters fill up when a good one is released. Well, here in the Bible we have our own epic disaster tale. The story of a cataclysmic flood so great that it would even change the geography of the earth and the nature of its weather patterns. As we said in our previous study, Noah and his sons have come on the scene.
Today we will explore the many offspring of Adam and Eve. This Bible account takes us through several generations on down to Noah. It is a whirlwind tour, but interesting, nevertheless. We will see that, at one time, people lived longer and had many, many children. The earth’s population grew with great speed. As did sin.
Today’s study brings us our first glimpse of life outside the Garden of Eden. Man is no longer sinless and now has to work to earn his dinner. His world is no longer paradise.
Today’s study in chapter three takes us on a journey into life in the Garden of Eden and the first marriage. The Bible doesn’t tell us how long Adam and the woman have lived together in the garden… how long they have been married. I think this story finds them early in their marriage but that is just my opinion.
Our work today begins in Genesis 2:4. Here we see the declaration that this is the account of the heavens and earth when they were created. Now the verses we have studied so far were a summary of the seven days. What we are going to look at today, in chapter 2, will be a breakdown of day six. God considered the details of day six to be so important that He has recorded them here for us. But first, there is another important fact we need to understand recorded for us in verses five and six.
We have seen God do so much already in His work of creation. What a marvelous world is out there in only four days. Today we will move forward and see the finishing works in the final three days. Let’s pull out those journals we have been working on and get back to Genesis chapter 1.
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