Coachlight Bible Study – Genesis Lesson XXIV
God’s Covenant With
Noah
Genesis 6:18 But with thee will
I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the
ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
Chapter 9 follows a heart resolution by God, not to
destroy the earth again with a further curse even though “every imagination of
man’s heart is only evil” The first 17
verses is a detailed quotation in God’s own words, given to Noah, in response
to Noah’s faith demonstrated by the sacrifice after leaving the ark.
Genesis 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again
curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is
evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as
I have done.
These 17 verses contain the basic provision by God for
human government and the Covenant made by God and given to Noah. This Covenant is still in effect, even though
thousands of years have elapsed since God gave it.
Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth.
Genesis 9:2 And the fear of you and the dread[02844] of
you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air,
upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the
fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
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dread 1, broken 1, fear 1, dismayed 1; 4
1) terror
2) shattered,
dismayed 2a) shattered 2b) dismayed
Genesis
Genesis
Genesis
A. Just as Adam & Eve were
told to fill the earth, so now was Noah & his 3 sons
B. Omitted is the command to
have dominion & subdue the earth (Genesis
1. Man was not to anymore have direct authority over the animal kingdom
2. Fear of man would now be demonstrated by animals – instead of
obedience
C. “Cattle” Omitted From This New
Mandate
1. The domestic animals would not be terrorized by man
2. All others would be
Genesis 9:3 Every moving thing
that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green
herb have I given you all things.
Genesis 9:4 But flesh with the
life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
II. Animals Now Authorized For Food
A. The Complete Climate Change Probably Gave Need Of
More Protein
B. God Wanted To Show The Gulf Between Man &
Animal
1. Only Man – Not Animals Was Made In The Image
Of God
2. God anticipated the evil teaching of evolutionary continuation of all
flesh
a. Equates man with animals
b. Denies the Creator
c. Had already begun to make an appearance in early Paganism
3. The Restriction Was, “Don’t Eat The Blood”
a. The blood of animals figuratively would cover sins
b. Pointed forward to Christ, The Lamb of God – The final sacrifice
Hebrews
Genesis 9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I
require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man;
at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
Genesis 9:6 Whoso sheddeth<08210>
man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed<08210>: for in the
image of God made he man.
III. Capitol Punishment For Murder Required
A. Man’s Blood Is More Sacred Than Animals
1. Although Animals shared a “nephsh” or soul
2. Only man had the eternal spirit ( image of
God)
3. Neither beast nor man permitted to spill man’s blood
B. God Would Require
Satisfaction
C. The Word “Require” Is A Judicial Term
1. God appears as the judge
2. The authority to execute God’s jusgement
given to man
D. Some Other Uses Of The Word Shaphak, “Shed” <08210>
1. God Pouring Out His Spirit
Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I
will pour out <08210> my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall
see visions:
2. Pouring Out Of Animal Sacrifices:
Leviticus 4:30 And
the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the
horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out <08210> all the
blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
3. The Pouring Out Of God’s Wrath
Psalms 69:24 Pour out <08210> thine
indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
4. Christ On The Cross
Psalms
Genesis 9:7 And you,
be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply
therein.
III. God Repeats His Command To Multiply In The
Earth
A. Literally Means To “Bring
B. In About 4000 Years Man Has Increased From 8 To
Over 4 Billon
Genesis 9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Genesis 9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with
you, and with your seed after you;
Genesis 9:10 And with every living creature that is with
you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from
all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
IV. The Rainbow Covenant
A. The Covenant Was To Be With
Noah & His Sons
B. The Covenant Was To Be Made
With Their Seed After Them
C. The Covenant Was To Be Made
To Every Liv ing Creature With Them:
1. Fowl 2.
Cattle 3. Every
Beast
Genesis 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you;
neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither
shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Genesis
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sign(s) 60, token(s) 14, ensign(s) 2, miracles 2, mark 1; 79
1) sign, signal 1a) a
distinguishing mark 1b) banner 1c) remembrance 1d) miraculous sign 1e) omen 1f)
warning
2) token,
ensign, standard, miracle, proof
V. The Body Of The Covenant
A. There Will Not Be Another Mabul
1. No More Would Living things Be Destroyed By A
Mabul
2. No Longer Would The Earth Be Destroyed By A Mabul
B. There Will Be A Perpetual Sign Of The Covenant
Genesis 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud,
and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Genesis 9:14 And it shall come
to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the
cloud:
Genesis 9:15 And I will remember
my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all
flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Genesis 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I
will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and
every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Genesis 9:17 And God said unto
Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me
and all flesh that is upon the earth.
VI. The Sign Of The
Covenant
A. The Rainbow In The Clowds
B. When God Looks At The Rainbow
1. God Will Remember His Covenant
2. The Watewrs Will No More Become A Flood To Destroy All Flesh
VII. Noah In The Hall
Of Faith
Hebrews 11:7 By
faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear,
prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the
world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. {moved…: or, being wary}
A. What Was It That Noah
Believed?
B. Notice That After Telling
Noah God Would Send A Mabul, God Said To Noah:
Genesis 6:18 But with thee will
I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the
ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
C. What Was
the first Thing Noah Did After Leaving The
Genesis 8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean
beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
D. Noah Was First Moved To Commune With God, Because he Believed God’s Covenant
VIII. Our Covenant Today
A. The Body Of
The Covenant Given To Isreal
Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith
the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with
the house of
Jeremiah 31:32 Not
according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took
them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they
brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the
LORD: {although…: or, should I have continued an husband unto them?}
Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts,
and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my
people.
Jeremiah 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his
neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know
the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest
of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
B. What Is The
Sign Of The Covenant
Matthew 26:27 And he took the
cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
Matthew 26:28 For this is my
blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
C. Paul After
Quoting This Covenant Ends Hebrews:
Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no
right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
Hebrews 13:11 For the bodies of
those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for
sin, are burned without the camp.
Hebrews 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might
sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Hebrews 13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without
the camp, bearing his reproach.
Hebrews 13:14 For here have we
no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore
let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of
our lips giving thanks to his name. {giving…: Gr.
confessing to}
Hebrews
Do We Believe God’s
Covenant Like Noah Did?
If We Do, Our Actions Will
Demonstrate Our Belief.