We went through Genesis 8-9 on Sunday, 7/8/07. To recap, Noah was the only righteous person on the entire earth. God regretted creating the human race because sin was constantly on our minds. But the regret was more sorrow because sin consumed our minds more than He was. God instructed Noah to build an ark, which took 120 years to complete and was almost one and a half football fields in length. He built it exactly as the Lord instructed him.
By the time Noah and his family exited the ark, they had been in it for over a year. The first half of chapter 9 is a lot like the beginning of Genesis. God instructs Noah and his family to be fruitful and multiply and is given dominion over all the creatures of the earth. There is also the reason why killing a human is worse than killng a plant or an animal in verse 6, for humans are made in the image of God.
Verses 8-16 talk about God's new covenant with humans. God will never destroy all of life with a flood again. The rainbow (which yes, has always been there) will now be a symbol of this covenant. So remember that! Whenever you see a rainbow after it rains, just think- "Hmm, God won't kill all of us with a flood again," because He said He would not.
The end of chapter 9 shows the one sin Noah committed that we know of. He got plastered and fell asleep naked inside his tent. The youngest son, Ham, saw his father's nakedness and didn't do anything to remedy it. Instead he called his brothers, Shem and Japheth, and they covered him without looking at him. Bad move for Ham. When Noah found out, he cursed Canaan, Ham's son, to be lowest servant among his brothers.
The last two verses just shows that Noah lived for another 350 years and a total of 950 years. That concluded our study of Noah.
Verses 8-16 talk about God's new covenant with humans. God will never destroy all of life with a flood again. The rainbow (which yes, has always been there) will now be a symbol of this covenant. So remember that! Whenever you see a rainbow after it rains, just think- "Hmm, God won't kill all of us with a flood again," because He said He would not.
The end of chapter 9 shows the one sin Noah committed that we know of. He got plastered and fell asleep naked inside his tent. The youngest son, Ham, saw his father's nakedness and didn't do anything to remedy it. Instead he called his brothers, Shem and Japheth, and they covered him without looking at him. Bad move for Ham. When Noah found out, he cursed Canaan, Ham's son, to be lowest servant among his brothers.
The last two verses just shows that Noah lived for another 350 years and a total of 950 years. That concluded our study of Noah.
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