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BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 4: Genesis 22:15-24

December 2, 2020November 28, 2020 by atozmom, posted in BSF Genesis 2020/2021

Summary of Genesis 22:15-24:

The angel of the Lord calls to Abraham a second time from heaven with a message from God, saying that because of his obedience, God will bless Abraham and make his descendants numerous. They will take possession of the cities of their enemies and all nations on earth will be blessed because of Abraham’s obedience. Abraham set off for his home in Beersheba.

We are told the sons of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, because Rebekah, Isaac’s future wife, is in this lineage.

BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 4: Genesis 22:15-24

11) Why not swear by himself? God can do what he wants. Bible scholars think this may be Jesus so God is swearing by Jesus/Himself. Also, this emphasizes that the covenant is all one way — God is making the promise with nothing from Abraham. God is making it abundantly clear by swearing on His own perfect character. Hebrews 6:13-19: “When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself.”

12a) God will bless Abraham and make his descendants numerous as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. They will take possession of the cities of their enemies and all nations on earth will be blessed because of Abraham’s obedience.

b) Everyone is heirs to this promise and been blessed. Jesus wil also come from Abraham’s descendants.

13a) Personal Question. My answer: We all have Abraham and our ancestors to thank for the life we lead right now and for knowing God. Everything is connected, and God’s blessing is passed down from generation to generation.

b) Luke 1:37: “For nothing is impossible with God.”

Philippians 4:6-7: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Jesus Christ.”

1 Corinthians 6:19-20: “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. Therefore, honor God with your body.”

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 4: Genesis 22:15-24

Love God’s reward here and His repeated reiteration of it.

End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 4: Genesis 22:15-24

Many Bible scholars believe the angel of the Lord here is Jesus.

We should always take note when the Bible repeats something. Here, we see once again that Isaac is called Abraham’s only son Genesis 22:2 and 22:12 like Jesus was God’s only son. God repeats his covenant to point out the greatness of Abraham’s obedience.

Scientists believe that the number of stars in the sky is about equivalent to the number of grains of sand on the seashore.

Why mention Nahor’s sons?

Because one of the grandkids of Nahor is Rebekah, who will become Isaac’s wife. Again, we are being shown the entire lineage of Christ.

Here the bible mentions concubines for the first time. Having more than one wife was something almost every ancient culture did. As we’ve seen, concubines only cause family’s trouble in the Bible, and this was never how God meant marriages to be.

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BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 3: Genesis 22:11-14

December 1, 2020November 28, 2020 by atozmom, posted in BSF Genesis 2020/2021

Summary of Genesis 22:11-14:

An angel of the Lord called out to Abraham, to which he said, “Here I am.” The angel tells Abraham to not lay a hand on the boy for now his fear of God has been shown. A ram appeared to which Abraham sacrificed to God instead. The place was called “The Lord Will Provide.”

BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 3: Genesis 22:11-14

7a) Utter obedience and to know he feared him and not withheld his most precious possession from God.

b) Personal Question. My answer: In faith with our move that He will provide new and exciting opportunities and abundance here.

8 ) Something that stands or acts in the place of another.

9) He sent his one and only Son to atone for our sins by dying for them.

10) Personal Question. My answer: Total gratitude although I feel that’s not enough for Jesus’s death. Only God can give me the strength to keep plugging along every day. Through the Holy Spirit, prayer, and understanding of Jesus’s sacrifice for me, do I keep on.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 3: Genesis 22:11-14

When God tests us, it is for our good. We are to learn from it and grow our faith because of it. These days in life are a daily challenge. If we walk in faith, they wil get easier.

End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 3: Genesis 22:11-14

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God makes it clear that Isaac is not to be harmed. God follows through by giving his son as a sacrifice. In much the same way, Abraham does as well.

The ram represents the sustitute God provides for our sins. Jesus is our substitute, covering our sins as the ultimate sacrifice so we can be with God one day. God saved us by providing God (Jesus) Himself. God does/did it all. We have nothing to do with it.

Remember that God will provide. He always has and always will.

Notice the third day Isaac “rose” from the dead because he was saved on the altar by God. Jesus rises on the third day, saving us from all of our sins.

God gives everyone a clear picture of what is to come through Isaac. The sacrifice of Isaac mirrors Jesus’s in all but deed. This is important too. God is gracious by giving us pictures of what is to come.

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BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 2: Genesis 22:1-10

November 30, 2020November 28, 2020 by atozmom, posted in BSF Genesis 2020/2021

Summary of Genesis 22:1-10:

At some point, God tells Abraham to take his son, Isaac, to Moriah and sacrifice him to God as a burnt offering. The next morning, Abraham, Isaac, and two servants set out for the place God told him about after Abraham cut all of the wood needed for the burnt offering. On the third day, they arrived. Abraham left his two servants while he and Isaac continued to the exact place God had told Abraham to go. Isaac, being a smart kid, asks his father where is the lamb for the sacrifice. Abraham says God will provide one (indeed He does — Jesus).

When they finally reach this place, Abraham builds the altar with the wood and bounds his son, placing Isaac on top of the wood. As he goes to slay him, an angel of the Lord calls out to him to tell him to stop.

BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 2: Genesis 22:1-10

3) Isaac will be the father that will reckon (or make clean) all of mankind. The writer of Hebrews tells us that Abraham did not doubt God because he knew God could raise the dead.

4) Personal Question. My answer: God will often bring us to the edge, but then He pulls us back just before we fall off.

5a) We are not told that he ever questioned God. He does exactly as God tells him.

b) Like Abraham, faith. Faith helps me to keep moving forward because I know God has it and it will all work out in the end.

6) Jesus was willing to lay down his life for others. Isaac probably knew and suspected he was the sacrifice but he trusted his father enough to not say anything. I’m pretty sure Isaac could have fought off Abraham when he went to bound him since Abraham is old and Isaac is a strong young man. But he didn’t. He willingly let Abraham tie him up, and Jesus willingly sacrified his life in obedience to the Father.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 2: Genesis 22:1-10

I totally saw Isaac forshadowing Jesus here. Abraham also answers, “Here I am,” which shows he is willing to be obedient to God. This should be how we answer God’s call on our lives as well. He tells Abraham to take his only son whom he loves, which is God’s relationship to Jesus. He says, “Here I am,” again when the angel of the Lord calls on him in verse 11. We see Abraham after 100 years finally trust God. The mountain that Abraham climbs will later become Jerusalem, where God does provide his only son as a sacrifice. I love how all of the Bible is interconnected.

Abraham knows God will provide the lamb, and 2,000 years later, He does — Jesus. (John 1:29)

End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 2: Genesis 22:1-10

Abraham will now face the ultimate test of faith: the sacrifice of his son, Isaac.

Remember that Ismael has now left (Genesis 21:8-14), leaving Isaac as Abraham’s only son.

Fun Fact: This is the first time “love” is used in the Bible. Note it is “agape” love, the love between a father and a son. I’m wondering if this word was used before this.

Burnt offerings are killed first and then sacrificed. There is not burning alive, which is tortuous, with God.

Note that God does not believe in human sacrifice as the pagan nations around them did. The whole point of this story is to show that. Note, too, that God has never asked this of anyone since Abraham. This would be a one-time act specifically designed to test Abraham that would not be repeated (as of yet) in human history.

You trust the One who promises over the actual promises themselves.

We see no signs of doubt, hesitancy, or questions. Abraham unequivocally obeys, as we should. Abraham had 3 days to turn around and not do this. He does not. It also must have been tortuous the walk, knowing what he had to do.

Fun Fact: This is the first time we see worship God in the Bible.

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Intent Over Deed

Note Abraham said “we” will come back. This is why Bible scholars believe Abraham thought Isaac would be raised from the dead due to the promised covenant of Isaac having many descendants and of bringing forth the redeemer.

Abraham knew God would keep His promises. Therefore, Isaac would walk away from this one way or another.

Isaac is willingly walking with Abraham. As I said in the conclusions, Isaac was not dumb. He knew he was the sacrifice and did not fight it.

Isaac carries his own wood as Jesus carried the cross of wood.

Note Abraham did not know how God would raise Isaac or provide the lamb. He trusted God would. We need to trust God will do as He says and leave the rest up to Him.

Some Bible scholars think Isaac may have been 33 years old at this time, like Jesus will be at his death.

Notice that God accepts Abraham’s heart — that he is willing to sacrifice his son. It’s the intent that matters, not the deed. Oftentimes in our lives, it’s our intent and willingness that matters. If we have that, obedience follows naturally.

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BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 9, Day 3: Genesis 13:14-18

October 27, 2020October 25, 2020 by atozmom, posted in BSF Genesis 2020/2021

Summary of Genesis 13:14-18:

After Lot left, God reaffirmed His promises to Abram, telling him He will give him all the land he sees, and He will multiply his offspring like the dust of the earth. Abram moved to Hebron and built an altar to the Lord.

BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 9, Day 3: Genesis 13:14-18

7) He lost a relative whom he had been with all his life. He lost the security of the added people and flocks. He may have been discouraged because Lot chose the better-looking land.

8 ) God meets us where we are at. He encourages Abram, knowing his heart is a bit emptier. He gives Abram courage to keep moving forward. This is what all of us get from God.

9) Matthew 19:29-30 says everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, or land for his sake will receive 100 times as much and will inherit eternal life. Many who are last will be first. Romans 8:16-18 says we are heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ and we shall share in his glory.

10a) Abram moved to Hebron and built an altar to the Lord.

b) Personal Question. My answer: I’m wrestling with trying to figure out God’s plan for me in this move. Trying to see what my life looks like because of it.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 9, Day 3: Genesis 13:14-18

Great lesson in parting here and how God is with us in the midst of our losses, as well as our joys.

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End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 9, Day 3: Genesis 13:14-18

We see God’s generosity here in this repeated promise to Abram first made in (Genesis 12:1-3, Acts 7:2-4)

Mamre means, vision. Hebron means communion.

It’s interesting that God says explore the land. Too many of us don’t do that, even the land around us. We stick to what we know, possibly missing out on what we don’t know.

We see from Abram on the need for atonement and forgiveness in our lives. Thus, this has been modeled since the beginning one could say.

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BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 9, Day 2: Genesis 13:1-13

October 26, 2020October 25, 2020 by atozmom, posted in BSF Genesis 2012/2013

Summary of Genesis 13:1-13:

Abram was forced from Egypt after Pharaoh found out he had been sleeping with his wife, Sarai. He leaves Egypt a very wealthy man, along with Lot. He travels to Negev to Bethel, where he had first built an altar to God. He stops to call on God’s name. Lot’s possessions had grown as well. The land could not support both of their livestock and quarrels arose amongst the camps. Abram proposes a split and lets Lot choose his way. Lot chose towards Zoar because it was well watered like Egypt. Lot settled near Sodom.

BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 9, Day 2: Genesis 13:1-13

3) Lot’s possessions had grown as well. The land could not support both of their livestock and quarrels arose amongst the camps.

4) Abram lets Lot choose, so he is humble and generous. Lot chooses the one that looks the best, so he is selfish and greedy.

5) Romans 14:19-21 tells us to give up food and drink if it bothers someone else. 1 Corinthians 6:1-7 says appoint someone to decide your quarrels. 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 says that you should make yourself a slave to everyone to win as many as possible (be courteous). Ephesians 4:1-3 says to be humble, gentle, patient, bear with each other in love, and make every effort to keep the unity of the peace. Basically, put others first.

6) Personal Question. My answer: Because we want to believe we are right, and it’s hard to put others first even when we know they are wrong, or they have hurt us. I pray and try to forgive. That’s about all I can do.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 9, Day 2: Genesis 13:1-13

Great example of solving problems when they arise amicably and letting others choose. God will bless you no matter what.

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End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 9, Day 2: Genesis 13:1-13

The main trade route through this land was north to south and passed through Bethel, Hebron, Shechem, and Beersheba. You’ll see these names again and again in God’s story because it was were they traveled all the time.

Abram returns to Canaan with Lot a richer man than before. He worships God. Note he does not beat himself up over sin. He moves forward as we all are to do.

Remember that Abram brought Lot along against God’s will (Genesis 12:1). There are always consequences for disobedience, even slight ones. Here, there is conflict, which is from the devil. Expect attacks from the devil when you do the right thing.

Since they were in a land of unbelievers, it was important not to quarrel and to set an example. This quarrel had to be solved.

We can see Abram’s growth in faith in this offer to Lot. He knew now God would take care of him, so he offers Lot the decision even though it was Abram’s right to choose since God had given him the land, not Lot’s. Note how Abram lays down his rights for another. When we do this, God is glorified like with Paul (1 Corinthians 9:14-18) and Jesus (Philippians 2:5-11).

Lot chooses by what he can see; with God, faith is unseen (2 Corinthians 5:7). This reveals that Lot’s heart was already in trouble. However, I think Lot was not gone. He could still follow God, but he chooses not to once he gets to Sodom.

Take Away: Remember, all is never lost. You always have a choice to obey. It’s everyday choices that matter the most.

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BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 5: Genesis 9:8-17

October 8, 2020October 3, 2020 by atozmom, posted in BSF Genesis 2020/2021

Summary of Genesis 9:8-17:

God establishes His covenant with Noah, the animals, and all of their descendants to never flood the earth again. He sets the rainbow as the sign of the covenant, and when He sees it, He will remember.

BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 5: Genesis 9:8-17

12) God establishes His covenant with Noah, the animals, and all of their descendants to never flood the earth again. He sets the rainbow as the sign of the covenant, and when He sees it, He will remember. Even though man is evil, God is good, and He will preserve all of humanity.

13) Personal Question. My answer: God’s heart is bigger than I ever could imagine. He loves creation, and since His love is much greater than mine, we should love creation whole-heartedly as well.

14a) The rainbow. It is the sign of the covenant between God and the earth. He will remember this covenant every time it appears.

b) We’re still here, aren’t we?

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 5: Genesis 9:8-17

I love rainbows. Their appearance is always special, and I always wish they would last longer. They last long enough for God to remember me and me to remember Him.

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End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 5: Genesis 9:8-17

FUN FACT: This is the first of many covenants God makes with his people and that we will see in this study of Genesis. This one covers every living creature.

This covenant was a repetition and clarification of the promise God made in Genesis 8:21-22.

God imprisoned the angels (Jude 6) and shortened our lives, giving us less time to make amok of things.

FUN FACT: Remember that the blanket of water vapors was released in the flood and the water cycle of the earth changed after the flood, so this may be the first occurrence of a rainbow on the planet. God used the rainbow as a sign to Noah and all generations that He would be faithful to His covenant.

The other mentions of a rainbow in the Bible are set in the context of God’s enthroned glory (Ezekiel 1:28; Revelation 4:3).

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BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 4: Genesis 9:1-7

October 7, 2020October 3, 2020 by atozmom, posted in BSF Genesis 2020/2021

Summary of Genesis 9:1-7:

God blessed Noah and told him and his sons to be fruitful and multiply. Here, God makes the animals fearful of man. He gives man everything that lives and moves for food except for meat that still has lifeblood in it. God will demand an accounting for spilled human blood and animal blood.

BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 4: Genesis 9:1-7

9) God blessed Noah and told him and his sons to be fruitful and multiply. Here, God makes the animals fearful of man. He gives man everything that lives and moves for food except for meat that still has lifeblood in it. God will demand an accounting for spilled human blood and animal blood. In Genesis 1:28-30, God tells Adam to be fruitful and multiply and to rule over all the animals. He only gives man plants to eat here.

10) Personal Question. My answer: I’m definitely an animal lover. I’m the weirdo stopping to move praying mantis off the bike trail. I definitely value human life. In the US, we value animals more so than in the past. Unsure on human life. We talk the talk, but not necessarily walk the walk.

11) Personal Question. My answer: God wants us all to value all human life. It challenges me to love those in my life who are hard to love. I do need to pray more for my country and the world.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 4: Genesis 9:1-7

I love the emphasis on the sacredness of life and how there will an accounting for taking it. I love how you attack God’s image when you attack His people. Good stuff.

animals afraid of man in bible www.atozmomm.comEnd Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 4: Genesis 9:1-7

Do you ever wonder what Noah thought having seen the world before and now seeing this new world and how different it must be?

Since humanity is starting over, God gives Noah the same commandments as He gave Adam, except now man can now eat animals. This may be because the earth is less fruitful than it was before. Since man would be eating animals, God made the animals afraid of us for their protection. This gives me hope that in all of heaven there is no fear, and I can finally pet lions!

Blood represents life, and it must be respected (Leviticus 17:11, 17:14 and Deuteronomy 12:23).

FUN FACT: The word blood is used in the Bible 424 times in 357 separate verses (in the New King James Version).

Blood in the Bible

  • Blood is the sign of mercy for Israel at the first Passover (Exodus 12:13).
  • Blood sealed God’s covenant with Israel (Exodus 24:8).
  • Blood sanctified the altar (Exodus 29:12).
  • Blood set aside the priests (Exodus 29:20).
  • Blood made atonement for God’s people (Exodus 30:10).
  • Blood sealed the new covenant (Matthew 26:28).
  • Blood justifies us (Romans 5:9).
  • Blood brings redemption (Ephesians 1:7).
  • Blood brings peace with God (Colossians 1:20).
  • Blood cleanses us (Hebrews 9:14 and 1 John 1:7).
  • Blood gives entrance to God’s holy place (Hebrews 10:19).
  • Blood sanctifies us (Hebrews 13:12).
  • Blood enables us to overcome Satan (Revelation 12:11).
  • Jesus’s blood makes us holy.

This passage is where the justification for capital punishment comes from. Murderers attack the image of God, which means they must be held accountable. Like our laws, the Bible emphasizes the difference between murder and killing. Sometimes killing is justified, such as for capital punishment or self-defense. Capital punishment does fall on the shoulders of the government (Romans 13:1-4). As we saw with the murder of Cain, the guilt of unpunished murder defiles a land (Numbers 35:31-34).

God says to be fruitful and multiply because the earth was empty once again.

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BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 3: Genesis 8:15-22

October 6, 2020October 26, 2020 by atozmom, posted in BSF Genesis 2020/2021

Summary of Genesis 8:15-22:

God told Noah to leave the ark, along with his family and all the animals so they can repopulate the earth. Noah built an alter and sacrificed clean animals to God. God thought the aroma was pelasing and said in His heart He would never rid the earth of man or animals again.

BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 3: Genesis 8:15-22

6a) God told Noah to leave the ark, along with his family and all the animals so they can repopulate the earth

b) Noah obeyed and left the ark and emptied it of animals. Then he built an alter and sacrificed clean animals to God for gratitude in his survival and God’s faithfulness.

7a) Jesus.

b) Personal Question. My answer: Die to what we want to do and do what God wants us to do. Proverbs says do what is right and just. Hosea says to acknowledge God. Micah says to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly. John says love and sacrifice for friends. Romans says to offer your bodies as living sacrifices as a spiritual act of worship. Do not conform to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Hebrews says to do good, share with others, and prasie God continually and confess His name.

8 ) Part personal question. My answer: Faithfulness. I know that God has got me, and I don’t have to worry.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 3: Genesis 8:15-22

I never noticed that God said this “in his heart.” It shows us that the heart is what matters.

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End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 3: Genesis 8:15-22

Even though Noah took some of the precious animals for the sacrifice, they did not die out or go extinct. Sacrifices to God should cost you something. This is pleasing to God since He gave the ultimate sacrifice in his Son, Jesus, to us. (Ephesians 5:2 and Hebrews 9:26, 10:12)

David never offered God that which costs me nothing (2 Samuel 24:24).

FUN FACT: This is the first recorded offering to God since Cain and Abel.

The Bible speaks anthropomorphically here, which is using a human analogy of a divine action or attribute. More pleasing to God than the smell of the sacrifice was the heart of Noah in his sacrifice. “The Lord smelled the offering” appears commonly throughout the first five books of the Bible written by Moses.

Noah’s sacrifice mirrors Jesus’s sacrifice and is why God promises to never destroy man.

God also established the seasons here. We can assume the climate was the same before.

We see lifespans of man decreasing here. Bible Scholars believe that the dinosaurs went extinct shortly after the flood because of these weather changes.

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BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 2: Genesis 8:1-14

October 5, 2020October 3, 2020 by atozmom, posted in BSF Genesis 2020/2021

Summary of Genesis 8:1-14:

God remembered Noah, the ark, and the animals, so He caused the water to recede. It stopped raining. The ark came to rest on the 17th day of the 7th month on Mount Ararat. On the first day of the 10th month the tops of the mountains became visible. After 40 days, Noah sent out a raven. Then he sent out a dove. It found nothing. The dove went out again in 7 days and came back wtih an olive leaf. Noah knew the water had receded. He sent the dove out for a third time, and it did not return. Noah was 601 years old when the earth was dry. on the 27th day of the 2nd month the earth was completely dry.

BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 2: Genesis 8:1-14

3) He kept sending out birds for signs of the life. He believed God would be faithful.

4a) God was with Noah the entire time; He did not abandon him or turn his back on him like He did everyone else. God turned His attention to Noah. This is an anthropomorphism (a non-literal picture of God in human terms we can understand).

b) Both were faithful.

5) Personal Question. My answer: Move us so we can start our own businesses. You just keep on trucking, and God’s plan will come to fruition.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 2: Genesis 8:1-14

I had forgotten the raven and the fact that the dove was sent out three times. It’s amazing the details you forget and then relearn as you restudy the Bible. Always a good reminder that time with God is never wasted time.

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End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 6, Day 2: Genesis 8:1-14

Practically speaking, a mountain would be hard to off-load thousands of animals. Historically speaking, it’s a good place for an ark to be preserved.

Time is marked form when the rain began falling (Genesis 7:11-12).

Note that God never told Noah how long he would remain in the ark. This was because Noah did not need to know and maybe for mental reasons. This was a long time to be on a boat.

It is believed the raven did not return to the ark. This may be because ravens eat dead carcasses and so found food.

The dove did not find rest as we do not find rest. It is now a symbol of peace and goodness.

Noah was in the ark for one whole year. It seems all living creatures survived the journey.

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BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 5, Day 5: Genesis 7

October 1, 2020October 3, 2020 by atozmom, posted in BSF Genesis 2020/2021

Summary of Genesis 7:

God tells Noah to enter the ark with the animals for in seven days He will send rain for 40 days and nights. Noah obeys. Noah was 600 years old when the flood happened. All the animals came to him. Then the Lord shut them in and the waters came. Everything perished. After the rain stopped, the earth remained flooded for 150 days.

BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 5, Day 5: Genesis 7

13) Personal Question. My answer: God always has hope, even though He knows what will happen. He created man, knowing that one day He would destroy them. He gave man 120 years to repent, and still nothing but evil. God’s judgement is swift, it’s absolute, and you are powerless beneath it. No questions are raised for me.

14) Personal Question. My answer: God is always faithful to His word, and if we have faith in the Word, we have faith in God.

15) Personal Question. My answer: It’s an encouragement because it shows there is retribution for all the wrongs done in the world. It’s a warning that God can judge whenever He wants. It’s both for me, to follow His ways always. I know God will punish and destroy the wicked one day. I know He will judge. And I need to be as prepared as I can be for when He judges me.

16) Personal Question. My answer: It shows how every day could be your last and that you should live each life — treating others as if it is your last.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 5, Day 5: Genesis 7

I love the story of Noah. Here’s a guy of faith who is told to build a big boat and save his entire family by God. How awesome and scary is that! Yet, he does it without fail, without question, showing us what a walk with God truly is.

End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 5, Day 5: Genesis 7

Genesis 7:

God was in the ark and would be with Noah in the ark, so He called Noah to come into the ark with Him.

“Notice that the Lord did not say to Noah, ‘Go into the ark,’ but ‘Come,”

In Genesis 6:20 God said the animals would come to Noah by migration.

Noah, the animals, and his family had to wait in the ark seven days for the rain to come. They had never seen rain up to this time. This was a real test of faith – to wait a week after more than 100 years of preparation.

The heavens containing the great waters that were above the firmament (Genesis 1:7) opened up. These waters formed the huge so-called blanket of water in the upper part of the earth’s atmosphere since creation. Waters came up from under the earth, too.

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The Number 40 in the Bible

Here we see the first use of the number 40 in the Bible. It has become associated with testing and purification, especially before entering into something new and significant.

  • Moses’ time on Mount Sinai (Exodus 24:18, Deuteronomy 9:25)
  • The spies’ trip to Canaan (Numbers 13:25)
  • Israel’s time in the wilderness (Numbers 14:33, 32:13)
  • Elijah’s miraculous journey to Sinai (1 Kings 19:8)
  • Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness (Mark 1:13).

Note that God shuts the door. God has the final say in judgement. God shuts people out.

God kept the door open until the last possible minute, but there came a time when the door had to shut. Jesus is He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens (Revelation 3:7).

Of the more than 200 cultures that have their own account of the flood the following aspects of the story are common:

  • 88% describe a favored family.
  • 70% attribute survival to a boat.
  • 95% say the sole cause of the catastrophe is a flood.
  • 66% say that the disaster is due to man’s wickedness.
  • 67% record that animals are also saved.
  • 57% describe that the survivors end up on a mountain.
  • Many of the accounts also specifically mention birds being sent out, a rainbow, and eight persons being saved.

The water from the flood is collected in oceans today.

The Bible says that only the animals that had the breath of the spirit of life. The fish did not die in the flood; only animals with the breath of life in them died, the animals on dry land.

  • God may have put some or many of these animals into a period of hibernation for this period, meaning that less food, space, and supervision was be needed.
  • God provides many animals today with an amazing instinct for hibernation. It would be no difficulty for Him to miraculously impart a unique instinct for these particular animals.

Fun Fact: The flood is given more words in Scripture than Creation or the Fall.

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