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Welcome to a study of The Book of Genesis Class #3, Gen 6 -10 Great Flood - The Nations Wed Jan 28 th 2009 7:00 – 8:00 pm. PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WORDING AND SPELLING. YOU'LL FIND THIS HILARIOUS !
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Welcome to a study ofThe Book of GenesisClass #3, Gen 6 -10 Great Flood -The NationsWed Jan 28th 20097:00 – 8:00 pm
PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WORDING AND SPELLING. YOU'LL FIND THIS HILARIOUS ! IT COMES FROM A CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEST. KIDS WERE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OLD TESTAMENTS. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE BIBLE WERE WRITTEN BY CHILDREN. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RETOUCHED OR CORRECTED. INCORRECT SPELLING HAS BEEN LEFT IN. 1. IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS. GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF. 2. ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE. NOAH'S WIFE WAS JOAN OF ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS.
Bible Study – Genesis Ch 6-10 • God grieved at the sin on the Earth Ch 6:1:2 The population began to increase in number and the sons of God started to marry the daughters of men. • Who were the “sons of God” ? (Gen 6:2) • Fallen angels • Righteous men from the lineage of Seth • Who were the “daughters of men”? (Gen 6:2) • Sinful women form the lineage of Cain
Bible Study – Genesis Ch 6-10 2. God grieved at the sin on the Earth • How were the Nephilim (Gen 6:4) • A descriptive word for people of great strength & size. • Heroes of old and men of renown • The Hebrew word means “fallen one”. • Why was God grieved that He had made man. • Every thought of men was inclined to evil all the time !! • God found one righteous man. • Noah ( Gen 6:8) ( God’s Spirit dwells among man from the creation of the world until the end of the age. He is never without a presence here on Earth. ) Eg. Noah, Elijah
Bible Study – Genesis Ch 6-10 • Noah builds the Ark • Every miracle requires two components • Faith AND action by man • Supernatural participation of God. • What demonstrated Noah’s faith • He believed and walked with God. • What was Noah’s action. • For a 120 years Noah built the ark even though on one had ever seen rain. ( 120 yrs implied in Gen 6:3) • What was God’s supernatural participation • God flooded the earth but spared noad, He steered and directed the Ark, kept all aboard well fed and cared for over the 1 year + period afloat.
Bible Study – Genesis Ch 6-10 About 120 years bet. death of Adam – Birth of Noah
Bible Study – Genesis Ch 6-10 • Noah’s Birds (Gen 8:6-12) • The Raven often considered to be a dual natured bird. Detestable in Lev 11:15 yet a life giver to Elijah in 1 Kings 17:1 For Noah it just kept flying and proved useless to him in determining the state of the world. • The Dove is not a flesh eater and cannot fly for long periods. It was more valuable to Noah. The 2nd flight indicated that the water had receded and after the 3rd flight 7 days later, it did not return to the Ark. Very interesting web site http://www.worldwideflood.com/default.htm
Bible Study – Genesis Ch 10 • Noah’s descendants • Sons of Japheth (7) – Intellectual Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras • From Gomer came the Cimmerians, who resided in Russia, until the, who were the descendents of Magog, forced them out • From Magog came the Scythians, Slavs, Russians, Bulgarians, Bohemians, Poles, Slovaks, and Croatians • Madai, the third son of Japheth, the middle son of Noah, is ancestor to the Medes, Persians, Afghans, and Kurds • Javan - the ancestors of the Mediterranean people, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Tarsus, Cilicia, Italy and Rhodes. • Tubal believed to father of the Spanish, Portuguese and Italians • Meshech was the father of the Phrygians, who inhabited Turkey. • Tiras -the Albanians, Georgians, Armenians, and Chaldeans all from Cappadocia or Eastern Turkey
Bible Study – Genesis Ch 10 • Noah’s descendants • Sons of Ham ( 4) – Great Inventors & Builders Cush, Mizraim, Put, Canaan • Cushis father of Sudan, and Ethiopia. • Mizraim’s descendents are easily identified with Egypt through hi sons Naphtuhim and Pathrusim • Put is coupled with Lybia, of which his decendents flourished. • Canaan, the only cursed son of Ham, increased, and from his heritage came the Hivites, Jebusites, Arvadites, Girgashites, Amorites, Arkites, Sinites, Hittites, Sidonians, Perizzites, Zemarites. As the only cursed son of Ham, is it interesting to note that his descendents became the most perverse adversaries of the Hebrews.
Bible Study – Genesis Ch 10 • Noah’s descendants • Sons of Shem (5) ( Semites). - Spiritual Elam, Asshur, Arphaxed, Lud, Aram • From Elam came the Elamintes, the original inhabitants of Iran, and also Arabia • Asshur’s people were of Assyria • Arphaxed, said to be one of the ancestors of Abraham, was father of the Akkadians who lived in Iraq and built the first post-Babel empire. • From Lud came the Lydians, which became Turkey • From Aram came the Aramaic people, Armenia, Mesopotamia, and Syria.
Bible Study – Genesis Ch 10 • Noah’s descendants • Each of the three sons played a colossal part in the reformation and regeneration of the world. From their lineage, we are able to see that the entire world came from those three sons. It is amazing to realize how many different races and cultures were brought into the world. The three sons, Shem, Japheth and Ham, all brought specific characteristics and giftings, planned by God, to fill the earth. Although there were mistakes made along the way, God’s will was done in everything.
Bible Study – Genesis Ch 6-10 • Question and answer period. • Home work for the next Class :- • Chapters 11 – 25 • ( Tower of Babel – Abraham) • Close in prayer.
