Genesis and God

Genesis 9

84)  God blessed Noah and his sons.  (He gives blessings to believers!)

85)  God told them that the fear and dread of them will fall upon all the beasts, the birds, and the creatures on the ground and in the sea.  They are given into man’s hands.

86)  God said everything that lives and moves will be food for man.  “I now give you everything.”  But they must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.  (God provides for our needs.)

87)  God said,  “And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.  And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man.”

88)  God said, “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.”  (Thou shalt not kill.)

89)  God said,  “As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”

90)  God established his covenant with Noah and his sons and with their descendants — every living creature on earth:  Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood.

91)  God gave them a sign of the covenant — he set his rainbow in the clouds.  Whenever he brings clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears, he will remember his covenant.

Genesis 10, Genesis 11

92)  The Lord came down to see the city (in Shinar) and the tower that the men were building.  (He comes down to earth!)

93)  The Lord was concerned when He saw what men were capable of doing when they worked together.

94)  The Lord said, “Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they willl not understand each other.”  (Reason we have different languages.)  (Did you notice God said “let US go down”?)

95)  So the Lord scattered the people over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. (God is in control.)

Realization:  The Lord’s love for us is tremendous!  He has such patience for us.  We’re such willful children, always getting ourselves into trouble.