THEME .
Satan second act against God.
Or the seed or godly people
By tryin to mix the godly and earthly people .
Trying yo make the yoke equal between the seed .2 COR 6-14.
gen-
seven chapter .
God himself shut the arks door .
Each animal came on they own .
After a week the rain started .
For forty days it rained . The highest mount was covered with twentyone ft of water .
And the water stayed upon the earth for one hundred and
Fifty days.
The most interesting things are. That we can see a pattern or picture of Jesus here .as our protector .and it is especially referring to Israel during the tribulations .read . Mt 24-21/22,
And in one way Enoch refers to the church .as God picked him up from earth .so our we Christian going to be picked up by God from earth.
THEME
GENESIS. EIGHT .
Gods everlasting covenant to man.
Gods knows we are through and through evil .
NOAH builts a altar and sacrificed according to God chooses ritually approved by God .
God didn't forget about the Ark .
1 -- ThE WICKNESS OF THE WORLD . WHICH PROVEKETH GODS WRATH .
«1 » And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, -
«2 » That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were beautiful .
( physical beauty .examples of beauty . Ge 12-11; 24-16; 29-7.
1 Sam 16-12; 25-3; 2 Sam 11-2;
14-25; Est 1-11; 2-7;. Jb 42-15. Da 1-15. Ac 7-20).
--- and they took them wives
(as wives . Ge 2-18-24. Ps 128-3.
Pr 12-4; 18-22; 19-14; 31-11;).
--- of all which they chose. -
( Literally .sons of God used herein the sense of his created
Supernatural beings .but no longer godly in character . But some commentator believe that the expression .son of God refers to the godly line of Seth and daughters of men to the men of THE line of Cain.)
«3» And the Lord said, My spirit
( withdrawal of the spirit . Ge 6-3.1 Sam 16-14. Ps 51-11).
--- shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh:
( the flesh .general references to man's carnal nature. Ro 7-
18-25.; 8-8-13;. Gal 5-17;6-8; 1 Jn 2-16).
--- yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
( brief life.figurative allusions yo the brevity of .Ge 47-9;.ps 89-47, 90-9,
Like a shadow .1 Chr 29-15. Jb 8-9;14-2. Ps 102-11. Ec 6-12.
Like a flying shuttle . Jb 7-6;8-9.
Like hurrying messenger . Jb 9-25: 14-2.
Only a handbreadth in extent .
Ps 39-5; 89-47; 90-9; 102-11; Ec 6-12.
Like a vanishing vapour . Ja 4-14.)
« 4» There were giants in the earth in those days;
[ general references to giants .
Ge 6-4. Nu 13-33. De 2-11-20.
3-11. Jos 17-15; 18-16; 1 Sam 17-4. 2 sam21-16-20;)
-- and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
( mighty men. Ge 10-8. 1Sam 14-52. 2 Sam 23-8. 1 Chr 11-10)
{ 5 } And God saw
( Comprehends all human life .
Divine Vision . Ge 6-5. Ex 3-9. 2 Sam 22-28. 2 Chr 16-9. Ps 11-4.
34-15; 139-16;. Je 32-19. Am 9-8. Zec 4-10).
--- that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,
( social and political corruption . But general references to Depravity . Ge 6-5. Jb 15-16. Ps 14-3. Isa 1-6; 59-3; 64-6; Je 16-12. Mi 7-3.Mt 23-27. Mk 7-21. Rom 1-24. 2 Pe 2-12)
--- and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. -
( EVIL thoughts . De 15-9. Ps 64-6.; 94-11. Pr 15-26; 23-7; 24-9. Isa 66-18; . Je 4-14. Mt 9-4. Mk 15-19.
EVIL Imaginations . Ge 6-5; 8-21:11-6; . De 31-21. Ps 38-12. Pr 6-18. Je 23-17. Eze 8-12. Rom 1-21.)
UNIVERSALITY of sin. Ge 6-5. 1K 8-46. Ps 14-3; 53-3; 130-3; Pr 20-9. Ec 7-20. Isa 53-6. 64-6.
Mi 7-2. Rom 3-23. Gal 3-22. 1 Jn 1-8; 5-19;.)
{6 } And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. -
o_O read .1 K 8-46. Nu 23-19.1 Sam 15-11.)
{ 7 } And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; [ the deluge . Ge 6-7-17. 6-11. Jb 22-16. Isa 54-9.
Mt 24-38.1 pe 3-20. 2 Pe 2-5 ).---
--- both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. - ( . Destruction of the wicked comes suddenly .
Isa 34-2. Je 25-9. Ma 4-1. Lu 3-9
2 th 1-9. Rev 18-21.)
2- = ONLY NOAH FINDS GRACE IN THE WORLD.
{ 8 } But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
-- ( NOAH .son of lamech . General reference to noah .
Ge 5-29; 6-8; 7-1; 8-1-20; 9-1'17'
29; . Mt 24-37. He 11-7. 1pe 3-
20. 2 Pe 2-5.
1 - Walked with God amidst evil surroundings. Ge 6-8-12;
2- Obedient when appointed to a hard task . Ge 6-14-22; 7-5;
3 - Remembered by the Lord and delivered from death . Ge 8-1;
4 - By faith worked out his own salvation . He 11-7;
5 - Warned his neighbours of impending judgment 2 Pe 2-5.
6 - Built the first altar recorded. Ge 8-20.
7 - Honored by God with an everlasting covenant . Ge 9-12-17.)
« 9 » These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect
( or a righteous man. Examples
1K 15-14, 2Chr 14-2; 29-2; 31-
20; Jb 1-1; Zep 3-13. Lu 1-6;2-37
. Ac 24-16 .)
--- and blameless in his. generations,
( Blamelessness . Ph 2-15. 3-6;.
Col 1-22. 1 th 3-13; 5-23. 1 Tim 3-2. Ti 1-6. 2 Pe 3-14 .)
and Noah walked with God. -
( examples of walking with God. Ge 5-22; 23; 24; 6-9; 2 k 23-3. Mi 4-5. Mal 2-6. Rev 3-4.)
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -
«11 » The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. -
( the prevalence of violence . Ge 6-13; Jb 24-2;. Ps 55-9; 73-6;
Pr 4-17; Isa 59-6;. Je 6-7. Eze 8-17. Am 3-10. Mi 2-2; 6-12).
«12» And God looked
upon the earth, ( Mens heart searched by Jehovah . 1 Chr 28-9. Ps 44-21. Je 17-10. 23-24.
Am 9-3. Zep 1-12. Rom 8-27.)
--- and, behold, it was corrupt;
( Moral . Ge 6-12. Isa 28-8. Je 5-
28. Eze 7-23. Mi 6-12. Mt 23-28.
Lu 11-39. Ro 1-29.)
----for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. - ( Evil
Times . Ge 6-12. 1k 19-10. Ps 12-1. Isa 59-14. Je 5-1. Mi 7-2. Ep 5-16. 2 Tim 3-1 2 Tim 3-2.4-3. )
«13 »And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. -
Utter threatened . Isa 34-2. Je 25-9. Mal 4-1. Lu 3-9. 2 th 1-9. Rev 18-21.)
@ 3 --- THE ORDER . FORM .
AND USE OF THE ARK.
«14» Make thee an ark
( Noah s . Ge 6-14; 7-1; 8-1-16;
Mt 24-38; He 11-7. 1 Pe 3-20)
---- of gopher wood;
( perhaps wood of cypress . Fir .or cedar )
--- rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. - ( pitch .a resin from conifers .
Ge 6-14. Ex 2-3. Isa 34-9.)
«15» And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. -
«16» A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. -
«17 » And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life,
( God imparts breath of life.
Ge 2-7. Isa 2-22. Eze 37-5. Da 5-23. Ac 17-25.)
from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. -
«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. -
( general reference to divine covenant . Ge 17-2. Ex 6-4. Nu 25-12. Jud 2-1. 2 Sam 7-12. Ps 89-28. Isa 59-21. )
«19» And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Read . Jb 38-41. Ps 121-3. Mt 5-45; 6-26; 10-29; general reference to providing providence .
«20» Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. -
«21» And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. -
( physical food from God. Ge 1-29; 9-3. Jb 3-31. Ps 104-14;
136-25; 145-15;. Mt 6-26.)
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
( examples of obedience .
Noah . Ge 6-22; 12-4.
Abraham . Ge 22-2-3.
Bezaleel . Ex 36-1. Nu 9-23.
Joshua . Jos 11-15.
Hezekiah .2 k 18-6. Eze 7-23. Ps 27-8)
CHAPTER . 7,
1 --- NOAH WITH HIS. FAMILY AND THE LIVING CREATURES ENTER INTO THE ARK .
*1* And the Lord said unto Noah, ( explicit direction given to individuals. DIVINE DIRECTION .
As to leaving old association . Ge 12-1.
Returning home . Ge 31-3.
Assuming leadership . Ex 3-10.
Forward movements. Jos 1-2.
Waging warfare . Jud 6-14. 2 Sam 5-19.
Finding supplies .1 k 17-3-4-9.
Coming out from retirement . 1 k 18-1.
Anointing leaders .1 k 19-15.
Pronouncing judgment .1 k 21-18-18 .2 k 1-3.)
----Come thou and all thy house into the ark; ( the "COME " of Gods word .
Come into a place of safely . Ge 7-1.
Come to a goodly fellowship . Nu 10-29.
Come for personal cleansing . Isa 1-18.
Come for satisfying portion . Isa 55-1.
Come for rest of soul . Mt 11-28.
Come at the kings urgent invitation . Mt 22-4.
Come to the gospel feast .Lu 14-17.
Come to the threefold call . Rev 22-17.)
--- for thee have I seen ( the secrets of the heart seen . Pr 15-11. Je 20-12.Mt 12-25.22-18.
Mk 2-8. Lu 6-8.;11-17;16-15. Jn 2-24 . Ac 15-8.)
--- righteous before me in this generation. - (examples of righteousness .1 k 15-14.2 Chr 14-2;29-2; 21-20. Jb 1-1. Zep 3-13. Lu 1-6; 2-37. Ac 24-16.)
*2* Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. -
*3* Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
*4* For yet seven days,
( seven days . Ge 2-3; 7-4. Ex 7-25;29-30. 1 Sam 11-3; 13-8. Eze 3-15. Ac 20-6;21-4;28-14.)
--- and I will cause it to rain
( Deluge.the . Ge 6-7-17; 7-11;.
Jb 22-16. Isa 54-9. Mt 24-38.1 Pe 3-20. 2 Pe 2-5.)
--/- upon the earth forty days and forty nights; ( forty days .
Flood lasted . Ge 7-17.
Noah sends forth a raven at the end of. Ge 8-6.
The embalming of Jacob occupied . Ge 50-3.
Moses on the mount fasting . Ex 24-18; 34-28.
Spies in the land of cannan . Nu 13-25.
Moses in prayer for Israel . De 9-25.
Goliath s defiance lasted .1 Sam 17-16.
Elijahs meal lasted .1 k 19-8.
Ezekiels typical period . Eze 4-6.
Jonahs warning concerning the destruction of nineveh . Jona 3-4.
Christ s temptation . Lu 4-2.
Christs appearance after the resurrection . Ac 1-3.)--
---- and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. - ( Divine power .general reference to control of the elements . Ge 7-4. Ex 9-33. De 11-17. Jb 37-6. Ps 148-8. Je 10-13.)
*5 *And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. -
( NOAH obeyed . Victorious faith . Examples of. Ge 15-6;
Abraham . Ge 22-8;
Caleb . Jos 14-12;
Jonathan .1 Sam 14-6;
David .1Sam 17-37;
Jehoshaphat.2 Chr.20-12; 32-7;
Job . Jb 19-25;
THE three Hebrew captives . Da 3-17;
Paul . Ac 27-25; Rom 4-20;
The ancient worthies . He 11-33; ).
*6* And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. -
*7* And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. -
*8 *Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, -
* 9 * There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. -
*10 *And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. - ( Gods words are sure and absolutely trustworthy . 1K 8-56. Ps 93-5.;
111-7; Eze 12-25. Da 9-12. Mt 5-18. Lu 21-33. Rom 4-16.)
*11* In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. -
*12* And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. - ( Rain. Ge 7-12.
1Sam 12-18. 1K 18-41. Ezra 10-9. Ec 11-3. Isa 55-10. JL 2-23.
Mt 5-45. 7-25. Ac 14-17; 28-2.)
*13* In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; -
*14* They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. -
*15* And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. -
*16* And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.
( DIVINE care . God watches over life with infinite care . Ps 115-12. Mt 6-32. Lu 12-7. 1Pe 5-7.)
2. -----. THE BEGINNING . INCREASE . AND CONTINUANCE OF THE FLOOD
*17* And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. -
"18" And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. - ( read . Ps 104-26)
*19* And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. - ps 104-6
*20* Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. -
3 --- ALL FLESH DESTROYED .
*21* And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: - ( read jb 22-16. Mt 24-39. Lu 17-27.)
*22 *All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. - . De 32-51).
*23 *And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. - (preserving the faithful . De 6-24. Jos 24-17. 2Sam 8-6. Ne 9-6. Ps 37-28.;146-9;. Pr 2-8. Isa 49-8. 2 Tim 4-18. He 11-7. 1 Pe 3-20.)
*24* And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
ChAPTER .- 8 :
1. -- THE WATER ASSUAGE.
"1 "And God remembered Noah,
( general reference to . SAINTS remembered . Ge 8-1; 19-29;. Nu 10-9. Ps 98-3; 136-23
. Isa 49-14'15'16.)
---- and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; -
( the wind ruled .more ex . Ps 148-8. Pr 30-4.Mk 4-39.)
""2"" The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; - ( rain .read on. Ge 7-12. 1 Sam 12-18. 1 k 18-41
. Eze 10-9. Ec 11-3. Isa 55-10. Jl 2-23. Mt 5-45; 7-25. Ac 14-17. 28-2. ).
""3"" And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
2 -- THE ARK RESTED ON MT ARARAT .
""4"" And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. - ( a mountain in Armenia
a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors
syn : Armenia, Republic of Armenia, Hayastan )
""5"" And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. -
!"6"" And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: -
""7"" And he sent forth a raven, ( raven's in the bible. Ge 8-7. De 14-14. 1 k 17-4. Ps 147-9. Pr 30-17. Lu 12-24. The raven apparently sat from time to time upon carcasses of dead animals floating on the water .)
---which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. -
""8"" Also he sent forth a dove.(. Doves . a type of purity . Ps 68-13. Song 6-9. Mt 3-16.
10-16. The dove noah dispatched would not alight on floating carrion as the raven . and was thus a good indication of the water .)
---- from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; -
""9"" But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. - ( compare . De 28-65.)
""10"" And he stayed yet other seven days; ( seven days
Ge 2-3; 7-4; . Ex 7-25; 29-30; 1 Sam 11-3; 13-8. Eze 3-15. Ac 20-
6; 21-4; 28-14;)
--- and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; -
""11"" And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: ( olive . Jud 9-9. Ps 52-8. Zec 4-3. Rom 11-17. Rev 11-4. )
---- so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
""12"" And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
""13"" And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. -
""14"" And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. -
3 --- NOAH STEPS OUT OF THE ARK.u
""15 ""And God spake unto Noah, saying, - ( GODS VOICE .
Strikes terror into the hearts of sinners . Ge 3-8. Ex 19-19.
A Still small voice . 1 k 19-12. Ps 29-4. Isa 30-30.
Full of majesty . Eze 43-2.
Witnessing to Christ divinity . Mt 17-5.
Misunderstood by men. Jn 12-28'29. 2 Pe 1-17. )
""16"" Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
""17"" Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. -
""18"" And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: -
""19''" Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
""20"" And Noah builded an altar ( built for worship altar . Ge 8-20; 12-7; 13-18; 22-9; 26-25; 33-20; 35-7;. Ex 17-15;
24-4; Jos 8-30. Jud 6-26. 1 Sam
14-35. 2 Sam 24-25. 1k 18-32.)
---- unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl,( examples of worshippers . Ge 22-5; 24- 26.
Ex 34-8. Jos 5-14. Jud 7-15. 1 s 1-28. 2 S 12-20. 2 Chr 7-3. Ne 8-6. Jb 1-20. Rev 4-10; 7-11; 11-16,).
--- and offered burnt offerings on the altar.( read on. Ex 29-18. Le 6-9; 8-18; 9-2; . Nu 28
-3; 29-6; Jos 8-31. 1S 6-15; 7-9;
2 S 24-25; 1K 3-4. 1Chr 16-40. 2 Chr 13-11. Eze 3-3. )
4 ---- GODS PROMISE TO NOT TO CURSE THE EARTH ANY MORE BECAUSE OF MAN .
""21"'' And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; taste or flavor .sweet savor . Ge 8-21. Ex 29-18
Le 1-9. Nu 15-7. Ezra 6-10. 2Co 2-15. Eph 5-2.)
---- and the Lord said in his heart, ( the everlasting covenant . Ge 9-16;17-13;. Le 24-8. Nu 18-19. 2 S 23-5. 1 Chr 16-17. Ps 105-10. Isa 24-5;54-10
: 55-3; Jer 32-40;33-20; Eze 16-60; 37-26;. He 13-20.)
-----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; ( Evil imaginations . Ge 6-5; 8-21; 11-6;. De 31-21. Ps 38
-12. Pr 6-18. Jer 23-17. Eze 8-12.
Rom 1-21.) evil.characteristics of a evil heart .
Stubbornness. Ec 8-11.
Madness . Ec 9-3.
Depravity . Jer 17-9.
Extortion and excess . Mt 23-25
Fountain head of all evil . Mk 7-21.
Source of unbelief and covetousness . He 3-12. 2. Pe 2-14.)
----- neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. - ( longsuffering of God . Nu 14-18. Isa 48-9. Eze 20-17. Rom 9-17. 1 Pe 3-20. 2 Pe 3-9.)
""22 ""While the earth ( fact concerning earth . Ge 1-1:8-22; 10-25; 2 S 22-8. Jb 26-7. Ps 24-1. Isa 6-3.) ------------------ remaineth, seedtime and harvest,( Ge 8-22. Ex 23-16. Le 19-9. De 24-19. Ru 1-22. 1 S 12-17. 2 S 21-9. Pr 10-5; 26-1.)
---- and cold and heat, and summer and winter, ( the season . Ge 8-22. Ps 74-17. Pr 6-8; 26-1; . Zec 14-8. Mt 24-32.)
---and day ( general reference to. Ge 1-5; 8-22. Ps 74-16. Je 33-20.)
-- and night shall not cease.
( Gods promises .
Unfailing . 1 K 8-56.
Assured by his divine ability . Rom 4-21.
Grounded in Christ .2 co 1-20. 2 co 7-1.
Of infinite value .2 Pe 1-4.
Culminate in everlasting life .1 Jn 2-25.)