Session 4: Genesis 6:11-9:17

Session 4: Genesis 6:11-9:17

Summarize:

1. God decides to bring judgement on the wickedness of the earth(6:11-22)

A.  God warns Noah of the Judgement and commands him to make an ark(13-14,17)

B.  God promises to save Noah and everything and everyone in the ark(18)

C.  God gives specifications about the building of the Ark and provisions for the animals that it will house. (14-16, 19-22)

2. God commands Noah to enter the Ark(7:1-24)

A.  God spares Noah and his family because he obeys God despite the wickedness of his culture(1)

B.  God gives specific instructions to preserve clean and unclean animals. (2)

C. Noah and his family enter the Ark along with all the animals and the Lord shuts them in (6-16)

D. God sends the flood waters to judge the earth for 40 days and 40 nights(12-17)

E. All creatures of the land and air die so that only those sealed in the Ark live(18-24)

3. God remembers Noah and withholds His wrath(8:1-22)

A. God suspends His judgement and causes the waters to recede(1)

B. The Ark comes to rest on Mount Ararat and Noah sends out birds to check for dry land(4-12)

C. God commands Noah and the Ark’s inhabitants to come out

4. God establishes a covenant with Noah and all the Earth(8:15-9:17)

A. Noah builds an altar and makes sacrifices to the Lord

B. When the Lord smells the offering He promises to never destroy the earth and it’s creatures on account of man

C. God commands Noah’s family and all the creatures of the land and air to be fruitful and multiply(9:1-2)

D. God gives man permission to eat animals so long as the blood is not in it.(3-4)

E. God instituted the sacrificial system through blood atonement(4-6)

F. God sets a sign of His covenant in the sky(12-17)

Analyze:

1. Why does God decide to destroy the earth?(6:11-13)

1. What does God commanded Noah to build?

Read 1 Peter 3:18-21, Matt 24:38-39

2. How does this passage shape your understanding of how you understand God’s judgement? His salvation?
3. Who does God promise to save from His judgement?(18)
4. The only people and creatures saved from God’s judgement are those found in the ark, there is no other way of salvation, how  does John 14:6 help you understand the concept of salvation in Christ alone?
5. God restates His intention to bring about His judgement and pour out His wrath so that Noah clearly understands the importance of the ark.  How does this shape the way we evangelize?  Is it important to tell people about why they need to be saved through Jesus?
6. What type of food does God command Noah to take into the ark for provisions? Did Noah bring any animals on the ark to feed to his family or to other animals? (God’s command of eating plants for food for all creatures still stands, animals haven’t yet been given for food)

2. What does God command Noah to do in 7:1?  What reason does God give?

God commanded Noah to make a boat of gigantic proportions in a place that had no large bodies of standing water to prepare for an event(flood) that had never been seen.

1. About how long did it take for Noah to build the ark? (Gen 5:32, 7:11)  How does Noah’s testimony of faithful obedience affect your relationship with God?

Read Hebrews 11:7

2. Noah was the only one out of his generation to trust and obey God, how is Noah’s testimony relevant to you today?
3. Who closes the ark before the flood begins?(16)

Read Phil 1:6, Eph 2:8-9, Heb 12:1-2

4. How do these passages shape your understanding of salvation found in God alone?

The flood is a vivid description of God’s wrath being poured out in judgement over the wicked. Only those found in the ark are preserved everything outside of the ark perishes. (Acts 4:12, Rom 8:38-39, Heb 7:25)

3. When do the waters of  the flood recede? (8:1)

1. What is it about Noah that God remembers that causes Him to suspend His wrath?(6:18)
2. What does this tell you about God’s reliability and the truth of His Word?(Isa 55:11, Rom 10:11, Ps 25:3, Isa 49:23)
3. What’s the first thing Noah does after God commands him to come out of the ark?(20)

Propitiation: to turn away the righteous anger of God we deserved by an offering of sufficient value.

4. What command does God restate when God brings Noah out of the ark?(17, 9:1)
5. When does God promise Himself he won’t destroy the earth because of man?(21) What does God promise in vs 22? How is this promise relevant in light of the flood? (Noah and his family were in the ark for over a year)

4. Which commands of God are the same as the ones God gave to Adam? Which commands given to Noah are changed or new?(9:1-7)

1. How is man’s relationship with animals changed after the flood? How does this change reflect the digression of creation as a result of sin?
2. God institutes the sacrificial system after the flood. What does the Lord require for sacrifice?  
3. How does 9:6 establish the intrinsic value and sanctity of life?
4. What covenant does God make in Genesis 9? With whom does God make the covenant? What is the sign of God’s covenant?

God’s sign of His covenant to not destroy the earth by flood is His bow, a weapon of war, held up and hung in the sky.  Every time God sees the rainbow He remembers His covenant, likewise every time we see the sign we remember God’s patience and mercy.

Read 2 Peter 3:9

Contextualize:

1. God is just and will pour out His wrath on the wicked.
2. God is merciful and saves those who humbly trust Him.
3. God is faithful, He always keeps His promises.

Actualize:

Memorize 2 Peter 3:9 and thank God for His patience but pray for the boldness to trust Him and warn others of God’s coming wrath. Write down the names of 3 people you know  that don’t follow Jesus and begin praying for them everyday this week.