Covenant - with Noah
"Then God said to Noah and his sons with him, “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark. And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” Genesis 9:8-11
This is the 2nd message in this series with the 1st covenant being with Adam*, the 1st Man and his descendants.
This time around the covenant is with Noah, his 3 sons and their descendants.
It is interesting to note that after the fall of Adam and Eve (the 1st marriage), it didn't take long for all of humanity to go down the toilet. When it got really, really bad, God eventually saved Noah and his family -- rebooting the earth, restarting it over and making this covenant (pledge or agreement) with them
Sons of Noah
What is more interesting to note is that along with Noah, God made a covenant with his 3 sons -- with Japeth (his name meaning fair or fair skinned), with Ham (his name meaning black) and with Shem (his name meaning name). I guess Shem represents the default skin color, or the predominant skin color -- the skin color other than white and black).
This essentially means God made a new covenant with all of humanity. And in this new covenant, God repledged his covenant with Adam with them, to:
“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things." Genesis 9:1-3
Yes, essentially it was the same covenant.
Rainbow
But this time not with 1 couple but with 3 couples and for God not to destroy the earth again with water (flood). This covenant God sealed with a sign -- a rainbow. This is why some call this covenant, the Covenant of the Rainbow.
Of course, the rainbow means something different now, and marriage and gender means something else. Plus we all are aware that there has been ongoing or constant conflict among people of different skin colors. And yes, many people really cannot get along and it is not getting any better.
It will not be long now until the new Noah's flood will come (of course no, not by water as this covenant promise. This time it will be by fire, fire from the sky as biblical prophecies tell us would come).
Matthew 24:37 - "As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man**." (in the end days).
But in case, we missed the memo, God has already provided a new Noah's ark. This we will talk about later in this Covenants Series*.
But for today, it is enough that we have seen the Covenant of Works with Adam and this Covenant of the Rainbow with Noah. And the knowledge that there are more covenants which we will talk about as this series progresses.
*Covenants Series - With Adam
This is the 2nd message in this series with the 1st covenant being with Adam*, the 1st Man and his descendants.
This time around the covenant is with Noah, his 3 sons and their descendants.
It is interesting to note that after the fall of Adam and Eve (the 1st marriage), it didn't take long for all of humanity to go down the toilet. When it got really, really bad, God eventually saved Noah and his family -- rebooting the earth, restarting it over and making this covenant (pledge or agreement) with them
Sons of Noah
What is more interesting to note is that along with Noah, God made a covenant with his 3 sons -- with Japeth (his name meaning fair or fair skinned), with Ham (his name meaning black) and with Shem (his name meaning name). I guess Shem represents the default skin color, or the predominant skin color -- the skin color other than white and black).
This essentially means God made a new covenant with all of humanity. And in this new covenant, God repledged his covenant with Adam with them, to:
“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things." Genesis 9:1-3
Yes, essentially it was the same covenant.
Rainbow
But this time not with 1 couple but with 3 couples and for God not to destroy the earth again with water (flood). This covenant God sealed with a sign -- a rainbow. This is why some call this covenant, the Covenant of the Rainbow.
Of course, the rainbow means something different now, and marriage and gender means something else. Plus we all are aware that there has been ongoing or constant conflict among people of different skin colors. And yes, many people really cannot get along and it is not getting any better.
It will not be long now until the new Noah's flood will come (of course no, not by water as this covenant promise. This time it will be by fire, fire from the sky as biblical prophecies tell us would come).
Matthew 24:37 - "As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man**." (in the end days).
But in case, we missed the memo, God has already provided a new Noah's ark. This we will talk about later in this Covenants Series*.
But for today, it is enough that we have seen the Covenant of Works with Adam and this Covenant of the Rainbow with Noah. And the knowledge that there are more covenants which we will talk about as this series progresses.
*Covenants Series - With Adam
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