GENESIS
Find someone (or yourself) who has experience
working jigsaw puzzles (500 -1000 pieces). Give them the puzzle pieces in a plastic bag and retain the puzzle box
without allowing them to see the final picture. Have them notify you when they complete the puzzle. Compare
the length of time to their normal completion time ( if they don't get totally frustrated and never finish).
GENESIS is the picture on the box showing the proper arrangement of the pieces (Scripture).
REVELATION is the bottom half of the box, being complementary to the top half and holding
it all together. Most of us approach the Bible without knowing how the pieces are intended to go together. We have it
all in front of us, but we can't quite get it together.
"Genesis" = Greek word meaning "generation" or "creation". Hebrew title is "Bereshith" = "in
(the) beginning"
EVERYTHING begins in the book of beginnings (Ecc 1:9,10) PATTERNS
are set.
DAY 1
1:1 - Nothing before? Jn 17:24 Eph 1:4 1 Pe 1:20
Pr 8:22-31
- God = Elohim, plural. Spirit moves
on the waters (v.2), things are spoken into existence, things are made (v.16). See Jn 1:1-3.
- Heaven (sing.) becomes plural in
2:1; 2 Pe 3:7
2 - "was" = "became" (no verb "to be" in Hebrew)
- "without form" = "tohu
va bohu"
The
Earth was not created "tohu" ( see Isa 45:18) it became so 2 Pe 3:5-7. Remember Rev 12:4,9
- from "deep" (abyss) to "waters" after
the Spirit of God moved (as in all new creation) 2 Co 5:17,18 See Rev 9:1 ff. and 20:1-3 "bottomless
pit"
NO ONE knows how much time elapsed between
verse 1 and verse 2, but it accounts for all fossils, etc. The 1st age ended suddenly as the 2nd will end with the return
of our Lord.
3 - "And God said" - The power of the word
of God has not changed or diminished (1 Pe 1:23)
- "Let there be light" (not the sun or the moon [4th
Day]). This also has not changed (2 Co 4:6) Jn 1:1-10. See Rev 21:23
What God speaks must come to be (Tit 1:2)
4 - "good" = beautiful
Ecc 3:11
- "divided" - As God still intends Lk 11:34-38
Eph 5:8
5 - "...Day...Night" Cycles
set by God and conditionally promised to Noah (Gen 8:22) connect
to Rev 22:3-5
- "first day"= "day
one" fixing 24 hour period. When qualified by a cardinal number in Scripture it is always literally a day.
It is also limited by "evening and the morning"
Heb 11:3 God has planned the
ages to appear separately, not to evolve one from another.
Jer 18:1-4 God, the potter,
does not mend mistakes and messes when we mar what He has made. He prepares a new thing, as He did with the old covenant,
the heaven and earth, etc. He even makes new creation of us (2 Co 5:17).
Rev 16:16-21 The third age will
be brought about forcefully and quickly (Rev 22:7, 12, 20), just as the second age was started. (Hab 2:3)
2 Pe 3:18-13 A thousand years
(a millennium) is as a day with the Lord. The day of the Lord (the thousand year kingdom (Rev 20:1-7) subsequent to Rev 16
is the subject, when the elements of the earth will once again be melted to usher in the third age (1 Co 3:12-15).
Isa 65:17 The Potter does not
evolve. He makes a new thing. Former things (unsaved family and friends included) will not be remembered. From that day
forward, memory will be erased or Rev 21:4,5 could not be so. Keep in mind that our souls have existed from the beginning
but we have no memory before this life. This does not take place for us individually (Lk 16:20-31).
DAY 2
6,7 - "firmament" = "a spread out area"
8 - "Heaven" = Heb. "lofty"
DAY 3
9,10 - All land connected until Gen 10:25
11-13 - "after his
kind" = NO EVOLUTION
Note: herb before seed, tree
before fruit, adults before children. The chicken does come before the egg.
DAY 4
14 - "lights" = Heb. "Maor" = "lightholders" as Ex 35:14
"firmament
of the heaven" (vv. 6-8)
"divide" - Night
and Day named Day 1. Divided on Day 4.
"signs"
= things to come (Jer 10:2) (Lk 21:24-27)
"Seasons" = appointed
times (Isa 60:18-22)
15 -
"And..." = continuation of purpose
"light upon the earth" = compare to vv. 3,4
16 - "made" = "fashioned, prepared", not
spoken. The work of Jesus Christ.
"two" =
"the two"
"the stars"
= All named by God. (Ps 147:4). Little more than 100 original names still known and used by astronomers. The source of TRUE
astrology (v. 14) (Ps 97:6)
17 - "set" = Placed by God after preparation
"light
upon the earth" - Repeated for emphasis (Rev 21:23)
18 - "rule"
- to keep order (Lk 23:44,45) (Amos 8:9)
"divide.."
- compare to v.4
19 -
"evening and morning" - entire day. In Scripture, the beginning and the end represent the whole thing (Rev 21:6, Isa
48:12)
DAY 5
20 - Sea
creatures and "fowl that may fly" from water. Land creatures from earth (Day 6).
21 - "winged fowl" = "flying". Does not include
ratite birds like the ostrich
22 - First
of 3 blessings of Creation (1:22,28; 2:3)
23-25" = the number of grace. God blesses the living
souls.
The "ruach" (1:2) creates housing for the
"nephesh" (2 Co 5:1-4)
SIXTH DAY (the first ordinal #, making it inclusive of the first 5 days as God gives mankind dominion over the rest of His creation.
24 - "cattle" = primarily large quadrupeds (Heb.
Behemah) Lev 11:1-8; Deu 14:4-8
- "creeping thing"= reptiles,
insects, amphibians. Lev 11:20-23
- "beast of the earth" (heb. "Chay" primarily
carnivores and very large wild animal (elephants, rhinoceri, etc.) (Deu 7:22)
25 - "creepeth upon the earth"- Lev
11:29-31, 41-43; Ex 8:1-4; Rev 16:13
26 - "Let Us" = "Elohim"(plural) as in 1:2.
The Triune God of creation, not Jehovah the covenant God.
- "man" = Heb. "Adam" = mankind
(Compare to v:27)
- "image..." = "In the likeness of our image." Refers to physical similitude (Gen
6:1-4). Our moral likeness was lost and passed through Adam (3:7; 5:3). We are now conceived/born into sin. (Ps 51:5; Ro 5:12-14)
- "dominion" = Domain,
Sovereignty, Authority
- "fish..." - Hebrew has
4 categories of animal life from this. Land animals. Water animals. Flying (air) animals. Swarming animals.
27 - "man" = "eth-Ha-adam" = the very man Adam (specifically)
IMPORTANT: The Bible DOES NOT state or imply that the Creator made multiples
of every creature except man. Adam is specified because he is first in the bloodline of Jesus
Christ, the subject of the Word (Rev 1:1-3;19:10). The FOCUS of the Bible is established. Though Confucius
was a contemporary of Zechariah and Haggai, the Bible ignores him. The Bible is NOT a history of the world, nor mankind -
It is the story of God's love for us and his salvation plan. ALL Scripture must be tied to this, (Gen 38:1-10, 24-30)
(Mt 1:3) to rightly divide the Word.
28 - "And God..." the connective thread
continues
"blessed" - Grace continues to abound
"them" - Both occurrences are emphatic in Hebrew
"replenish" = "fill"
- note "sea", "air",
"earth" (for "heaven" Mt 16:18,19)
This verse constitutes a "Prime Directive".
Before sin, sacrifice, etc.
29 - "given" - Ps 50:7-12 Col 1:12-17
Rev 6:8
"you" - emphatic. We gave it away Mt 28:18 due to Ro 5:12
"for meat" - vegetarians until Gen 9:3-7. An animal population large enough to feed us initially would have
become too numerous (carefully note God's words to 2,000,00 Israelites
entering a single country in Ex 23:27-30). Foundation for the law, sacrifice, substitution, and atonement. Note that
9:7 unlike 1:28 does not mention filling the earth.
30 - "green herb" - not just fruits and vegetables
for man, but also grasses and other plants provided for animals.
Note no mention of carnivores, including carnivorous
plant life, like the Venus flytrap to underscore Gen 3:21 as the first shedding of blood.
31 - "every thing" - No mistakes by God
"very good" = Emphatically beautiful
"Sixth day - 1st 5 days numbered "day one, day two",
etc. Now the days are connected as parts
of God's overall plan, no separate activities. They were not a part of a whole until
now, when Man is given dominion. Mankind created last to ensure that we can claim no part. Creation is the sole province of
God. Note Gen 2:21 when Adam is caused to sleep.
SEVENTH DAY
(as all of the first six days is included under God).
2:1 "finished"
- No evolution to something else
"all
the host" not just heaven and earth, but their contents
2 - "seventh"- should be "sixth" and
is so read in most manuscripts
"made"
- fashioned, designed, and put into place
"seventh"
- correct
3 - "rested" = "abided" God fellowshipped
with his works.
Ps 90:1.2, "dwelling place" Lev 23:1-3
(Heb 4:1-10)
4 - "Generations" = Histories from a
family perspective
"in the day" = "when" (not 24 hours)
"Lord
God" = "Jehovah Elohim", (1st occ)
Jehovah = the I AM, covenant God (supreme)
Elohim = the creator (fellowship)
5 - "plant...herb"= plants requiring
cultivation (1:11,12)
"before
it grew" = ungerminated, in the ground - SEED
"not
a man" = Adam's specific purpose- to tend the garden
DAY 8
6 - "mist"= See 1:5 for source. Before:
no water, mist, man
"earth"
= "eretz " (area of land, country) "ground" = adamah (soil)
7 - Note the word for mankind
(adam), word for soil (adamah)
"formed"
= Isa 64:8
"man" = "eth-ha-adam"
The very man Adam (with 2 definite articles)
"dust" =" tiny
particles" (atoms?)
"breath" = "neshamah"
contrast with "ruach"
"soul" = "nephesh"
8 - God sets up His place on earth
for the first time. Later, we will see the tabernacles, the temples, etc. God places His specifically formed gardener,
the man Adam, in this "permanent" home. Unlike "them" in Gen 1:27, the man Adam had a specific place to be and a "job" to
do. (Note Gen 3:24)
2:8 -2:14 are in parentheses
in the manuscript indicating a change of subject. The subject becomes the garden itself reverting to the man Adam. GOD ALWAYS DESCRIBES HIS DWELLING PLACE!
- "Garden" - 1st of 3 Biblical Gardens
- Eden Death IN Sin
- Gethesmane Death
FOR Sin Mt 26:36-46
- Sepulchre Death
TO Sin Jn 19:40-42
- "Planted" - A special planting with special
plants/trees
9 - "out of ground" - Just as man was formed
- "pleasant to sight" - Shade trees as well as fruit
trees
- TREE OF LIFE - "Of" is genitive,
i.e. the tree that gives, supports and continues life. Placed in the "midst", not hidden or guarded.
Rev 2:7; 22:1-3
Note: Heb for tree is "ates" from root word "atsah"
meaning "eyes shut" (See Gen 3:7)
-TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL - Also
placed in the "midst" , not hidden or guarded.
- "Knowledge" = perception,
awareness
OBEDIENCE, LOVE, TRUST Deu 30:15-20 (Choices)
The need for sacrifice (Disobedience) Gen 3:21
The end of sacrifice (Obedience) Phil 2:8
CRITICAL: From the beginning
we have had choices BECAUSE God is Love. Love requires choice. Love cannot be imposed or forced.
10 -14 - Precise location
of Garden is UNKNOWN.
10 "river" - Heb "nahar"
= "stream" or "sea". In this case, the Persian Gulf (Mesopotamia/Iraq). Known by the four heads, including...
14 "Hiddekel" =
"Tigris", and Euphrates is STILL...The Euphrates, and the Nile, are frequently referred to in Scripture.
The Euphrates is referenced as "the river" or the "great river". Gen 15:18, Deu 1:7; 11:24, 1 Chr 19:16.
Dan 10:4 refers back to the Tigris
12 - Gold and onyx - Prominent in the tabernacle Ex 28,35,39 AND Rev 21:20 (beryl)
15 - Returns us to 2:7 after the description
of the Garden.
Defines the man Adam's position, place & purpose.
Contrasted to 1:28. Note: "put"
- our presence in paradise is only through God's grace.
16 - "commanded" - FIRST commandment.
Instruction given to this point. Patterns established.
IMPORTANT: Adam
is the only one given a commandment. The rest of mankind was instructed to "be fruitful, ...". This
is why the devil came to the Garden. It was his first opportunity to bring sin into the world. Read Ro
4:15 and note that the law did not come until the time of Moses. In the very next chapter, Ro
5:13,14 Paul mentions Adam's trangression. There is no error. The mistaken assumption that God populated this
entire planet from only 2 people propagates error throughout the rest of Scripture. It leaves no explanation for Deu 32:8.
If we all came from Adam, how could God separate the sons of Adam from anybody else?
17 - God tells what to do, what not to do,
AND why. God's Word not to be added to/subtracted from. Rev. 22:18,19
18 - The
man Adam was alone. Contrast to 1:27,28
- "help meet" = Heb. "ezer" = counterpart,
complement
Used elsewhere of God. Ex 18:4 Deu 33:7,26,29
Ps 20:2,
33:20, 70:5, 115:9,10,11, 121:1,2, 146:5, etc
2:19 Returns us to 1:24
- "brought"
- from someplace else, and likely returned
- naming - A right of sovereignty/dominion
Isa 62:2, 65:13-15 Phil 2:9-11 Rev 3:12
20 - Adam's obedience. Returns us to subject
of 2:18
21,22 - "sleep" - Man cannot
think of himself as Creator.
- "brought" - The Father gives away the bride
"rib", "ribs" - from root word meaning "curve"
- Women have 2 more ribs than men
- Women have more curves than man
- DNA is curved
"man" = "ish" "woman" = "ishah"
23 - The
man Adam names "Woman" Compare 2:19
Note: 1 Co 11:3 Eph 5:23,24
24 - Why? Mal 2:15 1 Co
7:14
CRITICAL: "wife"
1st occ. No ring, marriage license or wedding ceremony! Only "cleaving " to one another. GOD NEVER SEPARATED MARRIAGE
FROM SEX! It is the work of the enemy. They are the same in God's eyes. It is necessary to understand this to
rightly divide the Word and to "renew" our minds. Read Mk 10:1-12 for clarity on God's grace. The Bible does not specifically
address premarital sex because the term is an oxymoron.
25 - "Not
ashamed" - Innocence, just as infants are not embarrassed by being unclothed.
3:1 - "snake"
= Heb. "nachash" = "shining one". Used interchangeably with "seraph" (Num 21:8,9) meaning "burning one".
Used of the fiery serpent and angelic beings ("seraphim") Isa 6:1,2,6
Q: Why would Eve talk to a snake?
Q: How could a snake talk? What are the implications?
CAREFULLY consider
Num 22:28 -If God made a donkey talk and Satan made a snake talk, we would have to give the devil credit for working a greater
miracle than God since snakes have no organs of speech! A completely unacceptable premise!
A: A COMMON figure of speech ("Hypocatastasis" =
Implication) See Gen 49:9,17 Mt 23:33 Lk 13:31,32
2 Ti 4:17 (Nero)
LOCKED IN by Rev 20:1,2
("old serpent")
Q: Who/What did Eve see?
A: Eze 28:12, 13,15,17
Consider: 2 Co 11:3,14
(...the description continues...)
- "subtil" = "wise" (good or bad sense) Eze 28:12 vs.
28:17
Heb. "arum" - Same wd. as "naked" in 2:25 (meaning "smooth")
- "than any..." - NOT "any OTHER" (Simple grammar
dictates that if Eve were speaking to a literal "snake", the word "other" would be necessary.
- "beast" = Heb. "chay" = "living creature", as it does in Rev 4:6-9
where the cherubim are referred to as "beasts".
- "And he said..". - Note Satan's use of the Word of God against
the first Adam and the second (Mt 4:6). Satan's first utterance in Scripture sets pattern.
- "Yea, hath God said....." - Compare Mt 4:3,4
This is actually a statement, not a question.The 1st Question in the O.T. occurs at Gen 3:9 (God seeking man) to correspond
to the 1st Question in the N.T. at Mt 2:2 (Man seeking God)
Satan appeals to the very thing which got him ousted
from heaven - PRIDE (Eze 28:17) Pr 11:2, 16;18
He uses the LETTER of the Word vs. the TRUTH of it...
Ro 1:25 Note: Mk 3:1-6
....misapplying, misquoting, preferably from pulpits and professors
2 Ti 3:7
2:23 Adam's Words
Gen 2:24 God's Words
- Marriage Is Ordained by God Mt 19:4-6 note 2
Sa 12:15
NO closer HUMAN
relationship 1Co 11:11,12 Eph 5:28 Deu 24:5
- Subordinate to our relationship to God Deu 13:6-10
Lk 14:26
Why Monogamy? Mal 2:11-15 1st polygamy Gen 4:19
Marriage Reflects God's relationship to Israel...
Isa 54:4-8 Jer 3:6-10 Eze 16:1-42
...And Christ's
Relationship to the Church
Eph 5:22-6:9 compare to Col 3:18-4:1
What Are The "Rules"? 1 Co 7:3-5,10-16,39
Lev 18:6-18; 20:14,17,19-21
How Does God deal with two people as one?
Ro 5:12
1 Co 11:1-15 note v.10 compared to Gen 3:1-6
Note Mt 1:20; 2:13,19
When/Why Does God Operate Differently?
Judges 4:1-9 (Deborah)
2 Ki 22:14-20 (Huldah)
What If We Operate Differently?
Adam Gen 3:1-6
Ahab 1 Ki 21 Herod Mt 14:1-11
Same Sex "Marriage" (Is Not Possible By Definition)
Lev
18:22; 20:13 Ro 1:26,27 1 Co 6:9,10
No Marriage In Heaven (Mt 22:30). WE ARE ALL ONE!
PATTERNS RESPONSES RESULTS
Adam's
Silence
Gen 2:16,17; 3:1
3:2 - SUBTRACTION from the Word
3 - ADDITION, CHANGE to the Word
Jas 1:13
4 - CONTRADICTION to the Word
- "
unto the woman" as in 3:1
5 - Appeal to PRIDE - now includes Adam
Jas 1:14
Mt 4:3 Eze 28:17
6 - "
good
for food" Lust of the FLESH
- "
pleasant
to the eyes" Lust of the EYES 1 Jn 2:16
- "
make
one wise" Pride (boasting) of Life 1Jn 2:16
- "
with
her" Adam's Presence noted
1st occurrence of "
husband"
Jas 1:15 Mt 4:5
7 - "
eyes...were
opened" = they became aware
"naked" = "uncovered" compare
to 2:25
Moses Ex 34:29-35 note "
vail"
Stephen Ac 6:8-10,15
"aprons"
- Man's covering inadequate.
Replaced by God.
8 - First intercession by God.
-Sinners hidng from God instead of seeking
Him.
Jer 23:24 Jonah
1:1-3
9 - First question in O.T. God seeks sinners
First question in N.T. Sinner seeks God (Mt 2:2)
10 - Sin separates us from God (not His love)
2 Chr 28:19
- Adam's guilt hinders God's grace
1 Jn 3:19-22
11 - "Who told thee...?" Adam considers his condition
to be permanent, BUT... Nu 11:23, Gen 18:14
- "Hast thou.." Another
chance for confession and forgiveness. God's judgment always preceded by an offer of mercy Eze 33:10-16
- "..I was afraid..." Fear from
Satan 2 Ti 1:7
- "...I hid myself."
FUTILE Ps 139:7-12
12 - Pattern set. Adam blames God and Eve, forgets Satan
Ex 32:15-25 1Sa 15:16-21
13 - Eve's chance. Confession/Salvation is individual.
(Teacher's Note:
It is PRECISELY at this point that dominion was lost. Had Adam, the covering/husband, repented and confessed (v.12), Eve's
original sin AND his own second act of sin would have been forgiven and cleansed (1Jn1:9, remember
that God NEVER changes. Grace has always been present and available). Had Eve repented and confessed to the first act,
it would have cancelled the resultant act by Adam. Their failure to take advantage of God's grace necessitated the shedding
of blood (v.21) for the remission of sin. This understanding is necessary to rightly divide the Word. The punishments arose
due to the failure to confess, not the act).
14 - NO questions for SATAN. Why?
- 1st punishment pronounced. In reverse
order to vv. 9-13.
- Figures of speech as in Ps
44:24, Ps 72:9 to prophesy humiliation and defeat for Satan. Eze 28:17-19
CRITICAL 15 - The CONTEXT for the rest of the Bible
is set. At Rev 21,22 we connect to Gen 1 (the whole world)
- "...the woman..." Specifically
Eve. Necessary due to Adam's inadequacy as a covering/husband. Gen 6:3
- "...seed...Seed" (Satan's seed
is later study)
NOTE:"Seed" is the
first of 6(# of Man) Pentateuch titles for Jesus Christ . They are: "Seed" Gen 3:15,
"Shiloh" Gen 49:10, "Sceptre" Gen 49:10, "Shepherd"
Gen 49:24, "Stone" Gen 49:24, and "Star" Num 24:17.
Eve's Seed is Jesus Christ and Christians v.20
- "...head...heel." - Jesus
will suffer for a time. Satan will be destroyed.
16 Eve's Punishment
- The
"Curse" ( prior to this, no death = no menstruation)
-
"Sorrow"
- Pain in childbirth
Jn 16:20,21
- Subjection to Husband
(compare to 2:20)
17 Adam's Punishment
- Note "Because"
as in 3:14, but NOT to Eve in 3:16. Her Punishment was a consequence to Adam's sin of DISOBEDIENCE Ro 5:12-14,
17-19
- "cursed" - Sin
affects all Creation Ro 8:19-23
- "sorrow" - Reiterated for Adams
as well as Eve
Gen 3:17 (expanded)
We are made from the Earth. It
shares our condition.
- It is defiled
when we are defiled. Deu 11:16,17
- It is blessed when we are blessed.
Lev 25:18,19; 26:3,4
Deu 32:43
- It mourns when man sins. Isa
24:1-6
- It is glad when God avenges His people.
Ps 96:10-13
- It has been corrupted by sin.
Gen 6:11,12 Rev 19:2
Also read Micah 2:10
18 - "Thorns" - Sign of the curse Jn
19:1,2
- "herb of the field" - Not the Fruit of
Paradise (Gen 2:16)
19 -Man sentenced to labor for survival
- Mortality Replaces Immortality
Ro 6:23a
- "dust...unto dust"
Ecc 12:7
20 - "Eve" - 1st time of 4
Gen 4:1 2 Cor 11:3 1 Ti 2:13
- "all living" - refers to
God's pronouncement in Gen 3:15, hence, eternal life through "the Seed" Ro 5:17,21
21 - 1st shedding of blood. God's covering superior
to man's (3:7)
NECESSARY (Heb 9:22)
CRITICAL
- We now switch from PUNISHMENT to PROTECTION! The eviction from the Garden was to SAVE us. Had we acheived eternal
life while in a fallen state, we could NEVER have been saved (apparently Satan's plan until interrupted by God in 3:8). Recognize
the presence of grace as God gave both Adam and Eve an opportunity to repent and confess (1 Jn1:9). Their failure to do so
forced the shedding of blood and the punishments (atonement). GOD DOES NOT CHANGE!
GRACE IS NOT A NEW TESTAMENT PHENOMENON.
22 - PROTECTION, not PUNISHMENT
- Statement Unfinished (indicating the horror of the thought of losing all of His children).
23 - "taken" - Adam formed outside
of the Garden (Gen 2:8)
24 - God guards the tree of life to allow
his salvation plan to unfold (the subject of the Bible) until Rev 22:1,2 (Rev 3:7)
- "flaming sword" Word=Jesus Christ=two-edged
sword=The Way=Consuming Fire,etc.
For God so loved the world..........
SPIRITUAL WARFARE Gen 50:20
Background: Who is the Adversary?
Where did he come from?
What's the battle about?
Rev 12:7-9, 4a
Lk 10:17-20
Eph 6:10-13
Eze 28:12-19
Jude 6
1 Pe 3:18-20
Gen 3:15-Gen 6
REMEMBER: JOHN 3:17
6:1 - "men"
- singular, not plural (ha-adam "the man Adam")
"earth"= "ha-adamah"
= ground, land (NOT the planet earth)
"them" = Adam and Eve
2 - "men" = same as 6:1
3 - "strive" = Heb "deen" only
occurrence = have dominion, control, rule
"man"
= same as 6:1,2
"hundred
and twenty years" - Adam was 810 yrs old (Gen 5:5)
- A point of chronology.
NOTHING to do with human lifespan.
*
WE LOST THE INDWELLING OF THE HOLY ("My")SPIRIT. RESTORED TO US BY THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
4-7 "giants" = Heb. "Nephilim"
= fallen ones
"after that" - 2nd irruption AFTER the Flood
- "mighty men.." - This is the basis for Greek
and Roman mythology. The hybrids created by the fallen angels cohabiting with women. Satan's goal was to prevent the birth
of Jesus Christ by contaminating every womb of the daughters of Adam. when there was only one pure family remaining, God interceded (AGAIN). Satan's focus precluded any need for the flood to be worldwide.
8,9 - Compare
to Job 1:1 and Gen 5:22
NOAH'S FAMILY UNCORRUPTED BY THE FALLEN ANGELS
10 - First of multiple occurrences to set Canaan
as child of Noah's wife by his son Ham.
Gen 5:32, 6:10, 7:13 connect to
9:18,22 connect to 10:1
CRITICAL:
Gen 9:21,22 "uncovered...nakedness" A simple figure of speech detailed in Lev 18:6-20
( and other places) = "to have sexual relations with". Ham was guilty of the same sin Reuben would later commit in Gen 35:22
- incest with his father's wife. This is why Scripture is so careful to document that Noah had only 3 sons, AND that "Ham
is the father of Canaan" (Gen 9:18,22). Noah had 3 sons. His wife had 4! To think that seeing someone naked
is a grievous sin is not worthy of discussion.
11 - See previous notes on 3:17. The land shares
our sin.
12 - "all flesh"
"his way" ="HIS way" Ro 8:8
13 - Compare to Ex 32:7-10
AS IN THE EVICTION FROM THE GARDEN, GOD AGAIN INTERCEDES
TO SAVE US, NOT TO PUNISH US 1 Jn 4:1-3
Satan has consistently attempted to raise up a HUMAN
universal ruler. The first was Nimrod. The last will be "that man of sin" (2 Th 2:3,4). What Satan would divide, God will
unify. What Satan would unify, God will divide.
TO DIVIDE Heb palag = to cleave by
disruption Gen 10:25
parur = to divide by breaking off Gen 10:5,32
nahal = to apportion Deu 32:8
THE SETUP Gen 10:6-11
v. 8 "Nimrod" - a pre-Hebrew word
= Heb. marad (to rebel)
Actually
1st person plural - "LET US REBEL"
v.9 "before" = in the face of
Gen 10:15-18
Preparation to battle Abram (Gen
12:6, 13:7)
THE PLAN Gen 11:1-4
v.1 Unity in language
v.2 "Shinar" see 10:10
v.3 Unity becomes conspiracy
v.4 "...let us...name" Isa 62:1,2
THE INTERCESSION Gen 11:5-8
v.7 "let Us..." The Triune God
Man attempts to lift himself up
(v.4). God comes down in judgment (Gen 18:21, Ex 3:8)
THE RESULT Gen 11:9 Gen 10:21,25,31,32
Satan - Attempts
- The Pharoahs, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, The Roman Emperors,
Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Hitler, etc.
God - Choices
-Cyrus,Jesus (see Isa 44:28, 45:1)
NIMROD Gen 10:8,9 1 Chron 1:10
1. JOSEPHUS - "Nimrod
persuaded mankind not to ascribe their happiness to God, but to think that his own excellency was the source of it. And he
soon changed things into a tyranny, thinking there was no other way to wean men from the fear of God, than by making them
rely upon his own power."
2. TARGUM OF JONATHAN - "From the foundation of the world none
was ever found like Nimrod, powerful in hunting, and in rebellions against the Lord."
3. JERUSALEM TARGUM- "He was powerful
in hunting and wickedness before the Lord, for he was a hunter of the sons of men, and he said to them "Depart from
the judgment of the Lord, and adhere to the judgment of Nimrod!" Therefore it is said: "As Nimrod (is) the strong one, strong
in hunting, and in wickedness before the Lord. "
4. CHALDEE version of 1 Chron 1:10- "Cush begat Nimrod
who began to prevail in wickedness, for he shed innocent blood, and rebelled against Jehovah."
Satan inspires HUNTERS of men.God inspires FISHERS
of men.
SATAN'S DARTS
INCLUDE FAMINE AND FEAR, LEADING TO FLIGHT, LYING, DISOBEDIENCE
Gen 11:26-29 Lot is Abram's nephew (relating
Moabites and Ammonites to Israelites) Gen 19:36-38
30 God establishes a pattern of diversion
(Isa 66:9)
-Gen 11:30 SARAH
IS BARREN (Isaac)
25:21 REBEKAH IS BARREN (Jacob & Esau)
29:31 RACHEL IS BARREN (Joseph)
31,32 Abram's connection to his father
hindered his obedience
(See Isa 6:1)
12:1
Lk 9:57-62
2,3 SEVENFOLD Promise (Great Nation;
Be Blessed; Great Name; Be A Blessing; Bless Them...; Curse Them...; Bless All Families)
4 Point of Chronology with 11:32
5,6 SATAN ALREADY SET UP
7 Abram's 1st Altar located (Also: Jacob 33:18;
Christ Jn 4:1-5)
8-10 SATAN STRIKES (Famine) ABRAM FLEES TO EGYPT
See Isaac (26:1,2)
11,12 ABRAM'S FEAR
13-16 ABRAM'S LIE (see
Isaac 26:6,7)
17-20 GOD'S INTERCESSION (Again)
13:1-4 The mission resumes.
God provides restoration and increase.
5,6 - The enemy uses prosperity 1 Ti 6:6-10
Rev 3:14-17
7 - STRIFE Jas 3:16 Satan's agents
present
8,9 - Abram, though the elder, seeks peace
Mt 5:9,23-26
Satan successfully divides
10 - Lot walks by sight "Lust of the
eyes" 1 Jn 2:15-17
"Sodom" = "Burning" "Gomorrah" ="Heap, Ruin"
11 - Lot makes his own choice
Pr 3:5-7
"east" = "away from God" Gen 3:24, 4:16, 11:2, Mt 2:1
12 - "cities" = the world
13 - Emphasizes the nature of Lot's choice
The separation is completed.
14 - God makes Abram's choice
"after Lot..." God avoids rekindling envy
15 - God reaffirms His covenant Gen 12:2,3,7
16,17- The seed of Abram
Gal 3:26-29
18 - Unlike Lot, Abram lives in the "plain"
Gen 14 Satan begins
phase 2 - To kill Abram. God counters and intercedes (again).
1-3 - Babylonians and Assyrian nations
united
-"Salt sea" - geographical
reference point for the Hebrew readers. Not actually salted until Gen 19:24-26
4 - "Twelve: - first occurrence= Number
for government
"Thirteen" - first occurrence= Number
of rebellion
God divides
Satan's union Mk 3:26
5,6 - Elimination of the Giants begins
(Gen 6:4)
Deu
2:9-12, 18-23
See "Og" - Deu 3:11 (cubit = 18 in.)
See Arba/Anak
(Anakims) Jos 15:13; 21:11 Num 13:32,33
Rapha (Rephaims) Proper
name translated "dead" or "giants"
Isa 26:14 (no resurrection), Ps 88:10 See 2 Sa 5:18,22
SATAN LURES ABRAM INTO BATTLE, GOD DELIVERS AND BLESSES,SATAN ATTEMPTS TO SET UP A HUMAN IDOL.
7 - God continues to use Satan's
divided force against itself.
8,9 - 5 Kings vs 4 Kings (#9 =judgment)
10,11 - Defeat of Sodom & Gomorrah endangers
Lot
12 - "...who dwelt in Sodom..."
compare to Gen 13:12
-mission accomplished, the armies
leave
13 - "...came one..." God preserves a remnant Isa 1:7-9
"Hebrew" - first occurrence (from Eber Gen 11:14)
...in
the plain..." compare to Gen 13:19, contrast to Lot
14 - "trained" =
"initiated" (only occurrence) Into what?
- 318
pursuing 4 nations Lev 26:6-8
15 - "...by night..."
Wars not fought at night Joshua 10:11-14
How could they see?
Ps 119:105 Ps 27:1-3
16 - God provides restoration and increase.
Compare v. 12
17 - The rich, famous and powerful greet Abram
Lk 11:43
18 - "Melchizedek" = "King of Righteousness" &n
