The Promise (Genesis 8-9; Psalm 12)

How I love God's Word!  I hope you gals are enjoying this journey through the Bible as much as I am.  I can hardly wait each morning to get started, and then I can hardly wait to share my thoughts with you.  I know I'm crazy.  Thanks for putting up with me.

As a Bible teacher, I want to be sure you're getting as much from this journey as you can.  So today I'm going to give you some questions that will hopefully guide you to discover great insight for yourself.  This is when it gets good--when it's just you and God.  The Holy Spirit is a teacher like none other!

Genesis 8 and 9
1.  Underline the first four words of chapter 8, verse 1, then write down what that means for your heart.

2.  Find every command or instruction that you can which God gave to Noah in these two chapters.

3.  What was Noah's response to God for saving his family from destruction and bringing them forth from their place of refuge?  (Gen. 8:20)

4.  What was God's response to this beautiful act of worship which Noah offered?

5.  Now for the best part--find God's promise, the covenant which the LORD made with Noah and all peoples to come.  What was it, and how would it be remembered?

6.  See how many similarities you can find between what God spoke to Noah in chapter 9 and what He did with Adam in chapters 1 and 2. 

7.  Did you notice that God is now providing a new form of food to people after the Flood?  What is it?  (Maybe this had something to do with what we read at the beginning of Gen. 8:21).  :)

8.  Now--I love this--why did God put the sign in the sky that He would never flood the earth and destroy every living thing again?  For whom was this reminder intended?  (Gen. 9:15-16)

9.  What happens in Gen. 9:24-27?

Take note of Noah's three sons in Gen. 9:18-19, and 24-27, because every human being of our day comes from these three men and their wives.  Shem is especially important, because God's chosen people would come from him.  That is why the Jewish people are also called Semites.  This geneology will get REAL interesting in upcoming chapters as we discover where both the Jews and the Muslims originated, and how this impacts our world situation today.  Lest you think the Bible is an out-dated manuscript that has no impact on your life today, think again dear friend!  You are about to discover a world of information that impacts every aspect of your life!