Genesis 9-10 God's Promise to Noah 9:1 So God Blessed Noah and His Sons, and Said to Them: "Be Fruitful and Multiply, and Fill the Earth
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P a g e | 1 Genesis 9-10 God's Promise to Noah 9:1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand. So we have a similar command to Noah and his family to the one given to the first man… Gen. 1:28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." But something has changed in the wording here… He tells Adam that he has dominion over the whole earth, why does God not tell Noah this? Well remember Adam handed over the “Title Deed” to the earth to Satan. Who Jesus calls the “ruler of this world” in John 12:31, John 14:30, and John 16:11. Paul says this about Satan, and man’s relationship with him…. P a g e | 2 Eph. 2:1-2 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience. You see every man is born as a child of wrath, born into that sin nature. Adam when he and Eve sinned against God’s Word, brought a curse to man, and handed over the rightful rule of this earth to Satan. And there is proof of this all around us. I sit and talk with Sof when I get home from work, and I noticed she tells me stories that never happened, and exaggerates her stories. I didn’t have to teach her how to lie, she was born knowing this. I will however have to work real hard to teach her to be honest, and truthful, because it goes against her very nature, and the ruler of this world would help every chance he gets. It is only by faith in Jesus can we be turned from a child of wrath to a child of God’s Grace. And this is why we see a change in the command to Noah from Adam. P a g e | 3 Man will now have to use fear to rule over the animal kingdom. The first creation, even through the Antediluvian age, it seems man lived in peace with the animal Kingdom, now it will be ruled with violence and terror. And in every culture we have the violence of hunting as the animal runs in fear, or the terrors of a butcher house, and the slaughter of many animals to fill the plates of man. "Did the horse know his own strength, and the weakness of the miserable wretch who unmercifully rides, drives, whips, goads, and oppresses him, would he not with one stroke of his hoof destroy his tyrant possessor? But while God hides these things from him he impresses his mind with the fear of his owner, so that . he is trained up for, and employed in, the most useful and important purposes." (Clarke) This was the New World Noah was coming into. And now we eat meat, it is necessary for a balanced meal. We will see in this new world there will be many changes, man will be required to eat protein, whereas Adam and the Antediluvians were only required to eat vegies… Gen 1:29 And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the P a g e | 4 earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. Now Noah and his descendants will be in a much harsher environment, their diet will require different nutrients. So God gives a new command next, with very specific instructions. 3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs. 4 But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. The protein is required to be eaten without the blood in it. Blood is the life, and is something sacred throughout scripture. For it is by blood that God will deal with our sins… Hebrews 9:22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. God would use the blood as a foreshadow of the ultimate blood sacrifice for man’s sin, and the ultimate conquering of the ruler of this world. Heb. 9:12-15 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. P a g e | 5 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. You see the blood sacrifices of old were only a covering over the sin, called Atonement, it only was a picture of the sacrifice Christ would come to make, the Old Testament saints looked forward to this, they were held in Abraham’s Bosom until Christ came. Christ’s Sacrifice was more than just a covering, more than an Atonement, it was a Propitiation, which means His Blood Sacrifice on the Cross was the only thing that could appease God’s Wrath. Not just cover our sins temporarily but through faith permanently take away our sins. You see this is why the blood was so sacred to God. We are not to eat it or drink it. P a g e | 6 Why do you think many pagan or satanic rituals require the drinking of blood, or mutilation to the point of blood being spilt? Why do you think Satan has so many kids cutting themselves to bleed? The devil is mocking the sanctity of blood. So God’s first command to Noah in this New World is to hold in high reverence the blood, the life of his creation. 5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require the life of man. 6 "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man. So this is interesting here, capital punishment is the foundation of government. Life for Life. This is the foundation of law and order. Well, this brings up an issue, where should a believer stand on the death penalty? To see the strength of God’s command, notice He will even require a reckoning from every beast. God does not condone gratuitous killing of any kind. According to God’s command, when a man’s blood is shed, there must be an accounting for it, because in the image of God He made man. P a g e | 7 Because man is made in the image of God, his life is inherently precious and cannot be taken without giving account to God. By man his blood shall be shed means that because life is deemed so precious, when murder is committed, the death penalty is in order. The Bible also consistently teaches the punishment of the guilty is the role of human government (Romans 13:1-4) so as to be a restraint of man’s depravity, and the guilt of unpunished murder defiles a land (Numbers 35:31-34). As Luther said, "God establishes government and gives it the sword to hold wantonness in check, lest violence and other sins proceed without limit." (Boice) Guzik Prior to the flood, we had no official government, only order may have been the Patriarchal System of honoring the head of the family. But prior to the flood we saw chaos. There was no capital punishment, Cain was commanded to wonder the world as a vagabond for his punishment for the murder of Abel. But something new established here with Noah, there will be a new order, Law comes in, because without its restraints humanity becomes monsters at best. So the beginning of such restraints begins with capital punishment. You say that is kind of harsh? This is a day where people are demanding to lessen the punishment. Let’s let up on crime, our state leads the way in this liberal mindset. P a g e | 8 I know the criminal mindset very well, and I can’t say leniency is going to work for them. Their whole main protocol is exploitation of the weak, so we weaken the Law, which God gave to give order, I believe crime will go up.