Reading the Bible thorugh in One Year. Jan 3, 2003
Reading Genesis 6 - 9
Chapter 6
v. 1 - 2 What were these sons of God. Fallen angels, or Godly men (from Seth's line)?
v 3 Man had to have his life shortened. The longer he lived, the more sin he lived in, the more depraved this world got.
v 4 - 5 support the thoughts above.
v 6 - 8 God plans to destroy man and the earth. But Noah stops the complete destruction.
v 9 - 12 Do you realize that if Noah had been corrupt as well, we would not be here to talk about it. It is only through Noah that we are continued.
v 13 - 22 God tells Noah what to do and makes a covenant with him. This is the first covenant between man and God in the Bible (at least named a covenant). In these verses Noah is commanded only to bring in two of every animal.
Chapter 7
v 1 - 3 In what appears to be a contridiction, God commands more animals that two of certain types. The pair were for continuation of the species, the extras were for sacrafices.
v 4 No doubt about it here. God is going to destroy the earth.
v 5 - 12 And God does
v 13 - 24 All on the earth were destroyed. The fish were not destroyed, they could not be by the water, but what did it do to their eco-system?
Chapter 8
v 1 As if He should ever forget anyone of us, God remembers Noah, thinking fondly of him.
v 2 - 6 And when God thinks fondly, the rain stops.
v 7 - 14 Noah wisely tests to see if it is safe to come out of the Ark. God who had been so clear in how to build the ark and populate it is now silent when it comes time to leave.
v 15 - 19 But then He does speak, it is time to leave the ark and take all out, and Noah does.
v 20 - 21 The covenant is completed. Noah offers the sacrafice. God brought him through and he offers to God what will cover the sins of his past.
v. The pricipal of seedtime and harvest is here. Like there is heat and cold, day and night, there will be a time of planting and a time of reaping. That planting can be of yourself, your finace, what ever, but it is a principal that what you reap you will havest.
Chapter 9
v 1 - 3 All living things and plants are given for us to eat. Just one rule.
v 4 If it still has the blood of life in it, do not eat it.
v 5 - 6 God will require the beast to give its life if it eats the blood. Just as he will man.
v 7 - 17 The sign of the bow (the sign of the hunter) is placed in the sky, as a symbol that God will not destroy all by a flood ever again. This flood and this bow are not signs that man has risen above the fallen state, only that God has been able to remove much evil so that he can start anew his plan for redemption.
v 18 - 28 Very obscure to me what went on, Ham does something wrong and his sone gets punished.
Psalm 3
Though David was at a time of trouble, a time when it looked like he could not win, he trusted in the Lord who heard (and responed) from His holy hill. That my faith could ever be that strong.
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Reading the Bible thorugh in One Year. Jan 2, 2003
Reading Genesis 3 - 5
Chapter 3
1 - 5 One rule is all they had. One stinking rule. Eat or do not eat. I have asked myself for years why could they not keep one stinking rule. But I saw in reading this time something new. Eating ment they were ruling themselves, not letting God rule them. In other words, it could have been any rule, like 'Don't kick the cat!' and man would have still broken it because by nature man is not one to be ruled over but to rule over others. The very authority he was given in Chapter 2 is what led to the downfall here. He wanted self control, not God control. And we strugle with it even now.
Eve enlarges the truth here. Is she doing it on purpose, did Adam teach her falsely, why?
v. 6 Did Adam know what Eve was giving her to eat. I have heard preachers say that it is his fault, he was there with her and took the fruit willingly. But I am not so sure about that. Maybe she gave it to him and he had been off somewhare working. In the end it is all bad, we have the fall. I have read where people say Adam could have stoped the fall because he took and ate willingly, not decived like Eve was. How much of this is men-bashing? I sure Adam should have recognized the fruit so it is a mute point.
v. 7 - 8 They were naked. They had seen the power now, they were naked. They were vulnerable. There is more than phyical nakedness here, there is the eternal power strugle that has gone on through the ages.
v 9 Can you hear God, "Kids what are you doing?" As a parent I can see it.
v 10 - 11 How did he know he was naked? The fruit. But look at the reaction. He is vulnerable to God. Instead of talking to God, he is no longer on that equal level he was on before. He is now subserviant to God. He is naked, exposed to him.
v 12 - 13 Here we have the oldest profession in the Bible. It is called passing the buck. It still goes on today.
v 14 Why is the serpant cursed? Did he allow Satan to use him. Did the animal kingdom have a greater ability before the fall? Does this curse cause all the animals to fall under it or just the serpant?
v. 15 Clearly the promise of the Messiah and what would happen. The serpant would appear to defeat Him, but in the end, the Messiah would crush the serpant.
v. 16 God says clearly the problem here that is in most marriges today. Your desire shall be to rule over your husband, but he is to rule over you (my rough translation). Man is not to be an abuser in this situation. But no matter what, he is to lead. It is up to the woman to learn not to take the leadership role, to go against what is being taught in the world today. There is to be a joint-sharing of the power but in the end, the man to make the decisions.
v. 17 - 19 The man gets the worst sentance here. Woman is just going to get a desire to rule over the husband, but man is going to get to work the rest of his life, and it is to be hard work. And it will not come without many problems. Want to know why you have problems at work. Thank Adam for the bristles and thorns.
v. 21 Man's work (fig leaves) will never do in redemption. Blood has to be shed (leather clothes).
v. 22 - 24 Man is now removed from the direct communion that he had with God. He can no longer talk to God when he wants to as he could in the garrden, he is now limited to when God wants to talk to him.
If man had eaten from the tree of life, would he forever live in his sins? Is this a foreshadow of the person Jesus who would give us life on a tree (cross)?
Chapter 4
v 1 - 2 We see here the farmer and the herdsman. They are forever at odds with each other throughtout history.
v 3 - 5 Why did God not respect the offering of Cain? Was it not meat, that was of the blood, necessary to cover the sins? Was it an attitute problem, giving some food, maybe not the best. Able offfers first fruits, the first of the born of his heards. Cain offers some food. I think it was more than the blood, I think it was the attitude. He did not bring the best or the first, he brought some. And when what he brought was not good enough, did he look to himself to find out why? Or did he get angry and blame others? How about me? When I do not do my best, do I get angry at others for it?
v 6 - 8 God says to him that his efforts need to be his best efforts, not just getting by. And if he does not then anger will take over. And it does.
v 9 We are our brothers keeper, and if we do not do so, we will suffer from not taking care of him.
v 10 - 15 Even though God cursed Cain, He gave him, the sinner, a mark, so that no one else would kill him. He protected the sinner even when he did not deserve it.
v 16 - 24 A short listing of the decendants of Cain.
Also near the end of this, sin is increasing. Lamach is bosting of his sin.
v 25 Seth is born to replace the killed Able. The bloodline of Jesus has started. Did Satan use Cain here to stop the bloodline of Jesus from starting only to have it backfire when Eve became pregnant again?
Chapter 5
From Adam to Noah, 10 people total. Another 10 like 'God spoke'.
Psalm 2
v 1 - 3 People will always try to break from God's rule, just as the nations will try to fight the anointed one God had put on the throne of Israel. I guess the anointed one on the throne of our heart is moved out by our desire to rule our own lives.
v 4 - 6 God laughs at the whole thing. He has set the authority on the throne.
v 7 - 9 God tells his Son that all He has to do is ask for the nations and He shall have them. Jesus did that (john 17). But gave us the job to do it.
v 10 - 12 All the nations (and the people) are to submit to God.
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Reading Genesis 3 - 5
Chapter 3
1 - 5 One rule is all they had. One stinking rule. Eat or do not eat. I have asked myself for years why could they not keep one stinking rule. But I saw in reading this time something new. Eating ment they were ruling themselves, not letting God rule them. In other words, it could have been any rule, like 'Don't kick the cat!' and man would have still broken it because by nature man is not one to be ruled over but to rule over others. The very authority he was given in Chapter 2 is what led to the downfall here. He wanted self control, not God control. And we strugle with it even now.
Eve enlarges the truth here. Is she doing it on purpose, did Adam teach her falsely, why?
v. 6 Did Adam know what Eve was giving her to eat. I have heard preachers say that it is his fault, he was there with her and took the fruit willingly. But I am not so sure about that. Maybe she gave it to him and he had been off somewhare working. In the end it is all bad, we have the fall. I have read where people say Adam could have stoped the fall because he took and ate willingly, not decived like Eve was. How much of this is men-bashing? I sure Adam should have recognized the fruit so it is a mute point.
v. 7 - 8 They were naked. They had seen the power now, they were naked. They were vulnerable. There is more than phyical nakedness here, there is the eternal power strugle that has gone on through the ages.
v 9 Can you hear God, "Kids what are you doing?" As a parent I can see it.
v 10 - 11 How did he know he was naked? The fruit. But look at the reaction. He is vulnerable to God. Instead of talking to God, he is no longer on that equal level he was on before. He is now subserviant to God. He is naked, exposed to him.
v 12 - 13 Here we have the oldest profession in the Bible. It is called passing the buck. It still goes on today.
v 14 Why is the serpant cursed? Did he allow Satan to use him. Did the animal kingdom have a greater ability before the fall? Does this curse cause all the animals to fall under it or just the serpant?
v. 15 Clearly the promise of the Messiah and what would happen. The serpant would appear to defeat Him, but in the end, the Messiah would crush the serpant.
v. 16 God says clearly the problem here that is in most marriges today. Your desire shall be to rule over your husband, but he is to rule over you (my rough translation). Man is not to be an abuser in this situation. But no matter what, he is to lead. It is up to the woman to learn not to take the leadership role, to go against what is being taught in the world today. There is to be a joint-sharing of the power but in the end, the man to make the decisions.
v. 17 - 19 The man gets the worst sentance here. Woman is just going to get a desire to rule over the husband, but man is going to get to work the rest of his life, and it is to be hard work. And it will not come without many problems. Want to know why you have problems at work. Thank Adam for the bristles and thorns.
v. 21 Man's work (fig leaves) will never do in redemption. Blood has to be shed (leather clothes).
v. 22 - 24 Man is now removed from the direct communion that he had with God. He can no longer talk to God when he wants to as he could in the garrden, he is now limited to when God wants to talk to him.
If man had eaten from the tree of life, would he forever live in his sins? Is this a foreshadow of the person Jesus who would give us life on a tree (cross)?
Chapter 4
v 1 - 2 We see here the farmer and the herdsman. They are forever at odds with each other throughtout history.
v 3 - 5 Why did God not respect the offering of Cain? Was it not meat, that was of the blood, necessary to cover the sins? Was it an attitute problem, giving some food, maybe not the best. Able offfers first fruits, the first of the born of his heards. Cain offers some food. I think it was more than the blood, I think it was the attitude. He did not bring the best or the first, he brought some. And when what he brought was not good enough, did he look to himself to find out why? Or did he get angry and blame others? How about me? When I do not do my best, do I get angry at others for it?
v 6 - 8 God says to him that his efforts need to be his best efforts, not just getting by. And if he does not then anger will take over. And it does.
v 9 We are our brothers keeper, and if we do not do so, we will suffer from not taking care of him.
v 10 - 15 Even though God cursed Cain, He gave him, the sinner, a mark, so that no one else would kill him. He protected the sinner even when he did not deserve it.
v 16 - 24 A short listing of the decendants of Cain.
Also near the end of this, sin is increasing. Lamach is bosting of his sin.
v 25 Seth is born to replace the killed Able. The bloodline of Jesus has started. Did Satan use Cain here to stop the bloodline of Jesus from starting only to have it backfire when Eve became pregnant again?
Chapter 5
From Adam to Noah, 10 people total. Another 10 like 'God spoke'.
Psalm 2
v 1 - 3 People will always try to break from God's rule, just as the nations will try to fight the anointed one God had put on the throne of Israel. I guess the anointed one on the throne of our heart is moved out by our desire to rule our own lives.
v 4 - 6 God laughs at the whole thing. He has set the authority on the throne.
v 7 - 9 God tells his Son that all He has to do is ask for the nations and He shall have them. Jesus did that (john 17). But gave us the job to do it.
v 10 - 12 All the nations (and the people) are to submit to God.
Follow along at Country Keepers. Thanks Gary
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