GOD'S COVENANT

FALL OF NOAH

• The fall of Noah starts in Gen. 9
• Noah drinks wine & is drunk
• He is naked in his tent & his sons see him
• Noah curses Canaan

CONTINUTED

• The consumption of fruit, nakedness, shame, & curse
• All themes that we saw in the Fall of Adam & Eve
• This story is the fall of the new Adam
• Became clear that the flood had not solved humanity

SIN

• There is a line between good and bsd
• Its differs; it runs down the center of each person
• Polygamy began in Gen. 6
• The Tower of Babel happened in Gen. 11

ABRAHAM IS CHOSEN

• Abraham is not chosen for his own sake
• He was chosen to be a blessing
• God wanted him to be a blessing to the human family
• That was God's intentions for Abram's descendants

THREE BLESSINGS

• God made three specific promises to Abram:
• 1.) a great nation
• 2.) a great name
• 3.) a blessing to everyone
• God said he would work them into covenants

The First Covenant

Abram is upset by about not having any children and God said it will happen in time. God told Abram to bring animals, lay them out, and cut them in half. A torch and firepot appear and proceed to move between the animal pieces

God said that if he doesn't keep his word, then he would be cut like the animals. God came down to a human level (divine condescension). This represents a covenant God made, which makes them a family.

THE FALL OF ABRAM

• Abram & Sarah are worried they will not conceve
• They decided to have Hagar get conceived
• The children would still be Sarah's according to law
• Ishmael is born, a son

THE COVENANT RENEWED

• Promises Abram will be the father of many nations
• Abram would be the ancestor of kings
• God gives Abraham a greater name- Abraham
• Gives him a duty- circumcision
• Might be a symbolic rebuke of the part of the body

FINAL COVENANT

• The universal blessing
• God tells him to sacrsfice Isaac
• Abraham listens & goes to the mountain
• God stops him & and he sacrifices a lamb

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ISAAC

• Isaac acts out Jesus' role at Calvary
• The location strengthened their relationship
• God was moved by Abraham & Isaac

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