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Genesis 7-10:5; 1 Chronicles 1:5-7; Genesis 10:6-20; 1 Chronicles 1:8-16; Genesis 10:21-30; 1 Chronicles 1:17-23; Genesis 10:31-32<\/strong><\/span> Yesterday\u2019s Flood readings in Genesis were about judgment \u2013 today\u2019s readings are about redemption!\u00a0 Chapter 8 verse 1 stood out to me: \u201cBut God remembered Noah and all the animals in the boat.\u201d <\/em>I like that phrase \u201cBut God remembered\u201d \u2013 but I have a hunch that it is a bit understated in God\u2019s love and compassion for Noah and all of creation.\u00a0 Verse 11 is interesting in that if you were ever wondering where our modern day peace symbol of a dove with an olive branch comes from originally \u2013 now you know \u2013 God\u2019s peace symbol to Noah here in Genesis 8:11!\u00a0 \u201cThis time, toward evening, the bird returned to him with a fresh olive leaf in its beak.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Below are a couple of great NASA images of where Noah\u2019s ark landed, as we read in verse 4: \u201cthe boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.\u201d <\/em>(Note that Bruce Feiler\u2019s incredible nonfiction archeology-type book <\/span>\u201cWalking The Bible: A Journey by land through the Five Books of Moses\u201d<\/span> opens up with him searching for Noah\u2019s Ark near Mt. Ararat in Turkey.\u00a0 This is a highly recommended book!) Images below courtesy of & copyrighted by ebibleteacher.com:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In Genesis chapter 9 verses 8 through 17 we are reading about the first major covenant of God\u2019s in the Old Testament called the Noahic Covenant.\u00a0 There are 6 more major covenant\u2019s that we will get to later this year \u2013 The first Abrahamic covenant, The second Abrahamic covenant, The Sinaitic Covenant (Moses on Mt. Sinai), The Phinehas Covenant, the Davidic Covenant, and the New Covenant.\u00a0 So \u2013 Covenants are a big deal!\u00a0 God is a God of covenants!\u00a0 This one is laid out in all 10 verses but can basically be summed up in verse 11: \u201cI solemnly promise never to send another flood to kill all living creatures and destroy the earth.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 And the rainbow is given as a sign of The Noahic Covenant.<\/span><\/p>\n Genesis chapter 9 verse 3 is intriguing.\u00a0 I forgot to mention this in previous day\u2019s posts \u2013 but, I read a commentary on the Garden of Eden and even thereafter that early descendants of Adam & Eve were strictly vegetarians \u2013 God had given Adam & Eve the fruits & plants in the Garden to eat \u2013 and then Adam\u2019s son\u2019s cultivated the ground for plants \/ food.\u00a0 But here in verse 3 God is now saying that it is okay to eat animals\u2019 meat for food: \u201cI have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Very interesting.\u00a0 We\u2019ll get more details on clean and unclean animals per the Law in our OT readings early this year.<\/span><\/p>\n In the remainder of chapter 9 we read about Noah\u2019s son\u2019s Shem, Ham and Japheth. Initially I asked myself, why is Noah so upset with Ham?\u00a0 The answer lies in verse 22: \u201cHam, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 The last 3 words of this sentence were the issue \u2013 Ham told his brothers his father was naked.\u00a0 Instead of discreetly just covering up his father on his own, he broadcast the issue to his brothers.\u00a0 Are there times in our life where we could discreetly take care of problems of others, or could confront the individual directly about the problem, but instead we broadcast what someone else\u2019s problems are?\u00a0 Is this the right thing to do?\u00a0 Is this the godly thing to do?<\/span><\/p>\n There is a lot of interesting stuff going on in the genealogy in chapter 10, which is typically called The Table of Nations, but I\u2019ll just quickly point out verses 21 & 22: \u201cSons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Shem becomes translated in the future as Semites \u2013 i.e. Semitic peoples.\u00a0 And Eber is translated in the future as Hebrew.\u00a0 So, you can see that Shem\u2019s lineage is going to be the one from where Israel comes from.\u00a0 Below are two maps that help to visualize where Shem, Ham & Japheth\u2019s descendants listed in this genealogy end up:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Bible.org\u2019s commentary on today\u2019s readings in Genesis titled \u201cThe Noahic Covenant\u201d<\/strong> is at this link, \u201cThe Nakedness of Noah\u201d<\/strong> is at this link, and \u201cThe Spread of the Nations\u201d<\/strong> is at this link.<\/span><\/p>\n Worship Video:<\/strong>\u00a0 Today\u2019s readings about Noah following God reminded me of Matt Maher\u2019s beautiful song \u201cLord I Need You\u201d performed here live:
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