Gen: 6:5 The divine opinion at the end of God’s creation was that all “was very good” (Gen: 1:31). Then sin entered, and the paradigm shifted. Things weren’t “very good” anymore. God’s orderly creation was marred by sin and all its loathsome results. Rebellion reached terrible proportions by Noah’s day; evil consumed the race. Though the … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Gen: 3:6; Gen: 6:5, Genesis 6:11; Gen: 6:18; Gen: 9:12-17; Isa: 4:3, Rev: 12:17. Memory Text: “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD” (Genesis 6:8). Bacteria are plant organisms too small to see without a microscope. A single, common round bacterium appears no larger than a pencil point, even after being magnified 1,000 times. … Continue reading –>
Farmer Plants Churches By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission A Seventh-day Adventist minister asked Huang Wen-Ming, a farmer with no theological training, to help plant a church in a small village located a 2 ½-hour drive from his home in southern Taiwan. Wen-Ming was surprised. He wasn’t a church member, but he worshiped every Sabbath in … Continue reading –>
Further Thought: Read Ellen G. White, “Abraham in Canaan,” pages 132-138, in Patriarchs and Prophets; “The Prophets of God Helping Them,” pages 569-571, in Prophets and Kings. “The yoke that binds to service is the law of God. The great law of love revealed in Eden, proclaimed upon Sinai, and in the new covenant written in the heart, … Continue reading –>
Jeremiah 31:31-33 These passages are the first time the Old Testament mentions what is referred to as the “new covenant.” It is lodged in the context of Israel’s return from exile, and it talks about the blessings they will receive from God. Again, as in all the others, it is God who initiates the covenant, … Continue reading –>
Read Exodus 6:1-8 and then answer these questions: 1. What covenant was He talking about? See Gen: 12:1-3. 2. How was the Exodus to be a fulfillment, on His part, of the covenant promises? 3. What parallel can you find between what God promised the people here and what He promised Noah before the Flood? After the Exodus, the … Continue reading –>
“And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (Gen: 12:3). Read Genesis 12:1-3. List the specific promises God made to Abram. Notice that among these promises God says to Abram that “in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (Gen: … Continue reading –>
“But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee” (Gen: 6:18). In the above verse the word covenant appears for the first time in the Bible, and, in this context, God has just told Noah about His decision to … Continue reading –>
“And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly” (Gen: 17:2). “The Hebrew word translated as ‘covenant’ (appearing about 287 times in the Old Testament) is berith. It can also be translated as ‘testament’ or ‘last will.’ Its origin is unclear, but it has come to mean that which bound two … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Gen: 9:15; Isa: 54:9; Gen: 12:1-3, Gal: 3:6-9, Galatians 3:29; Exod: 6:1-8; Jer: 31:33-34. Memory Text: “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine” (Exodus 19:5). Last week left off with the fall of … Continue reading –>
