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00:01 Hello Friends, this week on 3ABN Sabbath School Panel
00:03 we're diving into Lesson Number 4 entitled: The Flood. 00:08 Did you catch that? 00:09 We're diving into Lesson Number 4 entitled: The Flood 00:11 and we're going to be continuing our study 00:13 in the book of Genesis. 00:15 Now, you may not have a copy of the study, 00:17 we want to tell you how you can get that right now, 00:19 two ways that we recommend: 00:20 the first way... obviously we want to encourage you 00:23 to go to your local Seventh-day Adventist Church 00:24 to collaborate... 00:26 to come together and study with your church family, 00:28 but, of course, you can also go to: 3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com 00:34 and again, go online to: 3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com 00:38 and you can access a copy for free 00:40 so, don't go anywhere, 00:42 we'll be right back in just a moment 00:43 and we can study the Word of God again together. 00:45 Music... 01:15 Ryan: Hello Friends, welcome back to 01:17 3ABN Sabbath School Panel 01:18 and as always, we want to thank you for joining us 01:21 week after week... all of the views... 01:23 everyone who tunes in to watch and to study with us, 01:27 we do this obviously first and foremost for His glory 01:31 but for you guys at home... 01:32 we wouldn't be here if it weren't for you 01:34 and so, thank you so much for your love, 01:35 prayers and support of 3ABN 01:36 and, of course, the Sabbath School Panel. 01:38 This week, we're studying Lesson Number 4 01:41 entitled: The Flood. 01:42 We're going to be jumping into those passages 01:45 pertaining to Noah and the flood 01:46 and I want to go ahead and take time to introduce our 01:49 awesome Panel at this time. 01:51 To my direct left, we have Ms. Jill Morikone, 01:53 how are you? 01:54 Jill: Doing well... excited about this lesson. 01:56 Ryan: Amen... praise the Lord 01:57 and, of course, our... Pastor Kenny Shelton, 02:00 it's a blessing to have you, Brother. 02:01 Kenny: Always a blessing just to be here studying the Word 02:04 and I do like the subject in the book of Genesis. 02:06 Ryan: Amen... praise the Lord 02:08 and I guess I could say, "Elder... Pastor... " 02:10 because he's been a Pastor... 02:11 he's our Elder at the Thompson... First Elder... 02:13 at the Thompsonville Seventh-day Adventist Church 02:15 who happens to also be the nephew to Uncle Kenny here. 02:18 Panel: That's right... laughter. 02:20 Ryan: Brother Terry Shelton, 02:21 it's a blessing to have you Brother. 02:23 Terry: Thank you Ryan, glad to be here. 02:24 I've known Kenny my entire life. 02:25 Ryan: That is the truth. 02:27 Kenny: We're sitting close together. 02:29 Terry: Amen. 02:30 Kenny: He admitted that publicly. 02:31 Ryan: Amen... and, of course, last but not least 02:33 our Pastor... Pastor John Lomacang, 02:34 always a blessing to have you as well. 02:36 Lomacang: It's great to be here to continue the book of Genesis. 02:39 Even though we've read it before many, many times, 02:41 we always have something that we could learn. 02:43 Praise God for that. 02:45 Ryan: That is the truth for sure. 02:47 Well, my Friends, I want to read our Memory Text this week 02:50 and then, we're going to have a prayer 02:51 before we dive into this powerful study this week. 02:54 It comes from Matthew chapter 24 and verse 8 02:57 and notice what the Bible... excuse me... verse 37, 03:00 Matthew 24 verse 37 and it says, 03:02 "But as the days of Noah were, 03:05 so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. " 03:09 On that note, let's have a prayer 03:12 and Pastor Terry, would you have a prayer for us? 03:14 Terry: Sure... "Father in heaven, 03:15 we just thank You for the opportunity 03:17 to break open Your Word and to let it minister to us. 03:22 We pray for those who are listening today 03:24 that Your Holy Spirit will speak to each one 03:27 and we pray Father that as we discuss Your Word 03:30 and the days of Noah, 03:32 that You will enlighten our minds and our hearts. 03:35 Help us to receive Your Word with thanksgiving in our hearts. 03:39 Bless our time together, in Jesus' name, amen. " 03:42 Panel: Amen... amen... 03:43 Ryan: Praise the Lord. 03:44 You know, I really, really enjoyed the Sabbath afternoon 03:47 as well as Sunday's lesson... my portion of this week's study. 03:50 Just because... and I'm sure you guys obviously did as well 03:52 because, you know, it's one thing to be able to go back 03:55 and study the history and the wonderful lessons 03:58 pertaining to those great historical stories 04:00 of your Genesis and of Scripture that happened 04:02 you know, 1,000s of years ago, 04:04 you can't make a modern-day application to it... 04:07 something that we can glean from it and learn for our time 04:10 then, it's really of no avail at all 04:11 and so, at this point I just... 04:13 I just... I want to go back to our Memory Text 04:15 and I want to continue reading 04:17 so, we're going to read verse 37 again 04:19 but I want to continue reading a little bit past it 04:21 to take in the fullness of this message 04:23 and then we're going to make some points... 04:24 I may not get into all... 04:26 I may not be able to finish this study 04:27 because I had so many notes on this, 04:29 but we're going to try our best so, Matthew chapter 24 04:31 we're going to start with verse 37 again, 04:33 notice what the Bible says, 04:34 it says, "But as the days Noah were, 04:36 so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 04:39 For as in the days before the flood, 04:41 they were eating and drinking, 04:43 marrying and giving in marriage, 04:45 until the day that Noah entered the ark, 04:47 and did not know until the flood came 04:49 and took them all away, 04:52 so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. " 04:56 I love this because Jesus is talking about the end times. 04:58 He's talking about our time 05:00 and He says, "If you want to know how it's going to be... 05:02 if you want a glimpse as to what it's going to be like 05:05 in those closing moments surrounding... 05:07 the events surrounding the second coming of Christ, 05:10 those last moments... 05:11 then go back and... and re-study... 05:13 re-introduce yourself and familiarize yourself 05:16 with what's happening in the days of Noah 05:18 when the flood came 05:19 and it's interesting here that He says... you know, 05:21 He mentions that they were eating and drinking... 05:23 they were marrying and giving in marriage 05:25 and, you know, a lot of people have read those texts and say, 05:27 "Oh, He's just describing... 05:28 you know, life's just going on as normal 05:30 and then... boom... you know, the flood came... 05:33 also the second coming... " 05:34 and they equate those in that way. 05:36 But I think that there's a little bit more 05:38 of a deeper message that we need to glean from this 05:40 as we look back at the story of Noah... 05:42 the last week's lesson... 05:43 we were able to take a little bit away 05:45 from the beginning verses of Genesis 6, 05:48 we're going to go back there now 05:49 and just re-familiarize ourselves with those texts 05:51 and what it says. 05:52 But first, I want to just highlight here... 05:54 when He says, "They were eating and drinking" 05:56 what is He talking about here? 05:58 Now, I did a word search and it led me to Luke chapter 5, 06:00 now, notice what we find in Luke chapter 5 06:03 verses 33 to 35, 06:05 Jesus has an encounter with the Pharisees. 06:06 The Pharisees are griping and complaining that Jesus... 06:09 because they're basically trying to discredit Him. 06:11 They've heard that He's the coming Messiah... 06:13 He's supposed to be the Great Anointed One 06:15 and so, they're trying to catch Him in His words... 06:17 they're trying to discredit Him 06:18 and so, they said to Him... this is verse 33 of Luke 5, 06:21 speaking of the Pharisees, "They said to Him, 06:22 'Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, 06:26 and likewise those of the Pharisees, 06:27 but Yours... '" notice the words here... 06:30 "eat and drink?" Okay, 06:31 "And He said to them, 06:33 'Can you make the friends... '" this is Jesus speaking now, 06:35 "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast 06:37 while the bridegroom is with them? 06:39 But the days will come 06:41 when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; 06:43 then they will fast in those days. " 06:45 It's interesting when you do a word search and a deeper study 06:48 on this concept of eating and drinking 06:50 and then, also, when you get into the Spirit of Prophecy, 06:52 she really amplifies that this "eating and drinking" concept 06:55 was not just the fact that their life is just going on as normal, 06:57 but the fact that there was an overindulgence... 07:00 there wasn't a lack of self-control 07:01 that people are not just eating and drinking 07:04 but they're overdoing it... 07:05 they're living carelessly as if there is no God 07:08 and she goes on to say this 07:09 pertaining to the eating and drinking 07:11 and also the marrying and giving in marriage. 07:13 This comes from Patriarchs and Prophets, 07:14 pages 101-102, notice what she says here, 07:16 "The sins that called for vengeance 07:18 upon the antediluvian world exist today. 07:21 The fear of God is banished from the hearts of men, 07:24 and His law is treated with indifference and contempt. 07:26 The intense worldliness of that generation 07:29 is equaled by that of the generation now living. " 07:31 Now, here's where the eating and drinking comes in. 07:34 She says, "God did not condemn and antediluvians 07:36 for eating and drinking... 07:38 their sin consisted in taking these gifts 07:41 without gratitude to the Giver, 07:44 and debasing themselves in indulging appetite 07:47 without restraint. " 07:49 Okay... so going overboard... 07:50 "It was lawful for them to marry. " 07:52 Notice, God didn't condemn the marriage, right? 07:54 because He established it. 07:55 "Marriage was in God's order; 07:57 it was one of the first institutions 07:59 which He established. 08:00 He gave special directions concerning this ordinance, 08:03 clothing it with sanctity and beauty; 08:05 but these directions were forgotten, 08:08 and marriage was perverted and made to minister to 08:11 the passions. " 08:12 Okay, so to their passions. 08:14 They... they overdid it... they went beyond the guidelines 08:15 and the Institution 08:17 and the original design that God had set in place. 08:19 So now, when you take that counsel 08:21 and you apply it to the days of Noah 08:23 and also to the last days, 08:24 you get to see that the eating and the drinking... 08:26 the marrying and giving in marriage 08:28 in the days of Noah, 08:29 this was the great... 08:30 this was a part of the great evil. 08:32 They had forsaken God's counsel completely. 08:34 They had forsaken the righteousness of God 08:37 and His Word completely. 08:38 They had basically created such a spiritual callous on their ear 08:42 to not hearing the Spirit of the Lord 08:44 that they basically fell as the Bible... 08:46 we're going to read here in Genesis chapter 6, 08:47 let's go there... Genesis chapter 6 08:49 verses 1 through 8, 08:50 we're going to read here that the thoughts of their heart 08:52 were evil continually the Bible says. 08:54 So, here's what it says, 08:56 beginning in verse 1, Genesis 6 verses 1 through 8, 08:58 it says, "Now it came to pass, 09:00 when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, 09:02 and daughters were born unto them, 09:04 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, 09:06 that they were beautiful; and they... " notice... 09:08 "they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. 09:11 And the Lord said, 09:12 'My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, 09:14 for he is indeed flesh; but... " notice it says, 09:17 "yet his days shall one hundred and twenty years. 09:20 There were giants on the earth in those days, 09:22 and also afterward, 09:23 when the sons of God came to the daughters of men" 09:26 okay... "and they bore children to them. 09:28 Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. " 09:31 And then verse 5, 09:32 "Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man 09:34 was great in the earth, 09:36 and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart... " 09:38 there it is... "was only evil continually. 09:41 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, 09:44 and He was grieved in His heart. 09:46 So the Lord said, 09:47 'I will destroy man whom I have created 09:49 from the face of the earth, 09:50 both man and beast, creeping thing 09:52 and birds of the air, 09:53 for I am sorry that I have made man. '" 09:55 And then, notice verse 8 here, 09:56 "But... " I love this... 09:58 "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. " 10:01 We're going to come back to that briefly in just a moment 10:04 but I want to just highlight basically from last week... 10:06 we had a brief moment to just touch on that. 10:08 I just too quickly reiterate the fact 10:09 that, of course, what we're seeing here... 10:10 this... this... this divide... 10:12 this differentiation between the sons of God 10:14 and the daughters of man here. 10:16 This is important to highlight, we see very, very clearly, 10:19 let me get to my notes here, 10:20 we see very clearly that there's a divide on this 10:23 where we have basically going back to Genesis 3:15, 10:25 you have to look at the previous immediate context 10:28 of chapters 3, 4 and 5. 10:29 That's why the genealogies are there... 10:31 the lineage of Seth... the lineage of Cain... 10:33 it culminates to this "sons of God 10:35 and the daughters of men" that we see here in Genesis... 10:37 the beginning verses of Genesis 6 10:39 and so, Genesis 3:15, 10:41 "I will put enmity between the woman and her Seed 10:44 and your seed... " speaking to the serpent, 10:45 we have the spiritual Seed of God 10:47 and the evil seed of the serpent... 10:49 we see that through Cain and Abel... 10:51 we see this played out obviously in the lineage of... of Seth... 10:55 excuse me... the lineage of Cain 10:57 with the daughters who again portrayed the evil acts 11:01 of the devil... the spirit of the devil 11:03 and then, by the time we get to Genesis chapter 6, 11:05 this daughters... 11:06 the sons of God and the daughters of man... 11:09 we're talking about the spiritual versus the carnal. 11:12 We're not talking about, you know, 11:13 you know, angels coming and reproducing with... 11:16 with, you know, fallen angels reproducing with humans... 11:19 it's amazing that people come to that concept 11:21 or to that conclusion because as we read last week, 11:24 Romans chapter 8 verse 14, it gives us clear indication 11:27 that we know these were not fallen angels that came down, 11:30 right, these sons of God were not fallen angels, 11:32 these were human beings that were... 11:34 these were God's people, these were the righteous 11:36 that went out and amalgamated themselves 11:38 with the carnal, evil heathens of the world, 11:40 and we see this right here in Romans 8:14 it says, 11:43 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, 11:45 these are the sons of God. " 11:47 So, that's a one clear indication 11:48 that these were not fallen angels 11:49 and I just wanted to just kind of get rid of that 11:51 whole Nephilim idea that, you know, 11:54 that somehow that giants came about 11:56 because of the amalgamation of fallen angels and human beings. 11:58 But when you get into Sunday's lesson, 12:00 powerful... and I just want to make this point very clearly, 12:02 when you get into Sunday's lesson, 12:04 Genesis chapter 6 verses 13 to 21, 12:07 they emphasize the fact that this is God's ark instructions. 12:10 So, coming out of those verses we just read earlier 12:12 through verse 8, 12:14 God is now going to act on it, 12:15 He goes to Moses and He says, "Hey, you're my man... " 12:17 again the Bible says, 12:19 "Noah found grace in the eyes of God. " 12:20 Noah was the only righteous man that's why God says, 12:23 "You're the only one I can depend on. 12:24 At this point, will you obey My voice and build an ark 12:27 because I'm going to send a flood. " 12:29 And so, we see there in verses 13 to 21, 12:31 you can go read that for yourself, 12:33 where God gives very intricate details 12:34 pertaining to how He wants that ark being built. 12:37 But again, it's interesting because again we read in verse 8 12:40 that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord 12:41 and the question is, 12:43 "Why did Noah find grace in the eyes of the Lord?" 12:45 Many people again... just back to this whole works versus, 12:48 versus grace concept... 12:50 many people saved... saved by grace through faith... 12:52 that is true, okay, Romans clearly teaches that... 12:55 or... excuse me... Ephesians chapter 2 clearly teaches that, 12:58 that we are saved by grace through faith 13:00 but we have to put it in proper perspective 13:02 that we are saved by grace through faith 13:04 because like Noah... notice verse 22 of Genesis 6, 13:07 verse 22... this is the last verse here, it says, 13:10 "Thus Noah... " why did he find grace? 13:13 "because Noah did according to all that God commanded him, 13:17 so he did. " 13:18 And, you know, the lesson goes on to bring out the fact 13:21 that you could actually go on and find... 13:23 even in the original language 13:24 comparisons and clear connections 13:26 between the redemptive plan that God put in place 13:29 for the ark in Noah's day 13:31 but like the ark in Noah's day, 13:33 God also put a redemptive plan in place 13:35 starting with the time of Moses and onward 13:38 through this other ark... 13:40 we call it the Ark of the Covenant 13:42 and while we know that that Ark and the contents 13:44 in and of itself doesn't save us, 13:45 we see the redemptive plan put in place 13:48 and is inclusive of that... 13:50 it's inclusive of the law of God and the Ten Commandments. 13:53 Pray for that clock... 13:54 I don't have enough time to talk about all this. 13:56 Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... 13:57 Ryan: We have to understand... 13:58 I'm going to say this in closing really quickly, 14:00 Romans chapter 5... excuse me, Romans chapter 1 verse 5, 14:02 "Through Him we have received grace... " 14:05 Noah found grace... 14:06 "Through Him we have received grace and apostleship 14:09 for obedience 14:10 to the faith among all nations for His name's sake... " 14:14 and Hebrews 11:7, 14:15 "By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things yet not seen, 14:19 moved with godly fear, 14:20 prepared an ark for the saving of his household, 14:23 by which he condemned the world 14:24 and became heir of the righteousness 14:26 which is according to faith. " 14:28 Panel: Amen... thank you so much Ryan, 14:31 we're having church... I love that... 14:33 I love your enthusiasm 14:34 and the practical application for today... 14:37 that's really powerful in these last days. 14:39 I have Monday... my name is Jill Morikone 14:41 and I have Monday: The Event of the Flood. 14:44 So, we're going to look at Genesis chapter 7, 14:46 Ryan was in Genesis 6... 14:48 just jump over to Genesis 7 14:49 and we're going to pick up the first 20 verses or so. 14:52 Really, the parallel that the lesson brought out 14:55 that we're going to talk about today 14:57 is the parallel between Creation and the Flood. 15:00 Now, you might say, 15:01 "What in the world is a parallel between those?" 15:03 But we will discover that 15:05 but first, let's just look at the event of the flood. 15:07 We see in verse 1 that Noah entered the ark 15:11 in simple faith and obedience to God's command. 15:15 I love what Ryan brought out, 15:17 there was the faith... we see that. 15:19 He... Noah had never seen rain fall, 15:21 he had never seen a flood, 15:22 he had never seen that and yet, by faith he built the ark 15:26 but by faith, he also acted on that faith 15:29 and worked out that obedience 15:31 so, by faith and obedience, he entered the ark. 15:34 Genesis 7:1, "The Lord said to Noah, 15:36 'Come into the ark, you and all your household, 15:39 because I have seen that you are righteous before Me 15:42 in this generation. '" 15:44 And we know that Noah acted in obedience 15:47 and he stepped into the ark. 15:49 We see that the animals entered into the ark 15:51 without any herding by Noah. 15:53 There weren't any little dogs trying to, like, herd them in. 15:56 There weren't any people on horses 15:58 trying to get the animals in, right? 16:00 They entered the ark by divine unction, you can say, 16:04 by the angels bringing them into the ark. 16:07 They went in two by two... male and female 16:09 and it's very interesting if you read it... 16:12 we won't read it but if you read it, 16:14 there were seven of each clean animal 16:16 and two of the unclean animals. 16:20 Now, many people say, "Well, the clean and unclean... 16:22 that's Levitical Laws 16:23 and that came during the time of the Israelites 16:25 but actually, we see it during the time of Noah. 16:28 This is long before the covenant there at Sinai. 16:31 Point Number 3: Noah and the family and the animals 16:35 were shut in the ark by God Himself. 16:38 We're in Genesis 7 verses 15 and 16, 16:41 jump down to verses 15 and 16, 16:43 "And they went into the ark, two by two... " 16:46 this is the animals... 16:47 of all flesh in which is the breath of life. 16:49 Verse 16, "So those that entered, 16:52 male and female of all flesh, 16:54 went in as God had commanded him; 16:56 and the Lord shut him in. " 17:00 I love that... 17:01 Then, we see the rain come and the flood. 17:03 Now remember, rain had never happened before. 17:05 What does the Bible say in Genesis 2 verse 6 17:08 that the mist went up from the earth 17:10 and watered the face of the whole earth. 17:12 They had never seen rain before 17:15 and yet, we see rain from above and the fountains of the deep 17:20 being broken up. 17:22 That's in Genesis 7:11 and 12. 17:25 Verses 11 and 12, 17:26 In the 600th year of Noah's life. 17:30 in the second month, 17:32 the seventeenth day of the month, 17:34 on that day all the fountains of the deep were broken up, 17:37 and the windows of heaven were opened. 17:40 And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights. " 17:44 And we can spend a long time just in the discussion 17:47 of the chronology of this... which we won't 17:48 but it is very interesting to me that our God is a God 17:51 who majors in the details. 17:53 He's a specific God 17:55 and if you look at the specific pattern of this, 17:58 we see a certain number of days which we'll discuss 18:01 and the central hub is Genesis 8 verse 1. 18:05 God remembered Noah... 18:07 then we see the same pattern of time going back 18:12 so, if you follow it, 18:13 there is seven days of waiting for the flood, 18:15 seven... no... seven days of waiting for the rain... 18:18 seven days of waiting for the flood... 18:21 forty days of the flood... 18:22 a 150 days for the waters to rise... 18:25 then we come to the center point... 18:27 God remembers Noah... that is Genesis 8 verse 1. 18:32 Then we come back a 150 days of the waters decreasing, 18:36 40 days waiting for the dry land to appear... 18:39 seven days waiting for the first bird to be sent out 18:42 and then, seven days for the second bird to be sent out. 18:45 Do you see there's seven and seven 18:47 40... a 150... and then God remembers Noah 18:51 and then we go backwards... a 150... 40... 7 and 7. 18:55 Our God is an amazing God of details. 18:59 Now, let's look at that parallel between creation and the flood 19:02 and you might say, "What in the world is a parallel 19:04 between creation and the flood?" 19:07 The God of creation is also the God of destruction. 19:12 Panel: Hmmm... ah... ha... 19:14 Jill: Now, that's kind of heavy, this is Parallel Number 1. 19:16 The God of creation is also the God of destruction 19:21 or we could say: the God of judgment. 19:24 Panel: That's right... yeah. 19:25 Jill: Now, we know John 10:10... 19:27 Satan came to steal, kill and destroy 19:29 but Jesus came that we would have life 19:31 and have it more abundantly. 19:33 So, I want to be clear that sin is the cause of suffering. 19:37 Sin... Satan is the cause of pain, death and destruction. 19:41 It's the consequences of sin 19:44 that brought this destruction to the earth. 19:47 Ryan already read it in Genesis 6 verses 5 and 6 19:50 that the Lord saw that the wickedness of man 19:52 was great in the earth 19:54 and every intent of his heart was only evil continually 19:57 and the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth 20:01 and He was grieved in His heart 20:03 so, He said, "I'm going to send the flood. " 20:06 It was the consequences of sin. 20:08 We saw worked out in the Garden of Eden, 20:10 Genesis chapter 3... partaking of the forbidden fruit... 20:13 being driven from the Garden... 20:15 Genesis chapter 4... Cain murdering his own brother 20:19 and then we see down to Lamech 20:21 and we see him laughing in God's face 20:24 and the evil progressing to the point of Genesis chapter 6. 20:29 You know there's two sides... 20:31 I look at the character of God as two sides of the same coin. 20:34 It's still the same coin but it has two sides. 20:36 We have love... 20:38 we have justice... 20:39 we have mercy... 20:41 we have holiness. 20:43 If you look at Deuteronomy 32, 20:45 Deuteronomy 32, we're going to read verse 36 through 39, 20:49 Deuteronomy 32, "The Lord will judge His people" 20:52 there's that God of justice, 20:54 "And have compassion on His servants... " 20:56 there is the God of mercy. 20:57 "When He sees that their power is gone, 20:59 and there is no one remaining, bond or free. 21:02 He will say: 'Where are their gods, 21:04 the rock in which they sought refuge?'" 21:05 Jump down to verse 39, 21:07 "Now see that I, even I, am He, 21:09 there is no God besides Me... " 21:12 what's that word? 21:13 "I kill and I make alive. " 21:16 Panel: Hmmm... well... 21:17 "I wound and I heal; 21:20 there is no one who can deliver from My hand. " 21:25 So, the same God that we see in Genesis 1 and 2... 21:28 the same God who said it was good... 21:29 the same God who said, "I want you to live forever, 21:33 I want to love you. " 21:34 the same God looked at earth 21:37 and saw the mess we were in 21:41 and saw the devastation and destruction 21:44 and said, "I'm also a God of judgment 21:48 and there is a time when love must act. " 21:51 And God acted in the flood. 21:53 Parallel Number 2: 21:55 The God of creation is also the God of re-creation. 21:59 I love this, the lesson said, 22:01 "The flood was designed to be a new creation out of the waters 22:04 which leads to a new existence. 22:07 It reminds me of Hosea 6 verse 1, 22:09 "Come, and let us reason together says the Lord; 22:12 He has torn, but He will heal us; 22:14 He has stricken, but He will bind us up. " 22:18 What does God re-create? 22:20 He re-creates our hearts. 22:21 2nd Corinthians 5:17, 22:23 "If anyone is in Christ, we are a new creation. " 22:25 He re-creates in us the image of Jesus. 22:28 Genesis chapter 1, we were created in the image of God 22:31 and what happened? 22:32 He wants to re-create us in His image. 22:35 He will re-create the earth by fire at the end of time 22:40 and all this sin and sickness and suffering will be over. 22:44 Let's look at some other parallels. 22:46 The flood is a reversal of creation. 22:48 Remember the 2nd day which is air. 22:51 God divided the firmament, 22:53 remember the water beneath and the water above 22:56 and there was air in the middle. 22:58 At the flood, we see the reversal. 23:00 The water being broken up from underneath... 23:03 the water coming down from above. 23:05 The flood is a reversal of creation. 23:08 Parallel Number 4: We see the breath of life. 23:12 In creation, what did God do in Genesis 2? 23:15 He breathed into man's nostril the breath of life. 23:19 At the flood... Genesis 7:22, 23:22 "All in whose nostrils was the breath of life... 23:24 the breath of the spirit of life, 23:26 all that was on the dry land... they died. " 23:29 So, in Genesis 1 we see God breathing the breath of life... 23:33 in Genesis 7, we see the breath of life being pulled out, 23:37 you could say because they died. 23:39 We see the parallel in creation, 23:41 they were created male and female. 23:43 At the flood... male and female went into the ark 23:48 and were saved. 23:49 We see in creation that God created each 23:52 according to his kind or: after his kind. 23:55 At the flood, they went into the ark after their kind. 24:00 We see in creation that God created every creeping thing 24:04 and the beasts on the earth. 24:05 We see at the flood... they walked into the ark 24:09 every creeping thing and the beast after his kind. 24:12 So, what do we discover? 24:14 Why does all of this matter? 24:15 We discover that our God who loves us 24:18 created us in the beginning 24:20 and our God who loves us sends judgments 24:24 so that you and I can wake up 24:26 and be saved in His kingdom at last. 24:30 Panel: Amen... amen. 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Save a Life for Eternity. 25:15 Hello Friends, welcome back to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel 25:19 and we're going to toss it to Pastor Kenny Shelton 25:21 for Tuesday's lesson. 25:23 Kenny: Now, I love Tuesday's lesson 25:24 it's because I also liked Saturday, 25:26 Sunday, right, Monday and Tuesday... 25:27 such a good foundation, thank you for that. 25:30 But today's lesson, Tuesday's lesson Number 4, 25:32 we're going to be talking about: The End of the Flood. 25:34 But some time before we get to the end of something, 25:36 we sometimes have to go back and rehearse a few of those things 25:39 that took place before 25:41 and some of our stuff would probably will overlap 25:43 but that's okay... it's in our lesson in our Quarterly. 25:45 I'd like you to turn with me in Genesis chapter 7, 25:47 we're going to read verses 22, 23 and 24. 25:51 Genesis chapter 7:22, 23 and 24... 25:55 and again I always say... this is what the Bible says. 25:58 "All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, 26:02 of all that was in the dry land, they died. " 26:06 23... "Every living substance was destroyed 26:10 which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, 26:13 and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; 26:16 and they were destroyed from the earth: 26:17 and Noah only remained alive, 26:20 and they that were with him in the ark. " 26:22 Notice this, "And the waters prevailed upon the earth 26:26 a hundred and fifty days... " 26:28 which has been brought out so most people understand that. 26:31 We find here "grace" for mankind had... had run out, you know, 26:35 there's... as we look that God always... 26:37 He sets boundaries up 26:38 and there comes a time that you mentioned beautifully 26:41 that God has to act 26:44 and so, we realize the ark's door was shut 26:47 we realize, a short time before the... God's visitation 26:51 and we know, seven days it was shut 26:52 before it... before it happened 26:54 and like you, everything I'm reading in these lessons, 26:58 I'm looking for parallels... 27:00 parallels of the... of the last days, 27:02 parallels of something that I can... 27:04 I can cling to and I can hold to 27:05 Isaiah 26:20 for instance, just jot it down, 27:08 if you have time, read it. 27:09 It says, "Shut thy doors about thee: 27:12 and hide thyself... " 27:13 Panel: Hmmm... 27:14 Kenny: Yes, again, you can see the parallels happening 27:16 at the... on the ark 27:17 and also, Isaiah 26:21, 27:19 says, "Behold the Lord comes out of His place 27:21 to punish the inhabitants of the earth... " 27:24 for what? "for their iniquity... " 27:26 right, sin separates us... God says He's going to come... 27:28 He's going to react to what's been taking place 27:31 in the world... in your life maybe and in my life. 27:33 I found an interesting quote to go along with these 27:36 and I always like to look at the Word of God... 27:38 what it has to say... 27:39 I love the Spirit of Prophecy... I don't hide around about that, 27:42 I like to go back to that and look at it 27:43 and make sure I'm... I'm on solid ground... 27:45 I need to be on solid ground. 27:47 and this is a... an undated... 27:50 there's no date to this manuscript here 27:51 but it's in 145... it says this, 27:53 "God gives... " and you've read this many times, 27:55 "nations a certain time of probation... " 27:58 "He sends light... " notice this how it pertains now, 28:01 "light and evidence that if received 28:04 will save them. " 28:05 Panel: Hmmm... 28:06 Kenny: Do we not, in this movement, 28:08 have a message for this time? 28:10 It's called the Three Angels' Message. 28:12 If that message is received, there's going to be salvation, 28:15 and if rejected, well, 28:16 that's the other side of the coin there, right, 28:18 they're going to be lost... "But if refused... " 28:20 Acts says... talk about the Jews refused light... 28:23 "indignation and punishment will fall upon them. " 28:26 So, I mean, that... 28:27 that's the stern reality of this thing. 28:30 Overwhelming to me... 28:31 talking about the flood, it just kind of overwhelms my mind 28:34 as we think about it, the effect of the water 28:37 destroying all living things. 28:39 In fact, the Bible talks about it... the waters increased 28:42 and then they said, it increased greatly 28:45 is what it means... 28:46 it prevailed and then it prevailed exceedingly 28:49 and so, I think it's mentioned there 28:51 it went... what, 15 cubits... 28:53 wasn't it above the highest mountain... 28:55 that's what... maybe 26 feet or so 28:57 above the highest mountains at that time. 28:59 Well, it seemed like it was a hopeless condition 29:02 and I'm glad each one is bringing out... 29:04 nothing's hopeless with God so don't forget... 29:05 no matter what situation you're in, 29:07 nothing is hopeless... hang in there... 29:08 but it seemed like it was hopeless. 29:10 Eight little souls as it were went into the ark. 29:13 The water was safety in the ark... 29:18 the water... ark rested on it was safety for those eight 29:21 but yet it did the same thing, 29:23 it destroyed the wicked. 29:24 Kind of interesting how God can use those things. 29:26 The water was to... what? 29:28 To protect one group 29:30 and then the water was to destroy the other group. 29:33 Kind of interesting, yeah. 29:35 Now, little proof of that, okay, 29:37 now, I'm not going into all this stuff... but I... 29:39 I... there's things that I have seen with my eyes, 29:42 I thought very interesting to give proof of the flood. 29:44 Now, I'm not that old... 29:45 some of you are going to say, I wasn't there 29:47 but... right... Panel: Laughter... that's right. 29:50 Kenny: I knew somebody was going to say, 29:51 "Yeah, what you think you were there?" No... 29:53 We find... that's just one thing... 29:54 Fossils... do we not? 29:56 We find fossils today 29:57 and it's of plants and of course, of... of animals 30:00 over the surface of the earth... different locations. 30:03 Some of them were three miles and more deep... 30:06 they're down there. 30:07 Most of them are half mile to a mile deep. 30:10 Ryan: Sure. 30:11 Kenny: And so, we find that something violent took place. 30:15 How else could these things be so deep into the earth 30:19 unless there was some kind of violent activity 30:21 took place at the flood... at the time of the flood. 30:25 Notice this, we have... 30:26 I think you mentioned this it's good and I love it, 30:28 we have divinity and humanity working together 30:32 as God said, "Build" right? 30:35 God said "build" and then Noah responded with the works, right? 30:38 Faith and... and works together... 30:40 now He had... He had Noah to build it, now, 30:42 let's just go back for just a couple of seconds 30:46 if you don't mind, I'll regress just a little bit here, 30:48 when you get older, you do that a lot. 30:49 I found that when I... when I got out of the service 30:54 when I was a young man, 30:56 I went to work at one of the local coal mines 30:58 and I worked there about a year and a half 31:00 and I thought how interesting is... 31:02 now the mine that I worked at 31:04 was about 1,000 feet straight down. 31:06 That's a long ways down, 31:08 right? long ways down, 1,000 feet and so... 31:11 we went nearly every day, 31:12 we'd go down there and find different things 31:15 and so on and so forth 31:16 but the average vein... I'm going to call: vein of coal 31:19 about five or six feet in Southern Illinois... one way 31:22 but once you get out of that vein, what do you have? 31:25 You have rock or shale might be at the bottom 31:28 and then you have the coal vein 31:29 and then you have shale rock whatever there's on up 31:32 and once you start hitting that with the continuous miner 31:34 that we had at that time 31:35 would oscillate and bring it all down, 31:37 then there would just be shale or rock 31:39 or whatever up there on the surface 31:40 and a lot of times, that's kind of like it goes in layers 31:43 and thin... it's thin 31:44 and everyone... 31:45 and roof bolters that come in some of you may know that 31:47 and put little bolts in to kind of keep the loose stuff. 31:50 You're not going to hold up all the billions of tons 31:52 you know... I mean but it keeps the loose stuff 31:54 while once in a while, I'll be sitting there 31:55 maybe on a buggy or whatever 31:57 and a chunk of that shale would fall 31:59 and I began to look at that shale 32:01 and I'd seen the layer 32:03 and I've seen some of the most beautiful limbs... 32:07 it was like tree limbs... fern... 32:09 looked to me like fern just perfectly 32:12 like you etched them in it... perfectly in there 32:15 even saw something like a fish... it was in there. 32:18 Now, my... mine was... I looked at those 32:20 and I saved some of them, 32:21 I wish that I could still find them. 32:23 Got the... yeah... just dropped right there all the time, 32:25 you saw... perfectly etched in stone... 32:27 look at these things here... how did they get here? 32:31 How did they get here? 32:32 It certainly had to be the time, right, of... of the flood. 32:36 There's no doubt about it. 32:37 150 days the ark rested on the mount. 32:40 Now, funny you talk about the ark... 32:42 it had no motor, right, 32:46 it had no one, right, nothing to guide it, 32:49 it rested on a mount... the mount 32:54 so God knew exactly where it was going to... to rest 32:56 and we certainly went over year we realize 32:59 and some people debate it it's seven day before 33:01 and then the seven days, you know, 33:03 after that and so on in there 33:05 but remember no steering... no motor or anything 33:09 and it rested on the mount. 33:10 To me it's wonderful since the God who... 33:13 you mentioned I think it was what... Genesis 8:1 33:16 God remembers. Jill: Yes. 33:18 Kenny: God remembered them... He told them to go in 33:21 and He remembered them after certain period of time. 33:23 It tells that He's going to fulfill His promises 33:26 that He's made to us... 33:27 "I'll never leave you... I will never forsake you... " 33:29 I kind of feel like this... 33:30 when Noah and his family went in... the righteous went in... 33:32 God went in with them. Panel: Amen. 33:34 Kenny: Pretty soon He just went in there with them 33:36 to preserve them 33:37 and I thought... how interesting that is that God preserves... 33:39 there's one thing Noah went through, 33:41 I don't have time to read... I wish I had the time, 107, 33:44 Patriarchs and Prophets 107, if you have time to read this, 33:47 look what Noah went through at the flood. 33:50 He did... he went in when God told Him... 33:53 he came out when God told him... 33:55 he was still obedient to God, you know, 33:57 that's beautiful and God rewarded that 33:59 but when Noah went out of the ark, 34:01 listen carefully... 34:02 he was afraid. 34:04 Panel: Hmmm... 34:05 Kenny: Afraid of what? 34:07 look what the man had been through! 34:08 it's what the family had been through! 34:11 that thing was tossed and turned the world upside down as it were 34:14 and God's hand only preserved it 34:15 but he was afraid... the beasts that were in there 34:19 were much bigger than we can ever think. 34:22 They were huge but you know what? 34:25 they were like... can I say this? 34:26 They were like little kitty cats... 34:28 for over a year, they were on good behavior. 34:30 You didn't have to tan their hide... 34:32 you didn't have to do anything to them... 34:34 they were on good behavior 34:35 but when it came time to come out, 34:38 Noah began to look and he said, "Wow! 34:41 these things are huge... what might happen?" 34:43 Let me read that quickly, we got time here, 34:45 Patriarchs and Prophets, 107, 34:47 "As Noah looked upon the powerful beasts of prey... " 34:50 they might have been hungry, notice, 34:51 "that came forth from his ark, from the ark... 34:54 he feared that his family, numbering only eight persons, 34:57 would be destroyed by them. " 34:58 But I love this... 35:00 "But the Lord sent an angel to His servant 35:02 with the assuring message: 35:03 'The fear of you and the dread of you 35:06 shall be upon every beast of the earth... '" 35:08 isn't that wonderful... after all they'd been through... 35:11 I mean, I can't imagine how big these beasts of prey 35:14 might have been. 35:15 You know, it's not just a little puppy dog... 35:17 it's not a mountain lion... 35:18 it's not... we're talking about huge and he feared 35:21 but God said, "Don't worry about them, 35:22 I'm going to take care of that for you, 35:23 didn't I take care of you through all this 35:25 so, we see what? 35:26 God remembered... truly God saves. 35:28 Panel: Amen... amen... that's right... amen. 35:31 Terry: Wow! it's been good stuff so far. 35:34 So, I've been given Wednesday's lesson 35:37 which is entitled: The Covenant. 35:38 When I saw that I had a lesson called: The Covenant 35:42 and you got to cover it like in ten minutes, 35:44 so I'm thinking, "Come on, how can we possibly... 35:46 you know, there's covenants all throughout the Bible 35:48 and... and there's so much... " 35:50 but I got to looking at the word "Covenant" 35:54 and what I found was that in the first... 35:57 the first time that we experience the word "Covenant" 36:00 in the Bible comes from Genesis chapter 6 36:03 where God said... "But I... " Genesis chapter 6 and verse 18, 36:08 "But I will establish My covenant with you; 36:10 you shall go into the ark... 36:14 you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you. " 36:17 Both in the King James and the New King James, 36:20 this is the first time that we come across the word 36:21 "Covenant. " 36:23 Now, what is a covenant? 36:24 A covenant is... is simply an alliance... 36:28 an agreement... a promise or a pledge 36:31 and in this case, the covenant or God was making this promise 36:35 to Noah to save his family 36:38 as opposed to... we read in Genesis chapter 6 and verse 17 36:42 when God talks about... He's going to destroy everything 36:45 but God promises to save Noah and his family. 36:48 So the... the lesson brings out... 36:50 it asks this question, 36:52 "What did Noah do first when he went out of the ark and why?" 36:57 And our answer is found in Genesis chapter 8 and verse 20 37:01 and it says, "Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, 37:04 and he took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, 37:08 and offered burnt offerings on the altar. " 37:11 So, what was the first thing that Noah did? 37:13 He offered sacrifice. 37:14 He went and worshipped and offered sacrifice. 37:17 Now, the Bible... as we read through the Scriptures, 37:22 we find that there are many reasons to offer sacrifice. 37:25 Sometimes it was done at yearly festivals and holidays 37:29 certainly as an atonement for sin 37:32 but in this case, it was to offer thanksgiving. 37:36 "Thank You God for saving our lives... and for... " 37:40 think about the harrowing... 37:42 we already talked about the... 37:43 the harrowing experience that Noah and his family 37:45 had been through... 37:47 we're talking... I don't know, I didn't add up the days... 37:49 we're talking like a year or something... this whole ordeal 37:52 and, you know, day in and day out... 37:54 sometimes, some of us might get a little testy, 37:56 "Oh, I'm ready to get out of here... " you know, 37:58 or something but this harrowing experience, 38:02 but the first thing that God... that Noah did 38:05 was to offer thanks 38:06 and... and ultimately to worship 38:09 and it made me think about something. 38:11 How many of us have been driving down the road one day 38:15 and a car pulls out suddenly 38:17 and you... you almost get hit 38:19 or, you know, somebody stops in front of you, 38:21 you almost run into them... 38:22 do we take a moment to thank God... 38:25 "God, thank You for protecting me and my family in the car, 38:29 you know, thank You for... for averting the danger 38:32 and keeping us from it. " 38:33 Or maybe some disaster that... 38:35 that we have skirted around somehow, 38:37 "Thank you God... " just take a moment... 38:39 "Thank You God for protecting me and my family and saving us. " 38:42 We also have... in this verse we have the first mention 38:47 of the word "Altar" 38:49 a dedicated place to come and to bring sacrifice and to worship. 38:54 Now, of course, we understand that in order to make sacrifice, 38:59 that some of the animals that were with them in the ark 39:03 had to die. 39:04 Some of the animals that they tended to every day 39:07 and fed these precious animals 39:09 and there was a... a good relationship up to this point 39:12 with Noah and the animals. 39:15 But some of them, unfortunately, had to die. 39:19 Now, we find that, of course, 39:23 Noah knew the stipulation between clean 39:26 and unclean animals... 39:27 we find that in Genesis 7 and verse 2, 39:29 and not only in this case... not only were they for sacrifice 39:33 but they were for... to provide sustenance 39:36 to Noah and his family. 39:38 God had never given permission 39:40 for man to eat animals in this way before. 39:43 It is very likely that the ungodly had... 39:46 had taken part in such things 39:48 as Inspiration, I think, tells us 39:49 but God had never given permission for man 39:52 to use the animals for sustenance 39:55 and because of that, the lesson brings out about 40:00 a change in a relationship now between mankind and the animal, 40:06 the animal lives, you know, now... 40:08 before... we kind of think that there must have been 40:12 a... a friendly-type relationship 40:14 but as we go to Genesis chapter 9 and verses 2 through 4 40:19 I'm just going to read 2 right now, it says, 40:21 "And the fear... " 40:22 we already touched on this earlier... 40:24 "And the fear of you and the dread of you 40:26 shall be on every beast of the earth, 40:28 on every bird of the air, 40:30 and all that move on the earth, 40:31 and all the fish of the sea. 40:34 They are given into your hand. " 40:36 Panel: Hmmm... 40:37 Terry: So, now we see a change in the relationship 40:41 between Noah and his family and the animal kingdom 40:44 and now, they're... they're scared, 40:46 you know, the animals... 40:48 and we know what it's like today. 40:49 We live... where I live there's a little... 40:52 little section of land by myself 40:54 and I'll see deer come up in the front yard 40:57 and, you know, I have this little motion sensor 41:00 that comes on at night 41:01 and the light will come on 41:02 and I'll say, "Oh, something's out there" 41:04 and I'll peek out and there's four to five deer 41:06 right out in my front yard, 41:08 you know, just finding what they can find 41:09 and as soon as I open the door, 41:11 you know... to... shoosh... they're gone. 41:13 You know, they're scared... they are afraid, you know, 41:16 and... so that continues on today... 41:19 a change in the relationship 41:21 but it goes on... Genesis 9 verse 3, 41:24 "Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. 41:29 I have given you all things, even as the green herbs. " 41:32 That's a difficult verse right there, 41:34 we'll talk about it a little bit. 41:35 Verse 4, "But you shall not eat flesh with its life, 41:39 that is, its blood. " 41:41 Now, let's think about this. 41:42 They come out of the ark... 41:44 all vegetation had been destroyed. 41:46 God says, "This is what... 41:48 this is the plan that I've set up for you 41:50 but it's not all... what we say, willy-nilly... 41:53 just eat everything that you want, right? 41:55 There are... there are stipulations, 41:56 "You can't eat this... you can't eat that... 41:58 and you must prepare it in a certain way... " right? 42:00 So, God says, "Only the clean... clean meats 42:06 and you must not eat the blood. " 42:09 Now, we can't get tripped up on that verse 3... 42:12 every moving thing shall be for food, right, 42:14 we have to take everything in context. 42:16 Panel: That's right. Terry: I like what Isaiah says, 42:18 "Line upon line... precept upon precept... 42:20 here a little and there a little. " 42:21 So, we can't build an entire teaching... 42:24 an entire doctrinal study on one verse, right, 42:27 we have to take little bit here and there. 42:29 God is consistent... 42:31 God doesn't change... 42:33 He's the same yesterday, today and forever 42:34 and so, when God says something, 42:36 it means that, you know, I've designed it this way, 42:39 it's going to be this way, it's always been this way, 42:42 it's going to be this way from now on. " 42:43 Ryan: That's right. 42:45 Terry: We know that before the flood... 42:47 we know that God stipulated what are clean and unclean animals 42:51 and then after... years later 42:53 as we mentioned earlier in Leviticus chapter 11 42:55 we'll... more detail about what is permissible to eat 42:59 and not to eat 43:00 but you know what I find interesting? 43:01 I heard Doug Batchelor say this one day... 43:03 and Pastor Doug... he says, "When we are talking about diet, 43:05 there is... there is what is not permitted, 43:09 there is what is permitted 43:11 and then, there is what is best" right, 43:14 and we know what is best, right? 43:16 God gave us... in the first couple of chapters of... 43:18 of Genesis, God gave us the trees... 43:20 the vegetables... the nuts... the legumes... things like that, 43:22 these are what is best. 43:24 This was... at this time this was allowed 43:26 and we understand how it went down through the centuries 43:29 but what is best is... is what is optimal for our bodies, 43:34 at this time, they didn't have that option. 43:38 But Friends, God does not change. 43:40 Panel: Hmmm... thank you. Terry: God doesn't change, 43:43 when He said there are clean and unclean animals, 43:45 there are still clean and unclean animals today 43:47 and there are even ways of preparing those clean meats 43:51 for those who... who eat such things 43:53 and even the Jews... 43:55 we did some research one time about... about Jewish life and 43:58 and how they have their kitchen is set up 44:00 with kosher and non-kosher and, you know, and... and 44:03 preparing certain ways and... and... the meats and whatever, 44:07 they still adhere to that very strictly 44:10 and God has a reason that He said those things 44:12 so, what we want to see is that... 44:15 that Noah... want to go back to this again, 44:20 give thanks to God when He brings you some... 44:23 through some harrowing event... 44:25 some disaster... some tragedy... 44:27 stop a moment... even if... 44:29 I know my wife, you know, 44:31 we've had things happen and my wife... 44:33 "Oh, thank You God... " right there, 44:35 while I'm driving down the road, 44:36 "Thank You God for sparing our lives once again, amen... " 44:39 amen... so praise the Lord for our lesson today, Pastor John. 44:41 Panel: Amen... amen. 44:43 Lomacang: Wow! thank you for that extra time, 44:45 praise the Lord everything has been good, 44:47 what's nice about being on Thursday... I'm a gleaner, 44:49 I get to glean... 44:51 I get to see and hear what you guys haven't said 44:53 and what you have said, thank you for setting the pace 44:55 and the reminder of God making a covenant 44:57 for what we can and cannot eat. 44:59 Mine is Covenant: Part Two. 45:01 Now, I'm going, to begin with Genesis chapter 8 verse 21 45:04 and all the way to Genesis 9 verse 1, 45:06 and this is an evidence of what that covenant is 45:11 and what it means to the Lord 45:13 but as you go there, 45:15 I want to just bring out five quick points here. 45:17 Now, Terry pointed out 45:20 the first time the word "covenant" was mentioned 45:22 was talked about as it relates to the flood 45:25 but I want to go back a little further than that... 45:27 and I agree with you 45:28 because the Sabbath covenant was the first one made 45:31 and you find... they were the ones I'm going to talk about. 45:34 There was the Edenic Covenant... 45:36 the Adamic Covenant... 45:38 there was the Noahic Covenant... 45:40 the Davidic covenant... 45:42 the Land Covenant... 45:43 you find that all through the book of Deuteronomy 29 45:45 the covenant God made with the land. 45:47 "If you would honor my covenant I made with the land, 45:50 it will continue producing all that you need... " 45:52 and then the New Covenant 45:54 which is a reiteration of the Covenant that He made 45:57 in the Garden of Eden with Adam 45:58 putting the Seed... 46:00 the Seed that would come and redeem humanity. 46:02 But the Edenic Covenant was established in Genesis 46:05 and the Lord reiterated that in Exodus, 46:07 He says, "Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath 46:11 to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations 46:13 as a perpetual covenant... " 46:15 and that covenant was established 46:17 in the book of Genesis. 46:18 Now, the covenant He made with Adam was, 46:20 you know, "I will put enmity between thee and the woman... 46:24 between thy seed and her Seed... " 46:26 that's the covenant He made with Adam 46:27 but the point I want to make here with the Noahic Covenant 46:30 is the Noahic Covenant was necessary 46:35 for the covenant, He made with Adam to be accomplished. 46:40 Panel: Ah. 46:41 Lomacang: Now, watch this, why is that... 46:42 why is that possible? 46:44 Why would the covenant He made with Noah be necessary 46:47 for the covenant, He made with Adam to be accomplished? 46:51 When it began to rain, 46:54 the first time rain was experienced 46:56 was during the flood. 46:58 Can you imagine if God never made a covenant 47:01 that there will never be a flood again, 47:04 there was a possibility that a flood could occur again 47:07 which would wipe out humanity over and over and over again. 47:11 Therefore, the covenant of redemption 47:14 would not be accomplished 47:16 because of continual, repetitive destruction of humanity. 47:20 So, God put a covenant 47:22 and I call this: the covenant of preservation. 47:24 The covenant that He made with the... with the rainbow 47:29 that He made with Noah, 47:30 is the covenant of preservation 47:33 so that the covenant of redemption 47:35 could be accomplished. Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm. 47:38 Lomacang: So God is saying, "I'm going to preserve everything 47:39 the way it needs to be... 47:41 I'm going to protect all of humanity 47:43 whether wicked or whether righteous... 47:45 whether good or evil... 47:47 no matter how they are, 47:48 I'm going to make it so that all humanity has access 47:52 to the covenant of redemption because I made a covenant 47:55 that the world will never be destroyed again by water. " 47:58 Panel: Right. 47:59 Lomacang: So that's why you find the Bible... 48:00 when it talks about the seasons, 48:02 the sun shines on the just and on the unjust. 48:05 The rain falls on the just and on the unjust. 48:08 In those days, the rain just fell on the unjust... 48:11 Panel: Laughter. 48:12 Lomacang: God is just saying, so here He... 48:14 when you go to church, you see rain... 48:15 don't look for an ark. Panel: Laughter. 48:16 Lomacang: Everything is just going to be fine. 48:18 Panel: That's right. 48:19 Lomacang: That... that covenant He made with Noah was necessary 48:23 for the covenant that He made with Adam 48:25 reiterated with Abraham for that to be fulfilled 48:29 and so, we're living under that covenant... 48:31 the... the... the Adamic... Adamic covenant... 48:35 the Abrahamic covenant 48:36 and the new covenant are all able to be accomplished 48:40 because of the Noahic covenant. Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... 48:44 Lomacang: They follow it... 48:45 because the Noahic covenant was the covenant of preservation... 48:47 "I'm not going to destroy humanity 48:49 until all these covenants are fulfilled... " 48:51 which, in fact, the covenant made with Adam, 48:53 Abraham and the New Covenant are all the same. 48:55 Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... 48:57 Lomacang: "I didn't get rid of it... " 48:58 but He was reiterating that even though the tables 48:59 are done away with, 49:01 your mind and heart is still my place 49:02 where the covenant continues. 49:04 Panel: Right... right. 49:05 Lomacang: And so, we find here Acts chapter 3 verse 25, 49:07 the reminder as the... as the writer of Acts puts together, 49:12 he says, "You are sons of the prophets, 49:17 and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, 49:22 saying to Abraham, 49:23 'And in your seed 49:25 all the families of the earth shall be blessed. '" 49:28 Now, wait a minute, 49:29 Seed? He made that covenant with Adam. 49:32 Panel: That's right... laughter. 49:34 Lomacang: See... so he reiterated the Adamic covenant 49:36 with Abraham. 49:38 That seed was a continual reminder 49:40 that redemption is coming 49:43 and that's why we have Galatians 3:19... 49:46 what was the purpose of the law? 49:47 It was added till the Seed should come 49:50 of whom the promise was made. 49:52 So, you see the Lord preserved the earth... 49:55 He... He put an umbrella over humanity 49:57 that is to prevent the world from being destroyed 50:00 so that the umbrella of satisfaction 50:03 will be accessible to all humanity. 50:05 So we find here... what... what was that covenant? 50:08 Look at Genesis 6 and verse 18 the covenant God made with Noah, 50:13 "But I will establish My covenant with you; 50:16 and you shall go into the ark... you, your sons, your wife, 50:20 and your sons' wives with you. " 50:22 That covenant once again was not the redemptive covenant... 50:26 that was the... that was the covenant of preservation. 50:28 The redemptive covenant was to Adam. 50:31 The covenant of preservation was to Noah. 50:34 "I'm going to hold it all together 50:35 so that this covenant can be accomplished... 50:37 I made it with Adam... but these folk really lost their minds. 50:41 I'm going to redeem you... I told Adam that 50:43 but I got to get rid of this bunch... " 50:45 And why was the flood necessary? 50:47 I was reading... Servant of the Lord said 50:49 that the flood was necessary 50:50 so that God would send a clear message... as Jill pointed out 50:53 that God would send a clear message 50:55 that He does not tolerate evil 50:57 and if men... given the strength of their years... 51:02 can you imagine a Disc Jockey living to be 950 years, 51:06 I mean, okay, Ryan, what kind of beats can a Disc Jockey 51:10 that's 950 years come up with? 51:12 Ryan: All right. 51:13 Lomacang: Okay, but let's go deeper, 51:15 what kind of... what kind of filth can be produced 51:18 in the salacious avenues of the world 51:22 with a 900-year-old pimp? Panel: Hmmm... 51:25 Lomacang: Let's get dark here for a moment, 51:27 can you imagine an 850-year old drug dealer... 51:29 what would happen to the earth? 51:31 God said, "This is not going to happen... 51:33 I am not going to allow man to destroy the earth. " 51:37 So, God wiped them out... shortened man's lifespan 51:40 so that the covenant He made with Adam... 51:42 the covenant He made with Noah... 51:44 the covenant He made with Abraham could be accomplished. 51:48 The covenant of preservation will give humanity the time 51:52 to measure up to the covenant of redemption. 51:54 Panel: Hmmm... 51:56 Lomacang: So, that's why the covenant was so necessary. 51:57 Today... I mean... years ago, I bought this... 52:00 I keep paying for it 52:02 because it sickens me when I see rainbows applied 52:05 to the Gay and Lesbian Community. 52:06 Panel: Right... right. 52:08 Lomacang: And I say that clearly 52:09 understanding that God could save anyone with any sin 52:12 but to take the covenant... 52:13 the preservative covenant that God made with Noah 52:17 and apply it to the darkness that it means today... 52:21 it doesn't really make sense. 52:23 So, Genesis 9, let's look at the covenant of preservation 52:27 which is the second covenant I'm talking about... 52:30 the covenant of preservation. 52:32 Genesis 9 verse 12 to 17, 52:34 "And God said: 52:36 'This is the sign of the covenant... '" 52:39 the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant. 52:42 Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... 52:44 Lomacang: That covenant made in Genesis 2... 52:45 but the rainbow... "This is the sign of the covenant 52:48 which I make between Me and you, 52:51 and every living creature that is with you, 52:54 for perpetual generations... " 52:56 Has God been faithful? 52:59 Panel: Hmmm... amen... that's right. 53:00 Lomacang: Thank the Lord when that rain comes down in Florida, 53:03 I know that God made a covenant 53:05 because there's some rain comes down in the south... 53:08 there's some rain comes down in Texas... 53:10 there's some rain that floods New York City... 53:12 and if God had not made this covenant, 53:13 you might say, "Wait a minute, 53:15 this is the second deluge. " 53:16 But He goes on to say, "I set My rainbow in the cloud, 53:19 and it shall be for the sign of the covenant 53:24 between Me and the earth. 53:26 It shall be when I bring a cloud over the earth, 53:29 that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 53:32 and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you 53:36 and every living creature of all flesh; 53:39 the waters shall never again become a flood 53:42 to destroy all flesh. 53:43 The rainbow shall be in the cloud, 53:45 and I will look on it to remember the everlasting 53:49 covenant between God and every living creature 53:52 of all flesh that is on the earth. 53:55 And God said to Noah, 53:56 'This is the sign of the covenant 53:58 which I have established between Me and all flesh 54:02 that is on the earth. '" 54:03 Praise God for that covenant. Panel: Amen... hmmm... yeah. 54:05 Lomacang: If God didn't make that covenant, 54:07 we would have problems today. 54:08 People will be nervous every time... 54:11 so, God made that covenant 54:12 and then He gave man another responsibility. 54:15 He says... while this covenant is coming to fruition, 54:18 let's remember these things very quickly. 54:21 Why can we thank God for that covenant? 54:23 Lamentations 3 verse 22 and 23, 54:25 "Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, 54:29 because His compassions fail not. 54:32 For they are new every morning; 54:35 Great is Your faithfulness. " 54:38 Psalm 30 and verse 5, 54:40 "For His anger is but for a moment, 54:42 His favor is for life; 54:44 weeping may endure for a night, 54:46 but joy comes in the morning. " 54:48 And finally, Psalm 89 verse 34 54:50 which I'll leave for my final thoughts. 54:51 Panel: Laughter. 54:53 Ryan: Praise the Lord... praise the Lord... 54:55 praise God for that rainbow. 54:56 Panel: That's right... yes... 54:58 Ryan: Again, praise God for that rainbow. 54:59 We get some of the most beautiful rainbows 55:01 after some of the storms... rainstorms that we get 55:02 and just to see it cast across the sky... 55:05 I often stop and just say, "Praise You, God 55:07 for Your Word and for Your promise. " 55:08 Let's get some final thoughts. 55:10 Jill: I just remembered as you were all talking, 55:12 2nd Peter 3:9, 55:14 "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise... 55:16 is not willing that any should perish 55:19 but that all should come to repentance. " 55:21 So, what an incredible God we serve! 55:24 What a God of love and mercy and redemption... 55:27 so, today, if you hear His voice, 55:30 make a choice for Jesus. Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... 55:32 Kenny: Praise the Lord, awesome thought. 55:34 God remembers... right? 55:36 I'm thankful for that... Genesis 8:1, 55:37 He remembers His promises. 55:39 Manuscript 65 1912 says this, 55:41 "Every deliverance... every blessing that God in the past 55:45 has granted to His people 55:47 should be kept fresh... " 55:48 some of you have mentioned this... 55:50 "In memory's hall... 55:51 a sure pledge of further, richer increasing blessings. " 55:56 Panel: Hmmm... amen... amen. 55:57 Terry: Hmmm, you know, when I think about harrowing 56:01 experiences that we all go through, 56:03 and we've all been through at one time or another, 56:05 thank God for His goodness... for His protection 56:08 and I hope that we can get by our bed every night and say, 56:12 "God, thank You for protecting me and my family today 56:14 and providing for all of our needs. " 56:16 So, yeah, that's my final thought. 56:18 Panel: Amen... good one. 56:20 Lomacang: And I thank the Lord for the rainbow covenant 56:22 because it has global implications, 56:24 but... but the Lesson... 56:26 the person that put the Lesson together says, 56:29 "How does the rainbow show that we can trust the covenant 56:33 that God made?" 56:34 Psalm 89:34... Panel: Hmmm... yes. 56:36 Lomacang: "My covenant I will not break, 56:39 nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. " 56:42 So next time you see rain, just open your umbrella 56:46 because God's covenant still stands. 56:48 Panel: Laughter. 56:50 Ryan: I love that... praise the Lord. 56:51 Now, we've had such a wonderful study here today 56:53 and I know you have been blessed at home. 56:56 You know, I just want to go back and re-read 56:58 Hebrews chapter 11 verse 7, that's... 57:00 I ended on that one in my lesson, 57:02 I just want to read it again. 57:04 It says, "By faith Noah, 57:06 being divinely warned of things not yet seen, 57:09 moved with godly fear, 57:12 prepared an ark for the saving of his household, 57:16 by which he condemned the world 57:17 and became heir of the righteousness 57:19 which is according to faith. " 57:22 He moved with godly fear. 57:23 Of course, that's not the trembling and shaking 57:26 and running away from God... 57:27 it's the... the reverential awe... 57:29 the respect... the honor that he had for God. 57:30 Do you have... you reverence God 57:32 with... with... with godly fear, my Friends, 57:35 are you living according to His will today? 57:37 I just want to make an appeal 57:38 that you can stop right now where you are 57:40 and say, "God, give me that godly fear... 57:42 forgive me of my sins... 57:44 give me that same powerful relationship 57:46 that You had with Your servant, Noah. " 57:48 We all can have access to that same grace today. 57:51 You want to be with us next week, okay, 57:53 so, we're... we're moving from Noah... 57:54 we're going all the way now to the Tower of Babel. 57:57 next week's lesson... Lesson Number 5 entitled: 58:00 "All Nations and... " I said, Babel... 58:02 it's technically: Babel 58:03 because we're talking about Babylon, 58:05 we'll see you right back here next week. 58:06 Panel: Amen... amen. |
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