A Study of the Scriptures: All the Stories in the Bible.
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This is not talking about the cursing of the ground with Adam but it is talking about the ground having been cursed by the Judgment of the Global Flood. For man's heart is evil from his youth. This parallels Genesis 6 that says that man's thoughts are evil continually. For it is also why God says that He will not smite anymore every living thing as He has done.
God says that while the Earth remains (Which suggests that it may not remain), there will be harvest, seed time, cold, and heat, etc. In other words, God's provisions of the land will always be with us until this current world will pass away.
God says that while the Earth remains (Which suggests that it may not remain), there will be harvest, seed time, cold, and heat, etc. In other words, God's provisions of the land will always be with us until this current world will pass away.
Chapter 2 - A New Beginning and A Promise.
(This is a Continuation from Chapter 1 of Noah's Story):
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them,
"Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein." (Genesis 9:1-7).
And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
"And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth." (Genesis 9:8-11).
And God said,
"This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth." (Genesis 9:12-16).
And God said unto Noah,
"This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth." (Genesis 9:17).
(This is a Continuation from Chapter 1 of Noah's Story):
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them,
"Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein." (Genesis 9:1-7).
And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
"And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth." (Genesis 9:8-11).
And God said,
"This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth." (Genesis 9:12-16).
And God said unto Noah,
"This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth." (Genesis 9:17).
In the previous chapter (After God abated the waters): We see God speaking to Noah and to Himself (As an Open Declaration). However, here in the beginning of this chapter, we see it mentioned twice how God is speaking to Noah and his sons.
"Replenish the earth."
God wanted the Earth to be filled with life again. For God is in the life giving (life replenishing) business. For where there was once "no life" God can make it so that there is "life."
"The fear of you and the dread of you shall come upon every beast, etc."
This is speaking about how the animals will be in fear of man because God has said,
"Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you;"
Before the Flood, God commanded Adam and Eve to only eat the vegetation as meat (i.e. food). So this is the first time we see God commanding man to eat animals and or other living things (Besides vegetation). Jesus is symbolized as the Tree of Life that we must (metaphorically) eat from and Jesus is symbolized as our Passover Lamb that we must (metaphorically) eat from. Jesus said His meat was to do the will of the Father in John chapter 4. We believers are to conform to the image of Christ and to do His will. Christ is our meat. Christ is our bread. Christ is our water. Our source of replenishment. Christ is our everything.
"Replenish the earth."
God wanted the Earth to be filled with life again. For God is in the life giving (life replenishing) business. For where there was once "no life" God can make it so that there is "life."
"The fear of you and the dread of you shall come upon every beast, etc."
This is speaking about how the animals will be in fear of man because God has said,
"Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you;"
Before the Flood, God commanded Adam and Eve to only eat the vegetation as meat (i.e. food). So this is the first time we see God commanding man to eat animals and or other living things (Besides vegetation). Jesus is symbolized as the Tree of Life that we must (metaphorically) eat from and Jesus is symbolized as our Passover Lamb that we must (metaphorically) eat from. Jesus said His meat was to do the will of the Father in John chapter 4. We believers are to conform to the image of Christ and to do His will. Christ is our meat. Christ is our bread. Christ is our water. Our source of replenishment. Christ is our everything.
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While I do recognize that there are examples of how the meaning of numbers can be in be seen in various chapters (Like Ecclesiastes 7 being the 666th chapter and how it talks about wisdom and counting like Revelation 13 does - and which also happens to have the number 666 in it), I strive not to look for these things unless God brings it to my attention. I say this because although God knew that chapter and verse numbers would be important to His followers, the chapter and verse numbers are not technically inspired. For they were written down later.
However, that said, speaking of perfect covenants. There is a more excellent covenant, though.
"But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.The New Covenant. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second." (Hebrews 8:6-7).
However, that said, speaking of perfect covenants. There is a more excellent covenant, though.
"But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.The New Covenant. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second." (Hebrews 8:6-7).
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Side Note: Oh, and yes, I am aware that I have pointed out the meaning of the number 40 within the 40th chapters in the Bible before. However, I want to stick to how the text appears without the chapter and verse numbers here because I don't want everything in our study to be about numbers unless the text specifically mentions a number of significance.for us to talk about it.
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You agreed to the thread rules to be respectful and start another thread if you disagreed. Seeing I already created one, disrupting this thread further is just wrong on your part (And you know it). If you persist to disrupt this thread, I will contact the moderator. Oh, and replying to this post and starting a debate would be grounds for me to contact the moderator. I made it clear that this is a Study Thread.
Also, for the audiences information: I do not condone numbers (in general) or adding numbers to God's Word. That is a false or incomplete statement. First, there is no adding numbers to God's Word; The Numbers are already in the Bible. Also, Numbers in God's Word merely point to Jesus Christ and give glory to Him. Numbers in the Bible simply provide a person with a repeated meaning thru out Scripture. It is not a secret or magic. For example: Noah went thru a time of testing in being in the Ark for 40 days just as Jesus went thru a time of testing for 40 days in the wilderness, etc. Making a parallel between numbers is no different than making a parallel with the words in Scripture. For the numbers in Scripture are written in word format in the KJV.
Also, for the audiences information: I do not condone numbers (in general) or adding numbers to God's Word. That is a false or incomplete statement. First, there is no adding numbers to God's Word; The Numbers are already in the Bible. Also, Numbers in God's Word merely point to Jesus Christ and give glory to Him. Numbers in the Bible simply provide a person with a repeated meaning thru out Scripture. It is not a secret or magic. For example: Noah went thru a time of testing in being in the Ark for 40 days just as Jesus went thru a time of testing for 40 days in the wilderness, etc. Making a parallel between numbers is no different than making a parallel with the words in Scripture. For the numbers in Scripture are written in word format in the KJV.
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God commands Noah and his sons to not drink blood. One possibility why they were not to drink blood is because "the life of the flesh is in the blood" - "for it is the blood that maketh atonement for the soul." (Leviticus 17:11). See, the blood of goats and bulls never took away sin for good. Only the blood of Jesus permanently takes away sin; And Jesus said to eat of his flesh and to drink of his blood. For it is only by his blood that will truly make an atonement for one's soul. For there is redemption (or salvation) in believing in Christ's cleansing blood (Romans 3:24-25); Jesus telling his disciples to drink of his blood is a metaphorical expression of that fact.
One of my favorite things about the story of Noah is that it reiterates the purpose of man.
Questions like...
"What is the purpose of life?"
...are answered as God tells man to be fruitful and multiply.
One thing that I never noticed before now is that God also told Adam and Eve to "subdue" the earth. Another word for subdue is conquer. However, God did not say this to Noah but instead told him to "replenish" the earth. Just something I thought to be interesting. As with everything in scripture, there is a reason for this difference.
Questions like...
"What is the purpose of life?"
...are answered as God tells man to be fruitful and multiply.
One thing that I never noticed before now is that God also told Adam and Eve to "subdue" the earth. Another word for subdue is conquer. However, God did not say this to Noah but instead told him to "replenish" the earth. Just something I thought to be interesting. As with everything in scripture, there is a reason for this difference.
I see sort of a loose parallel between God's command to multiply in the Earth that was spoken to both Adam and Noah. God's command to Adam appears to represent the Old Testament in the fact that he was commanded to eat vegetation (i.e. the Tree of Life) and to conquer (i.e. To have physical rule and domnion, i.e. the OT saint was to execute justice and to conquer one's enemies with physical battle). God's command to Noah represents the New Testament because he is to eat meat (i.e. the Passover Lamb), and he is to "replenish" the Earth (To make disciples of all nations, i.e. the NT saint is to wage war spiritually by spreading the gospel, love, and peace). For Jesus came not to judge, but to save. For we are under the age of grace. However, one day Jesus will return and set things in order. But until Christ's return, we are to love. We are to conquer evil with good. We are to pray for our enemies. We are to forgive. Turn the other cheek. We are to "replenish." For one is "replenished" by love. For it was Christ's love on the cross that can "replenish" each and every man, woman, and child on this Earth today; And it is a very beautiful thing.
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