SERIES A --- YHVH’S PIONEERS -- LESSON 6
NEW LIFE
THE GREAT FLOOD
From Genesis 7:11-8:22
On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was six hundred years old, the heavens opened, and the rains poured forth from them. From the depths of the earth great fountains of water gushed out. The waters poured out on the earth for forty days and forty nights. On the day the rains began, Noah and his wife and their sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives went into the ark. With them went the birds, the reptiles, and the wild and domestic animals. These creatures came into the ark in pairs, male and female, as YHVH had Commanded. When everyone and everything was on board, YHVH closed the great door of the ark. For forty days the waters continued to flood the earth, rising above the ground and lifting the ark with it. As the waters rose higher and higher, the ark floated safely on the surface of the flood, rising more than twenty feet above the peaks of the highest mountains. In this great flood all living creatures of the earth perished, birds, wild and domestic animals, reptiles and people, everything that had the breath of life in it. YHVH destroyed all living creatures except Noah and his family. For a hundred and fifty days the waters remained on the earth. Throughout that time YHVH never forgot Noah and the animals in the ark with him. When the rains and torrents of waters ceased, YHVH sent a wind across the earth and the floods began to go down. The waters receded slowly. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. The waters continued to go down until the first day of the tenth month, when the peaks of the mountains became visible. Forty days later Noah released a raven through a window of the ark. The raven flew about until there was a place to land. Then Noah released a dove to find out if the water was gone. But the dove could not find any place to rest, because water still covered the earth; so, she returned to the ark. Seven days later Noah released the dove again. Toward evening she returned with a freshly picked olive leaf in her beak. Then Noah knew that the water was gone from the earth at last. He waited another seven days to send out the dove again and this time she did not return. On the first day of the first month, when Noah was six hundred and one years old, the water dried from the earth. Noah removed the covering from the ark and found that the water was gone. By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the ground was dry. YHVH spoke to Noah at this time. [Leave the ark with your wife, your sons, and their wives. Bring with you all the birds, animals, and reptiles so that they may reproduce in great numbers on the earth.] Noah obeyed Adonai and left the ark with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives. Every animal, reptile, and bird left the ark with him in pairs and families. Then Noah built an altar to Adonai, offering on it some of each kind of clean animal and bird. These he presented to Adonai as burnt offerings. Adonai was pleased with the fragrant offering and made a promise to Himself. [Never again will I curse the ground because of man’s sin, although he is wicked from the days of his youth. I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done at this time. As long as the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter day and night shall never cease.]
COMMENTARY
THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
When the crushing flood of waters receded, all people and animals had been destroyed. But fresh life began to spring up from the ground. One year after entering the ark, Noah and the animals with him would emerge. They would find a fresh new world in which to live. Bible history does not flow generation to generation throughout ancient times. Instead, there are gaps, or periods of silence, filled only by ancient history and archaeology. For example, the account of Abraham, which begins toward the end of Genesis 11, took place about 2000 B.C. All of the rest of the Old Testament happened within the next two-thousand-year span. Probably an even greater period of history took place between the early part of Genesis 11 and Abraham’s story in the latter part of Genesis 11. It is estimated that as much as twenty-five hundred years went by between the Tower of Babel and Abraham. As much as three thousand years went by between Noah’s life and Abraham’s. In either case, it is more time than has gone by since the coming of Moshiach, or more time than the entire balance of the Old Testament record after Genesis 11. The world’s history in these early years focused on a crescent-shaped stretch of rich land known as the Fertile Crescent. Above the crescent was a vast area of mountains and below it an equally vast area of desert. For the most part, early mankind avoided the mountains and deserts and built his civilization in the broad river valleys of the Fertile Crescent and in Egypt. Toward the eastern side of the crescent Mesopotamian culture arose. Toward the west, Canaanite, Syrian, and later Israelite culture took root. This western edge became a bridge between Egypt and Mesopotamia, and thus became a very important link between two great cultures. Civilization arose in the Near East. Today oil and politics focus the world’s attention to the same area.
God has a plan for everyone, and He sends His angels to make sure those plans are carried out. Unfortunately, I can't promise that you'll like God's plans.
#genesis #vayetzei
https://www.americantorah.com/....2017/11/21/angels-wa
First Fruits Ministries presents "Fruits of the Spirit: Patience,” the fourth part in a multi-part Bible-study series about the fruits of the spirit: https://odysee.com/@FirstFruit....sMinistries:b/Fruits This Bible study presents more depth about the long-suffering of the Lord and the long-suffering He expects from us as we await the coming of His kingdom. This is something He helps us with through His Holy Spirit.
The series is produced as part of the Bible-study ministry of First Fruits Ministries, an affiliate of Corner Fringe Ministries. Bible studies take place on the last Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. EST. Guests are invited to join us on zoom or in person at 131 Amory St. in Manchester, NH. The ministry meets every Saturday at noon. Contact andrew@firstfruits.cc for more information.
Speaking about His disciples, Yeshua said “you shall know them by their fruit,” and Paul writes that “the Fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control.” Dig-in with us for this multi-part series to learn what these “fruits of the Spirit” actually look like and how to apply the lessons learned to our lives. All parts of the series will be available on the First Fruits Ministries Odysee page: https://odysee.com/Fruits-of-t....he-Spirit:a9888782c1
First Fruits Ministries presents "Fruits of the Spirit: Patience,” the fourth part in a multi-part Bible-study series about the fruits of the spirit: https://odysee.com/@FirstFruit....sMinistries:b/Fruits This Bible study presents more depth about the long-suffering of the Lord and the long-suffering He expects from us as we await the coming of His kingdom. This is something He helps us with through His Holy Spirit.
The series is produced as part of the Bible-study ministry of First Fruits Ministries, an affiliate of Corner Fringe Ministries. Bible studies take place on the last Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. EST. Guests are invited to join us on zoom or in person at 131 Amory St. in Manchester, NH. The ministry meets every Saturday at noon. Contact andrew@firstfruits.cc for more information.
Speaking about His disciples, Yeshua said “you shall know them by their fruit,” and Paul writes that “the Fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control.” Dig-in with us for this multi-part series to learn what these “fruits of the Spirit” actually look like and how to apply the lessons learned to our lives. All parts of the series will be available on the First Fruits Ministries Odysee page: https://odysee.com/Fruits-of-t....he-Spirit:a9888782c1
And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God's camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
#genesis 32:2 #vayetsei
Mahanaim means "two camps". Consider these sets of opposing camps in this week's #torah reading (#vayetzei, Genesis 28:10-32:2) and Israel's history:
Jacob vs Laban
Rachel vs Leah
Man vs Angel
Jacob vs Esau
Israel vs Judah.
Some oppositions are within God's kingdom and part of his plan of redemption for both sides. Others are external and part of his plan to refine his people through conflict.
On this date in history, 11/30/1835: Mark Twain is born in Florida, Missouri. #otd #tdih #literaryhistory
Here's a great caution against holding too tightly to any particular interpretation of "six hundred, sixty, and six" in Revelation 13:18. From Rob Vanhoff.
When we hear the word saint, what comes to mind? Our modern idea of sainthood doesn’t reflect the Biblical concept. Deuteronomy 33;2, “And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.” The word saints in this verse is translated from — the set apart ones, the holy ones.
SERIES A --- YHVH’S PIONEERS -- LESSON 5
THE ARK
A MAN WHO FOUND FAVOR
From Genesis 6:1–7:10
As the population of the world increased, some of YHVH’s created beings began to notice the beautiful women of the world. In time these sons of YHVH married the daughters of men, which displeased YHVH. [My Spirit will not remain with man forever, for he is evil,] Adonai said. [I will permit mankind to live another hundred and twenty years.] In these early days giants lived in the world. Later, as the sons of YHVH mated with the daughters of men, their children became the mighty men about whom so many stories are told. YHVH watched the wickedness of the people grow worse until the entire direction of their lives was toward evil. This grieved YHVH so much that He was sorry He had created them. [I will destroy all people from the earth,] YHVH said. [I will destroy even the animals, birds, and reptiles, for I am sorry that I have created them.] But Noah pleased YHVH. He was a righteous man, the most perfect man who lived at that time. His three sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The world of Noah’s time was very wicked, filled with violence. YHVH saw how corrupt the world had become, for it was filled with evil. [I will destroy all of the people of the world, for they are corrupt and violent,] YHVH told Noah. [I will wipe them from the face of the earth. Make an ark, a great ship, of gopher wood; make rooms in it, and cover it with pitch inside and outside. Make it four hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. Build an open window around the top part of the ark, about eighteen inches below the roof. Make three decks inside, and put a great door in its side. I will cover the earth with a flood which will destroy everything that breathes. But I will make a covenant with you and will keep you and your wife, and your three sons and their wives, safe inside the ark during the flood. You shall bring a male and female of each kind of animal, bird, and reptile into the ark with you to keep them safe during the flood. Store enough of the right kind of food in the ark so that you and the animals will have enough to eat.] And Noah did all that YHVH Commanded him. At last, the ark was built and the time for the flood had come. [You must enter the ark now with your family,] YHVH said to Noah, [for you alone are righteous. Take seven pairs of birds on the ark with you and seven pairs of animals which are acceptable for food and sacrifice, along with a pair of every other kind of animal, bird, and reptile so that life will continue after the flood. Seven days from now I will send rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights, destroying all life on the earth.] And Noah did all that YHVH Commanded him. When the flood came upon the earth, Noah was six hundred years old. He took his family into the ark with him -- his wife, his three sons, and their wives. All of the animals, birds, and reptiles entered the ark with Noah in pairs, male and female, exactly as Adonai had commanded.
COMMENTARY
THE ARK
The dark shadow cast by sin deepened as mankind turned completely to evil. YHVH determined that such corruption must be cleansed. He chose a great destroying flood. But one man, Noah, had not followed the ways of sin. YHVH told Noah and his family to build a great floating ark, in which they and many animals would be saved. YHVH does punish sin. And He protects those who love good. The ark was a wonder of ancient shipbuilding. It was far greater than other ships that would be built for centuries to come. Its purpose was simple, to house and protect people and animals throughout the period of the Great Flood. The ark was designed to ride the waves of the rising flood without capsizing. It was six times longer than it was wide; a ratio used by modern shipbuilders. Some features necessary for ships were missing in the ark. Since speed and direction were not necessary, the prow did not need to be curved. Nor did the ark need sails or rudder. The ark was three stories high, made of gopher wood and sealed with pitch. No wonder it took a hundred and twenty years to build it!
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