Transcript Slide 1

Chapters 7-8
6
7
7/17
1/17
1/14 (Thu): Passover (Last supper)
1/15 (Fri): Jesus crucified
1/16 (Sat): Sabbath
1/17 (Sun): Jesus rised
8
9
10
10/1
11
12
Came out of the ark
Civil calendar
Sacred calendar
5
Ark covering removed
2/17
4
Ark rested
on the
mountains
of Ararat
Dove not return
Dove back with an olive leaf
Sent out a dove
Sent out a raven
3
Mountains’ tops appeared
Started to rain
2
40
days 150
of
rain days of
flooding
1
1/1
2
2/27
The date
Jesus rised
Christ (the ark) went through the
water of death under God’s
judgement, and then rised from
the dead (in Ararat). Those who
are in Christ also rised with Him.
Raven:
eating corrupted meat and junk (unclean bird)
 Natural life, lust for the world
Dove:
pure and obedient (clean bird)
 Spiritual life, long for holiness and life
So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being";
the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that
the spiritual. (1 Cor 15:45-46)
Adam-Christ; Ishmael-Issac; Esau-Jacob; Saul-David;
Born-born again; Natural body-spiritual body
Is the deluge and the ark a myth?
Besides the Bible, 200+ races in the world (from Asia,
Europe to Latin America) also have legends about an
ancient great flood, which was somewhat the same as
the one in the Bible.
China: Nuwa repaired the wall of heaven
After Nuwa (sound like Noah) had repaired the wall of
heaven with five-colored stones, the rain stopped.
The Bible said, after the flood had receded, rainbow
appeared in the sky. God made a covernant with Noah by it.
eight
boat
family
member
Chinese character “ship”
portrays the first ship
in human history – the ark
95% legends: The cause of the flood was a catastrophe.
95% legends: The flood was worldwide.
88% legends: Only one family was saved in the flood.
70% legends: The family was saved through a ship.
67% legends: Not only people but animals were also saved.
57% legends: The ship rested on a mountain top after the flood.
33% legends: Birds were sent to see if the land was dry after the flood.
13% legends: There was a sacrifice after the flood.
9% (about 20-30 races) legends: Eight persons were saved.
7% (about 20 races) legends: There was a rainbow after the flood.
It is found that the nearer the race lived from the
middle east, the more similar their legends about the
flood is to the Bible. On the other hand, those races
lived far away from the middle east, their legends are
less similar to the Bible.
Ararat
Pamir
Mountains
Xian
Silk road
Are Chinese also descendants of Noah?
The ark rested on the mountains of Ararat, which is west of
the Pamir Mountains and north of Mesopotamia. The Silk
road passed by it. It was said that Huangdi, the ancester of
the Chinese, entered China from the west of the Pamirs.
The deluge (and the red sea) symbolizes the baptism
that saves us from the wicked generation
through whom (the Holy Spirit) also he (Christ) went and
preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago
when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the
ark was being built.
In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through
water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves
you also…. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ. (1 Pet 3:19-21)
The days of Noah symbolizes the end time
As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming
of the Son of Man.
For in the days before the flood, people were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day
Noah entered the ark. (Matt 24:37-38)
Chapters 9-10
Ark: Christ (believers “in Christ”)
Flood: Baptism (believers buried and raised with Christ)
Ark rested on Ararat: Raised from the water of death
8 members in Noah’s family: 8 symbolizes “resurrection”
Coming out of the ark: New life after resurrection
First thing: Built the altar and offered the sacrifice
Burn offering: Offering oneself
Spiritual sacrifices in N.T.:
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's
mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy
and pleasing to God-- this is your spiritual act of
worship. (Rom 12:1)
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to
God a sacrifice of praise-- the fruit of lips that
confess his name. (Heb 13:15)
New changes:
1. Man could eat meat
2. Death sentence allowed (human government began)
3. Rainbow appeared as a sign of covernant
Japheth
Tarshish
Elishah
Ararat
Togarmah
Madai
Lud
MeshechTubal
Arphaxad
Javan
Aram
Asshur
Dodanim
Kittim
Elam
Caphtorim
Put
Nimrod
Shem
Mizraim
(Egypt)
Ham
Joktan
Raamah
Sheba
Sheba
Cush
Seba
Havilah
Havilah
Power of words
Man was made according to God’s image,
So his words also have power.
For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm. (Ps 33:9)
The tongue has the power of life and death,
and those who love it will eat its fruit. (Prov 18:21)
Consequence of blessing & curse
Bible time
Ham
(black)
Canaanites: corrupted
in faith & moral, and
was finally conquered
by Israelites
World History
Consequence of blessing & curse
Bible time
Ham
(black)
Canaanites: corrupted
in faith & moral, and
was finally conquered
by the Israelites
World History
Consequence of blessing & curse
Bible time
Ham
(black)
World History
Canaanites: corrupted
in faith & moral, and
Africans: undeveloped,
was finally conquered poor & enslaved
by the Israelites
Consequence of blessing & curse
Bible time
Ham
(black)
Shem
(name)
World History
Canaanites: corrupted
in faith & moral, and
Africans: undeveloped,
was finally conquered poor & enslaved
by the Israelites
Consequence of blessing & curse
Bible time
World History
Ham
(black)
Canaanites: corrupted
in faith & moral, and
Africans: undeveloped,
was finally conquered poor & enslaved
by the Israelites
Shem
(name)
Bible & Christ (salvation) came from the Jew
Consequence of blessing & curse
Bible time
World History
Ham
(black)
Canaanites: corrupted
in faith & moral, and
Africans: undeveloped,
was finally conquered poor & enslaved
by the Israelites
Shem
(name)
Bible & Christ (salvation) came from the Jew
Japheth
(expand)
Consequence of blessing & curse
Bible time
World History
Ham
(black)
Canaanites: corrupted
in faith & moral, and
Africans: undeveloped,
was finally conquered poor & enslaved
by the Israelites
Shem
(name)
Bible & Christ (salvation) came from the Jew
Japheth Tarshish (Spain) was
(expand) the end of the earth
Consequence of blessing & curse
Bible time
World History
Ham
(black)
Canaanites: corrupted
in faith & moral, and
Africans: undeveloped,
was finally conquered poor & enslaved
by the Israelites
Shem
(name)
Bible & Christ (salvation) came from the Jew
Japheth Tarshish (Spain) was
(expand) the end of the earth
Europeans: Good in
politics, science & arts
Japheth lives in the tents of Shem: the gentile and the
Jew become one in Christ
Examples of blessing in the Bible
God blessed Adam and Noah
Noah blessed Shem and Japheth
Melchizedek blessed Abram
Issac blessed Jacob
Jacob blessed his 12 sons and 2 grandsons
Moses blessed the 12 tribes
The priests blessed the Israelites
Applications
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
(Rom 12:14)
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with
blessing, because to this you were called so that you
may inherit a blessing. (1 Pet 3:9)
Out of the same mouth come praise (blessing) and
cursing. My brothers, this should not be. (James 3:10)
Revoking curses
Seven Indications of a Curse:
1. Mental and/or emotional breakdown (usually came
from some form of occult involvement)
2. Repeated or chronic sickness (especially if hereditary)
3. Barrenness, a tendency to miscarry or related female
problems
4. Breakdown of marriage and family alienation
5. Continuing financial insufficiency
6. Being “accident-prone”
7. A history of suicides and unnatural or untimely deaths
(Blessing or Curse You Can Choose – Derek Prince )