Loved ones, we have spent several weeks looking at Noah as a hero of the faith. We saw him stand alone as a righteous man in a violent generation. We saw him build the Ark in obedient silence. We saw him offer a pleasing sacrifice that established a covenant of peace for the entire world.… Continue reading The Shame of the Patriarch: Sin and Prophecy in Noah’s Tent (Gen. 9:18–29)
Category: Biblical Exposition
The Rainbow and the Redeemer: Debating the Nature of the Noahic Covenant
Loved ones, in our exposition of Genesis 9, we took a specific theological stance regarding the Noahic Covenant. We argued that God made this covenant fundamentally with Noah (as a believing federal head) and that it functions as an administration of the Covenant of Grace. In this view, the preservation of the physical world is not… Continue reading The Rainbow and the Redeemer: Debating the Nature of the Noahic Covenant
The Warrior’s Bow in the Clouds: God’s Covenant with a Washed World (Gen. 9:1–17)
Loved ones, the storm has passed. The waters have receded. Noah has stepped out onto a renewed earth and offered a sacrifice of propitiation, and God has promised to preserve the natural order despite the evil of the human heart. Now, in Genesis 9, God speaks. He addresses the survivors of the catastrophe and establishes… Continue reading The Warrior’s Bow in the Clouds: God’s Covenant with a Washed World (Gen. 9:1–17)
But God Remembered Noah: Divine Faithfulness in the Flood (Gen. 8:1–22)
Loved ones, we ended the last chapter in silence. The fountains of the deep had burst, the windows of heaven had opened, and the world was buried under a chaotic, watery grave. For 150 days, the only life on earth was huddled inside a wooden box, drifting on a shoreless ocean. It is a picture… Continue reading But God Remembered Noah: Divine Faithfulness in the Flood (Gen. 8:1–22)
The Fountains of the Great Deep: A World Unmade by Water (Gen. 7:1–24)
Loved ones, for one hundred years, the sound of hammer on wood has echoed through a violent world. Noah, the “herald of righteousness” (2 Peter 2:5), has been building a massive vessel on dry land, a visible testament to his faith and a warning of things to come. Now, the construction is finished. The pitch… Continue reading The Fountains of the Great Deep: A World Unmade by Water (Gen. 7:1–24)
A Righteous Man in His Generation: Noah, the Ark, and the Coming Storm (Gen. 6:9–22)
Loved ones, the previous passage left us staring into the abyss. We saw a world where the godly line of Seth had compromised with the worldly line of Cain, resulting in a culture so morally bankrupt that God grieved over the creation of man. The verdict was total: “every intention of the thoughts of his… Continue reading A Righteous Man in His Generation: Noah, the Ark, and the Coming Storm (Gen. 6:9–22)
Angels or Men? A Defense of the Sethite View of Genesis 6
Loved ones, as we walked through Genesis 6 in our recent article, we took a firm stance on one of the most debated questions in the Old Testament: the identity of the “sons of God” (bene elohim). While popular culture, ancient apocrypha like the Book of Enoch, and even many modern commentators gravitate toward the… Continue reading Angels or Men? A Defense of the Sethite View of Genesis 6
When Giants Walked the Earth: The Sons of God and the Daughters of Man (Gen. 6:1–8)
Loved ones, we arrive now at one of the most mysterious and debated passages in all of Holy Scripture. The opening verses of Genesis 6 read like the introduction to a fantasy epic: “sons of God,” “daughters of man,” and the dreaded “Nephilim”—giants and mighty men of renown. For centuries, imaginations have run wild here.… Continue reading When Giants Walked the Earth: The Sons of God and the Daughters of Man (Gen. 6:1–8)
A Tale of Two Cities: The Lines of Cain and Seth (Gen. 4:17–26)
Loved ones, we left the last chapter with a grim picture. Cain, the first murderer, is condemned to be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, cursed from the very ground his brother’s blood had stained. Yet, he is also marked by God’s strange mercy, preserved from immediate vengeance. The question that hangs in the air… Continue reading A Tale of Two Cities: The Lines of Cain and Seth (Gen. 4:17–26)
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?: Cain, Abel, and the Cry of Blood (Gen. 4:1–16)
Loved ones, we now stand outside the garden. The world is cursed, the ground is hostile, and our first parents are clothed in skins that serve as a constant, grim reminder of their sin and God’s provision. Yet, in the midst of this darkness, there was a promise—a whispered hope of a “seed” of the… Continue reading Am I My Brother’s Keeper?: Cain, Abel, and the Cry of Blood (Gen. 4:1–16)