David Mapugilo
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 6: SESSION 28: From Shem to Abraham
Out of the scattering judgment on Babylon, God brings the promise of a blessing for the whole Earth. Genesis 12 starts the cycle again, with Abraham and Sarah standing in as our new Adam and Eve where they become exemplary in faith which transforms the whole narrative of the seed of the woman.
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 6: SESSION 27: The Founding of Babylon
The building of the tower links thematically to the rejection of God’s provision and deliverance. The city builders in Genesis start a pattern of people trying to provide their own deliverance-their own Eden gift-instead of trusting God. The book of Acts of Apostles plays out a revision…
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 6: SESSION 26: The Brothers Come Together in Peace
When the prophets share their vision of future hope in God’s Kingdom, they paint a picture of all nations drawn together in peace. Paul’s missionary journeys are about wanting to see the nations of Japheth welcomed into the tents of Shem of which is a narrative in Genesis 10.
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 6: SESSION 25: Blessing and Cursing Noah’s Sons
The genealogies of Genesis 10 are a form of symbolic ethnogeography. Later authors will use the established cast of characters and places to emphasize and subvert expected roles. Other people dwelling in the tents of Shem is a hopeful picture of God bringing blessing…
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 6: SESSION 24: Reflecting on the Sin of Ham
The Bible has a multilayered depiction of election. The failure of the Canaanites later in the story is not caused by Noah’s curse on Canaan. The third or fourth generation in biblical terms means “a few” or “however many.” God’s judgment of three or four generations of those who…
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 6: The Cycles Begins Again
SESSION 23: God’s Covenant with Noah
Noah’s drunkenness recalls the foolish failure of the man and woman in the garden of Eden. Ham’s crime against his family recalls both the failure of Genesis 3 and the escalation of Genesis 4. Ham’s crime against his family was some form of illicit sexual…
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 5: SESSION 22: Noah’s Ark and the Flood Debate
The biblical authors used cosmic hyperbole to emphasize the all-encompassing importance of the events described. Key vocabulary from the flood account is used at other points in the Bible to emphasize God’s cosmic authority to hand creation over to its own self-destruction.
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 5: SESSION 21: Reflecting on God’s Covenant
Unlike the gods of Israel’s neighbors who made promises contingent upon the people upholding the terms of their covenant, God obligates himself alone to sustain the covenant he made with all the Earth after the flood. The sign of the bow evokes images of peace (the retired war…
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MODULE 5: After the Flood
SESSION 20: God’s Covenant with Noah
First and foremost we learn that God prohibits consuming blood to remind people that all life ultimately belongs to God. Also a covenant is an external mechanism used to bind together a relationship that has been broken and prevents people from hurting each other while they wait for…
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 4: SESSION 19: The Pattern of the High Place Sacrifice
Noah’s sacrifice on the high place in front of the door of the divine refuge is part of a larger literary pattern developing the theme of sacrifice in Genesis and beyond. God’s response to Noah’s sacrifice eliminates simplistic notions of God’s wrath or God’s mercy.…
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