David Mapugilo
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 3: SESSION 18: Noah’s Sacrifice and God’s Blessing
The reason for the flood the condition of the human heart becomes God’s reason to never again flood the Earth. Even though the land is cursed, God chooses to never again treat the land as though it is cursed. Noah is one example in the larger pattern that leads to the…
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Amen!
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 3: SESSION 17: The Flood Waters Recede
The restoration of people and animals to the land after the flood is both a re-creation and a new creation. Creation in the biblical imagination is about more than where things began; it’s about the transition from non-order to order and the transition from death to life. Noah, his…
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Great insight! We now live in this glorious hope of the new creation in Christ, which has both happened and will ultimately happen in the new heavens and the new earth.
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 4: SESSION 16: The Flood Overwhelms the Land
In most of the cases people may end up feeling that God has forgotten them indicating that experiencing God is a walk which requires patience in learning of his ways and hearing for his directions. This feeling is mostly seen in Psalms where you see people somehow complaining…
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That’s right! God never forsakes His own. Even when we feel abandoned and forgotten, God is ever near and seeks our very best.
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 4: The Flood
SESSION 15: The Flood as Cosmic Collapse
The cosmology of the ancient biblical authors—three tiers: waters below, the dry land, and waters above is crucial to understanding the meaning of the flood. The language that’s describing the flood is describing neither a local flood nor a global flood. It’s…
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Great! God is both creator and sustainer of the earth.
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 3: SESSION 14: The Ark as a Symbolic Eden and Tabernacle
God’s deliverance of the righteous from the waters is a common image throughout the Bible. The author of Genesis 19 weaves in themes, words, and phrases from earlier stories to connect Lot’s story with the others and to provide an additional layer of commentary. The…
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Yes! Jesus is greater than all, and has become the only Way back to God
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 3: SESSION 13: The Ark as A Symbolic Eden and Tabernacle
The word tebah, translated as “ark,” is an Egyptian loanword that means sacred shrine, sarcophagus, or box. The ark is a symbolic Eden temple. Its design matches the three-tiered structure of sacred spaces: the garden in Eden, the tabernacle, and the temple. The…
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what inspires me from your statement above is that the Ark was a representation of the garden of Eden which is like a complete representation of all creation in unity and obedience in one place, it is not just the garden of Eden rather the entire creation of God, which translate from the beginning of creation to the end of creation and walking…
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Enlightening! Thank you for sharing, Pastor David!
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 3: SESSION 12: Noah the Righteous Remnant
A key concept for understanding the narrative flow of the whole Bible is that the righteousness of one can count for the many. The story of Noah is first time we see this in the Bible. The Bible itself provides the questions to interrogate God’s character such as why would the…
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this interpreter the conceptualization of Faith, having Faith in God in all things, who is the Spirit of all Truth
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Faith is crucial in our walk with God! Noah is a great example of that.
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 3: SESSION 12: Noah the Righteous Remnant
A key concept for understanding the narrative flow of the whole Bible is that the righteousness of one can count for the many. The story of Noah is first time we see this in the Bible. The Bible itself provides the questions to interrogate God’s character such as why would the…
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 3: God’s Warning About the Flood
SESSION 11: The Rebellion of the Sons of Adam
Being in covenant with God has nothing to do with being ethnically a part of Abraham’s family. It means imitating Abraham’s trust in God. The outcry of the ruined land is a key motif showing us how human corruption and suffering prompts God to…
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Human corruption prompting God to act, praise God for His son who is the answer for our corrupt world.
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NOAH TO ABRAHAM
MODULE 2: SESSION 10: Giants in the Ancient Near Eastern Context
Genesis 6:1-4 is the origin story of Babylon, the empire that will take Israel into exile. The Hebrew Bible offers a sophisticated critique of monarchy. The problem of evil originates in both human and spiritual rebellion, and the Nephilim and the other giant…
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Great summary!
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