David Mapugilo
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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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Great!
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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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