- God told Noah and his sons to populate the earth.
- beasts would now fear man
- God gave Noah the animals to eat. Apparently they had just been eating "green plants" on board the ark.
- What kind of reckoning does God require of animals? (v.5)
- God now said that whoever murders shall pay with his own life (No more protection like God gave to Cain after he murdered his brother).
- God made a covenant (symbolized by the rainbow) that He would never again flood the whole earth.
- (v.21) - Noah gets drunk and Ham goes in and finds him passed out and naked. His two brothers walk in backwards to cover Noah. Noah calls a curse upon Ham because he saw his father naked. Says that Ham's descendants (the Canaanites) will serve his brother's descendants.
- Why does Ham get in trouble for his actions when Noah was the one over indulging in wine?
- Japheth's descendants were the coastal tribes one being Tarshish.
- Ham's descendants were Egypt, Cush, and Canaan (to name a few) these would be mighty nations. Nimrod was the first "mighty man". Does this mean he was the first Pharaoh/king?
- Shem fathered many sons none of whose names I recognize as biblically mentioned tribes.
- Which of the three brother's tribes would spawn Abraham and eventually all of Israel?
Ezra 9
- The people of Israel had married "impure people" descendants of Ham's son Canaan, so Noah's curse on his son still stands.
- The officials and chiefs were the worst at intermarrying.
- Ezra's view is that they deserve God's wrath as Israel had received in the past, but God had chosen to bless them in giving them back their holy city. God was again reviving the Israelites from their slavery.
- Ezra quotes God's commandments to Moses and Joshua before they entered the promised land.
- Ezra states the message of the Gospel, that none of us can stand before God because of our guilt. This shows us our need for Christ's death and resurrection.
Matthew 9
- What town was "his own city"? Bethlehem? Egypt? Galilee? Nazareth?
-Jesus said that he forgave the man of his sins, and the Pharisees said he was blaspheming to themselves. He knew what they were thinking, so he healed the man to show them that He had authority over all things.
- Jesus called Matthew, a tax collector, and ate with them. Again the Pharisees criticized Him. He told them that He came to save sinners not the righteous.
- Jesus went to heal a young girl who had died and when he said she was sleeping the people laughed at Him, until He healed the girl. Same miracles are met with many different responses, mockery, fear, anger, and great joy.
- A woman touched Jesus' cloak and was healed simply by her faith.
- Jesus healed two blind men who had faith in Him and He told them not to tell anyone (doing deeds in secret which he had communicated in a past parable). They did not listen and went into the area telling others what Jesus had done.
- When Jesus depossessed a man the Pharisees called Him "the prince of demons" which he reasoned could not be true in one of the other Gospels.
- There are many people who need to hear the Gospel but Jesus says the workers are few. This is a call even today to share the Gospel with others because they are all around us. We simply need to go forth and share the "good news".
Acts 9
- One of the greatest life turn arounds was that of Saul. Saul had approved of the stoning of Stephen and was heading up a group who was persecuting the early church. On his way to Damascus Jesus spoke to him from a bright light which left him blind for 3 days. The men with him heard the voice as well and were speechless.
- Ananias was a disciple who the Lord came to in a vision. He told Ananias to go and lay hands on Saul, but Ananias hesitated because he had heard what Saul had been doing. The Lord said that Saul would be used to bring the truth of Jesus to the Gentiles.
- The Lord gave him faith and he obediently went and Saul regained his sight, was baptized, and began preaching the Gospel.
- Saul began preaching the Gospel and gained in strength. This confused the Jews and the disciples who had heard the evil he had done.
- Their was a plot to try and kill Saul, but he escaped.
- A Hellenist is a Greek speaking Jew.
-With Saul's conversion the strength of the church grew and they were comforted by the Holy Spirit.
- Peter raised Aeneas and Dorcus from the dead which God used to increase the faith of the people around them.
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