170122 The God of Promises - Covenants Lesson 4 The God Who Has Set His Bow in the Cloud

"•  LESSON 4 January 22)  •"

"The God Who Has Set His  Bow in the Cloud"

"Our last lesson concluded with the LORD God pronouncing judgment on Adam, Eve, and  the  deceitful serpent in Genesis 3. By the  time we reach Genesis 6, the  situation is truly dire."

"The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the  LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. (Gen 6:5-6)"

"•!•  What can you find between the end of Genesis 3 and the beginning of Genesis 6 that serves as an example of ""the wickedness of man""? Notice also Genesis 6:11-12."

"So the  LORD said, ""I  will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the  land, man"

"and animals and creeping things and birds of the  heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them."" But Noah found favor in the eyes of the  LORD. (Gen 6:7-8)"

"Throughout the rest of Genesis 6, God gives instructions to Noah-""a righteous man, blameless in his"

"generation"" (Gen 6:9)-for the building of""an ark of gopher wood."""

"""For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish my covenant will} you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you."" (Gen 6:17-18)                                               

"•!•  We've established already in this study that a covenant is a relationship based upon promises"

"and expectations. How then would you describe this covenant God is establishing with Noah in your own words?"

"On the other end of this catastrophic flood,"

"Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And when the LORD smelled the  pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, ""I will never again curse the ground because of man, for  the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, cold and heat,"

"summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease."" (Gen 8:20-22)"