Genesis 7:1 – 9:29
- What did a hundred and fifty days of rain do to the earth and all of its inhabitants?
- When was Noah released to leave the ark?
- What was the first thing Noah did after he left the ark? What does this tell you about his view of God?
- What was God’s response to Noah’s offering?
- What are the terms and the sign of the covenant God makes with Noah?
- What purpose does the rainbow serve?
- Why does Noah curse Canaan?
- What does this story teach you about God, about sin and judgment, and about human nature?
PRAYER
Questions are excerpted from Chronological Bible Discipleship – the CBD Personal Devotional Study by Iva May, Copyright 2010. Devotional may be found at ivamay.com
As We Walk Along 
I think I discovered an answer to something I have often wondered about. How did people way back – like Adam’s descendants, Noah, Job – know what God wanted? The genealogies draw a direct line from Adam, who knew God personally, to his sons, but so quickly the people become corrupt.
How do those righteous ones come about?
The human/earth story in Gen. 1-9 covers so much time but then some small details are recorded.
Genesis 4:26, “At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD.”
Genesis 6:3, “The LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years.” Several alternate translations say that God’s Spirit will not ‘remain’ or ‘abide’ with man forever.
Now in this statement from God, about God, too often we go to the understandable part of the limitation on human lifespan, but what is really incredible is to realize that God’s Spirit was working in men to disclose what is acceptable to God. The Spirit didn’t appear at Pentecost but has been revealing God all along!
Colleen, I love when God reveals major pieces of His puzzle through the study of His word! Awesome! You have made we want to delve deeper as well!