Genesis Title: Genesis - Introduction: New Creation & New Fall Text: Genesis 9:1-29 Genesis 9:26 (NIV84) 26 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. By: Pastor Micah Adamson October 28, 2018 Title

Review of Genesis: Genesis 1: God created, separated, and populated the heavens, the earth, and the seas. Genesis 2: God created mankind in His image and assigned them the task of ruling creation for Him. Genesis 3: Mankind broke the rules of their relationship with God and were kicked out of paradise. Genesis 4: Mankind’s rebellion against God turned to violence toward each other. Genesis 5: Even the godly descendants of Adam and Eve died. Genesis 6-8: God de-created and re-created the world through a flood, saving mankind through Noah. Genesis 9: New Commandments, a New Covenant, a New Fall, and a New Curse on the New Creation.

Genesis Poems: Gen. 1:27 (by God about Mankind being made in His image) Gen. 2:23 (by Adam about Eve being made like Adam) Gen. 3:14-19 (by God about the curse on sin) Gen. 4:23-24 (by Lamech about his sin of murder and his escape of punishment like Cain) Gen. 8:22 (by God about His new creation promise of grace) Gen. 9:6 (by God about punishing the sin of murder against Mankind created in His image) Gen. 9:24-27 (by Noah about the curse on the sin of Canaan and his blessing on Shem and Japheth)

Genesis 9:1-7 (NIV84) New Creation – Commandments (Poem) 1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. 4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man [Adam], too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man [Adam]. 6 “Whoever sheds the blood of man [Adam], by man [Adam] shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man [Adam]. 7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”

Bookends: Gen. 9:1 and Gen. 9:7 = Bookends: Be fruitful/Increase/Fill Gen. 6:18 and 9:9-10 = Bookends: Covenants Genesis 6:18 (NIV84) 18 I will establish my covenant with you… Genesis 9:9 (NIV84) 9 I now establish my covenant with you…

Chiasms: Chiasm = Pairs of nested bookends inside each other framing a story from beginning to end. Keystone = Middle/Main point Essay: Introduction, Body, Conclusion Story: Setup, Climax, Resolution Journey: Outbound trip, Destination, Return trip

Noah’s Chiasm: 1a. God talks to Noah (covenant) 2a. Animals get on the ark. 3a. Flood rises. 4a. God remembers Noah (covenantally) - Keystone 3b. Flood recedes. 2b. Animals get off the ark. 1b. God talks to Noah (covenant)

Covenants: The three main covenant types: Peace Treaty (Conditional agreement between equals- Between kings or subjects) Royal Grant (Unconditional gifts from kings to subjects- Often as a reward for past service) Suzerainty Treaty (Conditional gifts from kings to subjects- As a reward for future service)

Covenants in Genesis: Gen. 31:44 = Jacob/Laban (Equals – Peace Treaty)- Boundary stone as the sign Gen. 17:2ff = Abraham (Conditional – Suzerainty Treaty)- Circumcision as the sign Gen. 15:18 = Abraham (Unconditional – Royal Grant)- Stars as the

Genesis 9:8-17 (NIV84) New Creation – Covenant 8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.” 17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

Genesis 9:18-23 (NIV84) New Fall – Sin and Results 18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the earth. 20 Noah, a man [Adam] of the soil [Adam], proceeded to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father’s nakedness.

Genesis 9:24-27 (NIV84) New Fall – Curse (Poem) 24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.” 26 He also said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. 27 May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.”

Noah’s Death: Genesis 5:3-5 (NIV84) 3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. 4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5 Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died. Genesis 5:32, 9:28-29 (NIV84) 32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth…. 28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 Altogether, Noah lived 950 years, and then he died.

Conclusion: New Creation: Jesus makes us into the new Creation (2 Cor. 5:17, 21, Gal. 6:15). New Covenant: Jesus brings us into a New Covenant by the faith (Gal. 2:15-21). Jesus gave us the New Covenant sign of baptism (Matt. 28:19, 1 Pet. 3:18, Gen. 17:10, Lev. 12:3, Col. 2:11-12). Jesus invites us to remember His death (Luke 22:29, 1 Cor. 11:25, Ex. 12:14, 20:8). Jesus poured out His lifeblood for us to drink (Matt. 26:27-28, John 6:40-56). New Commandment: Jesus gave us the new commandment (John 13:34, 2 John 5-6, Matt. 22:37-40, Duet. 6:5, Lev. 19:18, 1 John 4:19). Jesus gives us new hearts in the New Covenant (Deut. 10:16, 30:6, Jer. 4:4, 31:31-34, Rom. 2:29, Heb. 8:8-13, 9:15, 12:24). New Adam (with no New Fall): Jesus is the new Adam who will never fall (Rom. 5:14-15, 1 Cor. 15:21-22, 45-49, Col. 1:15, Rom. 6:9, Heb. 4:15)