Chapters 7-8

Started to rain 40 days of rain 150 days of flooding Mountains’ tops appeared Dove back with an olive leaf Dove not return Sent out a raven Ark covering removedCame out of the ark 2/177/1710/11/12/27 Civil calendar Sacred calendar 1/17 1/14 (Thu): Passover (Last supper) 1/15 (Fri): Jesus crucified 1/16 (Sat): Sabbath 1/17 (Sun): Jesus rised The date Jesus rised Christ (the ark) went through the water of death under God’s judgement, and then rised from the dead (in Ararat). Those who are in Christ also rised with Him. Ark rested on the mountains of Ararat Sent out a dove

So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. (1 Cor 15:45-46) Raven: eating corrupted meat and junk (unclean bird)  Natural life, lust for the world Dove: pure and obedient (clean bird)  Spiritual life, long for holiness and life Adam-Christ;Ishmael-Issac;Esau-Jacob; Born-born again;Natural body-spiritual body Saul-David;

Besides the Bible, 200+ races in the world (from Asia, Europe to Latin America) also have legends about an ancient great flood, which was somewhat the same as the one in the Bible. China: Nuwa repaired the wall of heaven After Nuwa (sound like Noah) had repaired the wall of heaven with five-colored stones, the rain stopped. The Bible said, after the flood had receded, rainbow appeared in the sky. God made a covernant with Noah by it. Is the deluge and the ark a myth?

Chinese character “ship” portrays the first ship in human history – the ark boat eight family member

95% legends: The cause of the flood was a catastrophe. 95% legends: The flood was worldwide. 88% legends: Only one family was saved in the flood. 70% legends: The family was saved through a ship. 67% legends: Not only people but animals were also saved. 57% legends: The ship rested on a mountain top after the flood. 33% legends: Birds were sent to see if the land was dry after the flood. 13% legends: There was a sacrifice after the flood. 9% (about races) legends: Eight persons were saved. 7% (about 20 races) legends: There was a rainbow after the flood.

It is found that the nearer the race lived from the middle east, the more similar their legends about the flood is to the Bible. On the other hand, those races lived far away from the middle east, their legends are less similar to the Bible.

Are Chinese also descendants of Noah? The ark rested on the mountains of Ararat, which is west of the Pamir Mountains and north of Mesopotamia. The Silk road passed by it. It was said that Huangdi, the ancester of the Chinese, entered China from the west of the Pamirs. Ararat Pamir Mountains Silk road Xian

The deluge (and the red sea) symbolizes the baptism that saves us from the wicked generation through whom (the Holy Spirit) also he (Christ) went and preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also…. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. (1 Pet 3:19-21)

The days of Noah symbolizes the end time As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. (Matt 24:37-38)

Chapters 9-10

Ark: Flood: Ark rested on Ararat: 8 members in Noah’s family: Christ Baptism Raised from the water of death (believers “in Christ”) (believers buried and raised with Christ) 8 symbolizes “resurrection”

Coming out of the ark: First thing: Burn offering: Spiritual sacrifices in N.T.: New life after resurrection Built the altar and offered the sacrifice Offering oneself Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-- this is your spiritual act of worship. (Rom 12:1) Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise-- the fruit of lips that confess his name. (Heb 13:15)

New changes: 1.Man could eat meat 2.Death sentence allowed (human government began) 3.Rainbow appeared as a sign of covernant

Aram Asshur Elam Lud Joktan Dedan Havilah Sheba Hazarmaveth Put Mizraim (Egypt) Cush Seba Canaan Caphtorim Sabtah Nimrod Tarshish Tiras Javan Dodanim Meshech Elishah Kittim Tubal Togarmah Madai Japheth Ham Havilah Sheba Ararat Arphaxad Ophir Shem Raamah

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. (Prov 18:21) For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. (Ps 33:9) Man was made according to God’s image, So his words also have power. Power of words

Consequence of blessing & curse Bible timeWorld History Ham (black) Canaanites: corrupted in faith & moral, and was finally conquered by Israelites

Consequence of blessing & curse Bible timeWorld History Ham (black) Canaanites: corrupted in faith & moral, and was finally conquered by the Israelites

Consequence of blessing & curse Bible timeWorld History Ham (black) Canaanites: corrupted in faith & moral, and was finally conquered by the Israelites Africans: undeveloped, poor & enslaved

Consequence of blessing & curse Bible timeWorld History Ham (black) Canaanites: corrupted in faith & moral, and was finally conquered by the Israelites Africans: undeveloped, poor & enslaved Shem (name)

Consequence of blessing & curse Bible timeWorld History Ham (black) Canaanites: corrupted in faith & moral, and was finally conquered by the Israelites Africans: undeveloped, poor & enslaved Shem (name) Bible & Christ (salvation) came from the Jew

Consequence of blessing & curse Bible timeWorld History Ham (black) Canaanites: corrupted in faith & moral, and was finally conquered by the Israelites Africans: undeveloped, poor & enslaved Shem (name) Bible & Christ (salvation) came from the Jew Japheth (expand)

Consequence of blessing & curse Bible timeWorld History Ham (black) Canaanites: corrupted in faith & moral, and was finally conquered by the Israelites Africans: undeveloped, poor & enslaved Shem (name) Bible & Christ (salvation) came from the Jew Japheth (expand) Tarshish (Spain) was the end of the earth

Japheth lives in the tents of Shem: the gentile and the Jew become one in Christ Bible timeWorld History Ham (black) Canaanites: corrupted in faith & moral, and was finally conquered by the Israelites Africans: undeveloped, poor & enslaved Shem (name) Bible & Christ (salvation) came from the Jew Japheth (expand) Tarshish (Spain) was the end of the earth Europeans: Good in politics, science & arts Consequence of blessing & curse

God blessed Adam and Noah Noah blessed Shem and Japheth Melchizedek blessed Abram Issac blessed Jacob Jacob blessed his 12 sons and 2 grandsons Moses blessed the 12 tribes The priests blessed the Israelites Examples of blessing in the Bible

Applications Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. (Rom 12:14) Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. (1 Pet 3:9) Out of the same mouth come praise (blessing) and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. (James 3:10)

Revoking curses Seven Indications of a Curse: 1.Mental and/or emotional breakdown (usually came from some form of occult involvement) 2.Repeated or chronic sickness (especially if hereditary) 3.Barrenness, a tendency to miscarry or related female problems 4.Breakdown of marriage and family alienation 5.Continuing financial insufficiency 6.Being “accident-prone” 7.A history of suicides and unnatural or untimely deaths (Blessing or Curse You Can Choose – Derek Prince )