GenesisGenesis(The book of beginnings)(The book of beginnings)

Chapters 6-9Chapters 6-9

The FloodThe Flood

A REAL HISTORY!A REAL HISTORY!

The Chinese LanguageThe Chinese Language

Is the oldest, continuously written Is the oldest, continuously written language in the Worldlanguage in the World

First written over 4,500 years agoFirst written over 4,500 years agoThe inventors of the written The inventors of the written

language drew pictures to express language drew pictures to express words or ideaswords or ideas

Simple pictures were combined to Simple pictures were combined to make more complex thoughtsmake more complex thoughts

Well known history and common everyday things were used to make a word so people

could remember it

The Great World FloodThe Great World Flood

•1Pe 3:20 ……., when the patience 1Pe 3:20 ……., when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight ark, in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. souls were saved by water.

Noah, his wife, three sons, and their wives

Eight people onthe boat

GEN.6:5-8; GEN.6:5-8; 7:77:7

+ + =Boat Large

ShipPerson Eight

+ + =Boat

Large Ship

Person Eight

The ancient people of China in their language

testify to this real history.

Isa 54:9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Jesus, Isaiah and others talkedabout Noah and the flood

as a real history!

•Mockers among us!Mockers among us!

2Pe 3:1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

2Pe 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

2Pe 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

2Pe 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

Mockers are here.Mockers are here.

Most people to be consistent with their belief in millions of years feel compelled to reject what the Bible clearly says about the global flood. They propose a local flood instead.

A SAD HISTORY!A SAD HISTORY!

Gen 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Gen 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Gen 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Gen 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Gen 6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. Gen 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. Gen 6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Gen 6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. Gen 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. Gen 6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

A Cute StoryA Cute Story

A Sad HistoryA Sad History

Noah Finds Grace!Noah Finds Grace!

Gen 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Gen 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. Gen 6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gen 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Gen 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. Gen 6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

How did Noah find grace?

• 2Pe 2:5 And spared not the old 2Pe 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth world, but saved Noah the eighth personperson, , a preacher of a preacher of righteousnessrighteousness, bringing in the flood , bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;upon the world of the ungodly;

• Gen 6:14 Gen 6:14 MakeMake thee an ark of gopher thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. pitch.

• Gen 6:15 And this Gen 6:15 And this is the fashionis the fashion which thou which thou shalt make it shalt make it ofof: The length of the ark : The length of the ark shall shall bebe three hundred cubits, the breadth of it three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

• Gen 6:16 A window shalt thou make to the Gen 6:16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; side thereof; withwith lower, second, and third lower, second, and third storiesstories shalt thou make it. shalt thou make it.

• Heb 11:7 By faith Noah, being Heb 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet warned by God about things not yet seen, seen, in in reverencereverence prepared an ark prepared an ark for the salvation his householdfor the salvation his household; by ; by which he condemned the world, and which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness became an heir of the righteousness which is by faith. which is by faith.

• Gen 6:22 Thus Noah did; according Gen 6:22 Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, to all that God had commanded him, so he did. so he did.

Gen 7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

God gives Grace!God gives Grace!

Hear

Believe

Repent

Confess

1Pe 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 1Pe 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

1Pe 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 1Pe 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Baptized