A Deep Dive into Scripture
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land which I will show you. And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who … Read more
And I will make my covenant between me and you … Genesis 17: 2 The backbone of Holy Scripture and the unifying principle that binds Genesis to Revelation is the idea of covenant. We introduced this idea of covenant showing how the Noachian covenant organically grew out of the Edenic Covenant. Now we will show … Read more
Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran, they settled there. (Gen. 11:31). Terah, the father of Abraham, was … Read more
Jubal was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe; Tubal Cain was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. (Gen. 4:21, f.) The Nephiim were on the earth in those days… (Gen. 6:4) The beginning of [Nimrod’s] kingdom was Babel, Erech, and Accad, all of them in the land … Read more
“Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face … Read more
Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard; and he drank from the wine and became drunk … Gen. 9:20 Noah pleased God, was righteous and perfect, walked with God, and was obedient in carrying out God’s incomprehensible command to build a huge ship and collect animals. This does not … Read more
But I will establish my covenant with you (6:18). This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I will set my bow in the cloud… (Gen. 9:12f.) The first time the word “covenant” occurs is Genesis 6:18. … Read more
And God said to Noah … Make yourself an ark of gopher wood … For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth … (Gen. 6:13-17) Adam with Eve was to expand the borders of the Garden to the whole earth, filling it with offspring, subduing the wild regions as well as … Read more
And the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. Gen. 6:11. The Garden in Eden, as we have established, was a Holy of Holies, and Adam was its priest made in the image of God, to “cultivate and keep/guard” it in the splendor of the seventh day with Eve … Read more
Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden. Gen. 4:16 God cursed Cain (4:11)! Nothing could be more serious! As we said previously, God did not curse Adam or Eve, for then the whole human race would be under divine curse. Cain was … Read more