Our Sunday Messages

David Macdonald - July 21st 2024 -Studies in Genesis Part 9: The New World Genesis 9 The Great Flood Ends – Life Begins Again The Invitation – LTO The Deluge But God – Remembered Noah Climate Change 101 Ark Rested Leaving the Ark Sending of Noah - Genesis 9:1-4 Life is to be Perpetuated – fill the Earth – 1804 – 1Billion  1975 – 4 Billion  2024 – 8.1 Billion Life is to be Prolonged – dominion over animals (management)/animals + plants for food Do not eat Blood (Mark 7:15, Acts 10:9-16, Acts 15) Blood is the life sources of the animal (Lev17:11-12; Heb 9:22) Not a health concern only, but a spiritual concern – life/price of atonement (Leviticus) Life is sacred. Genesis 9:5-6 Life is to be Protected – death penalty & government established If you murder you will be killed This command is the basis for human government NT supports (Paul before Agrippa Acts 26) Romans 12:17-18, 2 Cor 13:1 Romans 13:1-7 Life is to be a Partnership with God – Covenant established Conditional covenant – e.g. – employee