God's Covenant with Noah

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Genesis 6:9-22

A description of the judgment that is going to happen. But because Noah is righteous, God is going to make a covenant (promise or agreement) with him. It would apply also to his family. Noah has nothing to fear.

Genesis 8:1-22

Even though the heart of man is evil...

1. There will be no additional curse and no more global Floods caused by human sin. (Some believe that the original curse may have been lessened in intensity.)
2. Instead, there will be cycles of planting/harvest, cold/heat, summer/winter and day/night (the same thing we read about in Ecclesiastes). This will continue as long as the earth remains - at least the present earth (which we know will be destroyed in a future judgment).

Genesis 9:1-29

The covenant is applicable to the entire human race in the Third World Ecosystem, as well as to all air-breathing creatures.

It has reference is to a universal flood, not to local ones. It refers to a type of flood that would "cut off" the human race. It will never happen again. The "sign of a covenant" (a sign that is still is in effect) is the rainbow.

Psalm 104:1-35

Psa 104:9 "You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the earth."

This was written many centuries after the Flood that occurred in Noah's day. At the end of the Flood, God promised that the waters would never again cover the earth (Genesis 9:11). This is why the psalmist can say what he said, and know that it is true.

Isaiah 24:1-23

Comments about the "everlasting covenant" (v. 5): This may be a deliberately ambiguous phrase, not referring to any specific covenant, because different people have received different amounts of revelation from God. (It may include this covenant.)

Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.