Nov 16 2005
Genesis 9
Promises, Promises, Promises
OR
What Could Happen When Your Youngest Child Catches You Drinking
Verses 1-7: We begin with a brief restatement of the commands & promises that God gave to Noah at the end of Chapter 8. God commissions Noah, Ham, Shem, and Japheth (along with their wives) to “be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.†(Genesis 9:1, ESV) However, the next verses further pollute the original ideas & constructs behind Creation: God tells Noah that all of the animals will fear humans. Yes, every animal will be scared of humans – beasts of the field, birds of the air, insects on the ground, fish in the sea. No animal will be immune from fearing humanity, to the point of God declaring that all plants and animals will be forced to serve as food for humanity. God told Noah that every animal on the earth would be delivered into humanity’s hands, to be used as food or resources.
The further we walk from the Garden of Eden, the further we walk from the original intentions that God seemed to have set out for His Creation in the beginning. Continue reading “Genesis 9″
