Old Testament Walkthru - The flood to Babel

A walk thru’ the Old Testament (OT)..

Lesson 4: Noah – Surviving Faith

GOD’S TOUCHPOINTS

Old Testament SummaryThe Patriarchal AgesThe JudgesThe Reign of RoyaltyThe Prophetic Era

OT WALKTHRU- THE PATRIARCHAL AGES

1. OT Summary2. Adam – A Fallen Faith3. From Fall to Flood4. Noah – Surviving Faith5. The World in Confusion – Babel6. Job – Faith under Fire7. Abraham – Soaring Faith8. Isaac – Winging Faith9. Jacob – Clinging Faith10. Joseph – Unwavering Faith11. God’s Direct Interventions in Genesis12. God’s Special Interventions in Genesis13. Moses – Humbled Faith14. Israel – Leanness of Soul15. God’s Commandments

NOAH – SURVIVING FAITH:PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

Objective The Days of Noah Timeline of Noah and the flood Inside the Ark Noah:

Held on to the word Heeded God’s warning Heart for worship

God’s covenant with Noah Activity Appendix – Lesson Plan

OBJECTIVE

To understand: Noah’s secret of righteousness More on God’s warnings The magnitude of God’s provision God’s covenant with Noah

THE DAYS OF NOAH

Days of dragons, giants and dinosaurs Days where terrible heavenly creatures

(cherubim were visible), protecting the perfect city

The idealistic “city under the sea” could have existed – was this Eden or another city?

Civilization had advanced significantly Does this sound material for fairy tales? Or

material from which fairy tales could have been derived?

THE DAYS OF NOAH

Noah meant “rest” as curse of soil was removed after God’s covenant” Noah lived to see 10 generations including Abram’s birth

Noah was the 10th generation from Adam and a contemporary of Methuselah (who’s name meant “when he dies the flood will come”)

Men lived long lives, toiling on cursed soil – several generations lived together

The entire human race revelled in wickedness. “The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled”. Genesis 6:5, 6

From the search for noah’s ark – Matthew Kneider

INSIDE THE ARK

In regard to Noah's Ark God commanded that it be built with the following specifications:14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. 16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. (Genesis 6:14-16)”It is estimated that around 8000 species of animals (possibly including young dinosaurs were in the ark) and occupied only half or one third the space.

INSIDE THE ARK

VIDEO CLIP – INSIDE THE ARK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol8LDTR2yPs




WHAT DID NOAH AND ANIMALS EAT IN ARK?

God instructed Noah to carry food into the ark2”You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them. “ Gen 6:21

He could have brought grains, wheat, dried fruits, vegetables, nuts and utilized milk and eggs of animals in ark as food for all in ark.

God was running the show and ensured everyone’s needs were provided.

NOAH – HELD ON TO WORD

“Noah did everything just as God commanded him” Gen 6:22

NOAH – HEEDED GOD’S WARNING What were the warnings given in Noah’s age? How does God warn us in today’s age?

NOAH – HEART FOR WORSHIP Noah’s first action on coming out of the ark was to build an

altar to God In response, God, via the rainbow, covenanted with Noah:

Never to destroy the world again To remove the curse of the soil given to Adam

DISCUSSION: GOD’S COVENANT WITH NOAH

What were the significant points of God’s covenant with Noah? (Gen 9)

How are they relevant today?

ACTIVITY

Play hangman using drawing on board or ppt.

Ask conceptual (not factual) questions on lessons learned in past weeks. Divide into two teams

If answers are wrong draw one piece of body

When whole body is drawn for a team the team loses

APPENDIX – LESSON PLAN

Slides 1-9: 13 mins Slide 10 – Video clip: 4 mins Slide 11-15: 8 mins Slide 16- Discussion: 20 mins

(alternatively, highlight points in 5 mins) Slide 17 – Activity: 15 mins


Lesson 5: The World in Confusion - Babel

GOD’S TOUCHPOINTS

Old Testament SummaryThe Patriarchal AgesThe JudgesThe Reign of RoyaltyThe Prophetic Era



THE WORLD IN CONFUSION – BABELPRESENTATION OVERVIEW

Objectives Standards falling

Irony of Noah Folly of Ham/ Canaan Tyranny of Nimrod

Babel growing God controlling Discussion – Self exaltation in our lives

Note: Additional reference material is available in the Notes section of this presentation.

OBJECTIVE

To understand the danger of: Self righteous over-confidence Self exaltation

STANDARDS FALLINGIRONY OF NOAH

Read Gen 9:18-29 When the world around is drinking Noah is

sober When all around are sober, Noah drinks.

“Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.” 1 Cor 10:12

STANDARDS FALLINGFOLLY OF HAM/ CANAAN

Canaan cursed, Shem and Japeth blessed. Ham does not get curse or blessing.

What Canaan and Ham did was not clear but we can assume that Canaan was the bigger transgressor.

We see Canaan emerging as a strong nation and eventually facing repeated defeat and eventual oblivion as they get scattered on the earth.

Ham is the father of the African race who did face slavery and humiliation for many years.

VIDEO CLIP – PRIDE BEFORE A FALL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY3SQ5C22mY




Divide into several teams of 2-3 members per team and give each team a pack of cards (can be supplemented with additional material)

Ask them to construct a tower as high as they can out of the cards.

As them how they feel about their tower. After towers are constructed, ask another

team to blow their tower. After them how they feel now.

ACTIVITY (FOR YOUTH)

STANDARDS FALLINGTYRANNY OF NIMROD – CONT’D…

Read Gen 10:6-10Nimrod has been described in various sources as: "a powerful rebel before the

Lord” -The Targum of Jonathan "powerful in hunting in sin before

the Lord,'‘ – Targum of Jerusalem “a mighty hunter, because he

was all his days taking provinces by force, and spoiling others of their substance” – Jewish writer

"before the Lord", openly and publicly, and without fear of him, and in a bold and impudent manner see Genesis 6:11 as "against the Lord” - Septuagint

http://biblehub.com/genesis/6-11.htm

http://biblehub.com/genesis/6-11.htm

BABEL GROWING

The Greek form of Babylon means “Gate of the god”. The hebrew name for the tower Babel means to confuse or confound.Read Gen 11:4-9

GOD CONTROLLING

Eventually God is in control. He broke the objective of the most powerful men on earth and dispersed them – a mild response to a strong offence.

Just as God is in control of the macro events in the universe, He is in control of the micro events in our lives.

SOME IMPORTANT LOCATIONS IN OT

ACTIVITY EXPLANATION

Danger of too much attachment, and pride to our “towers” in life.

Importance of realizing we are not owners but stewards of all we own.

DISCUSSION - SELF EXALTATION IN OUR LIVES

“Let us make a name for ourselves (Gen 11:4)”…the most alluring temptation of all. Self exaltation in the place of God glorification.

In what forms does this temptation lure us today?

How do we overcome it?

APPENDIX - LESSON PLAN

Slides19-24: 12 mins Slide 25 – Video clip: 5 mins Slide 26 – Activity: 13 mins Slides 27-31: 15 mins 32- Discussion: 15 mins


Lesson 6: Job – Faith under Fire

GOD’S TOUCHPOINTS

Old Testament SummaryThe Patriarchal AgesThe JudgesThe Royal VersesProphets, Priests and Kings



JOB – FAITH UNDER FIREPRESENTATION OVERVIEW

Objectives Job – Chronologically in the Bible Authorship of Job Job’s Disposition in Abundance

Presence of God Purity and Integrity Providence of God

Job’s Disposition in Emptiness Prayers of Faith Protests Big Picture of God – Dragons and Dinosaurs

Discussion References

Note: Additional reference material is available in the Notes section of this presentation

OBJECTIVES

To: understand Job’s secret in overcoming

the most hazardous temptations Learn how he handled adversity and

prosperity Gain a bigger perspective of God

AUTHORSHIP OF JOB

Language and use of Yahweh indicates authorship was probably not Job or his friends but an Israelite.

JOB CHRONOLOGICALLY IN THE BIBLE

When was the book of Job written?History of the Bible Timeline

Creation - B.C. 2000 - Originally, the earliest Scriptures are handed down from generation to generation orally.

Around B.C. 2000-1500 - The book of Job, perhaps the oldest book of the Bible, is written.

Around B.C. 1500-1400 - The stone tablets of the Ten Commandments are given to Moses at Mount Sinai and later stored in the Ark of the Covenant.

Around B.C. 1400–400 - The manuscripts comprising the original Hebrew Bible (39 Old Testament books) are completed. The Book of the Law is kept in the tabernacle and later in the Temple beside the Ark of the covenant

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In abundance Presence of God Purity and integrity Providence of God

In emptiness Prayers of Faith Protests Big Picture of God

JOB’S DISPOSITION

PRESENCE OF GOD

Job’s Final Defense29 Job continued his discourse:2 “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,3 when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,6 when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.(Job 29:1-6)

PURITY AND INTEGRITY

29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? (Job 6:29,30)


23 How many wrongs and sins have I committed? Show me my offense and my sin (Job 13)

3 As long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,4 my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.5 I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.6 (Job 27)


31 “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.2 For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high?3 Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?4 Does he not see my ways and count my every step?5 “If I have walked with falsehood

or my foot has hurried after deceit—6 let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless—7 if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,8 then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.(Job 31:1-8)

How do we control our thoughts?What are the consequences of controlling our thoughts?

ACTIVITY – PART A

On paper write what are thoughts you have about: When you think about favourite people of the

opposite gender When you are studying? When you have free time?Fold and put it in box (passed around by leader)Leader opens and discusses.Leader asks members to tear negative papers and throw in garbage bag

Pray over each stronghold that Satan brings them down

PROVIDENCE OF GOD “When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,8 the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;9 the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;10 the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,12 because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.13 The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.14 I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.15 I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.16 I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.17 I broke the fangs of the wicked

and snatched the victims from their teeth.18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.19 My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.20 My glory will not fade; the bow will be ever new in my hand.’21 “People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears.23 They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.[a]

25 I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2029&version=NIV#fen-NIV-13557a

PRAYERS OF FAITH

20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21 and said:“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” (Job 1:20,21)

22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing. (Job 1:22)

PRAYERS OF FAITH

There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined. (Job 28:1) But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. (Job 23:10)

PRAYERS OF FAITH

And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” (Job 28:28)

PRAYERS OF FAITH

Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless person would dare come before him (Job 13:15,16)

PRAYERS OF FAITH

I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!(Job 19:25-27)

JOB PROTESTS

32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.33 There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand upon us both.34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.35 Then I would speak without fear of him, for I am not so in myself. (Job 9:32-35-Revised Standard Version RSV)

VIDEO CLIP – DUTY OF A CHRISTIAN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ5IlwWu5fs



BIG PICTURE OF GOD - LEVIATHAN

BIG PICTURE OF GOD – LEVIATHAN CONT’D..Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope?2 Can you put a cord through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook?3 Will it keep begging you for mercy? Will it speak to you with gentle words?4 Will it make an agreement with you for you to take it as your slave for life?5 Can you make a pet of it like a bird or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?6 Will traders barter for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?7 Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?8 If you lay a hand on it, you will remember the struggle and never do it again!9 Any hope of subduing it is false;

the mere sight of it is overpowering.10 No one is fierce enough to rouse it. Who then is able to stand against me?11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.12 “I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs, its strength and its graceful form.13 Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor[b]?14 Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth?15 Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;16 each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.17 They are joined fast to one another;

BIG PICTURE OF GOD – LEVIATHAN – CONT’D.. they cling together and cannot be parted.18 Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn.19 Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.20 Smoke pours from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.21 Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.22 Strength resides in its neck; dismay goes before it.23 The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.24 Its chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.25 When it rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before its thrashing.26 The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the

javelin.27 Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.28 Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones are like chaff to it.29 A club seems to it but a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.30 Its undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.31 It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.32 It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had white hair.33 Nothing on earth is its equal— a creature without fear.34 It looks down on all that are haughty; it is king over all that are proud.”

BIG PICTURE OF GOD - BEHEMOTH

BIG PICTURE OF GOD – BEHEMOTH – CONT’D…

“Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.16 What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!17 Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.18 Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.19 It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.20 The hills bring it their produce,

and all the wild animals play nearby.21 Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.23 A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.24 Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose? (Gen 40)

ACTIVITY – PART B

On paper write ideal thoughts vis-vis the ones you wrote last class: When you think about favourite people of the

opposite gender When you are studying? When you have free time?Fold and put it in box (passed around by leader)Leader opens, shares and discusses.Pray for victory over negative thoughts

DISCUSSION (FOR ADULTS)

1. Job did not sin but he erred. Where was his error? What caused it?

2. What was the sin of his friends?3. How do we risk facing these issues

today?

Job had such a pure life, he could challenge God to find fault

with him in the most vulnerable areas – thoughts and the tongue

Are we righteous enough to pose God such a challenge?

APPENDIX LESSON PLAN (YOUTH)

Part 1 Slides 34-45 (20 mins) Slide 46: Activity - Part A (25 mins)Part 2Recap of part 1 (5 mins) Slides 47-52 (10 mins) Slide 53: Video clip (5 mins) Slide 54-59 (10 mins) Slide 60 Activity – Part B (15 mins)

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Old Testament Walkthru - The flood to Babel