Genesis 9
In this chapter, God makes a promise to Noah and all living things that He'll never use a flood to destroy all life again.
There's some really neat stuff when you start thinking about rainbows.
Really, it's a bow.
As in, a bow and arrow.
Imagine God's wrath, His war against humans, is symbolized by this rainbow. God's bow.
As a part of His covenant, God is "hanging up" His bow in the clouds. He's saying, "I'm not going to use this against you again."
Another way to look at the bow is that it's no longer pointing down at us. God's not going to kill humans this way again as a result of our sin. It's now pointing UP. When our sin becomes too much, God will kill Himself, in the person of Jesus.
It's another chapter pointing towards the rescuer that God will be sending us later in the Bible!
There's some really neat stuff when you start thinking about rainbows.
Really, it's a bow.
As in, a bow and arrow.
Imagine God's wrath, His war against humans, is symbolized by this rainbow. God's bow.
As a part of His covenant, God is "hanging up" His bow in the clouds. He's saying, "I'm not going to use this against you again."
Another way to look at the bow is that it's no longer pointing down at us. God's not going to kill humans this way again as a result of our sin. It's now pointing UP. When our sin becomes too much, God will kill Himself, in the person of Jesus.
It's another chapter pointing towards the rescuer that God will be sending us later in the Bible!
Genesis 10
This chapter goes through a list of descendants from Noah. Let's face it, it's not an exciting chapter.
So what kinds of important information can we glean from it?
When there's a long list of names, one thing I'll look for is if one or two people have more written about them other than just who they descend from.
In this chapter, that person is Nimrod:
So I looked him up on Google.
It turns out this is just an introduction to Nimrod. He comes up again in 1 Chronicles 1:10 and again in Micah 5:6. According to history noted in Wikipedia, it looks like Nimrod was likely the person that lead the building of the Tower of Babel. Also noted in Wikipedia, Josephus also wrote that Nimrod led people to turn away from God and made them rely on himself as king.
If you're reading the entire Bible, keep your eyes peeled for Nimrod in the future!
So what kinds of important information can we glean from it?
When there's a long list of names, one thing I'll look for is if one or two people have more written about them other than just who they descend from.
In this chapter, that person is Nimrod:
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar. From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.I couldn't really figure much out from this on my own. Other than Nimrod is a warrior and was the founder or ruler of a lot of cities.
So I looked him up on Google.
It turns out this is just an introduction to Nimrod. He comes up again in 1 Chronicles 1:10 and again in Micah 5:6. According to history noted in Wikipedia, it looks like Nimrod was likely the person that lead the building of the Tower of Babel. Also noted in Wikipedia, Josephus also wrote that Nimrod led people to turn away from God and made them rely on himself as king.
If you're reading the entire Bible, keep your eyes peeled for Nimrod in the future!
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