Sunday, February 10, 2008

• Noah's Ark Update

  Nothing that really alludes to the Messiah yet, but.....

  Gen 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, Gen 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. Gen 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. Gen 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

  THIS to many people sounds crazy, but both Jewish and Gentile commentators agree that something funky was going on. The word "giants" is translated from the Hebrew "Nefilim" which when broken down to its three letter root word is the word "Niphal" which means to fall down, to cast down, and to drop down. Creepily enough it also means "stillborn." Paul seems to allude to these creepy sounding guys in his letter to Peter.

  2Pe 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 2Pe 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

  I dunno. It would make sense that Satan would try to pull something like this because of the Prophecy:

  Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

  If angels were really doing what it sounds like they were doing, than satan was genetically trying to mess up the seed of the woman, or in other words, alter the coming of the Mess.... Wait... I think this verse does allude to Messiah.... Well how 'bout that?

  Anyway, It seems like God had to send the flood because the genetic line was so messed up that the flood was really apart of God's redemptive plan, so God is really showing mercy to mankind by His judgment. I'm just speculating, but it does seem as if this is whats happening.

  Next Verse.

  Gen 6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. Gen 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

  First, to really get the picture of whats going on in Noah's world, we have to go back and define some words. I always find it revealing to look at the first occurance of a word in the scriptures. In doing so, I find the meaning behind the word.  I wanna look at the two words "corrupt" and "way." The word "corrupt" is translated from the Hebrew word "Shachat", and this word, according to Strong's means to spoil, to marr, to ruin, to pervert, and to be laid waste. The etymological root means to degenerate irreversibly, to ruin prosperity and social deterioration. Society was deteriorating, in short. Why? Because they had corrupted their WAY. And this leads me to the next word, way. The word way is translated from the Hebrew word "derek", and it is most important that we understand what this word means. The first time we see this word in the scriptures is in Genesis chapter 3.

  Gen 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the WAY (derek) of the tree of life.

  Derek, according to Strong's means, a road, a journey, or a manner or habit. The root of this word mean, to step forward, to progress to a goal, an open road, aiming, and moral development. This word makes me think of a verse.

  Rom 10:4 For Messiah is the goal of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

  Messiah is the goal of the Torah. The funny thing is, the word Torah, comes from a root that means "to aim."
  Jesus also claims to be the way the truth and the life, and that no one can come to God but through Him.

  Well were gunna look up the word "life" now. The word life is from the Hebrew word "Chayim" and it first appears in this verse:

  Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of LIFE; and man became a living soul.

  God breathes LIFE into the man. God is the author of life itself, and he has formatted, if you will, the earth to work a certain way.

  Deu 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; Deu 11:27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: Deu 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the WAY which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

  The word life, "chayim", when taken to its root meaning, means to live by virtue of God's thoughts, and healthy and full of LIFE.

  Jesus came so that we might have LIFE and that we might have it more abundantly. When we live life according to the WAY that God has DESIGNED for us, than we find ourselves living meaningful lives.  Because He IS the way. He IS the life. So Derek means, the natural order of things. The way God designed things to be.

  Oh, and one thing I left out (just to add to the effect), the word corrupt, "shachat", also means "to resist ones natural WAY."

  In Noahs day, people were resisting their natural way. Not just because of the unnatural breeding that was going on, but because people forsook that natural way of doing things. Robbery, murder, homosexuality, adultry, and drunkeness. Does this sound remotely familiar? I think it does. There were probably other things going on. Dare I say, obesity, mental handicaps, disorders and a blurred line of whats right and wrong? An amoral society? If we could go back in time, we would probably find this culture, very much like our own.

  Im not a writer, and I did a really poor job on this, so pardon me. But yeah, thats what I have found so far. Hope it all made sense, and hopefully someone learned something new :)

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