Coachlight Bible Study – Genesis
Lesson XXII
A Sweet Savour
Some
geologists have been denying that there was a Flood during the time of Noah as
Peter prophesied (II Peter 3:3-7) 2000 years ago. Whether or not these evolutionary scientists
are willing to admit it, not only did the Flood occur, but the inspired Word
teaches us that it was a world-wide flood which is neither a local flood, nor a
tranquil flood. A “world-wide tranquil
flood” is a contradiction, something like saying a “tranquil explosion! The ability of moving water to erode and
transfer big quantities of sediment and great boulders is well known to anyone
that has been near a river during a storm.
But
with this lesson, we will be more concerned about what occurred after Noah and
his family left the ark, and its implications to us today.
Genesis 8:1
And God remembered [02142] Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle
that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind [07307] to pass over the
earth, and the waters asswaged;
I. The Flood
Had Prevailed For 150 Days
A.
It Utterly Destroyed The World That Then Was – II Peter 3:6
B.
Left Millions of Remains of Dead Organisms
1. Buried In The Sediments –
Hence The Fossils We See Today
2. Floating on the Water
3. God Began To Make The Flood Recede
II. God
Remembered Noah
A.
Had God Forgot About Noah? – No
B.
The Same Verb Is Used In Other Parts of The Bible
1.
In Reference To Samson – Judges
2.
Hannah – I Samuel 1:11
3.
Abraham (In reference to
4.
5.
The Repentant Thief – Luke 23:42
C.
A Hebraism Meaning, “To Begin To Act Again
On Their Behalf”
02142 rkz zakar
zaw-kar’ - a primitive root; TWOT-551; v
remember 172,
mention 21, remembrance 10, recorder 9, mindful 6, think 3, bring to
remembrance 2, record 2, misc 8; 233
III. God Made A
Wind
A.
Remember in Genesis 1:2 As “the Spirit of the Lord Moved”
B.
Ruwach is the same word translated
“Spirit” in 1:2, and “wind” in 8:1
07307 xwr ruwach
roo’-akh - from 07306; TWOT-2131a; n
f
Spirit or
spirit 232, wind 92, breath 27, side 6, mind 5, blast 4, vain 2, air 1, anger
1, cool 1, courage 1, misc 6; 378
C.
The Correct Interpretation is: “After making the waters recede, The Spirit of
God again began to act on their behalf”
D.
There Was A Drastic Rearrangement Of Earth Topography
1.
2. Ocean Basins Deepening And
Widening To Get Water Off The Land
Psalm
104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above
the mountains.
Psalm
104:7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Psalm
104:8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place
which thou hast founded for them. {They go up…: or, The mountains ascend, the
valleys descend}
Psalm
104:9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not
again to cover the earth.
Genesis 8:2
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the
rain from heaven was restrained;
Genesis 8:3
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of
the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. {continually: Heb. in going
and returning}
Genesis 8:4
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month,
upon the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 8:5
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month,
on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
{decreased…: Heb. were in going and decreasing}
Genesis 8:6
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of
the ark which he had made:
Genesis 8:7
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were
dried up from off the earth. {to…: Heb. in going forth and returning}
Genesis 8:8
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off
the face of the ground;
Genesis
8:9 But the dove found no rest for the
sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were
on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and
pulled her in unto him into the ark. {pulled…: Heb. caused her to come}
Genesis
Genesis 8:11
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive
leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Genesis
Genesis 8:13
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month,
the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and
Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the
ground was dry.
Genesis 8:14
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the
earth dried.
IV. Chronology
Of The Flood
A.
Forty Days For Rain To Fall – Genesis 7:12
B.
An Additional 110 Days The Flood Prevailed – Genesis 7:24
C.
74 Days Elapsed Before The mountain Tops Were Seen – Genesis 8:5
D.
40 Days After That, Noah Sent Out A Raven – Genesis 8:6-7
E.
Another 7 Days Before The Dove Was first Sent – Genesis 8:8-10
F.
Additional 7 Days For The Dove To Be Sent The 2nd Time – Genesis
G.
Plus 7 Days For The Dove’s 3rd mission – Genesis 8:12
H.
Another 29 Days Occurred Before Genesis 8:13
I.
Another 57 Days Between The Removing of the Cover And Verse 14
J.
Total Of 371 Days – More Than One Year
Genesis 8:15
And God spake unto Noah, saying,
Genesis 8:16
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with
thee.
Genesis 8:17
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both
of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and
multiply upon the earth.
Genesis 8:18
And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
Genesis 8:19
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon
the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. {kinds: Heb. families}
V. Noah, His
Family, And The Animals All Left The
A.
You Would Think That After A Year At Sea In The
1.
Bend Down
2.
And Kiss The Earth
B.
But Noah Walked With God – Genesis 6:9
Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his
generations, and Noah walked with God. {perfect: or, upright}
Genesis 8:20
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of
every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
VI. Noah
Builded An Altar
Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not
again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s
heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing
living, as I have done. {a sweet…: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction} {for
the imagination: or, through the imagination}
Genesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer
and winter, and day and night shall not cease. {While…: Heb. As yet all the
days of the earth}
VII. Noah Builded An Altar
VIII. How Can We Allow The Lord To Smell A Sweet Savour?
Romans 12:1 I
beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable
service.
Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed [3339] by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God.
3339 metamorfow metamorphoo met-am-or-fo’-o - from 3326 and 3445; v
transfigure 2,
transform 1, change 1; 4
1) to change into another
form, to transform, to transfigure
1a) Christ appearance was
changed and was resplendent with divine brightness on the mount of
transfiguration
A.
God Smells A Sweet Savor When We Have Transformed Minds
B.
The 20 Characteristics Of The Transformed Mind
1.
One Not Thinking Too Highly Of Ourselves – Romans 12:3
2.
One Exercising His Gifts With Love – Romans 12:4-9
3.
One Exercising Brotherly Love – Romans 12:10
4. One Not Slothful In Busness – Romans 12:11
5.
One Fervent In Spirit In Business - Serving The Lord – Romans 12:12
6.
Rejoicing In Hope – Romans 12:12
7.
Patient In Tribulation – Romans 12:12
8.
Continuing Instant In Prayer
9.
Giving To The Necessity Of The Saints – Romans 12:13
10.
Blessing Them That Persecute You – Romans 12:14
11.
Not Cursing – Romans
12.
Rejoice With Them That Rejoice – Romans 12:15
13.
Weep With Them That Weep – Romans 12:15
13.
Treats All As Equals – Romans 12:16
14.
Not Being Wise In His Own Conceits – Romans 12:16
15.
Not Recompensing Evil For Evil – Romans 12:17
16.
As Much As Possible Lives Peacably With All Men – Romans 12:18
17.
Doesn’t Avenge Himself (Knows God Takes Vengeance)– Romans
18.
Gives To His Enemy what He Needs – Romans 12:20
19.
Is Not Overcome With Evil – Romans 12:21
20. Overcomes Evil With Good – Romans 12:21