Day 9 - Genesis 9

By: Norman W. Berry

Narrator: Chris Genthree

• 1 min. read • grade level: 6

V.1-17 God makes a new agreement (called a covenant) with men. It starts in Genesis 8:20,²⁰And 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. (Genesis 8:20) and runs to end of verse 17 in this chapter.

V.4 A very important subject. For the first time God gives permission to people to eat the flesh of animals. Note this statement — the life of the flesh is in the blood (See Lev. 17:10-14¹⁰And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. ¹¹For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. ¹²Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. ¹³And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. ¹⁴For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. (Leviticus 17:10‑14)). They were NOT to eat the blood. The body is made up of flesh and blood — the natural life. But we need a new life, a spiritual life. When Jesus died, His blood was poured out shed. When He rose from the dead He was different. He was without blood (Luke 24:39; 1³⁹Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. (Luke 24:39)
³⁹And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; (Luke 1:39) Cor. 15:43-50; 2 Cor. 5:17). If you read Romans 6:2-12²God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? ³Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? ⁴Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. ⁵For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: ⁶Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. ⁷For he that is dead is freed from sin. ⁸Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: ⁹Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. ¹⁰For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. ¹¹Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. ¹²Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. (Romans 6:2‑12) carefully you will learn our (believers’) part in all this. We believers are now in a new spiritual life. It is His life; it is eternal life.

V.11-12 Every time you see the rainbow, you can remember that God put it there as His token (reminder), that there never again will be a flood to destroy the earth. But you can also be reminded that the next judgment is worse. God is going to burn up the earth (2 Peter 3:10, 12, 6-7).

V.19-29 The people did not improve. Noah now falls into sin. The human race starts down the road to worldwide corruption once again.

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