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Testament. The fall reveals God’s love for mankind. Immediately after man sinned, God provided a
covering for the shame. An innocent animal died in order to cover their shame. Genesis 3:15 is known as
“proto-evangelion” or the first gospel. It also sets the stage for mankind’s redemption through Christ.
Scripture says, “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and
hers, and he will crush your head and you strike his heal.” Most scholars agree that the offspring being
discussed is Christ who will triumph over the Satan all demonic power. His heal would be stricken can be
a metaphor of the cross.

NOTE: Bible narrative is Christocentric. This means that the narrative of the Bible has a very significant
interest in following the lineage of Christ and how God preserves “the offspring or the Seed.”
Chapter 4 shows the results sin revealed through the death of Abel. Cain’s bloodline died during the
flood and God preserved a faithful bloodline of Seth who also the great grandfather of Noah. The flood
was a result of man’s sinfulness and God’s anger against ungodliness. The flood shows that God is just
and will not let unrighteousness continue without being punishment. Noah found favor in the eyes of
God because of faith in God. He was saved because he believed what God had commanded him to do
with the Ark. The Ark is symbolic of Christ. God was recreating the earth during the flood.

Yes! God was recreating the earth during the flood but there was one major problem. The people who
went in the Ark were still sinful. This is why after the global flood, man still continued in sinful ways as
evidenced by the Tower of Babel.

When God created mankind, he wanted them to fill the earth. But due to sin mankind decided to build a
high tower of Babel and remain in one place. This rebellion was led under the leadership of Nimrod. God
judged the people by confusing their single languages into many languages and scattered them all over
the earth. As earlier mentioned in the preamble that the book of Genesis is a book of origin—this could
be the origin of Languages.

Noah’s Ark and the Flood with Dr. Georgia Purdom

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