Here are some of my thoughts and impressions from this week’s reading… if you have answers to any of my wonderings, please share. And I want to hear anything that stood out to you. If you don’t want to share on the blog (but I really wish you would so others could benefit….), then email me at chamfam@bellsouth.net Some of you have already reached out with some treasures you’ve found -thank you! Please keep doing so and share them with us all. I love y’all <3
Genesis 3:20- Did Adam name Eve after the Fall? I wonder what the significance of that is? 3:15 is the first promise of The Messiah to come!
Genesis 7 - some animals were gathered by two’s and some by seven’s - this accounted for the necessary sacrifices during the time on the ark. I wonder if this was “7 couples” or "7” animals.? Leaning towards 7 couples based on v. 2
The water came from above AND from “the great deep” - this tells us that there were water stores beneath the ground and they burst open to add to the flood effect with the rain falling from the sky.
v. 16 - The Lord closed the door - I love this!!!!! The ark is a picture of our salvation. So much richness there. Three levels represent the GodHead. We respond to His invitation. He completes it. So much more there
Genesis 9:1 - same command that was given to Adam V. 3 - meat added to diet
Covenant established with ALL living creatures - v, 16 See Revelation 4:3 - the rainbow is complete (circles the Throne) because the covenant is complete - hallelujah!
Genesis10:25 - Peleg - in his day “the earth was divided” - this could mean when God scattered the peoples of the earth by language OR it could mean when the physical land of the world broke apart into continents as a result of flood effects
Genesis 11:31- Abram’s father was headed to Canaan…..stopped in Haran - I wonder why he didn’t complete the journey? Abram and Sarai did
Notice that the plan has us jump to the book of Job before we finish Genesis. Many Bible scholars, if not most, think that Job is one of the oldest books of the Bible and describes the life of a man who lived sometime after the flood and before Abraham. And since God calls Abraham in Genesis 12, most chronological reading plans place Job between Genesis 11 and Genesis 12. Here are a few reasons why people think this way.
I found these notes from a Bible scholar online:
First, not many people are sure where the land of Uz is, and it seems that the earlier the book was written, the more opportunities existed to either forget where it was or for the name to be changed by later settlers. Lamentations 4:21 defines the land of Uz with Edom. In that case, since Job was from the East (Job 1:3), somebody West of Edom or writing from a perspective West of Edom would have either written the book or edited that phrase. Jewish tradition ascribes that to Moses who possibly came upon the book while he was in Midian and wrote as an Egyptian, Egypt being West of Edom/Uz.
Second, the book of Job has more references to creation, the flood, and the universal conflict between God and Satan than any other book in the Bible besides Genesis. It seems as if Job spoke of the flood as an event in the past but not the too distant past. Uz was the name of Noah’s great grandson, Shem’s grandson. It’s possible that both Noah and Shem had the chance to discuss the events of the great flood with Job at some point.
It seems that Job lived at or before the time of Abraham based on a few events that Job mentions that are peculiar to patriarchal times. There are no mention of Levitical laws, the tabernacle, the people of Israel, etc. Instead, Job functioned as a father/priest, similar to the patriarchs. He also lived an unnaturally long life, probably over 200 years old when he died, except when compared with the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Biblical authors Ezekiel, James, and Paul all thought Job was a real person regardless of the “fairytale-like” drama that unfolded in his life.
LOTS to ponder in the book of Job. I’ll leave it with just this - Satan can’t do anything except what God permits. I am challenged to be like Job in 2:10 and hoping to NOT be like his friend Elihpaz who based his judgment on personal experiences and not the Truth of God.
Keep on reading, sisters!