Adamic and Noahic Covenants

The Adamic and Noahic Covenant

Adamic Covenant

This was God's first covenant to man that promised fulfillment of the earth

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Food Rules in the garden

It is sometimes split into two parts: The Edenic covenant and the Adamic covenant

God did not intend for Adam and Eve to eat meat

~THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S CREATION~

I look around, and everywhere I can see,

The beauty of God's Creation smiling back at me.

A precious baby with velvety soft skin,

Wiggling its tiny hands and feet, On its face an adorable grin.

First morning dew on a pink rose;

A beautiful butterfly drawing to it close.

The sun's golden rays gently warming the ground;

Luscious plants covering the soil abound.

Humming birds singing high up in the tree;

White sand glistening in the turquoise sea.

Snow capped mountains, so majestically high;

A colorful rainbow adorning the afternoon sky.

Countless stars above, sparkling oh so bright,

Decorating the horizon and illuminating the night

Thank you, Dear Lord, for giving me another day,

To enjoy the beauty of Your Creation, And to worship You and pray.

In Genesis 1:29 God said: Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed

-Every tree yielding seed:

apples, avocados, grapefruit, pecans, papaya, cherries, olives, walnuts

-Every plant yielding seed:

tomatoes, beans, lentils, wheat, berries, squash, corn, rye

The Three falls

1.) Eve and Adam ate of the forbidden fruit- this led to their expulsion from the garden sanctuary and their entrance into the land

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God commanded Adam and Eve to never eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil

~Genesis 2:16-17 From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”

2.) Cain and Abel's sin- Cain killed Abel which meant the family got kicked out of the land and put into the world

CHurch fathers

3.) Seth's line- Seth's lineage was filled with wickedness like intermarriage, which brought an end to the world

When it comes to church fathers' ideas on creation, there is always discussion about what the term "day" refers to:

The end

Brothers of Hildenbrant

Signs of the Covenant

Passages related to the psalms and prophets

Cyprian said in the Treatises (250 AD):

"The first seven days in the divine arrangement contain 7000 years."

Pope Francis said (2014): “Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve.”

• The fall of man brought sin to the world causing an end to perfect relations with God
• God brought destruction to the world through the flood
• Noah was chosen to carry on new life
• God promises an unconditional covenant

Noahic Covenant

Basil of Caesarea (329–379) argued for the literal sense of Scripture against the distortions of allegory. Basil said twenty-four hours fill up the space of one day.

This was God's second covenant to His people; An unconditional one

~Psalm 19:1-6 The heavens are telling of the glory of God

And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

2 Day to day pours forth speech,

And night to night reveals knowledge.

3 There is no speech, nor are there words;

Their voice is not heard.

4 Their [a]line has gone out through all the earth,

And their utterances to the end of the world.

In them He has placed a tent for the sun,

5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;

It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

6 Its rising is from [b]one end of the heavens,

And its circuit to the [c]other end of them;

And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Adam and Eve's seed: Through their lineage God promises a savior- Jesus Christ - who will crush Satan

~Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

~Psalm 33:1-15 Sing for joy in the Lord, O you righteous ones;

Praise is becoming to the upright.

2 Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;

Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

3 Sing to Him a new song;

Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

4 For the word of the Lord is upright,

And all His work is done in faithfulness.

5 He loves righteousness and justice;

The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord.

6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,

And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

7 He gathers the waters of the sea together [a]as a heap;

He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;

Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

9 For He spoke, and it was done;

He commanded, and it [b]stood fast.

10 The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;

He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,

The plans of His heart from generation to generation.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.

13 The Lord looks from heaven;

He sees all the sons of men;

14 From His dwelling place He looks out

On all the inhabitants of the earth,

15 He who fashions [c]the hearts of them all,

He who understands all their works.

It was established with Noah after God sent the flood

to rid the earth of wickedness

Overview

~Isaiah 42:5 Thus says God the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out,

who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it

and spirit to those who walk in it

The world Became so corrupt that God decided he would kill everyone and everything to renew the world except Noah and his family

The Aftermath

The Sabbath: On the 7th day of creation God rested and later commanded to keep that day holy with worship and rest

~Genesis 2:3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation

~Exodus 20:11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

~Genesis 6:13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.

After the flood Noah built an alter and gave offerings to the Lord. God promised Noah that there would never again be another devastation to the world

~Jeremiah 10:12 It is He who made the earth by His power,

Who established the world by His wisdom;

And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.

Anton Koch 1768-1839

God directed Noah to build an ark where two of each animal would reside during the flood

~Genesis 8:20-22 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. The Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

The Flood

~Genesis 6:14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.

~Genesis 7:2 You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female

Lineage

God chose Noah because he promised Adam and Eve a line that would lead to Jesus

Noah was the new, first generation and his son, Shem came to be the godly line that led to Jesus' birth

This goes along with the third covenant, the Abrahamic- God promised to bless the line of Abraham, who came from Noah.

Later, when God's people built the tower of Babel against God's will, He scattered them all into 70 nations

Symbols and Instructions

God put forth the rainbow as a sign and reminder of His promise to never bring a flood again

Alter Worship developed; There was YHWHism and idolatry; No sanctuary

Passages related to the psalms and prophets

God said to Noah:

• Be fruitful and multiply
• Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you
• The fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth
• You shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood

~Isaiah 54:9 For this is like the days of Noah to Me, When I swore that the waters of Noah

Would not flood the earth again;

So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you Nor will I rebuke you.

~Psalm 104:6-9 You covered it with the deep as with a garment;

The waters were standing above the mountains.

At Your rebuke they fled, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away. The mountains rose; the valleys sank down

To the place which You established for them.

You set a boundary that they may not pass over,

So that they will not return to cover the earth.

Church father

Plato claimed that if the flood happened it didn't cover the whole earth it only covered the plains

In response, Tertullian (c.160–225) spoke of fossils in the mountains testifying to a time when the globe had been covered by water. "There was a time when her whole orb, withal, underwent mutation, overrun by all waters. To this day marine conchs and tritons’ horns sojourn as foreigners on the mountains, eager to prove to Plato that even the heights have undulated."

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