A New-ish Creation (Genesis 9)
Group Guides | Sharing the gospel, sharing our lives (1 Thessalonians 2:8)
By way of introduction:
Where do people try and find a new start in Life?
Why do we seek new-starts in life?
Read Genesis 9:1-7
What stands out in this scene as showing signs of hope of a new start?
Throughout this new-start, what do you notice about how the world will be same-but-differernt?
Read Genesis 9:8-17
What does this covenant reveal about God, humanity and the world?
Look carefully at verses 14-16, what does the sign of this covenant do? (How does the sign function?)
Read Genesis 9:18-29
As Noah and family start life in this “newish creation”, what happens that is similar to Genesis 1-3?
Noah’s prophetic words about his sons and granchildren look at the future of all families of the earth, so this is a unique situation. Yet what can we learn about how we ought to treat people from this scene?
As we look at this “newish creation”, and our world today - how can we apply Genesis 9 through the interpretive lens of Christ (Luke 24) to us today?
* ‘Covenant Theology - Biblical, Theological and Historical Perspectives’, Edited by Guy Prentiss Waters, J. Nichola Reid and John R. Muether