Day 6

Scripture to Read: Genesis 9:1-6

In Genesis 8:21-22 our Lord promised to never again curse the ground because of man’s sinfulness. God’s promise did NOT nullify the curse He gave in Genesis 3. The context of the Lord’s declaration in Genesis 8:21-22 was that He would NEVER flood the earth again. We will see God’s promise continue in Genesis 9 later on, in verses 7-17. In Genesis 9:1-4, for the first time in creation, God gave mankind the animals as food and not just every green plant for food as He had given in Genesis 1:29-30. We must remember that prior to the flood on the earth, everything was vegetarian. But here in Genesis 9:3 God says, “Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.” Now, we must not miss what else God says here in Genesis 9:4. The fact that God said, “you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood,” shows that the blood is how God provides life to all living beings. Life comes through the blood! God speaks of the significance of the blood again in His Law in Leviticus 17:12-14 and in many other Scriptures. Then, in Genesis 9:5-6, God laid out a type of law since His Law had not yet been given. Anyone who took the life of another would be held accountable by God because God made man in His own image. God always establishes His boundaries; we are called to obey them.

Challenge & Application

1. What did God teach you today about His promises and covenants with Noah and us? 2. How important is it for us to walk in obedience to the boundaries God has set for us as believers? How are you doing in obeying?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

This week we will be unpacking Genesis 8 and Genesis 9. As we start in Genesis 8, we see the words that God had Moses pen. God has Moses begin Genesis 8 with some very Good News. In Genesis 8:1, God’s Word says But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the ear...

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Day 2

God’s salvation has been and always will be incredibly miraculous. God has provided numerous salvation stories throughout the Old Testament. The ultimate salvation can only be fully known through a relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. Each salvation story in the Old Testament, though, points to Christ. As we have seen in the story of Noah...

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Day 3

As the water receded and the earth dried out, God told Noah, in Genesis 8:16-17,“ Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you. 17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may swarm on the earth, and ...

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Day 4

As we unpack Genesis 8:13-22, we see how God had, in a way, hit the “reset” button. But, on this “reset” there was something different. The one thing that was NOT “reset” was the sin nature. Noah and all of his family had been born with a sin nature. So, the problem of sin was still the same, even after the flood. But God in His sovereignty h...

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Day 5

Today we continue to examine the sacrifice that Noah made to our Lord. We find in Leviticus 1:3-4 that God's Law states that when a burnt offering was made to Him, the offering had to “be accepted before the LORD…to make atonement for him.” And then in Leviticus 1:9; 1:13; 1:17, God’s Word says that the priest must burn the offering on the al...

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Day 6

In Genesis 8:21-22 our Lord promised to never again curse the ground because of man’s sinfulness. God’s promise did NOT nullify the curse He gave in Genesis 3. The context of the Lord’s declaration in Genesis 8:21-22 was that He would NEVER flood the earth again. We will see God’s promise continue in Genesis 9 later on, in verses 7-17. In Gen...

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Day 7

In Genesis 9:7-17, God established His covenant with all humanity, for all time. God promised NEVER to flood the earth ever again. God’s covenant came with a sign, the rainbow. God would and never will use water to destroy all flesh as He did in the days of Noah. Then God has Moses (the writer of Genesis) share, in Genesis 9:18-20, a short li...

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