The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 39 : Genesis 8:15–22 – The Mabbûl: Noah departs the Ark and offers Burnt Sacrifices

NOAH, HIS FAMILY AND THE ANIMALS DEPARTS THE ARK – HENRY MORRIS: THESE ANIMAL ‘FAMILIES’ SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD – NOAH BUILDS AN ALTAR TO THE LORD – THE FIRST MENTION OF AN ALTAR – WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE SACRIFICES? – THE LORD ‘SMELLED’ NOAH’S OFFERINGS – TO ‘SMELL THE PLEASING SCENT’ IS TO ACCEPT THE ONE OFFERING THE SACRIFICE – A PLAY ON NOAH’S NAME – CONTRAST THE PAGAN FLOOD NARRATIVES – THE IMPORTANCE OF NOAH’S SACRIFICE – THE DEPRAVITY OF MAN AFTER THE MABBÛL DID NOT CATCH GOD ‘OFF-GUARD’ – IT CANNOT BE DENIED THAT THE LORD’S CHANGE OF DISPOSITION IS CONNECTED TO THE LORD’S ACCEPTANCE OF NOAH’S SACRIFICE – GOD’S RESPONSE TO THE SACRIFICE WAS NOT HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS NOAH BUT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS MANKIND IN GENERAL – FROM THE NT WE KNOW CHRIST IS THE ULTIMATE FULFILLMENT OF ALL OT SACRIFICES, BUT WE CANNOT REJECT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MOSAIC CULTIC EXPERIENCE – SIMILARITIES WITH NOAH AND MOSES – MANY UNDERSTAND ‘FOR’ TO MEAN ‘EVEN THOUGH’ – ANY AND ALL MERCY AND GRACE EVER EXHIBITED TOWARDS MANKIND BY GOD IS ULTIMATELY BASED UPON THE WORK OF CHRIST – ONLY INSPIRED WRITERS WOULD DARE ALLOW FOR SUCH AN APPARENT ‘CONTRADICTION’ – SEED TIME, HARVEST, COLD, HEAT, SUMMER, WINTER, DAY, NIGHT WILL NOT CEASE