The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 40 : Genesis 9:1–17 – The Mabbûl: the Lord blesses Noah / Instructions on Meat and Blood

THE LORD’S BLESSING SIMILAR TO THE BLESSING AT CREATION – THE ANIMAL KINGDOM WILL NOW FEAR MANKIND – MAN MAY NOW EAT MEAT WITH RESTRICTIONS – DID THIS ALLOWANCE INCLUDE BOTH CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS? – A STRONG AND PERMANENT PROHIBITION – THIS WAS A UNIVERSAL PROHIBITION TO ALL MANKIND – THE REASON FOR THE PROHIBITION OF EATING BLOOD – THE EATING OF ANIMAL MEAT DID NOT GIVE ALLOWANCE TO ANIMAL CRUELTY – ‘I WILL REQUIRE …’ – ‘… AN ACCOUNTING’ – DOES THIS VERSE ESTABLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT? – IF HUMAN GOVERNMENT EXACTS THE LIFE OF THE MURDERER, IS IT NOT VIOLATING THIS ‘SANCTITY OF LIFE’ IT PROFESSES TO HONOR? – MAN STILL RETAINS THE IMAGE OF GOD ALTHOUGH CORRUPTED – OVERPOPULATION – THE NOAHIC COVENANT (TO BE DISCUSSED LATER)