Shadowland: Beginnings: Week 14

The New World

A new world emerges from the waters of the flood, reflecting the emergence of Adam's world from the waters of the flood in Genesis 1:2.

We saw some ways that Noah was a type of Christ in Genesis 6. In Genesis 9 we see many similarities to Adam, and thus how Noah, like Christ, is a "second Adam".

• 9:1 "Be fruitful and multiply", as Adam was commanded in 1:28.
• 9:2 Noah and his descendents given dominion over the animal world.
• 9:3 As the death of animals was required for Adam, so the life of Noah and his descendents depends on eating animals (the only source of essential vitamin B12).
• 9:5 The blood is sacred as in 4:10-11, 37:22, 42:22, 49:11, Exodus 4:9, Exodus 12:13.
• 9:6 The institution of human government and capital punishment. Romans 13:1-2
• 9:9 As the earth rising from the waters in Genesis 8 recapitulates 1:9, so God makes his covenant with Noah, as with Adam, after a global flood.
• 9:10 The covenant applies to all who come out of the ark. They are "in Noah", as we are "in Christ".
• 9:15 If you had any lingering doubts whether the text could possibly somehow support a local flood, this eliminates them. If the flood was local, God is a liar - there have been many widespread and devasting floods since this promise.
• 9:19 Like Adam, Noah had three sons. With both, the line of Christ comes through the son whose genealogy is given third.
• 9:20 As Adam tended a garden, Noah tended a vineyard.
• 9:21 Like Adam, Noah sinned after receiving the covenant (involving fruit), and his nakedness was revealed.
• 9:23 Like Adam, Noah's nakedness was covered.
• 9:25 See 1 Kings 9:21 and the Gibeonites in Joshua. Caanan was not the father of "black people".
• 9:27 "Japheth" means "enlarge". We will see in Genesis 10 that the descendents of Japheth occupy most of the worlds territory, including Asia, Asia Minor, Europe, and probably America.
• 9:29 The reduction of lifespan did not affect Noah, but did affect his sons.