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He was stationed in southern Russia near the Turkish border and Mount Ararat. You will not surely die: Satan effectively laid the groundwork. Eagles and vultures, and all kinds of kites in the form of carking cares, and sad memories, and fears, and doubts, come hovering over the sacred feast. What a strange place this world must have looked, with its plains and hills and rooks and vales without one single blade of grass, or a tree, or a shrub; so at once, before that day was over, God threw the mantle of verdure over the earth, and clad its mountains and valleys with forests and plants and flowers, as if to show us that the fruitless is uncomely in Gods sight, that the man who bears no fruit unto God is unendurable to him. Oh, what a blessing to learn the way of ample faith in God! Gen 7:15-16. Gen 32:11-13. Gen 1:9-13. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Genesis 6:1-4) and the sins of humankind generally ( Genesis 6:5-8 Top of Page ' "The judgment is that God will not endlessly and forever permit his life-giving spirit to enliven those who disorder his world. One who exercised both the kingship and the priesthood, the only person that we know of who did this, and who, therefore, is a wonderful type of that marvelous King-Priest of whom we read in the 110th Psalm, and in the Epistle to the Hebrews. She should not have been beguiled by the serpent. Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacobs; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. iii. And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. Chapters Available - Genesis - Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the It seems he was in the ark a full calendar year. The Lord will have it from his own lips that he has offended; he summons no other witness. He gave it a name to commemorate Gods having sent the angels, and called it two camps or two hosts., The angels of God are always round about his people. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. The type of what a Christian minister should be, indeed, what every Christian worker should be, a hind let loose, one who can say with David, O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid. Gen 2:9. John Bunyan truly says, , When one troubles gone another doth him seize., Certainly it was so with Jacob; for, after he had escaped from Laban, he knew that he had to meet his brother Esau, whom he had so greatly wronged so many years before. The average size of a land animal is smaller than a sheep. Gen 8:20. After each days work, God looks upon it, and it is well for us every night to review our days work. "And God saw the light that it was good.". And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. Genesis 6 Commentary - John Gill's Exposition of the Bible It was his own sufficiency that was wrestling with the God-man, Christ Jesus. Genesis i. This is the very Jacob who had, in his earlier days, been full of crafty policy, and tricks and schemes; but he has done with all that now, and he is able truthfully to say, I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.. 1 Corinthians And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. Daniel Esther But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. Everything was ready for mans use, every fruit-bearing tree for his nourishment, every creature to do his bidding, for it was the will of God that he should have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. God did not place the man formed in his image, after his likeness, in an unfurnished house or an empty world, and leave him to provide for himself all that he required but he prepared everything that man could possibly need, and completed the whole plan by planting a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.. And he said unto him, What is thy name? After a visit from angels, afflictions and trials often come. He works downwards, and stays the breaking up of the fountains of the deep. and my soul shall live. Let us learn from Abraham how to obey. What simple faith! Now that he is going back, the angels are there again to speed him on his way home to the land of the covenant, the land which the Lord had promised to give to Abraham and his seed. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. Abraham always gives the same answer to the Lords call, Here am I.. It falls to the lot of few fathers to have twelve sons, and to fewer still to have all twelve of them gathered about his dying bed. Micah And get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. This was a distinct act of rebellion on the part of both of them. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; Noahs faith was pleasing to God. Oh, that at any time when we have sinned, God would ask each one of us the question, What is it that thou hast done?, Still, you see, there is no confession of guilt, but only the attempt to push the blame off upon somebody else. Gen 22:19. In the person of David, in the long line of kings of the tribe of Judah, all this came true; and in the person of the great Son of David, the Lord Jesus Christ, all this has come true to a very high degree. Genesis 6 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise) - Christianity When one troubles gone, another doth him seize.. And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. Those that swear too readily they know not what, will ere long swear till they care not what. And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Gen 24:7. Gen 49:8. Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee. Genesis iii. And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. This blessing is very suggestive Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for a haven of ships. If God puts you by the mind that you are a haven for ships, the Lord, in his providence, fixes your position. Gen 22:11. What is described is not really a boat, but a well-ventilated barge meant only to float and not to sail anywhere. Genesis Gen 7:17. In this case, it certainly was Jacobs duty to make some reparation to his brother, whether Esau accepted it or not. The Lord will preserve his own. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; Until then, the earth had been obnoxious to Jehovah. And he gave him tithes of all. And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.. He himself was to address her first, and then she must be ready, with all cheerfulness, to do far more than he asks. Genesis 6 - Dr. Constable's Expository Notes - Bible Commentaries An elderly Armenian man in America said that as a boy, he visited the ark with his father and three atheistic scientists in 1856. Galatians Genesis 6:8. Gen 3:16-18. Gen 15:4-5. There is a deal of wisdom in this sign, however. i. May the divisions of the Church be soon healed by a general gathering unto Christ, who alone is the center of the Church. If you deny his truth, trample on the doctrine of atonement, and reject his love, you will rouse him up. In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. That holy awe, that sacred reverence of God is the very essence of our acceptance with him. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him. This is a very different thing from slavish fear; it is a right sort of fear, the kind of fear that love does not cast out, but which love lives with in happy fellowship. Commentary on Genesis 4. Gen 49:10. e. Cover it inside and outside with pitch: The pitch worked to waterproof the wood. I win not pronounce a benediction in the which thou shalt not share: In blessing I will bless thee,, Because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself.. we are always making difficulties and suggesting hardships; but if our faith were in lively exercise, we should do Gods will far more readily. They had struck a match, and set the world on fire with sin. And the rain was upon the earth forty day and forty nights. And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. Remember how earnestly David prayed about the sins of his youth, and his later transgressions too; and Jacob, in deep humility, must have most vividly remembered his sin against his brother. Then it was that the angels of God met him. Go on your way in peace and safety, beloved believer, for Gods hosts are all around you. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; It was to be a long while before the nation should enter upon its inheritance. I suppose our Lord Jesus Christ did here, as on many other occasions preparatory to his full incarnation, assume a human form, and came thus to wrestle with the patriarch. However, since the fall in Genesis 3, every human being has a death sentence. We must not go where vain curiosity would lead us, else will he have to say to us, as he did to Jacob, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?. But there is good hope of things going right when Jacob, who is the better of the two brothers, is also the humbler of the two. Gen 22:6-8. Gen 22:4. He believed that though he might be compelled to say his son, God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. Abraham bade the young men stay where they were, they must not see all that he was to do before the Lord. He did not say any more; the devil is too wise to use many words. Ecclesiastes A strong emphasis in Spurgeon's preaching was God's grace and sovereignty over man's helpless state. And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: Our common saying, Love me, love my dog, is very true. Abraham recognized the priest of God as his spiritual superior, and he gave him tithes of all., It must have been peculiarly refreshing to Abraham to be met by a man of kindred spirit, and one whom he recognized as his superior. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. The two "conversations" of the Lord appear to be addressed within the Godhead. Gen 8:12. And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? The serpent does not dare to state a lie, but he suggests one: Has God refused you all the fruit of these many trees that grow in the garden?. Genesis 12-50 : The history of the Patriarchs, 1. And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? They were to have a land in which would be milk for babes and wine for strong men; surely this land is thy land, O Emmanuel! What nourishing milk there is in the gospel, and what exhilarating wine for those who know the love of Christ! The unclean beasts were mostly killers and devourers of others, and therefore their number we to be less than that of the clean species. Chapter 11:10: These are the generations of Shem, 6. Gen 12:5-6. God told Noah to cover it with pitch inside and outside, which makes it possible that the ark was preserved for a long time. "Commentary on Genesis 6". Why Does God Compare Our Relationship with Him to That of a Bride and Groom? A man who is very familiar with God will, by-and-by, venture to say that which, at the first, he would not have dared to utter. 1. And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and alas he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. Spurgeon pointed out that we can know that Noah had the righteousness that is of faith because as soon as the floodwaters had dried up and he left the ark, he offered sacrifices (Genesis 8:20). And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. There was to be occupation for man even in paradise, just as they who are before the throne of God in glory serve him day and night in his temple. Idleness gives no joy, but holy employment will add to the bliss of heaven. Gen 32:7-8. Gen 8:22. Abraham bases his argument upon the justice of God; and when a man dares to do that, it is mighty pleading, for, depend upon it, God will never do an unjust thing. iv. We should know too much if we knew all that will happen in the future. Happy man that can say that, who has a blessing everywhere! All this ought to make us long to be under the yet fuller and higher covenant of grace, by which spiritual blessings would he scoured to us, an eternal day to follow this earthly night, and a glorious harvest to follow this time of seed-sowing. He should seek counsel of God, and observe that he did so. My brothers heart is still hot with anger against me. So, Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed.. Now I think I may freely say that this looks something like what we call a wild-goose chase. He was to go and find a wife for a young man left at home; he knew nothing of the people among whom he was to sojourn, but he believed that the angel of God would guide him aright. Why cannot people keep to the words of Scripture? Gen 8:10-11. Gen 24:1. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Genesis Chapter 8 Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. These sermons from Charles Spurgeon are a series that is for reference and not necessarily a position of Answers in Genesis. It was as much a sin in Jacob as it would be in us, except that perhaps he had less light, and the general cunning of those who surrounded him may have made it more easy with him and a less tax on conscience for him to do this than it would be in our case. Well may we give him tithes of all that we have. Gen 9:11-17. Sometimes alighting on the ark; then flying away again. That is, in the days before the sons of God took the daughters of men for wives, in such a general manner as before declared, or before the declension and apostasy became so universal; even in the times of Jared, as the Arabic writers . 2. Thus Noah did: When given this staggering job to do, Noah did it. Gen 32:3-5. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: He does not appear to have raised any objection to what she proposed on moral grounds, but only on the ground of the difficulty of it and the likelihood of being discovered. Having attended to the air, God further exercised his power by setting the earth in order. Gen 1:24-25. And God saw that it was good. Paul tells us that the woman ought to have her head covered in the assembly because of the angels, that is, because they are there to see that all things are done decently and in order. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Here is, I. God's resentment of man's wickedness. Gen 45:10. Gen 15:14-17. Jacob had a suit good enough for this occasion, but the worldly man had not. And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. They stood next according to the order of birth: Simeon and Levi . He mentions the adversaries to show how great would be the victories of the race that should come and dispossess them. He seems to have had some sort of mistiness of soul about this time which was far worse, and so he desired to give the blessing to Esau, whom God had determined should never have it. What Were the Nephilim? #13 + Charles Spurgeon on, "Giants On the EarthLearnet Cvs Login, Is Noah Oppenheim Related To Jason Oppenheim, Similes For Mountains, Articles G