Week 5: Noah Builds an Ark

Lesson Information

Title:  Noah Builds an Ark

Objectives: 

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Resources:

• Fr Daoud Lamei on Genesis
  • Arabic with English notes below
  • https://notes.morcous.com/books/genesis/page/08-genesis-5-6 
  • https://notes.morcous.com/books/genesis/page/09-genesis-6 
  • https://notes.morcous.com/books/genesis/page/10-genesis-7 
  • https://notes.morcous.com/books/genesis/page/11-genesis-7-9 
• Fr Tadros Yacoub Malaty - Genesis Commentary
  • https://www.dropbox.com/s/zpat4ujj5q6p7o6/Genesis%20%28Small%29%20-%20Father%20Tadros%20Yacoub%20Malaty.pdf?dl=0 (Short one)
  • https://www.dropbox.com/s/f6o1ujr3kcj7wxm/Genesis%20-%20Father%20Tadros%20Yacoub%20Malaty.pdf?dl=0 (More Details)
• Origen on Genesis
  • https://www.dropbox.com/s/tu6z3xy90bdc4om/071%20Origen%20-%20Homilies%20on%20Genesis%20and%20Exodus.pdf?dl=0 
• St John Chrysostom on Genesis
  
  • https://www.dropbox.com/s/2nh6ekts33si8fu/074%20St%20John%20Chrysostom%20-%20Homilies%20on%20Genesis%201-17.pdf?dl=0 

Reading:

• Genesis 6-7

Key Verse:

Lesson Structure

Read Genesis 6:1-7

• "the sons of God" and "the daughters of men"
  • The sons of God are the line of Seth, who taught his children to love God and be with God
  • The daughters of men are the line of Cain, who did not pass down the knowledge of God
  • St Luke, in his genealogy of Christ says "the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God"
    
    
• Limiting days of man to 120 years
  • God will not strive with you forever if you keep rejecting Him
  • Are we flesh? Or are we spirit? Are we living according to the flesh? Or according to the spirit?
  • The Lord tries to shorten our years so that we don't live hundreds of years without repentance
    
    
• Giants
  • Mighty men who liked to fight and go to war and kill lots of people
  • They would measure their success by how many people they killed or how much they stole
  • The devil loves to make the most sinful people famous "mighty men of renown" and give them a name on earth
    
    
• "Every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually"
  • What a scary concept - every single intent and thought was evil
  • There is no moral compass, or conscience, or guilt, or remorse for any sin
  • Sadly, doesn't this remind us of the world today?
    
    
• The Lord was sorry and decided to destroy man and beast
  • Did God sin? Did God make a mistake?
  • The Scripture is using human language to help us try to understand the divine will
  • We contemplate on God's love all the time, but we forget that God hates evil and that evil is incompatible with God who is the source of all goodness
  • There was no repentance, which is the most important

Read Genesis 6:8-12

• Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord; Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

Read Genesis 6:13-22

• Construction of the Ark
  
• Origen discusses the Three Levels of Biblical Interpretation
  
• Origen sees the Ark Allegorically

Read Genesis 7

Review Questions

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Homework