The First Covenant After The Flood

 

Genesis 9:12, 13

And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come. I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth."

Covenant: treaty, alliance, compact, divine promise

    After the flood destroyed all life that was not in the ark, God set up a covenant between Himself and all life that remained and all life that would come after the flood. Never again would the whole earth be covered, destroyed, by one flood. The covenant itself is in verses 1-11. 

    God blesses Noah and his sons

    To be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth

    Every beast, every bird, every creeping thing would be fearful of Noah and his kind

    Every fish of the sea is given to their hands

    Every reptile and amphibian, every creeper, small or great, whether on land or sea, is given to Noah and his family to eat

    Every green herb that now grows in the ground is given to Noah to eat

    But whether beast or fish or bird or reptile or amphibian or any living thing that still has blood in it: the consuming of the blood is forbidden and will require that person's life: for the life is in the blood 

    Anyone who takes the life of another will have his own life taken, for we are made in the image of God

    Noah is again told by God to "be fruitful, and multiply", to "replenish the earth". 

    The rainbow is a sign of the covenant, but the covenant itself is the oath, the promise made by God; it is His promise: Genesis 9:11 "Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

    There are seven visible colors in the rainbow. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. Vibrant prisms of refractive light shine through water droplets. While we usually see them after the rains, arcing high above us in the clouds, wherever water refracts light we can see rainbows: watering our fields and gardens, waterfalls, fountains, sea spray. Gentle reminders of God's promise to us. 

    

Jehovah 'Elyown 'El

 

JEHOVAH 'ELYOWN 'EL

(pronounced yah-way el-yone ale)

THE LORD MOST HIGH GOD

Genesis 14:22, 23

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lift up mine hand unto The LORD, The Most High God, The Possessor of heaven and earth, that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’.

Jehovah: self-Existent, Eternal 

Elyown: Supreme, Uppermost

El: Strength, Mighty One, Almighty 

Psalm 57:2

I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

Isaiah 26:4

Trust in The LORD forever, because GOD The LORD is The Rock Eternal.

2 Samuel 22:32 

For who is God besides The LORD? And who is The Rock except our God?

1 Corinthians 10:3, 4

They all ate the same spiritual food, and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual Rock that accompanied them, and that Rock was Christ.

Psalm 78:35

And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. 

YOU ALONE ARE A GREAT GOD -Winds of Worship #2

Walking Before God

 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am The Almighty God; walk before Me, and be perfect. 

    To walk before God is to be sincere with Him. To live a life of integrity and honor. Not lying to ourselves, nor anyone else, especially God. For God knows our hearts before we do. He can see what we're thinking, so He knows what motivates us to be who we are. 

    This life we live is ours to live, yes. But when Christ lives in our hearts, then this life we live is no longer ours to live however we want to live; this is a surrendered life. We give our hearts to Christ when we believe that He is, indeed, The Messiah, The Holy Only Begotten Son of God, Who died on the cross as punishment for our sins, our transgressions, our iniquities and walked out of the grave to give us new life in Him. The least we can do in this new life is surrender what we want in life for what God wants in our life. 

    Many rush into a saving faith but are unwilling to give anything more than lip service, for they choose to live in their comfortable sin, instead of living for Jesus the way God desires us to. Let us not be lip-syncers, just moving our lips, but not our hearts. Let us put God first in every day that He allows us to live. Wake up thankful. 

    When God makes His presence known to each one of us, He declares (introduces) Himself to us, regardless of our age and circumstances. Here in this verse we read that Abram was 99 years old; thirteen years after he had Ishmael -- the son given but not promised -- but just in time to have Isaac, the son of promise. 

    Sometimes when we receive a promise from God we become impatient when the promise doesn't arrive or appear when we think it should. We go about our lives, at times making unwise decisions that are in direct violation of God's Word and Promise. Until God comes to us, heart to heart, face to face, voice to ear. 

    I have been in the depths of despair in my life. There was a point when I was so sad and discouraged by the life I was trapped in that I had lost all hope for a better one. And Jesus made Himself known. In my kitchen in my home a little over 30 years ago. I was not alone. Jesus made Himself known and called me to Himself and I ran into His arms by faith. And I never left. 

    My faith in Christ Jesus is certainly stronger and more voiceful now than it was in the beginning of my faith, my walk before God. My physical voice may be dimming but my spiritual voice is calling out to all of you, "Come. Come to Jesus Christ and be saved by God's grace, healed by God's mercy, filled with God's Holy Spirit and walk with us." 

    Now is the time to turn your back on sin and make the decision to live a holy and uncorrupted lifestyle, seeking to please God and not ourselves. Let us put God first in our thoughts, our days, our lives: speaking His Word aloud in our hearing, hearing His Word from a Holy Spirit-filled man or woman who also lives their faith out loud. Let us turn to God and seek His face, His kingdom, His glory as never before. Let us walk together in our most holy faith and stand strong in these last days before His return to bring His bride, His church home. 

LIVE OUT LOUD - Steven Curtis Chapman 

Names of God & Christ - Genesis, Exodus

 

NAMES OF GOD & CHRIST

According to the Book in Which Found

OLD TESTAMENT STUDY

GENESIS

Genesis 1:1 ELOHIM

God

Genesis 2:4 JEHOVAH ELOHIM

The Lord God

Genesis 15:1a ANOKI MAGEN

I Am Your Shield

Genesis 15:1b SAKAR RABAH MEOD

Exceeding Great Reward

Genesis 16:13 El  ROI

The God Who Sees

Genesis 21:33 JEHOVAH OLAM EL

The Lord Everlasting God

Genesis 22:14 ADONAI JIREH

The LORD My Provider

Genesis 24:7 JEHOVAH ELOHIM SHAMAYIM

The Lord God of Heaven

Genesis 49:10 SHILOH

He Whose It Is

EXODUS

Exodus 3:14 HAYAH HAYAH

I AM THAT I AM

Exodus 3:15 JEHOVAH ELOHIM AB

The Lord God of Your Fathers (Elohim     Abraham, Elohim Isaac, Elohim Jacob)

Exodus 6:2 JEHOVAH

The LORD

Exodus 6:3 EL SHADDAI

GOD Almighty

Exodus 15:2 YAH OZE ZIMRATH

The Lord Is My Strength and My Song 

Exodus 15:3 JEHOVAH MILHAMAH

The Lord Is Warrior

Exodus 17:15 JEHOVAH NISSI/ADONAI NISSI

The Lord My Banner/Standard

Exodus 23:31 SHEM

My Name

Exodus 30:6 EDUTH

The Testimony

Exodus 34:6a JEHOVAH EL RACHUM

The Lord God Is Compassionate

Exodus 34:6b JEHOVAH CHANNUN

The Lord God Is Gracious

Exodus 34:6c JEHOVAH  AREK

The Lord God Is Longsuffering

Exodus 34:6d JEHOVAH RAB CHECED EMETH 

The Lord God Is Abundant In Goodness & Truth  

Exodus 34:14 QANNA

Jealous