Flood
Flood
Genesis 6
4.
[1] {sons of God}
Some hold that these "sons of God" were the "angels
which kept not their first estate" #
Jude 1:6. It is asserted that the title
is in the O.T. exclusively used of angels. But this is an error #
Isa 43:6. Angels are spoken of in a
sexless way. No female angels are mentioned in Scripture, and we are
expressly told that marriage is unknown among angels. #
Mt 22:30.
The uniform Hebrew and Christian interpretation has been that verse
# Ge 6:2
marks the breaking down of the separation between the godly line of
Seth and the godless line of Cain, and so the failure of the
testimony to Jehovah committed to the line of Seth #
Ge 4:26. For apostasy
there is no remedy but judgment # Isa
1:2 -7 , 24 , 25 #
Heb 6:4 -8 10:26-31. Noah, "a
preacher of righteousness," is given 120 years, but he won no
convert, and the judgment predicted by his great-grandfather fell #
Jude 1:14 , 15 Ge 7:11.
5.
[Marg] {imagination}
Or, the whole imagination. The Hebrew word signifies not only the
imagination but also the purposes and desires.
6.
[Marg] {repented the
LORD}
See
Scofield "Zec 8:14".
9.
[2] {walked}
Noah and Enoch are the two antediluvians of whom it is said that
they "walked with God" # Ge
5:24 6:9. Enoch, "translated that
he should not see death" # Heb 11:5
becomes a type of the saints who will be "caught up" before
the great tribulation # 1Th 4:14-17
# Re 3:10 Da 12:1 Mt 24:21.
Noah, preserved through the Flood, is a type of the Israelitish
people who will be preserved through the tribulation #
Jer 30:5 -9. See "Tribulation"
# Ps 2:5 Re 7:14.
14.
[3] {ark}
"Ark": type of Christ as the refuge of His people from
judgment # Heb 11:7.
In strictness of application this speaks of the preservation through
the "great tribulation" # Mt
24:21 , 22 of the remnant of Israel who
will turn to the Lord after the Church (typified by Enoch, who was
translated to heaven before the judgment of the Flood) has been
caught up to meet the Lord # Ge 5:22-24
1Th 4:15-17 #
Heb 11:5 Isa 2:10 , 11 26:20 , 21. But
the type also has a present reference to the position of the believer
"in Christ" (Ep 1.), etc. It should be noted that the word
translated "pitch" in # Ge
6:14 is the same word translated
"atonement" in # Le 17:11
etc. It is atonement that keeps out the waters of judgment and makes
the believer’s position "in Christ" safe and blessed.
19.
[1] {two of every
sort}
Cf # Ge 7:2.
In addition to two animals, etc., commanded (#
Ge 6.19) to be preserved for future
increase ("they shall be male and female"), the further
command was given more than 100 years later to take of clean
beasts, i.e, acceptable for sacrifice,
seven each. Exodus gives ten such beasts, or but seventy in all.
Modern ships carry hundreds of live beasts, with their food, besides
scores of human beings.
Genesis 7
2.
[Marg] {clean beast}
Cf.
See Scofield "Ge 6:19".
7.
[Marg] {went in}
See
Scofield "Ge 6:9".
9.
[1] {two of every
sort}
Cf. # Ge 7:2.
In addition to two animals, etc., commanded (#
Ge 6:19) to be preserved for future
increase ("they shall be male and female"), the further
command was given more than 100 years later to take of clean
beasts, i.e. beasts acceptable for
sacrifice, seven each. Exodus gives ten such beasts, or but seventy
in all. Modern ships carry hundreds of live beasts, with their food,
besides scores of human beings.
For
Another Point of View: See Topic 401488
(Flood Waters) For Another Point of View: See
Topic 401482 (Ice Ages) For Another
Point of View: See Topic 401475
(Continental Drift) For Another Point of View: See
Topic 401501 (Animal Distribution)
11.
[Marg] {second month}
i.e.
May.
Genesis 8
4.
[Marg] {seventh
month}
[Marg] {Ararat}
[Marg] {seventh
month} i.e.
October.
[Marg] {Ararat}
Lit. holy ground, answering to the "heavenly" of #
Eph 2:4 -6 for the Church, and to the
"new heavens and new earth" for Israel. #
Isa 65:17-19 66:22 Re 21:1.
5.
[Marg] {tenth month}
i.e.
January.
7.
[Marg] {raven}
The raven and the dove have been thought to stand for the
believer’s two natures: the "old man" satisfied with
a world under judgment; the "new man" finding satisfaction
only in the things of the new creation.
8.
[Marg] {dove}
The raven and the dove have been thought to stand for the
believer’s two natures: the "old man" satisfied with
a world under judgment; the "new man" finding satisfaction
only in the things of the new creation.
13.
[Marg] {first month}
i.e.
April.
14.
[Marg] {second month}
i.e.
May.
21.
[1] {the Lord said in
heart}
The Third Dispensation: Human Government. Under Conscience, as in
Innocency, man utterly failed, and the judgment of the Flood marks
the end of the second dispensation and the beginning of the third.
The declaration of the Noahic Covenant subjects humanity to a new
test. Its distinctive feature is the institution, for the first time,
of human government—the government of man by man. The highest
function of government is the judicial taking of life. All other
governmental powers are implied in that. It follows that the third
dispensation is distinctively that of human government. Man is
responsible to govern the world for God. That responsibility rested
upon the whole race, Jew and Gentile, until the failure of Israel
under the Palestinian Covenant (Deu 28. -30.1-10) brought the
judgment of the Captivities, when "the times of the Gentiles"
(See) # Lu 21:24 Re 16:14
began, and the government of the world passed exclusively into
Gentile hands # Da 2:36-45 Lu 21:24 Ac
15:14-17. That both Israel and the
Gentiles have governed for self, not God, is sadly apparent. The
judgment of the confusion of tongues ended the racial testing; that
of the captivities the Jewish;
while the Gentile
testing will end in the smiting of the Image (Da 2.) and the judgment
of the nations # Mt 25:31-46.
For
Another Point of View: See Topic 301179
See,
for the other six dispensations:
INNOCENCE See Scofield "Ge 1:28"
CONSCIENCE See Scofield "Ge 3:23"
PROMISE See Scofield "Ge 12:1"
LAW See Scofield "Ex 19:8"
GRACE See Scofield "Joh 1:17"
KINGDOM
See Scofield "Eph 1:10"
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