Old Testament Vistas

From Bad to Worse

Cain’s Sinful Line - CainFaithlessnessGen 4:3-5 NIV In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock.

Cain’s Sinful Line - CainThe LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

Cain’s Sinful Line - CainMurderGen 4:8 NIV Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Cain’s Sinful Line - Lamech

PolygamyGen 4:19-24 NIV Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. …

Cain’s Sinful Line - Lamech

MurderLamech said to his wives, … “I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me. If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”

Seth’s Godly Line - Enosh

Worshipped GodGenesis 4:25-26 CEV Adam and his wife had another son. They named him Seth … Seth had a son and named him Enosh. About this time people started worshiping the LORD.

Seth’s Godly Line – EnochWalked with GodGen 5:24 TNIV Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.Noah was Enoch’s great-grandson (Gen 5:28-29)

Sons of God/Daughters of Men

Genesis 6:1-3 NIV When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."

The Flood Reveals God as

Judge

Sin Grieves GodGenesis 6:5-7 NIV The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. So the LORD said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them."

Sin is a Big Deal

Not a Children’s Story

An Adult Disaster Epic

The Flood Reveals God as

Redeemer

How God RedeemsGenesis 6:8-9 NIV But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.

How God RedeemsGenesis 6:12-14 NIV God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.

Garden, Ark & Cross

Noah: A Man of Faith

The Ark

The Rest of the Story

Reminders for Us

Storm: God Judges Sin

Rainbow: God Redeems