The morning
Manna will be provided at 6am. Thanks. Studying
Genesis in the SSnet.org series Lesson 5, may the Holy Spirit be the speaker to
your heart. The Topic today
is: "The Deviations of Noah's offspring after the Flood". The Opening
Hymn will be 229 "Spirit of the Living God" The Sabbath
School Quarterly, downloadable from SSnet.org in the Teacher's Edition is on
page 63 and for the laymen edition or Standard Edition, on page 44. The SSnet.org
site allows anyone, anywhere to read the lesson in their own language. Choose
your own language to see God speaking also to your heart. ---It was from
the 8 in the Ark that generations after the Flood originated. ---There were
probably slight genetic fluctuations for the purpose of creating a separation
between humans and humans. ---It was not
the plan that all of them should be unified or stayed unified. ---Dispersion
and migrating was the purpose of the Divine. ---But,
post-Flood humans wished to stay together. ---As long as
sin is around, it is not good to stick at one place. ---There was a
kerugmatic reason also. They are to spread the Messages of God and Plan of God
for the future of this earth. ---It was not God's
plan that they live forever on this earth. ---The length
of their lifespan drastically declined after the Flood. ---It was still
hundreds of years for some, but deterioration took place. ---The Truth
about God was the main purpose to keep them going. ---It appears
that they moved from the Mountains of Ararat in Turkey through the plains of
Sumer to the Caucus regions on higher grounds. ---Then they
moved back again to the plains of Sumer and Akkad between the Tigirs and
Euphrates and elsewhere and was concerned about another possible coming Flood
2? ---Thus their
goal was to prepare for that hypothetical Flood by building a Tower. ---Against
God's expressed communication to them. ---The Bible
does not say, but in all likelihood Noah and truth followers told them it is
not necessary to build a Tower, but they did not want to listen. ---Dispersing
humanity was thus a combination of language and slight genetic variants in the
chromosomes. ---Pluralism
and dispersion goes together. Similarity and sticking together does also. --There are
many communications of God through the truthful to all peoples of those days
that is not recorded by Moses in his excerpts from Noah's records. Scanty
references remain. ---Our
reconstruction of the history of those days are thus based on "scanty data". ---Evolution
was not part of the early thoughts of humanity. It is a late invention.
Dr. Doukhan in
these lessons brings out the "now" of God in small nuances packed
into the biblical "suitcase" specially for all, including us. For
every generation.
Enjoy God now
with both the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy as your daily guide on your knees
with the Guide, the Spirit of the Living God. God is looking
now at your response to His interest in you.