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- God told Noah that He was going to send a flood to destroy all the people who did not believe in God.Does God forget to do what He says He will do?
-No.
- Does God always do what He says He will do?
-Yes.
- How long did God wait for the people in Noah’s time to believe in Him?
-120 years.
- While God waited for the people to believe in Him, did His anger with their sin decrease?
-No.
-God’s anger with sin only increases until the time comes for God to punish sin.
- After Noah finished building the boat, what did God tell Noah to do?
-God told Noah to take his family and enter the boat.
-God also told Noah to take animals into the boat.
- How did Noah and his family enter the boat?
-By the only door.
- How did all of the animals enter the boat?
-By the only door.
- After Noah and his family and all the animals entered the boat, what did God do?
-God shut the door.
- Why did God shut the door?
-So that those inside would be safe.
-So that those outside would not enter, but die.
- Can anyone escape God’s punishment?
-No.
- How did God make the flood cover the entire earth?
-To make the flood cover the entire earth, God caused all the water that He placed above the sky to rain down.
- Had the people ever seen rain before?
-No.
- What happened to all of the animals outside of the boat?
-They all died.
- What happened to all of the people outside of the boat?
-They all died.
- Did anyone inside the boat die?
-No.
- What sign did God give Noah and all people?
-A rainbow.
- What does the sign of the rainbow mean?
-The rainbow means that God will never again destroy the earth with a flood.
- Has God kept His promise not to destroy the earth again by flood?
-Yes.
- Who were the sons of Noah who are the forefathers of all people on the earth?
-Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
-After God saved Noah and his family from the flood, many years passed.
-Many years passed, and many children were born, until many people lived on the earth once again.
-Who were the people who were born after Noah?
-They were your ancestors and my ancestors.
-Did our ancestors know about God?
-Yes.
-How did our ancestors know about God?
-Firstly, our ancestors knew about God because the older people told the younger people about God and the flood.
-What did the older people tell the younger people about God and the flood?
-The older people told the younger people that God hates sin, and had, therefore, destroyed all of the people except Noah and his family.
-How else did our ancestors know about God?
-Secondly, our ancestors knew about God because the rainbow told them about God.
-What did the rainbow tell our ancestors about God?
-That God loves people, and that He will never destroy the earth again with a flood.
-How else did our ancestors know about God?
-Thirdly, our ancestors knew about God because the sky, the mountains, the rivers, and the trees told them about God.
-What did the sky, the mountains, the rivers, and the trees tell our ancestors about God?
-That God alone is God, and that people should follow God alone.
-Does the rainbow still tell us about God today?
-Yes.
-Do the sky, the mountains, the rivers, and the trees still tell us about God today?
-Yes.
-Although our ancestors knew about God, did most of our ancestors believe in God?
-No.
-Only a few of our ancestors believed in God.
-Instead of following God, whom did most of our ancestors follow?
-Most of our ancestors followed Satan and his lies.
-Most of our ancestors were under Satan’s control.
-What did Satan tell our ancestors to do?
-Satan told our ancestors to sacrifice to the sun, moon, and stars.
-Satan also told our ancestors to sacrifice to the spirits of the trees, the spirits of the rivers, and the spirits of the dead.
-Our ancestors also carved wood and rock to look like people and animals, and sacrifice to them.
-Satan was leading our ancestors not to believe in God.
-Satan was leading our ancestors to rebel against God.
-Satan was leading our ancestors to sacrifice to the sun, moon, and stars.
-Satan was leading our ancestors to sacrifice to the spirits of the trees, the spirits of the rivers, and the spirits of the dead.
-Satan does not want anyone to worship God.
-Our ancestors did not want God to lead them.
-Our ancestors wanted only to follow Satan and other people.
-After the flood, one of our ancestors whom the people followed was named Nimrod.
-Nimrod commanded the people to build many cities.
-One of the cities which the people built was called Babel.
-In the city of Babel, Nimrod commanded the people to build a tall tower which would reach up to God.
Let’s read Genesis 11:1-4
1-Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
2-As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
3-They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
4-Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
-God told Adam and Noah to fill the earth, and to live in different parts of the earth.
-God also told the people after Noah to fill the earth, and to live in different parts of the earth.
-Why did God not want the people to all live together in one place?
-God did not want the people to all live together in one place so that they would forget about God.
-God did not want the people to all live together in one place so that their sins would become very many.
-God wanted the people to fill the earth, but the people wanted to all live together in one place.
-The people did not want to live in different parts of the world.
-The people wanted to all live together.
-Therefore, the people all moved to the city of Babel, and began to build a tall tower.
-Why did the people begin to build a tall tower at Babel?
-Because the people were very proud.
-Because the people wanted to make a name for themselves.
-When the people began to build the tall tower, did God see?
-Yes.
Let’s read Genesis 11:5
5-But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building.
-God saw that the people were building a tall tower.
-God sees everything.
-God sees all people everywhere.
-God sees each and every one of you all the time.
-Does God know all of the thoughts of all people?
-Yes.
-Before someone even starts to think a thought, God knows all of his thoughts completely.
-Does God know all of the words of all people?
-Yes.
-Before someone even starts to say a word, God knows all of his words completely.
-Does God know all of the deeds of all people?
-Yes.
-Before someone even starts to do something, God knows everything that he is going to do completely.
-The people thought that God forgot about them.
-Does God forget about people?
-God never forgets what people think.
-God never forgets what people say.
-God never forgets what people do.
-What did God say when He saw that the people were disobeying Him?
Let’s read Genesis 11:6-7
6-The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
7-Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
-Because our ancestors disobeyed God, God decided to punish them.
-What was the punishment that God decided?
-God would give the people different languages so that the people would not be able to understand one another.
-If God would give different languages to the people, would the people be able to understand one another?
-No.
-If God would give different languages to the people, would they be able to finish building the tall tower?
-No.
-If God would give different languages to the people, would the people be able to all live together in one place?
-No.
-A long time ago, our ancestors spoke only one language.
-But because our ancestors disobeyed God and refused to fill the earth, God gave them different languages.
-At Babel, God gave all of the people different languages.
-The English language began at Babel.
-The French language also began at Babel.
-The Spanish language also began at Babel.
-All languages began at Babel.
-After God gave all of the people different languages, what else did He do?
Let’s read Genesis 11:8-9
8-So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9-That is why it was called Babel–because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
-After God gave all of the people different languages, God scattered all of the people to different places on the earth.
-God wanted the people to fill the earth, but the people wanted to live in one place.
-Did the people win or did God win?
-God won.
-Can anyone fight against God and win?
-No.
-What will God do to those who fight against Him?
-He will punish them.
-God scattered the people to different places on the earth.
-Some people moved close by.
-Some people moved far away.
-How did your ancestors finally arrive here?
-After many, many years, your ancestors came here by foot and by boat.
-This is how your people began.
-This is how all of the different peoples began.
-Your ancestors were at Babel.
-My ancestors were at Babel.
-The ancestors of all people were at Babel.