"But God remembered Noah..."
 

* GOD REMEMBERED NOAH (8:1-22)

1. What does it mean that "God remembered Noah"? (8:1) How did the waters recede? (1 What does this suggest about God's care for one man?

2. When and why did Noah first send out the raven and the dove? How did the dove bring Noah hope the second time it was sent out?

3. When did Noah come out of the ark? How long was he in the ark? (13-14) What did he do when he came out? What did God say? Had the devastating flood solved man's sin problem? What was the meaning of Noah's burnt offering?

4. What promise did God make concerning the world and all living creatures? (8:21,22) How is this promise an expression of God's grace?

* THE NEW BEGINNING (9:1-28)

5. How did God bless Noah and his sons? (9:1) How did he reestablish order (2,3)? How was the basis of this new order different from that of the original creation order which God established? Why was it necessarily different?

6. Why is human life valuable? (6) Why is it significant that the value of human life does not rest on pragmatic considerations?

7. In what ways did God teach men that human life is valuable? (4?6; 11- 13; See Lev 17:11) Why were these lessons necessary? Describe the covenant of life which God made with all living creatures. What does the rainbow teach us about God?

8. How did Ham violate spiritual order? What does God's punishment of Canaan teach us about the importance of spiritual order in the family? [How did God fulfill this prophecy in his dealing with the idolatrous Canaanites? (cfLev 18:2,3; Jdg 1:30; Jos 9:27;16:10)]