God’s Covenant with Noah
1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by human beings shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God has God made humankind.
My Thoughts:
God blessed Noah and his sons, telling them to “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.” He gave Noah dominion over every creature of the earth and told him that all that lives and moves would be food for him just as the green plants had been given for food.
In this way, God clearly shows his love for man. Even though He has said that men are evil in their ways, He gives them dominion over all that is on the earth.
However, God had a few rules. He ordered Noah not to eat meat from anything with the lifeblood in it. In other words, although beasts may tear flesh from another living thing in order to eat it, man is prohibited from doing so. God also tells Noah that he will be required to account for what he does with his life and that he will demand an accounting if a human takes the life of another human.
I believe God made this rule for Noah and all that followed him because human beings are made in the image of God and all humankind belongs to Him and all of us are precious to him.
Genesis Chapter 9, vs. 1-6 with Betty
God’s Covenant with Noah
1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by human beings shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God has God made humankind.
My Thoughts:
God blessed Noah and his sons, telling them to “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.” He gave Noah dominion over every creature of the earth and told him that all that lives and moves would be food for him just as the green plants had been given for food.
In this way, God clearly shows his love for man. Even though He has said that men are evil in their ways, He gives them dominion over all that is on the earth.
However, God had a few rules. He ordered Noah not to eat meat from anything with the lifeblood in it. In other words, although beasts may tear flesh from another living thing in order to eat it, man is prohibited from doing so. God also tells Noah that he will be required to account for what he does with his life and that he will demand an accounting if a human takes the life of another human.
I believe God made this rule for Noah and all that followed him because human beings are made in the image of God and all humankind belongs to Him and all of us are precious to him.
Genesis Chapter 9, vs. 1-6 with Betty
God’s Covenant with Noah
1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by human beings shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God has God made humankind.
My Thoughts:
God blessed Noah and his sons, telling them to “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.” He gave Noah dominion over every creature of the earth and told him that all that lives and moves would be food for him just as the green plants had been given for food.
In this way, God clearly shows his love for man. Even though He has said that men are evil in their ways, He gives them dominion over all that is on the earth.
However, God had a few rules. He ordered Noah not to eat meat from anything with the lifeblood in it. In other words, although beasts may tear flesh from another living thing in order to eat it, man is prohibited from doing so. God also tells Noah that he will be required to account for what he does with his life and that he will demand an accounting if a human takes the life of another human.
I believe God made this rule for Noah and all that followed him because human beings are made in the image of God and all humankind belongs to Him and all of us are precious to him.
Betty Killebrew
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