Transcript Power point presentation on Lent 1 by Ralph W. Klein

First Sunday in Lent
• Genesis 9:8-17 The Covenant with the Noahs
(Lent 2: Covenant with Abraham and Sarah;
Lent 3: Sinai Covenant; Lent 5 New Covenant)
• Mark 1:9-15
Genesis 9
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Then God said to Noah, to Ms. Noah, and to his
descendants with them, 9 "As for me, I am
establishing my covenant with you and your
descendants after you, 10 and with every living
creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic
animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as
many as came out of the ark. 11 I establish my
covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be
cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall
there be a flood to destroy the earth.“
Genesis 9
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God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make
between me and you and every living creature that is with
you, for all future generations: 13 I have set my bow in the
clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and
the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow
is seen in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant that is
between me and you and every living creature of all flesh;
and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all
flesh. 16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and
remember the everlasting covenant between God and every
living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.“ 17 God said to
them, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established
between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
The Covenant with Noah and Ms.
Noah Gen 9:8-17
• With the Noahs and their descendants (to this day)
• With every living creature (to this day)
– Birds
– Domestic animals
– Every animal of the earth
• With all flesh (5x in this passage; 8x in rest of flood
story; nowhere else in Genesis)
• God’s covenant with all of creation
• It is also our covenant with all of creation since we are
still created in the image of God so as to exercise God’s
rule (Gen 9:6)
On God’s part
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I establish (not cut) a covenant. Unilateral
Never again will all flesh be cut off
Never again will there be such a flood
Does the flood have a past? Doubtful. Does the flood
have a future? No!
• Signs of the covenant
– Sabbath—kept by humans (Exod 31:13) and God (Gen 2:2)
– Circumcision—kept by humans
– Rainbow/war bow—kept by God
• I will remember my (everlasting) covenant
• Seeing is remembering
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Everlasting covenant
• The contrast between the covenant with the
Noahs (unconditional) and the Sinai covenant
(conditional)
• Rainbows appear in the midst of storms
• In our baptisms we are sealed by the Holy
Spirit and marked with the cross of Christ
forever
After the rainbow—Gen 9:18-29
• Noah plants a vineyard and gets drunk and
exposes himself in his tent Gen 9:21—that’s
the kind of world we live in, in the land of
Nod, East of Eden (Gen 4:16)
• Crossing the boundaries within the family
– What did Ham “see”/do?
– “See” and tell Gen 9:22
• Shem and Japheth’s cover up Gen 9:24
Noah plants vineyard; gets drunk
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grapes
After the Rainbow Gen 9:24-29
• Cursed be Canaan! A lowly slave to his brothers
• Blessed be Yahweh the God of Shem; let Canaan be his
slave
• May God expand Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of
Shem and may Canaan be a slave to them.
• International relations: Philistines-Israelites-Canaanites
• Noah lived 350 more years, 950 in all, in an everlasting
covenant
• Noah and Ms. Noah sealed…and marked with God’s
covenant forever
Mark 1:9-11
• The baptism of Jesus: Been there, done that
on January 8 (unless you celebrated Epiphany)
• Jesus alone saw
– Heavens torn apart
– Spirit descending
• Jesus (and everyone?) heard: You are my child,
the beloved, with you I am well pleased
• After the baptism of Jesus and our baptisms—
then the temptations, then the wilderness
Mark 1:12-14: Life for Jesus and for us
after the rainbow
• Verse 12 Immediately (εὐθὺς) out into the wilderness;
Driven/sent by the Spirit
• Verse 13 The temptation of Jesus/us
– No details to speak of
– 40 days//40 years in the wilderness//Elijah fed on the way to
Sinai for 40 days
– Satan-knocked out early? Get behind me, Satan
– With the wild animals-only in Mark μετὰ τῶν θηρίων
– Angels were his deacons/fed him οἱ ἄγγελοι διηκόνουν αὐτῷ.
– Who are our deacons? Who will feed us? Who will feed others?
• Verse 14 John was arrested; then Jesus came to Galilee
preaching God’s good news.
God buries Moses
An angel rebukes
the devil
The Death of Moses
William Blake