Lesson 2 · October 10, 1903
Noah as Sub-Ruler in God's Kingdom
Memory Text.—"For the Lord most high is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth." .
Questions
- 1.What position did Satan gain by his usurpation of the rulership and dominion given to Adam? , 14:30, 16:11. Note 1.
- 2.When the usurper of God's kingdom in this world had so far succeeded in his work of ruin that it became necessary to drown the world by a flood, what provision did the Lord make for its perpetuation through the promised Seed? .
- 3.How is the condition of the earth at that time described? .
- 4.What declaration did the Lord make to Noah? .
- 5.What provision did the Lord instruct Noah to make for the preservation of himself and family? .
- 6.In this provision, what was the Lord establishing with Noah? . Note 2.
- 7.After the flood, what rulership and dominion was given to Noah? .
- 8.What command was repeated to Noah and his sons? . (Compare .)
- 9.How fully was this command carried out? .
- 10.By whom did Satan seek to organize a government in this world after his own mind? . Note 3.
- 11.What plan was organized with the intent of overthrowing God's purpose that the whole earth should be peopled? . (Repeat .)
- 12.How did the Lord make this effort to defeat His purpose the means of its accomplishment? . (Repeat .)
- 13.How fully did the world again depart from God and go into apostasy and idolatry? . Note 4.
Notes
1. "Of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." . Through the sin of Adam and Eve, the whole human race was involved in bondage to Satan. "Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin." . By bringing Adam into bondage to himself, and usurping his rulership and dominion, Satan gained the position of "prince of this world." God had not given to Adam an absolute rulership of this world, and, as Adam could forfeit to Satan only that which had been entrusted to him, the great controversy through all the ages of sin has been, and will be till the close, between God and Satan as to whose rulership of this world will ultimately prevail. And as it was to be through the promised Seed that the rightful kingship was to be perpetuated in this world, the controversy has been directly between Christ and Satan.
2. The covenant which the Lord established with Noah, in preserving him alive to perpetuate the race, when he was about to destroy all flesh, was that recorded in , that "the Seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head."
3. The Revised Version makes the meaning of clearer: "Out of the land he [Nimrod] went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh."
4. The statement () that Terah, the father of Abraham, dwelt on the other side of the flood, and the statement in verse 3, that Abraham was taken from the other side of the flood, should be understood as meaning the other side of the River Euphrates. The Revised Version renders it, "Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the river." See also .
Bible texts in this lesson
Psalms 47:2 · John 12:31 · Genesis 6:7 · Genesis 6:8 · Genesis 6:11 · Genesis 6:12 · Genesis 6:13 · Genesis 6:17 · Genesis 6:14 · Genesis 6:15 · Genesis 6:18 · Genesis 9:2 · Genesis 9:1 · Genesis 1:28 · Genesis 9:18 · Genesis 9:19 · Genesis 10:32 · Genesis 10:8-11 · Genesis 11:1-4 · Genesis 11:4 · Genesis 11:5-8 · Genesis 11:8 · Joshua 24:2 · 2 Peter 2:19 · John 8:34 · Genesis 3:15 · Joshua 24:11 · Joshua 1:4
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