Fulfillments & Interpretations of Biblical Prophesies - The Noahic Covenant - Grammatical/Historical Presentation

The Noahic Covenant:

Grammatical/Historical Presentation

·         Promise—God will never again destroy all flesh by a flood as long as the Earth remains (Genesis 8:22; 9:11).

·         Recipients—Noah and his offspring (Genesis 9:9-10).

·         Sign—God set a rainbow in the sky as a sign of His promise (Genesis 9:13-17).

·         Conditions—God commanded Noah to construct an ark for the salvation of him and his family and the animals of the Earth (Genesis 6:14-22).

·         Commands

o        Punish murders by death (Genesis 9:5-6).

o        God implicitly reiterates the command He first gave to Adam, to subdue His creation and explicitly reiterates His command to Adam to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 9:7).

·         Curse

o        If someone breaks the covenant God made with Noah by dishonoring God’s image by murder, then he will likewise be put to death (Genesis 9:5-6).

o        If the creation is not subdued, the implications are obvious; natural law would demonstrate that if a man refuses to defend himself against the wild beast then his life will be threatened.  We could speculate that one execution of the Noahic curses is the idolization of the creation (Romans 1:22).