lds old testament slideshow 06: noah

8/14/2019 LDS Old Testament Slideshow 06: Noah

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Old Testament

Hurricane Utah

Adult Religion Class

Week 6: Noah


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Ancient flood myths

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Akkadian Epic of Atra-Hasis

(c. 18th century B.C.)

Neo-Assyrian Epic of Gilgamesh

(c. 7th century B.C.)


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Genesis vs. other flood storiesMesopotamian

mythsGenesis account

Motivation of

gods/God

Jealousy,

selfishness,

fear

Punishment for sin

The manHero,

defiant

Righteous,

obedient

Moral of thestory Human courage Obedience to God

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Prologue Wickedness, secret combinations among

Cains posterity (Moses 5:51).

The Lords promise to Enoch

(Moses 7:3334).

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Moral issues of the FloodIn giving us a much fuller account than theBible of how the Flood came about, the bookof Enoch settles the moral issue with severaltelling parts:

1. Gods reluctance to send the Flood andhis great sorrow at the event.2. The peculiar brand of wickedness that made theFlood mandatory.3. The frank challenge of the wicked to have God do

his worst.4. The happy and beneficial side of the eventit didhave a happy outcome.

Hugh Nibley, November 1975

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Moral issues of the Flood God and nature mourn because of sin

(Moses 7:28, 37, 40, 45).

The Lord encourages Enoch

(Moses 7:4445).

The Lord delays the Flood because of

Enoch (Moses 7:5052).

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Noah .(nh) = comfort, rest Received the priesthood, preached

repentance (Moses 8:19

20). He and his sons walked with God

(Genesis 6:9; Moses 8:27).

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Sons of God daughters of men Genesis 6:14; compare 1 Enoch 67.

Nephilim .), the offspring of divine beings) Giants (Moses 7:15; 8:18; Numbers 13:3233).

Moses 8:1318: Unrighteous humans.

It repented the LORDthat he had made

man (Genesis 6:57).

(naw-kham), was grieved, orwas sorry.

Compare Moses 8:25.

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The whole earth Locusts covered the face of the whole

earth (Exodus 10:15).

A famine over all the face of the earth

(Genesis 41:56).

All the world should be taxed

(Luke 2:1).

The waters were on the face of the

whole earth (Genesis 8:9).

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The focus of the story7 days

7 days

40 days

150 days

GOD REMEMBERED NOAH

150 days

40 days

7 days

7 days

7:4

7:10

7:14

7:24

8:1

8:3

8:6

8:10

8:12


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The Flood as a baptismThe waters were assuaged; the earth came

forth clothed with innocence, like the

new-born child, having been baptized or

born again from the ocean flood; and thus

the old earth was buried with all its deeds,

and arose to newness of life, its sins being

washed away, even as man has to be immersed in

water to wash away his own personal sins.

Elder Orson Pratt, July 1852

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The message of oahs story Obedience: Noah did according unto all

that the LORDcommanded him (Genesis7:5; 6:22).

The Lords mercy, love, and protection. The Lord prepares a way

(cf. 1 Nephi 3:7; 17:3).

The living prophet is more important to usthan a dead prophet.

Without Gods intervention and mercy,chaos, death, and destruction would

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After Noah Noah, Ham, and Canaan

(Genesis 9:2027).

Peleg; for in his days was the earth

divided (Genesis 10:25).

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After Noah The Tower of Babel

(Genesis 11:19;

cf. Ether 1:3343).

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Next week:The Book of Abraham:

Origins, history, meaning

lds old testament slideshow 06: noah

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