Ep 139 | Genesis 6-11; Moses 8, Come Follow Me (January 30-February 6)
Talking Scripture
Mike Day & Bryce Dunford
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2022
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Timestamps:
00:26 – Different approaches to reading the flood account.
03:50 – The flood can symbolize a second creation of the earth.
05:59 – A strange passage in Genesis 6.1-4. This text introduces concepts like Watchers, Giants, and a conflict between Enoch and the forces of darkness. It can be read as a polemic against Babylonian religious and political views.
18:32 – Mount Sinai and Mount Hermon as headquarters of the opposing forces of good and evil.
25:09 – Jesus addresses his disciples in Caesarea Philippi, at the foot of Mount Hermon in Matthew 16.13-19.
32:08 – The harsh reality of the portrayal of destruction throughout the scriptures. The Book of Mormon provides a pattern for how to live in peace.
39:14 – The people of Noah’s day were swept off because the earth was corrupt and filled with violence.
43:42 – The Lord sent a prophet and gave them 120 years to change. The people were warned before they were destroyed.
48:34 – Noah’s Ark can be a symbol of the temple.
57:31 – A pattern of how to follow a prophet. It takes patience and faith to follow prophets in a day of peace.
1:02:01 – The bow in the cloud is a token of the covenant in Genesis 9.12-13. When we look up at the rainbow we are remembering the promise of God to bring Enoch and Zion to earth.
1:06:47 – Ways to read the curse Noah gives Canaan in Genesis 9.20-27.
1:12:43 – The Table of Nations in Genesis 10. The dividing of the land and the languages. The Tower of Babel as a polemic against the beliefs of the Babylonians.
1:17:19 – Our connection to Abraham and his covenant. God has promised to preserve us just as he preserved Noah.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to Talking Scripture, a podcast where we illustrate relevance and |
| 0:07.5 | application to the scriptures and come follow me. |
| 0:10.3 | We also dive into the history and cultures of the text. |
| 0:13.5 | Thanks for taking the time to share and subscribe to this podcast. |
| 0:17.1 | For show notes, head over to our website, TalkingScripture.org. |
| 0:23.7 | Welcome to Talking Scripture, I'm Mike. |
| 0:25.5 | And I'm Bryce. |
| 0:26.7 | And today we are going to cover Genesis 6-11 and Moses 8, which is the flood. |
| 0:32.4 | Yep. |
| 0:33.4 | And this is a challenging scriptural block, especially if you teach Sunday school, or maybe |
| 0:40.7 | if you're a seminary teacher, or you want to sit down with young children and talk |
| 0:45.1 | about the flood. |
| 0:46.7 | How literal is this? |
| 0:48.5 | Is it figurative and symbolic? |
| 0:51.3 | There's a lot of questions that a lot of people have, Mike. |
| 0:54.1 | What's your take on the flood? |
| 0:56.2 | All Bryce, I wasn't there, and I certainly don't know. |
| 1:00.9 | Genesis 7, 19 and 20 says that all the high hills, everything under the whole heaven was covered. |
| 1:07.4 | It seems to indicate that the hills, really in the Hebrew of the Harim, the mountains, |
| 1:13.8 | that they're covered by waters. |
| 1:15.6 | Now I also see some wiggle room here. |
| 1:18.2 | I want to give space for all kinds of interpretations. |
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