Noah and Abraham
Cain and Able
Cain’s sin is envy
We are our brother’s keepers
after first sin, sin grow rapidly
Cain gave into the sin of envy and killed Able
We are our siblings keepers
Noah → God is renewing his covenant
Parallels Between Creation and Noah
Creation → re-creation
The number 7 is important
day of rest → Noah’s name means rest
be fruitful and multiply
Sin in a garden → sin in a vinyard
Nakedness and Shame after sin
Words to Know
Typology and Prefigurement
things in the old testament pointing to things in the new testament
The water of the flood prefigures baptism
The wood of the ark prefigures the cross
The ark prefigures the Church
The Tower of Babel
The people of Shamer build a tower → Their sin is wanting to make a great name for themselves, they wanted to be like God
God scatters them and confuses their language
Pentecost is and undoing of The Tower of Babel
Abraham
Promises
Land → animal cutting
Great Name → circumcision
Universal Blessing → Sacrifice of Isaac
Parallels between the sacrifice of Isaac and the sacrifice of Jesus
Abraham, loving father → God the Father, who is love
Isaac the beloved son → Jesus the beloved Son
Carries wood for sacrifice → Carries the cross
Worldwide blessing
All covenants involve LOVE & SACRIFICE
Faith is the theological virtue by which we believe in God and all that He has said and all that He has revealed to us