3. Mankind Rebels

Yahweh’s Presence: In Heaven Isa 66:1

Mankind Rebels – Overview

Sin comes into the World

From the time of Adam, people continued to follow their own desires and became so evil that God flooded the earth. Mankind still continued in its evil ways and God chose one man, Abraham, to be the father of a new nation. This section covers:

The flood
The Tower of Babal
The people are scattered

God’s solution:

Abraham – God calls a man in Ur
Jacob – God calls a family in Canaan
Israel – God calls a nation in Egypt
Messiah – God calls the World

Takeaways

Beliefs

The problem of sin:

Sin entered the world through Adam and death was the consequence. Every sin causes physical death and spiritual death that separates us from God — but God provided a way back by sending His Son.

God’s solution:

God sent His Son, Jesus, to suffer and die on the cross. Because His life was without sin, death had no power over Him and He became the first human being to be resurrected and eternal life with God was restored.

Eternal life and relationship with God comes, not from your deeds, but from believing in Jesus, who restores the relationship that your sin broke.

Actions:

Recognise that even your best efforts fall short — salvation comes through believing and repenting:

Believe

Confess Jesus as Lord of your life, and believe that just as God raised Him from the dead, He will also raise you.

Repent

Determine to turn from sinful ways and look to follow God’s ways found in His Word.

Salvation is evidenced by those who are obeying God and following Christ Jesus, who did His Father’s work.

Mankind Rebels – Details

Noah and the Flood – Tower of Babel
Abraham leaves Ur to go to the promised land

The Flood and Noah

Descendants of Adam and Eve continued to rebel against Yahweh God. Eventually, their wickedness became so great that God, with great reluctance, flooded the earth, killing all of them except Noah’s family.
Gen 6:5-8

The Tower of Babel

Yahweh God repopulated the earth with Noah’s descendants who then decided to build the Tower of Babel (Babylon). They wanted to make a name for themselves to avoid being scattered over the whole earth. This was in rebellion to God’s command to Adam to fill the earth.
Gen 1:28 Gen 11:4 Gen 11:6-7

God Scatters Mankind over the Earth

God wanted mankind to multiply and to fill the earth so He confused their speech and scattered them. This was the beginning of the nations on earth.
Gen 11:9

What happened next…

Abraham

God then chose the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to be His special people, Israel.
Isa 41:8 Deu 7:6-8

Egypt

He led them to Egypt where they grew from Jacob’s family of 70 people to over 2 million over 400 years.
Gen 46:26-27 Exo 12:37

Mount Sinai

However, Pharaoh began to treat them like slaves so Yahweh God called Moses to deliver His people from Egypt and to make them a nation. He made a covenant with them at Mount Sinai with Ten Commandments (Ten Words) about loving God and each other.
Exo 3:9-10 Mat 22:37-40

Further studies

God chooses a people after the flood
- Why God Flooded the World
  - After Adam and Eve, the people became very evil and God destroyed them with a flood, but saved Noah and his family.
    Gen 6:5-8
- God’s Presence dwelt with His People
  - God chose Abraham to be Father of His Chosen People, Israel, through whom God will ultimately restore His relationship with the nations of Mankind.
    Gen 17:5 Gen 28:14 Exo 19:5 Deu 9:4-6
  - God chose to return and dwell with Mankind, Israel, in the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle. The High Priest was allowed to enter into God’s presence in the Holy of Holies to atone for Israel’s sins but only once a year and only after he had been cleansed from his iniquity. Mankind had to be protected from the holiness of God because of their sinful nature.
    Exo 29:45-46 Lev 26:11-12 Exo 40:34-38
  - Why Yahweh chose Israel to be His People.
    Deu 7:6-8