The Beginning and Meaning of Everything that Matters CREATION Genesis 1:1-2:3 | The Seven Days of Creation Genesis 2:4-25 | Man and Woman in the Garden CORRUPTION Genesis 3:1-24 | The Fall of Man Genesis 4:1-5:32 | The Progress of Sin Genesis 6:1-7:24 | The Judgment of God 6:1-8 Backdrop to the Flood 6:9-22 Preparations for the Flood 7:1-24 Fulfillment of the Flood God's Word is Definite (Gen. 7:1-5) God proclaims Noah’s righteousness Specified instruction Clean and not clean Specific timeframes Intended purpose Complete obedience God’s Word Prevails (Gen.7:6-24) Noah’s ancestral line A cataclysmic event God’s hand in His plan Local or global flood? Who prevailed? God’s word declared and fulfilled: Declared: Noah and his family will go onto the Ark (6:18; 7:1) Fulfilled: Noah and his family went onto the Ark (7:7, 13) Declared: The animals will come into the ark (6:19-20; 7:2) Fulfilled: The animals came into the ark (7:8-9, 14-15) Declared: In 7 days rain will come for 40 days and 40 nights (7:4) Fulfilled: After 7 days rain came for 40 days and 40 nights (7:10, 12) Declared: The flood will come upon the earth (6:17) Fulfilled: The flood came upon the earth (7:6, 10) Declared: All flesh will die in the flood (6:13, 17; 7:4) Fulfilled: All flesh died in the flood (7:21-23) Theological Conclusions: The written word is specific and intentional. (Matt. 5:8; Luke 20:37-38) The Living Word is specific and intentional. (Matt. 16:15-16; John 6:38) The written word prevails. (2 Tim. 3:16-17) The Living Word prevails. (Phil. 2:9-11) God’s word still yet to be fulfilled: Final Sanctification (1 John 3:2) The Resurrection (Rom. 6:5) Christ’s Return (Heb. 9:28) Judgment (Ecc. 12:14) “So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isa. 55:11) Proposed Flood Chronology