Noah's altar and burnt offerings signified a right relationship with God, where sin wasn't a hindrance. Through Jesus' death, we have a right relationship with God.
God encouraged Noah by giving him freedom, enjoyment, promises and blessing.
Human life is supremely precious because we are made in Gods's image. When it is taken, it is a life for a life.
A covenant is vitally important. They are not to come and go as you please. They are till death we do part, or in God's case, forever!
The nations came from these three sources, coming right back ultimately to God. God is the God of all.
The self-centredness of the Babelites as they seek to reach up to God. God ensures His ways alone will prosper and thwarts those who oppose Him.
God called Abraham to be faithfully obedient, promising He would be faithful. God similarly calls us to have faith and go.
In famine and fear, Abrams looked to his own circumstances rather than Gods's ability to provide. We may tend to do likewise. Everything He had and was was from God alone.
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