Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Sep 5, Tue - The Tower of Babel

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 1 Test

HandoutsNone given

Reminders:


Book Report Key Due-DatesTitle & Author (Mon, Sep. 11, written on a paper in class), Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 13, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

Instructional Time: Unit 1) Genesis 1-11
Journal 1-6: Study Packet, Page 12
- In Genesis 9:1, God command Noah’s family to be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth
- Read Genesis 11:1-9
- - 1) How do they disobey what God said in 9:1 here? (Look especially at the 2nd part of God’s command…)
- - - They grouped into one city instead of filling the earth
- - 2) How did they demonstrate the sin of ‘pride’? 
- - - They chose to disobey God & they wanted to make a name for themselves- - 3) Why does God say He will confuse their language? 
- - - "They are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do.  And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them." 
- - - Basically, they will team up to sin against God and accomplish horrible things, making the world as bad as it was (or even worse) before the great flood.
- - 4) What does ‘Babel’ mean? (see the little ‘n’)
- - - Confused
- - 5) Other than confusing language, what is the other thing God does here? 
- - - He spread them over the earth

Genesis 11: The Tower of Babel: Fill this in on page 2 of your Study Packet
- God told people to fill the earth.
- - But people decided to join up against God
- - How? By staying in one place and building a tower to their own honor.
- As a result…
- - God confused their language
- - God spread them all over the earth! (v8)
- Noah’s son, Shem has a family line that comes to a man named Terah
- - Terah wants to move his family to Canaan, but they only get to Haran (the city).
- - Terah has 3 sons, Terah, Haran, and Abram

Genesis 11: What does this teach us about God (Theology) and People (Anthropology): Fill this out on page 3 of your Study Packet
God: See previous stories, similar teachings are brought back into this
We:
- - Can do horrible sins when we all team up against God
- - Received the different languages from this event
- - Were spread out by this event

Unit 1 Process Grid: Study packet, Page 2-3

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