The World and the Word

                                The Results of the Fall

Noah had to offer a blood sacrifice before he could offer the burnt sacrifice. The second offering cannot work without the first. Jesus had to shed His blood and water on the cross to wash away all of the sins and evil of all believers saved by His grace before He could descend into hell to provide a lesser form of salvation for the rest of humanity by the use of His consuming fire. This constitutes the meaning of Hebrews 9:22. The burnt offering cannot be effective without the blood offering. Hebrews 13:10-13 clarifies this meaning.

The story of Genesis 9:20-27 demonstrates the fact that the evil within the Adamic race will inevitably cause some of them to commit even the most horrible sins. But the fact that Shem and Japheth went backwards with a garment to cover their father's nakedness prophesies that God will save the entire human race. At that time, Noah represented the entire Adamic race. Canaan abused his father in a very evil way and did not repent. The fact that God punished Canaan more than He did Shem and Japheth prophesies that God will assign greater punishment to those who deliberately practice evil. All judgment belongs to Christ. But one can surmise that Christ will consign all those who deliberately practice evil and refuse to repent to a burning hell following their physical deaths. Hebrews 9:27. But even the worst humans in hell still retain a living soul and spirit that has done some good. Their living souls and spirits and all the small amounts of good that they did were created by God and belongs to Him forever. God can never lose anything He has ever created. God will recover all that He has created, cleanse it of all sin and evil, and He will recreate it. Ecclesiastes 3:14; Revelation 21:5; Luke 20:38; Romans 11:36; Psalm 145:14-17; Psalm 138:8; Psalm 111:7-9; Romans 8:18-23; Colossians 1:15-20.

God commanded Noah's sons to "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth." Genesis 9:1. Genesis chapter 10 records how the Adamic race spread out over the earth. Some built cities and civilizations, but others reverted to primitive ways of life. Most humans simply desire to live in peace and contentment with their fellow humans. But as Genesis 10:8-9 indicates, some humans who possess superior intelligence and talents, desire to gain power and control over their fellow humans. Many of these types of people gain control over governments, become tyrants, and mislead the quiet humans into evil wars and other horrors. Sadly, this has been the history of much of humanity. The fact that evil humans like Nimrod exist may mean that the fallen angels returned to earth to again mate with women after the flood.