Transforming Promise
Genesis 9:8-17
Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,
‘As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you,
and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic
animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of
the ark.
I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be
cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood
to destroy the earth.’
God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and
you and every living creature that is with you, for all future
generations:
I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds,
I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living
creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood
to destroy all flesh.
When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the
everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh
that is on the earth.’
God said to Noah, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.’
Five of us gathered together late on Thursday night to start this years Lent Group (Late because of me) We discussed Covenants and what they are. Not used so much in language today, but widely used in earlier times. A covenant: A sacred agreement between God and human beings. After exploring covenants including other stories of Jonah and Jeremiah we moved on the the discussion questions.
As with many of these groups are discussions were wide ranging and not always on topic. We talked about where we might be able to do helpful things in the town. We looked at the helpful things we did for others and the environment.
An interesting first meeting to be continued.
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