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Unit 1, Chapter 3

Unit 1, Chapter 3. From the Garden to the Tower. Essential Question. Why is it important for humans to look for meaning in such experiences as suffering and death?. I CAN:. Explain human suffering and evil in a world created by a good God

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Unit 1, Chapter 3

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  1. Unit 1, Chapter 3 From the Garden to the Tower

  2. Essential Question • Why is it important for humans to look for meaning in such experiences as suffering and death?

  3. I CAN: • Explain human suffering and evil in a world created by a good God • Discover how the story of Cain and Abel is reflected in contemporary literature • Understand the biblical consequences of human sinfulness, selfishness, and pride

  4. What Happened? • God gave first man and woman free reign, with one exception: Do not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil • They then begin to deceive themselves and begin to make excuses to God.

  5. Forbidden Fruit • The serpent deceives Eve into eating the forbidden fruit; has become associated with Satan • Forbidden fruit=unknown • In western culture we portray it as an apple • St. James Vulgate- In Latin word malum can mean both apple and evil

  6. Consequences • Childbirth became painful and difficult • Death entered the world • Adam and Eve driven from garden so they cannot eat from Tree of Life • Cherubims and a flaming sword guard the garden

  7. Perspectives • Humans have a free will and are capable of choosing between good and evil • Genesis 3 is the story of the “the fall” • Often refered to as original sin*: the condition of sin that marks all humans as a result of Adam and Eve’s disobediene to God Of Man’s first disobedience and the fruit, Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe. • John Milton (1608-1674)

  8. The Single Hound by Emily Dickinson Eden is that old-fashioned House We dwell in every day, Without suspecting our abode Until we drive away. How fair, on looking back, the Day We sauntered from the Door, Unconscious our returning But Discover it no more.

  9. The First Murder(4:6-10) • Genesis 4: recounts the first murder • It was fratricide- murder of a brother by a brother • When God asks Cain where his brother is, Cain responds, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”(4:9) • Teaches us humans are responsible for one another • Cain receives both punishment and mercy (Mark of Cain)

  10. Cain and Abel Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiT5D6B9_L4&feature=related • Stop at 2:05

  11. John Steinbeck East of Eden • I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one…Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity, too—in a net of good and evil…this one story (Cain and Abel) is the basis of all human neurosis—and if you take the fall along with it, you have the total of psychic troubles that can happen to a human.

  12. From Bad to Worse • Cain settles in the land of Nod- meaning wandering • Built the first city • God became frustrated with the virtues of early civilization and decided to destroy it • Choose one family for the mission: Noah

  13. Noah Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bputeFGXEjA • Bill Cosby Noah

  14. A Restart (7:17-18, 22-24) • Noah is asked to build an ark and prepare for a flood that will wipe out the face of the Earth • Two important things: • Noah is not the captain of the ship; God is • It had never rained on the earth before

  15. Rained before the Flood • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2uUOZK0C5o

  16. The Animals Entering the Ark by Bassano

  17. The Rainbow Sign (8:15) • Noah sent out a dove three times: • It returned empty • It returned with an olive branch • It did not return • As a covenant, sign of peace, and to never flood the earth again, God sent forth a rainbow

  18. Noah’s Ark Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3mkimHFmo0 • Walt Disney Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfAhpX_wIBk&feature=artistob&playnext=1&list=TLFctC0qeXCuA • Jars of Clay Flood

  19. The Children of Noah (9:20-27) • Noah and his descendants populated the earth • Noah has three sons: • Shem- Middle Eastern and Asian people • Japheth- Europeans • Ham- Africans • Ham was cursed by his father and that is one area where slavery has been misquoted in Scripture.

  20. Tower of Babel Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-m-cpKQYzU&feature=related • Stop at 1:35 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZDfzArL42I • 5:01

  21. People Scattered (11:1-8) • Tower of Babel*-Tower built in attempt to reach Heaven • God punished their attempt by confusing their language and scattering them over the face of the earth • Ends part of scripture dealing with whole of humanity • Now going to start talking about one family, nation and chosen people

  22. Tower of Babel • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_jjPXRwYzM&feature=related • 1st minute, then 17:45

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