The Beginnings of the Human
           Race
Vocabulary Chapter 1
•   Divine sovereignty
•   Creation mandate
•   Nation state
•   City state
•   Table of nations
•   Polytheism
•   Monotheism
•   Gospel
God Created the World




• Took only 6 days
• Did it by speaking
• It was good (Genesis 1:31)
Divine Sovereignty




• God’s complete and permanent control over
  this world
God created man in the image of God
• This means that man has a set of qualities
  that reflects God’s own personality.
God Created Man to Rule


• Creation Mandate – think of ways to tame
  the earth and to make it useful
What does the Creation Mandate
               Mean?
• Humans need to develop culture and
  civilization.
• Need to create cities where tasks are shared
  to improve the quality of life
Adam & Eve
• They loved God, worshiped God and obeyed
  God
• They sinned against God by eating from the
  forbidden tree
• The entire history of human civilization has
  been twisted by sin.
The effects of the first sin:
1. Human’s love themselves more than
   anything else
2. Religion has been damaged because man is
   worshiping their own gods.
3. God changed the earth so it rebelled against
   their rule. “Cursed is the ground for thy
   sake.” Genesis 3:17
God’s plan for redemption
• Human race was divided into two groups:
  Seed of the serpent and seed of the woman
• Satan’s seed would harm God’s people
• God’s people is the seed of the woman
Adam & Eve




           Cain              Abel                     Seth




                                                                  Became
Moved to                            Killed by Cain
                  Cainites                           Sethites   unpleasing to
Nod
                                                                    God
The great flood
• God showed favor to one family from the
  Sethite line
• God held back his judgment for 120 years, but
  in the end he flooded the earth
• When Noah landed on Mount Ararat, God
  repeated the Creation Mandate
Noah’s Family

                                     Noah




               Shem                  Ham      Japeth



                                            Blessed with
Have a great
                      A wicked man           wealth and
  future
                                               power
Babel
• All humans spoke the
  same language at this time
• The city of Babel was
  trying to build a tower that
  would reach heaven
God’s response to Babel
God confused
the people by
making them all
speak different
languages so
they could not
communicate
Nations are born
• People now lived with others that spoke their
  same language and created nations
• Nation-state – nation that has its own
  government
• City-state—cities that have their own
  government
• Table of Nations – Genesis 10. It lists the
  decedents of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Vocabulary Example:
                                                                       Tallyn Hughes
                                                                            7th History
                                                                               8/16/11



1. Nomadic                        constantly on the move in search of game, fish and
                                  wild plants.


2. Adobe                a dried clay and straw mixture used to build
           houses


3. Totem Poles              carvings from large trees that depicted local
              legends and important events

7th Ch 1 sec 1

  • 1.
    The Beginnings ofthe Human Race
  • 2.
    Vocabulary Chapter 1 • Divine sovereignty • Creation mandate • Nation state • City state • Table of nations • Polytheism • Monotheism • Gospel
  • 3.
    God Created theWorld • Took only 6 days • Did it by speaking • It was good (Genesis 1:31)
  • 4.
    Divine Sovereignty • God’scomplete and permanent control over this world
  • 5.
    God created manin the image of God • This means that man has a set of qualities that reflects God’s own personality.
  • 6.
    God Created Manto Rule • Creation Mandate – think of ways to tame the earth and to make it useful
  • 7.
    What does theCreation Mandate Mean? • Humans need to develop culture and civilization. • Need to create cities where tasks are shared to improve the quality of life
  • 8.
    Adam & Eve •They loved God, worshiped God and obeyed God • They sinned against God by eating from the forbidden tree • The entire history of human civilization has been twisted by sin.
  • 9.
    The effects ofthe first sin: 1. Human’s love themselves more than anything else 2. Religion has been damaged because man is worshiping their own gods. 3. God changed the earth so it rebelled against their rule. “Cursed is the ground for thy sake.” Genesis 3:17
  • 10.
    God’s plan forredemption • Human race was divided into two groups: Seed of the serpent and seed of the woman • Satan’s seed would harm God’s people • God’s people is the seed of the woman
  • 11.
    Adam & Eve Cain Abel Seth Became Moved to Killed by Cain Cainites Sethites unpleasing to Nod God
  • 12.
    The great flood •God showed favor to one family from the Sethite line • God held back his judgment for 120 years, but in the end he flooded the earth
  • 13.
    • When Noahlanded on Mount Ararat, God repeated the Creation Mandate
  • 14.
    Noah’s Family Noah Shem Ham Japeth Blessed with Have a great A wicked man wealth and future power
  • 15.
    Babel • All humansspoke the same language at this time • The city of Babel was trying to build a tower that would reach heaven
  • 16.
    God’s response toBabel God confused the people by making them all speak different languages so they could not communicate
  • 17.
    Nations are born •People now lived with others that spoke their same language and created nations • Nation-state – nation that has its own government • City-state—cities that have their own government • Table of Nations – Genesis 10. It lists the decedents of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
  • 18.
    Vocabulary Example: Tallyn Hughes 7th History 8/16/11 1. Nomadic constantly on the move in search of game, fish and wild plants. 2. Adobe a dried clay and straw mixture used to build houses 3. Totem Poles carvings from large trees that depicted local legends and important events

Editor's Notes

  • #6 We know that we are religious beingsWe know that we are precious to God.Like God we have the ability to think, love, use language, know right and wrong, and enjoy relationships
  • #7 Meaning of creation mandate: p.5Genesis 1:28 “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth”This is called the Creation MandateThis is why God made humans
  • #10 Page 7 – earth rebelling against man
  • #12 Cain became the father of a group of people who were the first to live in civilization. Their civilization was not pleasing to God…their sin was not building a city. Their sin was attempting to live out the Creation Mandate without God.
  • #13 The flood caused the whole earth to be under water. Caused the earth to be without form and void just like its original state.
  • #14 Commanded Noah to spread out and fill the earth