Ep 358 | Genesis 6-11; Moses 8, Come Follow Me 2026 (February 9-15)

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(00:00) Different approaches to reading the flood account.
(03:47) The flood can symbolize a second creation of the earth.
(05:55) A strange passage in Genesis 6.1-4. This text introduces concepts like Watchers, Giants, and a conflict between Enoch and the forces of darkness. It can be read as a polemic against Babylonian religious and political views.
(18:26) Mount Sinai and Mount Hermon as headquarters of the opposing forces of good and evil.
(25:01) Jesus addresses his disciples in Caesarea Philippi, at the foot of Mount Hermon in Matthew 16.13-19.
(32:00) The harsh reality of the portrayal of destruction throughout the scriptures. The Book of Mormon provides a pattern for how to live in peace.
(39:05) The people of Noah’s day were swept off because the earth was corrupt and filled with violence.
(43:33) The Lord sent a prophet and gave them 120 years to change. The people were warned before they were destroyed.
(48:22) Noah’s Ark can be a symbol of the temple.
(57:19) A pattern of how to follow a prophet. It takes patience and faith to follow prophets in a day of peace.
(1:01:48) The bow in the cloud is a token of the covenant in Genesis 9.12-13. When we look up at the rainbow we are remembering the promise of God to bring Enoch and Zion to earth.
(1:06:35) Ways to read the curse Noah gives Canaan in Genesis 9.20-27.
(1:12:27) The Table of Nations in Genesis 10. The dividing of the land and the languages. The Tower of Babel as a polemic against the beliefs of the Babylonians.
(1:17:01) Our connection to Abraham and his covenant. God has promised to preserve us just as he preserved Noah.

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