For this week’s class we will break from our regular presentation and watch a documentary by “Is Genesis History?” apologetics ministry called “Identifying the Tower of Babel.” Archeologist Doug Petrovich explains why he thinks he has identified the site of the Tower of Babel based on a variety of evidences from the Ancient Near East.
From the video introduction:
“𝘐𝘴 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺? features over a dozen scientists and scholars explaining how the world intersects with the history recorded in Genesis. From rock layers to fossils, from lions to stars, from the Bible to artifacts, this fascinating film will change the way you see the world. The film’s goal is to provide a reasonable case for Creation in six normal days, a real Adam and Eve, an actual fall, a global flood, and a tower of Babel. Dr. Del Tackett, creator of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, serves as your guide—hiking through canyons, climbing up mountains, and diving below the sea—in an exploration of two competing views…one compelling truth.”
Watch the video on this topic:
Foundations Bible Study: Where is the Tower of Babel?
Review and Reflection
At your table groups, do the following:
- Prayer cards: Take a minute and write your name on the index card provided, and add any special prayer request you might have. Exchange cards at the end of the class.
- Discuss: After watching the video presentation, discuss your thoughts and questions on this topic. Use searchcreation.org to help answer other questions you might have. This website has thousands of articles referencing many experts in these various fields of science who will help show that the truth is out there when it comes to the facts of God’s creation, and the importance of the reliability of the Biblical narratives.
- Focus verse: Genesis 3:15 – How can you share the Gospel using this verse and connecting it to Jesus’ fulfillment of it in the New Testament?
FOCUS VERSE
Genesis 3:15 Promise
(begins the Scarlet Thread)
“And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
He shall [d]bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.” (NASB)
From Genesis through Revelation, the Bible is all about Jesus!
SHARING THE GOSPEL:
THE SEED IS HE
– HE IS THE SEED!
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16
“And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.”” Genesis 3:15
“So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.” John 8:28
“From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.” John 13:19
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. Colossians 2:8
A Bible that’s falling apart, usually belongs to someone who isn’t!”
BIBLE STUDY AND HOMEWORK
Continue working on the book of Job for our next class, with specific questions below…
THE BOOK OF JOB: STUDY QUESTIONS
1. Author: Who wrote this book? (Who was he, what can we know about him, and how does he fit into this narrative, if at all?)
2. Audience: Who was this book written to? (What was the historical setting of the culture and the people involved both in the narrative, and those receiving it?)
3. Dating: When was this book written, and when did the events occur? (Include the views of Bible Scholars if there is any debate)
4. Purpose: Why was this book written? (Get some background and explore intent for the audience then, and also for today)
5. Context: What does it say? Read through the entire book in one sitting, if possible, in order to get the big picture of the narrative for an overall summary. Then go back and break it down…
6. Interpretation: What does it mean? Always focus on these two main questions:
a. What do you learn about God’s character and what He was teaching the reader?
b. How does the chapter or passage point towards Jesus?
7. Going Deeper: Re-read and review chapters 1-3
a. What is the interaction between God and Satan, and why?
b. How do we see God’s sovereign control in these first three chapters?
c. What happens to Job and how does he respond to these circumstances?
Please continue to join us each week for Foundations Bible Study – next week – the book of Job!
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You will not find this material in the public school curriculum even though it is based on solid evidence and grounded in research. It is ironic that following the evidence to where it leads stops at the door of our public schools as they will not let a “Divine footprint” in! Join us as we examine evidence for Christianity and learn how to become a thoughtful defender and ambassador of your faith.
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Teri Dugan
TeriDugan@truthfaithandreason.com
1 Peter 3:15