GENESIS 10-11, ABRAHAM 1

Tower of BabelAbraham

The Symbol of Water

Gen. 7 Flood brings deathExodus 1:22 New born male Israelites drowned in RiverExodus 14 Red Sea brought death to EgyptiansRev. 12:15 Satan spews forth water upon the churchRev. 13:1 Beast rises up out of the waterRev. 17:1 Great whore sits upon the watersRev. 20:14 Wicked are cast into lake of fire Rev. 21:1 No sea in the Celestial Kingdom1 Ne. 12:16 The mists of darkness / The river of filthy water

The Symbol of Water

Christ’s power over waterJohn 6:19 Christ walks on waterMark 4:39 Christ calms the storm, wavesMatt. 4:19 Disciples to become fishers of men

The dry land comes up out of the water on the 3rd day (providing life on earth).

Christ came forth out of the tomb on the 3rd day (providing eternal life on an exalted earth).

Descendants of Noah

Genesis 10-11

Ham

What’s in a Name?

Japheth

Gomer

Magog

AshkenazRiphath

Togarmah

Madai

Javan

ElishahTarshishKittimDodani

m

TubalMeshech

Tiras

Noah

Cush

Nimrod (Resco)Seba

HavilahSabtah

SabtechaRamaah

ShebaDedan

Mizraim

Phut Cana

an

LudimAnamimLehabim

NaphtuhimPathrusimCaphtorimCasluhim

SidonHeth

JabusiteAmoriteGirgasite

HiviteArkiteSinite

ArvaditeZemarite

Hamathite

Shem

Elam Asshu

r

Arphaxad Lud

Aram

UzHul

GetherMash

SalahEber

Joktan AlmodadSheleph

HazarmavethJerah

HadoramUzal

DiklahObal

AbimaelShebaOphirJobab

Havilah

PelegReu

Serug

TerahAbram

Nahor

Rebellion

Hot

Father of

Multitude

GENESIS 11:1-9Read silently, looking for doctrines, principles, and application

DOCTRINES PRINCIPLES

GENESIS 11:1-9Read silently, looking for doctrines, principles, and application

What’s the name that will get us into heaven, and how do we get it?

Acts 4:10-12

2 Nephi 9:41-43

Mosiah 3:17

Mosiah 5:10-15

D&C 20:77, 79

Slime, Mortar and Bitumen – what the symbol?

How do people avoid consequences of sin today?

THE GENEALOGY OF ABRAHAM Noah

Terah(7th great grandson of

Noah)

Japeth Shem Ham

Abraham

Nahor Haran

Milcah Lot Iscah Sarah

Isaac

Jacob (Israel)

ABRAHAM TIMELINE

•Lived in Ur of the Chaldees

•Persecuted by his father

•Married Sarai

•Moved to Haran with Lot

•Moved to Egypt to escape famine

•Tested in Pharaoh's court

•Gets very rich

•Moves to Canaan with Lot

•Abraham and Lot separate

•Lot is captured, then rescued by Abram

•Abram pays tithing to Melchizedek

•Lord promises Abram children

•Abrahamic covenant established

•Abram’s name changed to Abraham

•Sarai’s name changed to Sarah

ABRAHAM 1 Abraham’s Top Ten Desires in verse 2:

1. happiness

2. peace

3. rest

4. blessings of the fathers

5. priesthood

6. to be a greater follower of righteousness

7. To have greater knowledge

8. to be a father of many nations

9. to be a prince of peace

10. To keep the commandments

ABRAHAM 1:3 WHO CONFERRED THE PRIESTHOOD UPON ABRAHAM?

D&C 84:14 Which Abraham received the priesthood from Melchizedek, who received it through the lineage of his fathers, even till Noah;

“Abraham says to Melchizedek, I believe all that thou hast taught me concerning the priesthood and the coming of the Son of Man; so Melchizedek ordained Abraham and sent him away. Abraham rejoiced, saying, Now I have a priesthood.”

Joseph Smith (History of the Church, 5:555)

Abraham 1:4 "Abraham sought for his appointment to the priesthood. He did not wait for God to come to him" (Kimball, Ensign, June '75, p.7).

Look at verse 7,8 and 11

What attributes did these girls have?

COURAGE“We all know something of the courage it

takes for one to stand in opposition to united custom, and general belief. None of us likes to be ridiculed. Few are able to withstand popular opinion even when they know it is wrong, and it is difficult to comprehend the magnificent courage displayed by Abraham in his profound obedience to Jehovah, in the midst of his surroundings. His moral courage, his implicit faith in God, his boldness in raising his voice in opposition to the prevailing wickedness, is almost beyond comparison.”

Joseph Fielding Smith (The Way to Perfection, 86)

ABRAHAM OVERCAME THE TESTS AND TRIALS OF LIFE.

DELIVERANCE OF ABRAHAM CVIDEO ) (1:38)

What happened because of his Abraham’s righteousness? (Abraham 1:15-20, 30)

RIGHTEOUS DESIRE

“Desire denotes a real longing or craving. Hence righteous desires are much more than passive preferences or fleeting feelings.”

“What we insistently desire, over time, is what we will eventually become and what we will receive in eternity.”

Neal A. Maxwell

Oct. 1996 Gen. Conf.(Apostle 1981-2004)

JOURNAL: Write down your top 5 (righteous) desires

GENESIS 10-11, ABRAHAM 1

Tower of BabelAbraham