This is my first time with Bible recap and let me tell you, I want to read the Bible not as a checklist but because I want to see God and be excited about it. I have to say, as soon as I woke up, I jumped right in and started reading. Thank you so much for doing this! God bless this ministry 🙏🏽🥰
When I reflect on Noah and the “story” of the ark, I have to force my brain to turn them into real people rather than the visual of the cartoon man and animals with a cartoon ark. It’s a chore for my mind as I play out the story with Little People play set and Sunday school songs. When I can finally get past the cartoon, sing song recollection and turn his family into humans, it becomes so real. I can’t imagine being, literally, alone with just my immediate family and embarking on a new land and territory with nobody else in the world. I can say I have FELT lonely after a move with no friends and only my husband and kids, but it wasn’t the truth. We were surrounded by people everywhere. I can’t imagine the pressure and loneliness they may have felt realizing they were chosen, they were elect, and they would repopulate the earth. What a task set before them. I wonder if they worried, the way I would, about getting it right this time. I love, love the symbol of the rainbow and God’s promise to earth. Ever since I was little, when we would see a rainbow, we would chase after it. When I was younger, my parents would tell us about the pots of gold at the end. As I have grown older, I know those pots of gold are a silly story and I sit in awe of the truth of the rainbow. My boys and I, and even my husband, still go rainbow chasing, but now it’s just to see the beauty of the rays and remember the promise attached to it. I can also see so much “real” human nature in Noah, (obviously because he was a real human) in the fact that he was complacent and content being in his “home” and not wanting to move and spread out on the earth. It’s easy to feel comfortable and not want to up and change, again, especially if you’ve just floated the earth for the past several months. But God. :) He says, “Go!” And He will make a way for that! I think it’s important to remember Noah as a human with feelings and emotions. It’s important for us to see that he made mistakes, too. The drunkenness and nakedness. Temptation and letting our guards down is a real thing and can happen to the best of humanity, which is why we are encouraged so much to hold fast to God and fight off the temptation with spiritual warfare. Again, they don’t have commandments telling them what’s right and wrong, but they know. Today, after several, several reads through Genesis, it popped out at me that Canaan was Noah’s son and the Canaanites became God’s enemy. I knew both of those things separately but my brain never connected the two!! What an “aaahhh-haaa!” moment for me!! God still uses the Canaanites complete His plans, He still loves His enemies and makes a way for them to have redemption. Praise Him that He chases us down and peruses us, even when we have messed up. He is a God who blesses His enemies because we are all enemies by birth. We become His when we accept His invitation to adoption. Yesterday I sat and reflected for a long time on how God consistently perused me. How He used people so strategically throughout my life to keep me close to Him even when I didn’t know it, see it, feel it. When I look back over my 40 years, it’s so evident that He was there making my path and even though I’m positive I didn’t do the things He wanted me to when or how He wanted me to do them, He kept coming back to me and meeting me right where I was. Praise the Lord! I see God as a persistent peruser of His kids.
I love what you wrote here. It’s amazing how you see something new every time. This is my first time using Bible Recap and it’s making me dig deep! Wasn’t Canaan Noah’s grandson?
@@aproudblackgirl He will! Pray those 5 prayers every day!! I used to skip that part and find it redundant… but once I began making them as important as the reading, He spoke louder!
@@AnchoredinHIM I do. I've been a Christian all my life but I've been mostly struggling at it for many reasons. Still, I'm aware that I can't and I also don't want to do life without God. This year, I actually want to get to know God, not just be a Christian by name or religion. Thanks so much for the encouragement. I'm glad and grateful.
Today’s reading highlights Noah’s patience and obedience as he waited for God’s command to leave the ark. Despite the long and uncertain wait, Noah trusted God’s timing. When he finally stepped onto dry ground, the first thing Noah did was build an altar and worship the Lord. This act of gratitude and reverence reminds me that, regardless of my circumstances, worshiping God should always be my first response. His faithfulness deserves my unwavering trust and praise.
I took my granddaughters and daughter-in-law to see the Ark in Kentucky. Y’all it is magnificent! It was recreated according to the directions gave Noah when he built it. Its design and furnishings on the inside reveal Gods intricate order - nothing was omitted. If you ever get a chance to go see it, you will not be disappointed.
Day 3 for me and I have to keep myself from going forward early!! I'm so blown away and seeing GOD in a different way than just 3 days ago. I have always skipped over all the "begats" and I found myself, when reading the "Shem begat etc" I started recognizing names, Canaan, Enoch, and several more. It was kinda eye opening. If anyone reads these comments please keep Patsy (me) in your prayers. I been serving the Lord for a long time 60+years and thought I knew scripture pretty well but I have always skipped over the birth orders and numbers and even the killing parts. I was kinda glad that I was living under the New Covenant, actually very glad. I wanna know LORD GOD in a new way. I wanna know I AM. Our entire fellowship is doing the Bible Recap this year and I'm excited about Gods' word more now than ever!!
I will pray for you! 🙏🏻 My Godshot today was God extended his loving mercy to the whole family of righteous Noah. Claim your children and grandchildren and great grandchildren for Jesus, and pray for them to walk in the Kingdom with Christ!
yes same! I was prepared to skim over the generations but then I started recognizing names that I would see later and I just thought it was really cool to know where they all came from
This was awesome to read, Patsy! Myself and a few friends from church are doing the same this year. Really wanting to purse my Christian friendships and spend more time in fellowship, as well as seeking God and asking for Him to reveal Himself to me even more. May your year ahead be blessed and strengthened through our Father. ❤
I’m a teacher on break until Monday, and I think I need to retire so I’ll have time to really study the Bible because I keep finding things I want to know more about!! lol. But I like what she says our aim is not to know everything-our aim is to KNOW GOD!!🙌🏼❤
Good morning! Fellow teacher here! I go back Monday, too! I wish I could retire and spend all my time engaged in the Word! Sooo much richness here! :) this is year 3 with the recap for me! Many blessings to you as you work this into your daily routine!! :)
First I want to commend you for choosing your names! Rooted in Scripture and Anchored in Him! Fabulous! Is there a way I can change my RUclips name? On a serious note, I have read through the entire Bible over 25 times (I’m 70) and I am seeing new tidbits and Godshots every day in this study! Before we started I was not wanting to watch Tara’s comments, but I’m so glad I am! I just love how fresh the Word of God is. It is still powerful, encouraging, nourishing to your soul, and revelatory. I think God is honored when we seek Him in the scriptures. I pray we all will receive what God has for each one of us this year. 🙏🏻
This is my second time through the Bible with TBR. I had always assumed that the flood was God's wrathful reaction to the wickedness of man. But i noticed in reading this time that there is no mention of wrath, anger, fury etc. Instead the only emotions mentioned are regret and sorrow. Therefore I think the purpose of the flood was to cleanse the earth from corruption and violence so that we could start over and slow down the degradation of sin. What has happened is continued sin that shows that mankind needs a Savior, which God himself provided in his Son, Jesus Christ!
Hi, I'm in my second attempt this year. I can't remember when I dropped off last year. I think around the time I returned to work after Christmas and NY holidays. Really hoping to better manage my time this year and stick with it.
Remember even if you get behind you are on God's timetable, not your own, keep going. The reading and building the relationship with God is the reward whether you do it in 6 months, 1 year, 2 years or longer, just keep going!
God affirms more of Who He is in these chapters: He remembers, He blesses, and He promises. And the object of His remembering, blessing, and promising is us-so even (or especially) in grief and sorrow, He hasn’t forgotten me, He hasn’t stopped blessing me, and He hasn’t removed His promise for me, that He’ll always be with me.
January 3, 2025 Day 2! I’m so happy to be on this journey! I’m praying God Keeps us all dedicated to complete this life changing mission! We can do ALL THINGS through CHRIST who is our strength! 🙏🏾🤍
My Godshot was God's patience. It took a long time to build up the family where Jesus would eventually be born into it but God kept waiting until the time was right and He still waits for us today to accept and follow Him.
Aloha BR family! God blesses Noan because of his faithfulness. I am glad that God love and forgive us in spite of my sins. I am so glad that I cannot mess up God's plan. He is where the JOY is!!!💯
I believe man's lifespan was drastically reduced by Solar radiation. Clearly some kind of "waters" came from BOTH above & below, & Scripture tells us that it hadn't rained on the Earth before the Flood, "But mist would come up from the earth and water all the ground.“ Gen2.6
Our God is a covenantal God. He made a covenant with Noah and told him to "be fruitful and fill the earth" (Gen 9:1). God gave Noah and the people everything that lives and moves as food (Gen 9:4). God set the rainbow as the sign of the covenant (Gen 9:13). I love rainbows! 🌈 I loved to draw them as a child and collect things with rainbows, like Care Bears.
Logging into day 3. I observed how God gives a comfort of belief in His covenant that man and Him would remember the promise made. This sign gives man an assurance that God makes Himself accountable to His word.
I’ve tried to read the Bible off and on throughout my life but last year I rededicated myself to god and have been in the Bible more and in a Bible study. This is the furthest I’ve ever gotten in genesis. I don’t think I’ve got past chapter one. These videos are so helpful I’m so glad people told me about this
I see how trustworthy God is with timing. He shut Noah and his family in the ark. God was the one who told them when they could leave the ark. He knew it was hard and they wanted out. But God had new and better for them as they waited on His timing.
This is my second time with TBR and I’m so excited for this journey again. We all have to be good stewards of the earth even though we do what we want God still has a plan for us in the end. That was my God shot that he will redeem us in the end and he will bless us with his new covenant. He is where the joy is 🙌🏽🙏🏽👌🏽
My God shot today: Even though the world is evil, God still instructs us to be fruitful and multiply. He is in control. The evil doesn't thwart His plan.
This will be my 5th time in 4 years through the whole bible🤯2x using Nicky Gumble's plan and now 3rd with TLC'S Bible Recap. If you told me a few years ago I would read the whole bible I would have said, someday maybe but probably not. Day 3 and already noticed things I didn't catch before. I will continue this annuall as long as I can. 💖🙏🏼
This is my first time reading through the Bible with The Bible Recap, but I’ve read through it more than 25 times on my own. Since you’ve been thru this study before, I’m wondering if the daily comments from Tara are the same ones from the previous year? Or are they different?
So many just see and hear the history of Noah like they are in a childrens sunday school class. They see cartoon type animals getting on a toy type ark. When in fact there is so much more we need to learn from this part of the bible. There is a website and RUclips channel called Got Questions that does a good job of explaining some of the meanings of the words and phrases used in those times and what scripture may be actually saying. If what they suggest and discuss is true, it will impact how you see this lesson from God. This may help explain why Noah cursed his son so harshly for just seeing him naked. It is also a warning to all of us to be careful if you decide to partake in to much wine, or any other sin. Sin has consequences and be sure they will find you out. Noah, the man God chose and used got drunk. His sin then lead to the sin of his sons. Many people who faithfully served God and our savior Jesus have fallen because they failed to be watchful and keep their guard up. Noah is so much more than a childrens sunday school lesson when you really pay attention.
Day 3: I loved this verse in Genesis 8:1. It reminds me that God never forgets me and He knows me!💕 Genesis 8:1 NIV "But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded".
One thing that was interesting to me is when God says whenever he says the rainbow it will remind him he will not destroy the earth by flood again. Although we know he would always remember his promises as can’t break a promise. But still he mentioned the rainbow will remind Him.
Through these chapters we see more of Gods personality; how great he is ; he both blesses peoplw soooo much But can & did curse them too....hes in total controll & nothing can or will stop his plan. I thank God for showing us a great example IN& about Noah of FAITH; PATIONTS& TRUST .God made a covanant& his Word. Will NEVER COME BACK VOID ; SO we can ALLWAYS TRUST HIM
We still see the rainbow 🌈 today. Whenever I see it my mind quickly go back to the covenant God made. I say to myself: Woah!! God wants to destroy the earth with water again but the rainbow 🌈 has reminded him of his covenant. God Character: He is a covenant keeping God.
Honestly I am learning so much. I have tried to read through the Bible probably about 10 times and I always stop because I get confused but this time I’m way ahead of the days that I’m supposed to be doing it because it’s becoming so real and I’m learning that God really loves me and I can trust him just knowing that he’s with me all the time. This really is worth the time. If you take this course, you’ll never be disappointed.
My God shot was how it says "every inclination from childhood is evil" i have a toddler.. until him becoming a toddler i never believed even children sin... also wow the rainbow extra amazing
Gen 8 :1, "But God remembered Noah"...and He established a covenant with him and his descendants (Gen 9:9). Just as God remembered Noah, He also remembers us & we have a covenantal relationship with Him as well.
Gen 8:21 showed me God’s compassion towards his children. I’m excited to continue learning about God every day as I follow through this Bible plan. Its going to be a great year 🙏🏽🥰
Both Adam and Noah "took of the fruit", were naked and brought shame (sin) to the world. Both destroyed innocence. God clothed Adam, and the two godly sons covered Noah. In Eden and in Babylon, men wanted to be like gods.... and God scattered and removed them. Funny that humans never learn. Our godliness, goodness, glory can never come close to God's!
This is my 2nd time thru the Bible with TLC in 2024.. I have learned more during this year (and maybe before) that the reason for the flood was much greater than MAN'S wickedness. I believe the flood was b/c the sons of God mated w/the daughters of men and changed the DNA of God's creation of man in His image. The only ones w/untainted DNA were Noah and his family including wives. The way they are described is not just about righteousness. It says Noah was perfect in all his ways. Micheal Heizer had great videos about this before he died. What he taught makes more sense than what I have been taught the last 45 years. Satan's fallen angels tried to change the pathway for the Messiah to come. It took me a while to take this all in, but it really makes the most sense. We have learned since c 1 9, that everything we were taught is a lie. So, I did more research. Micheal Hizer videos explain it well.
Today, I echoed the names of some of the men born in the generations of Noah. It was kinda cool to say aloud their names… realizing these are their names, not hard to read names. Just thought I’d share.
It amazes me how many little details I'm now noticing for the first time going through the Bible Recap. Like Noah being the one to put the curse on the Canaanites all the prophecies around their existance and destruction. However, my God Shot comes from God's Actions in relation to the Tower of Babel. It kind of matches Cobble's shot considering it showcases both sides of God's character, his endless mercy, compassion, and love, and the power and strength he that he uses to also showcase his holiness. Imagine your creation trying to build a giant tower to crown themselves higher than you there creator, you'd probably be upset and act rashly. However, he acting calmly and spared them from a much worse fate for trying to do this than they deserved while also doing so in a way that show his mercy and compassion for them giving them more time learn and correct their ways while showing his awesome power.
Reflections from today's reading: It's so great to know that God always keeps His promises. There's been time when it's raining cats and dogs for a longtime and I might tell a friend or post on social media that we can be certain that the world will not be destroyed by a flood. We know this because of God's Covenant that He established by the sign of the rainbow. People in the world might think we're a little strange, but it's so reassuring to know that the promises of God are yes and amen. They are absolutely certain and true. I'm still intrigued by the curse on Noah's son Ham as I mentioned this about this time last year. I've yet to study it in-depth with other resources, but I hope to one day. My take is that Ham dishonored his father Noah in that moment and thus God allowed Noah's curse on Ham to stand. Apparently this curse was used to justify American Slavery, but that discussion would lead us down a whole new rabbit trail...too big for a RUclips blurb. Scriptures tell us: "He who the Son sets free is free indeed" (John 8:36). I've had two fathers on earth, a step-father and my natural father. Both have passed on, the later a couple of years ago. I still have one father, Father God. I believe whatever curses may have been passed down in my family line have been nullified by being adopted into the family of God.
I am trying to follow the genealogy here… Gen 9:26 - Blessed be the Lord, God of Shem, Let Canaan be his servant, 27- May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant. Canaan is the son of Ham. I wonder why Noah didn’t curse Ham. Jump to 11:26 we learn to that Abram is in the line of Shem. Abram is blessed. V31- Terah (Abram’s dad) takes his family into Canaan. Remember Canaan was cursed in vs 25. This is all interesting to me. Abram whose line was blessed is now in the land of Canaan who was cursed.
Ok, I read on another forum that Noah likely cursed Canaan and not Ham because God had already blessed Ham so he wouldn’t/couldn’t go against what/who Got had already blessed.
Practically-speaking, Ham's fruitfulness may have also been required to re-populate the Earth, and he had other descendants who were not cursed. It is not wrong for Canaan's descendents to supposedly be cursed for the sin of their father because, if they were righteous, God would have lifted the curse and blessed them. However, we know from later descriptions that the tribes in the land of Canaan were very evil (e.g. child sacrifices). I believe, sometimes, curses were also descriptive of events that happen as a result of human decisions, and God's part in the curse is He does not prevent humanity from taking that destructive course. I'm not saying this is what happened to the Canaanites but it could be. If that is the case for the Canaanites, it was also not that God punished the Cananites for Ham's sin, but that Ham's sinful disposition was taken on by Canaan and his descendants who chose to take a course that ultimately required their complete destruction at the hands of God's chosen people, the Israelites.
Jan 3 2025! I’m enjoying this plan. Popped on to reply to something TLC mentioned for the God shot. “He’s a God that blesses and curses”. I see where he blesses, of course, and I see where Noah curses his son. But I don’t see where God curses. I see consequences of sin and disobedience, but I don’t see that God curses. Thoughts?
Agree . . . but still God is responsible for everything. Nothing happens without His allowing it. Is pronouncing the consequences of sin the same as pronouncing a curse (thinking of the cinsequences of Adam's sin)? Still, God is the One who made the rules.
Thanks for the Bible recap & this, Tara-Leigh! The Bible recap is so awesome! Helping me learn about God & as the enemy gives me doubt if God is real (though I know He is)! Amen! Love the God shots! I will be praying for you! God bless! 😁👌☝️⚓
But, the world was NOT “muddy and gross” …. GEN 8:13 “13 So it came about that, on the first day of the first month of his six hundred and first year, the water had dried up on the earth, and when Noah removed the hatch and looked out, he saw that the ground was dry.”
I've read through the Bible many times but only now realised that the flood lasted almost a year from start to end. Why did God keep Noah & his family in the Ark for so long? I came up with a couple of reasons. Did anyone come up with any reasons?
The ark came to rest on the top of Mt Ararat which is believed to be on the border of Turkey, Armenia, and Iran. Another interesting thing is that Ararat means, “the curse is reversed” or “high and holy land.”
I am glad that I won't mess up God’s plans 😜✌️ God's will WILL BE DONE despite if you want to follow up or not 😜✌️. HOWEVER , it's our LOST if you don't want to follow and be BLESSED in God’s perfect plan and will. 😅
My God shot is: 8:15 God ultimately gave the command for Noah to leave the ark, and it wasn't Noah's own doings of sending the dove out/looking for himself that could have confirmed it
The flood of Noah completely wiped out every living thing. That is what God promised He would not do again by flood. As long as we are in this sinful world, there will be disasters.
I am a little confused about the Caananites. If Noah and his family were the only people to survive the flood, how come there are other people there, including Cain’s descendants? Wouldn’t there be only Noah’s descendants on Earth? Thanks for the help! 😊
QQQ: Genesis 10:5 (NIV) says "From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, EACH WITH ITS OWN LANGUAGE." But 11:1 says "Now the whole world had one language and a common speech." God didn't confuse their language until later in chapter 11. This seems like a contradiction to me. Can you please explain, @TheBibleRecap? Also, I was thinking - we don't really know where on the earth Noah started out before the flood, do we? He could have landed anywhere after months in the ark, floating all over the planet. For that matter, we also don't know where the Garden of Eden had been located ... or did I miss something?
Even though we are reading chronologically, individual chapters are not always in that order. Chapter 11 gives the details (God dispersing people with languages) of how the nations descended from Noah spread, chapter 10.
I’m… struggling with why Noah cursed ham? Like what exactly did he do? Just from reading, it seems like he saw his dad drunk and naked for the first time and asked his older brothers what to do? It just feels like an escalation. And it’s not as if God was the one who cursed Hams descendants so it just feels like Noah was just embarrassed and majorly lashed out. My initial interpretation. It’s hard to understand without some additional context. I wish the video discussed it a bit more. Does anyone have any resources that cover it?
If God knows everything, why does it says in Gen 8:1 He REMEMBERED Noah and the animals? Also, why God curses Canaan and not Ham? And what does "see nakedness" could mean? Any thoughts?
He didn’t forget about Noah because God doesn’t forget no one, I think He brought him back to the picture? Because in the previous chapter He was speaking abt the actual flood and then it started telling the narrative of how Noah sent the birds out of the ark to see if land was dry.
I know it's not important to have everything explained, but I can't help it lol I need to know. So I saw two Pelegs between Gen 8-11 they can't be the same person, right? And Terah had Abram, Nahor and Haran, but Haran died in front of his father, however Terah took Abram, Lot and fam to Haran, huh?
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This is my first time with Bible recap and let me tell you, I want to read the Bible not as a checklist but because I want to see God and be excited about it. I have to say, as soon as I woke up, I jumped right in and started reading. Thank you so much for doing this! God bless this ministry 🙏🏽🥰
When I reflect on Noah and the “story” of the ark, I have to force my brain to turn them into real people rather than the visual of the cartoon man and animals with a cartoon ark. It’s a chore for my mind as I play out the story with Little People play set and Sunday school songs. When I can finally get past the cartoon, sing song recollection and turn his family into humans, it becomes so real. I can’t imagine being, literally, alone with just my immediate family and embarking on a new land and territory with nobody else in the world. I can say I have FELT lonely after a move with no friends and only my husband and kids, but it wasn’t the truth. We were surrounded by people everywhere. I can’t imagine the pressure and loneliness they may have felt realizing they were chosen, they were elect, and they would repopulate the earth. What a task set before them. I wonder if they worried, the way I would, about getting it right this time.
I love, love the symbol of the rainbow and God’s promise to earth. Ever since I was little, when we would see a rainbow, we would chase after it. When I was younger, my parents would tell us about the pots of gold at the end. As I have grown older, I know those pots of gold are a silly story and I sit in awe of the truth of the rainbow. My boys and I, and even my husband, still go rainbow chasing, but now it’s just to see the beauty of the rays and remember the promise attached to it.
I can also see so much “real” human nature in Noah, (obviously because he was a real human) in the fact that he was complacent and content being in his “home” and not wanting to move and spread out on the earth. It’s easy to feel comfortable and not want to up and change, again, especially if you’ve just floated the earth for the past several months. But God. :) He says, “Go!” And He will make a way for that!
I think it’s important to remember Noah as a human with feelings and emotions. It’s important for us to see that he made mistakes, too. The drunkenness and nakedness. Temptation and letting our guards down is a real thing and can happen to the best of humanity, which is why we are encouraged so much to hold fast to God and fight off the temptation with spiritual warfare. Again, they don’t have commandments telling them what’s right and wrong, but they know.
Today, after several, several reads through Genesis, it popped out at me that Canaan was Noah’s son and the Canaanites became God’s enemy. I knew both of those things separately but my brain never connected the two!! What an “aaahhh-haaa!” moment for me!!
God still uses the Canaanites complete His plans, He still loves His enemies and makes a way for them to have redemption. Praise Him that He chases us down and peruses us, even when we have messed up. He is a God who blesses His enemies because we are all enemies by birth. We become His when we accept His invitation to adoption.
Yesterday I sat and reflected for a long time on how God consistently perused me. How He used people so strategically throughout my life to keep me close to Him even when I didn’t know it, see it, feel it. When I look back over my 40 years, it’s so evident that He was there making my path and even though I’m positive I didn’t do the things He wanted me to when or how He wanted me to do them, He kept coming back to me and meeting me right where I was. Praise the Lord! I see God as a persistent peruser of His kids.
I love what you wrote here. It’s amazing how you see something new every time. This is my first time using Bible Recap and it’s making me dig deep! Wasn’t Canaan Noah’s grandson?
@@kaeharrison3538yes Canaan is Noah’s grandson because Canaan is Ham’s son and Ham is Noah’s son
I love reading all these comments
My first time with the Bible Recap and I look forward to being consistent in reading the word of God this year, so help me God.
Welcome!!! We are glad to learn alongside you!
Welcome! Stick with it, it does get hard through some of the ot but God will bless you through each day! He IS where the JOY is! 😁
Same here. Lord, help me.
@@aproudblackgirl He will! Pray those 5 prayers every day!! I used to skip that part and find it redundant… but once I began making them as important as the reading, He spoke louder!
@@AnchoredinHIM I do. I've been a Christian all my life but I've been mostly struggling at it for many reasons. Still, I'm aware that I can't and I also don't want to do life without God. This year, I actually want to get to know God, not just be a Christian by name or religion.
Thanks so much for the encouragement. I'm glad and grateful.
Today’s reading highlights Noah’s patience and obedience as he waited for God’s command to leave the ark. Despite the long and uncertain wait, Noah trusted God’s timing. When he finally stepped onto dry ground, the first thing Noah did was build an altar and worship the Lord. This act of gratitude and reverence reminds me that, regardless of my circumstances, worshiping God should always be my first response. His faithfulness deserves my unwavering trust and praise.
I saw that too!
I took my granddaughters and daughter-in-law to see the Ark in Kentucky. Y’all it is magnificent! It was recreated according to the directions gave Noah when he built it. Its design and furnishings on the inside reveal Gods intricate order - nothing was omitted. If you ever get a chance to go see it, you will not be disappointed.
Day 3 for me and I have to keep myself from going forward early!! I'm so blown away and seeing GOD in a different way than just 3 days ago. I have always skipped over all the "begats" and I found myself, when reading the "Shem begat etc" I started recognizing names, Canaan, Enoch, and several more. It was kinda eye opening. If anyone reads these comments please keep Patsy (me) in your prayers. I been serving the Lord for a long time 60+years and thought I knew scripture pretty well but I have always skipped over the birth orders and numbers and even the killing parts. I was kinda glad that I was living under the New Covenant, actually very glad. I wanna know LORD GOD in a new way. I wanna know I AM. Our entire fellowship is doing the Bible Recap this year and I'm excited about Gods' word more now than ever!!
I will pray for you! 🙏🏻 My Godshot today was God extended his loving mercy to the whole family of righteous Noah. Claim your children and grandchildren and great grandchildren for Jesus, and pray for them to walk in the Kingdom with Christ!
🙏🙏Praying for you Patsy!
yes same! I was prepared to skim over the generations but then I started recognizing names that I would see later and I just thought it was really cool to know where they all came from
This was awesome to read, Patsy! Myself and a few friends from church are doing the same this year. Really wanting to purse my Christian friendships and spend more time in fellowship, as well as seeking God and asking for Him to reveal Himself to me even more. May your year ahead be blessed and strengthened through our Father. ❤
I’m a teacher on break until
Monday, and I think I need to retire so I’ll have time to really study the Bible because I keep finding things I want to know more about!! lol. But I like what she says our aim is not to know everything-our aim is to KNOW GOD!!🙌🏼❤
Good morning! Fellow teacher here! I go back Monday, too! I wish I could retire and spend all my time engaged in the Word! Sooo much richness here! :) this is year 3 with the recap for me! Many blessings to you as you work this into your daily routine!! :)
@@AnchoredinHIMI’ve done it for 2 years but had missed days. Not this year-I’m determined!
Same here! This is my first time to fully commit to TBR. Love being able to connect with others who are doing the same!
@@MichelleWooten-o4kAnd I’m trying to dig in even deeper this year! As everybody now says on social media-“I’m obsessed” lol. ❤
First I want to commend you for choosing your names! Rooted in Scripture and Anchored in Him! Fabulous! Is there a way I can change my RUclips name? On a serious note, I have read through the entire Bible over 25 times (I’m 70) and I am seeing new tidbits and Godshots every day in this study! Before we started I was not wanting to watch Tara’s comments, but I’m so glad I am! I just love how fresh the Word of God is. It is still powerful, encouraging, nourishing to your soul, and revelatory. I think God is honored when we seek Him in the scriptures. I pray we all will receive what God has for each one of us this year. 🙏🏻
For me,my third time through the bible.I love it and this year I will do all of the extras. A blessed 2025🇧🇪💛🙏
What extras will you do?
Well done 👏 ppl like you inspire me to try harder to stick with it
I'd like to know those extras as well. This is my second time going through the Bible Recap, and this time I'm also using the study guide.
God shot: How beautiful that the lineage of Jesus goes through a Canaanite. Our God the Redeemer.
This is my second time through the Bible with TBR. I had always assumed that the flood was God's wrathful reaction to the wickedness of man. But i noticed in reading this time that there is no mention of wrath, anger, fury etc. Instead the only emotions mentioned are regret and sorrow. Therefore I think the purpose of the flood was to cleanse the earth from corruption and violence so that we could start over and slow down the degradation of sin. What has happened is continued sin that shows that mankind needs a Savior, which God himself provided in his Son, Jesus Christ!
This is so good 🗣️‼️
What a great insight, appreciate it!
Yes
Thanks for sharing this insight. This is in line with my own conclusions.
Can't imagine what Noah went through coming from a more perfect environment to a world he didn't recognize
This is my first time to go through the Bible in a year with the Bible Recap. I’m excited to be on this journey with Tara Leigh.
Welcome!!! We are so glad you’re here with us!
Hi, I'm in my second attempt this year. I can't remember when I dropped off last year. I think around the time I returned to work after Christmas and NY holidays. Really hoping to better manage my time this year and stick with it.
Remember even if you get behind you are on God's timetable, not your own, keep going. The reading and building the relationship with God is the reward whether you do it in 6 months, 1 year, 2 years or longer, just keep going!
God affirms more of Who He is in these chapters: He remembers, He blesses, and He promises. And the object of His remembering, blessing, and promising is us-so even (or especially) in grief and sorrow, He hasn’t forgotten me, He hasn’t stopped blessing me, and He hasn’t removed His promise for me, that He’ll always be with me.
Love this
January 3, 2025 Day 2! I’m so happy to be on this journey! I’m praying God Keeps us all dedicated to complete this life changing mission! We can do ALL THINGS through CHRIST who is our strength! 🙏🏾🤍
Hey Bible Readers!
Love that God’s love doesn’t mean anything goes. God loves us enough to discipline us back to His righteous plan
My Godshot was God's patience. It took a long time to build up the family where Jesus would eventually be born into it but God kept waiting until the time was right and He still waits for us today to accept and follow Him.
Aloha BR family! God blesses Noan because of his faithfulness. I am glad that God love and forgive us in spite of my sins. I am so glad that I cannot mess up God's plan. He is where the JOY is!!!💯
Good morning bible Family 3rd time through the Bible interesting truths from the lesson thanks TLC and TBR team ❤❤❤ He's where the Joy is 😊
My God Shot: God loves us enough to not lot us have everything we want.
This💯
God is sovereign and when we do things that are contrary to his will, He will shake things up.
Hey Bible Readers! Happy New Year!
I love that we can still see the sign of God's covenant with mankind, the rainbow, and that He's looking at it too and remembering.
I believe man's lifespan was drastically reduced by Solar radiation. Clearly some kind of "waters" came from BOTH above & below, & Scripture tells us that it hadn't rained on the Earth before the Flood, "But mist would come up from the earth and water all the ground.“ Gen2.6
Our God is a covenantal God. He made a covenant with Noah and told him to "be fruitful and fill the earth" (Gen 9:1).
God gave Noah and the people everything that lives and moves as food (Gen 9:4).
God set the rainbow as the sign of the covenant (Gen 9:13). I love rainbows! 🌈 I loved to draw them as a child and collect things with rainbows, like Care Bears.
This is my second year with TLC. and the bible recap. I love it thanks.
Mine too! I enjoy it very much! I especially love to finish up by reading all the comments here!!
God never breaks a promise
Logging into day 3. I observed how God gives a comfort of belief in His covenant that man and Him would remember the promise made. This sign gives man an assurance that God makes Himself accountable to His word.
I love these comments! In day 3 it’s one of my favorite parts of doing this study- seeing how God is speaking! Wow. ❤❤❤
I’ve tried to read the Bible off and on throughout my life but last year I rededicated myself to god and have been in the Bible more and in a Bible study. This is the furthest I’ve ever gotten in genesis. I don’t think I’ve got past chapter one. These videos are so helpful I’m so glad people told me about this
I see how trustworthy God is with timing.
He shut Noah and his family in the ark. God was the one who told them when they could leave the ark.
He knew it was hard and they wanted out.
But God had new and better for them as they waited on His timing.
WOW, alot of names, but God held his promises, and changed direction to help them. God is so good.
This is my 3rd go around with TLC and The Bible Recap. I love it!
This is my second time with TBR and I’m so excited for this journey again. We all have to be good stewards of the earth even though we do what we want God still has a plan for us in the end. That was my God shot that he will redeem us in the end and he will bless us with his new covenant. He is where the joy is 🙌🏽🙏🏽👌🏽
My God shot today: Even though the world is evil, God still instructs us to be fruitful and multiply. He is in control. The evil doesn't thwart His plan.
God cares about all life and how it is treated, but mankind is special because we are created in His image.
Abrham has entered the Scene🎉 im excited for this trip. #letsstayfaithful
This will be my 5th time in 4 years through the whole bible🤯2x using Nicky Gumble's plan and now 3rd with TLC'S Bible Recap. If you told me a few years ago I would read the whole bible I would have said, someday maybe but probably not. Day 3 and already noticed things I didn't catch before. I will continue this annuall as long as I can. 💖🙏🏼
This is my first time reading through the Bible with The Bible Recap, but I’ve read through it more than 25 times on my own. Since you’ve been thru this study before, I’m wondering if the daily comments from Tara are the same ones from the previous year? Or are they different?
I did Nicky Gumbel study 2X as well. Excellent. Second year with TLC.
Same.
So many just see and hear the history of Noah like they are in a childrens sunday school class. They see cartoon type animals getting on a toy type ark. When in fact there is so much more we need to learn from this part of the bible.
There is a website and RUclips channel called Got Questions that does a good job of explaining some of the meanings of the words and phrases used in those times and what scripture may be actually saying. If what they suggest and discuss is true, it will impact how you see this lesson from God. This may help explain why Noah cursed his son so harshly for just seeing him naked. It is also a warning to all of us to be careful if you decide to partake in to much wine, or any other sin. Sin has consequences and be sure they will find you out. Noah, the man God chose and used got drunk. His sin then lead to the sin of his sons. Many people who faithfully served God and our savior Jesus have fallen because they failed to be watchful and keep their guard up. Noah is so much more than a childrens sunday school lesson when you really pay attention.
Day 3: I loved this verse in Genesis 8:1. It reminds me that God never forgets me and He knows me!💕
Genesis 8:1 NIV
"But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded".
The plan of God will come to pass!
One thing that was interesting to me is when God says whenever he says the rainbow it will remind him he will not destroy the earth by flood again. Although we know he would always remember his promises as can’t break a promise. But still he mentioned the rainbow will remind Him.
Really wish this was available in other languages! Would love for my Ukrainian parents to do the Bible Recap
GM bible Family interesting facts in the teaching this morning ❤❤ Have a blessed day in His Presence 🙏🏾❤️💯🤗👏🏾
God is love and he continues to bless me regardless of my sins. That's what I love about God; he is a forgiving God.
Through these chapters we see more of Gods personality; how great he is ; he both blesses peoplw soooo much
But can & did curse them too....hes in total controll & nothing can or will stop his plan. I thank God for showing us a great example IN& about Noah of FAITH; PATIONTS& TRUST .God made a covanant& his Word. Will NEVER COME BACK VOID ; SO we can ALLWAYS TRUST HIM
My God shot for the day is God remembers
We still see the rainbow 🌈 today. Whenever I see it my mind quickly go back to the covenant God made. I say to myself: Woah!! God wants to destroy the earth with water again but the rainbow 🌈 has reminded him of his covenant.
God Character: He is a covenant keeping God.
This is very helpful. Thank you The Bible Recap team!
Honestly I am learning so much. I have tried to read through the Bible probably about 10 times and I always stop because I get confused but this time I’m way ahead of the days that I’m supposed to be doing it because it’s becoming so real and I’m learning that God really loves me and I can trust him just knowing that he’s with me all the time. This really is worth the time. If you take this course, you’ll never be disappointed.
God created.a special covenant with humans.that gave them dominance over the earth yet made them accountable to God for each action
We acquired the knowledge of good and evil after Adam and Eve sinned, so we now inherently know what's right and wrong.
My God shot was how it says "every inclination from childhood is evil" i have a toddler.. until him becoming a toddler i never believed even children sin... also wow the rainbow extra amazing
Amen. God blessed enemies as well. ❤
Gen 8 :1, "But God remembered Noah"...and He established a covenant with him and his descendants (Gen 9:9). Just as God remembered Noah, He also remembers us & we have a covenantal relationship with Him as well.
God shot: realization that God had us be descendants of Noah!!
God shot: mercy!!
Gen 8:21 showed me God’s compassion towards his children.
I’m excited to continue learning about God every day as I follow through this Bible plan. Its going to be a great year 🙏🏽🥰
Day 3 done!
You are Very Brilliant ❤
Both Adam and Noah "took of the fruit", were naked and brought shame (sin) to the world. Both destroyed innocence. God clothed Adam, and the two godly sons covered Noah. In Eden and in Babylon, men wanted to be like gods.... and God scattered and removed them. Funny that humans never learn. Our godliness, goodness, glory can never come close to God's!
For anyone deciding rather or not to do this Bible plan DO IT it has been amazing
God blesses and curses; God is love ; He blessed me in the righteousness of Christ. Amen
At first I was confused. But then, I NEEDED to hear this today. So I'm glad. 4:37
This is my 2nd time thru the Bible with TLC in 2024.. I have learned more during this year (and maybe before) that the reason for the flood was much greater than MAN'S wickedness. I believe the flood was b/c the sons of God mated w/the daughters of men and changed the DNA of God's creation of man in His image. The only ones w/untainted DNA were Noah and his family including wives. The way they are described is not just about righteousness. It says Noah was perfect in all his ways. Micheal Heizer had great videos about this before he died. What he taught makes more sense than what I have been taught the last 45 years. Satan's fallen angels tried to change the pathway for the Messiah to come. It took me a while to take this all in, but it really makes the most sense.
We have learned since c 1 9, that everything we were taught is a lie. So, I did more research. Micheal Hizer videos explain it well.
Thanks! Just started and now on day 3! So excited
Today, I echoed the names of some of the men born in the generations of Noah. It was kinda cool to say aloud their names… realizing these are their names, not hard to read names. Just thought I’d share.
Excited to get through the Bible in a year 🎉❤️🔥
Just a note at 1:50 : The earth is not destroyed by fire until AFTER the millennial reign of Christ (2 Peter 3:10-12).
It amazes me how many little details I'm now noticing for the first time going through the Bible Recap. Like Noah being the one to put the curse on the Canaanites all the prophecies around their existance and destruction. However, my God Shot comes from God's Actions in relation to the Tower of Babel. It kind of matches Cobble's shot considering it showcases both sides of God's character, his endless mercy, compassion, and love, and the power and strength he that he uses to also showcase his holiness. Imagine your creation trying to build a giant tower to crown themselves higher than you there creator, you'd probably be upset and act rashly. However, he acting calmly and spared them from a much worse fate for trying to do this than they deserved while also doing so in a way that show his mercy and compassion for them giving them more time learn and correct their ways while showing his awesome power.
Reflections from today's reading: It's so great to know that God always keeps His promises. There's been time when it's raining cats and dogs for a longtime and I might tell a friend or post on social media that we can be certain that the world will not be destroyed by a flood. We know this because of God's Covenant that He established by the sign of the rainbow. People in the world might think we're a little strange, but it's so reassuring to know that the promises of God are yes and amen. They are absolutely certain and true.
I'm still intrigued by the curse on Noah's son Ham as I mentioned this about this time last year. I've yet to study it in-depth with other resources, but I hope to one day. My take is that Ham dishonored his father Noah in that moment and thus God allowed Noah's curse on Ham to stand. Apparently this curse was used to justify American Slavery, but that discussion would lead us down a whole new rabbit trail...too big for a RUclips blurb. Scriptures tell us: "He who the Son sets free is free indeed" (John 8:36). I've had two fathers on earth, a step-father and my natural father. Both have passed on, the later a couple of years ago. I still have one father, Father God. I believe whatever curses may have been passed down in my family line have been nullified by being adopted into the family of God.
I am trying to follow the genealogy here…
Gen 9:26 - Blessed be the Lord, God of Shem, Let Canaan be his servant,
27- May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.
Canaan is the son of Ham. I wonder why Noah didn’t curse Ham.
Jump to 11:26 we learn to that Abram is in the line of Shem. Abram is blessed.
V31- Terah (Abram’s dad) takes his family into Canaan.
Remember Canaan was cursed in vs 25.
This is all interesting to me. Abram whose line was blessed is now in the land of Canaan who was cursed.
Ok, I read on another forum that Noah likely cursed Canaan and not Ham because God had already blessed Ham so he wouldn’t/couldn’t go against what/who Got had already blessed.
Practically-speaking, Ham's fruitfulness may have also been required to re-populate the Earth, and he had other descendants who were not cursed.
It is not wrong for Canaan's descendents to supposedly be cursed for the sin of their father because, if they were righteous, God would have lifted the curse and blessed them. However, we know from later descriptions that the tribes in the land of Canaan were very evil (e.g. child sacrifices).
I believe, sometimes, curses were also descriptive of events that happen as a result of human decisions, and God's part in the curse is He does not prevent humanity from taking that destructive course. I'm not saying this is what happened to the Canaanites but it could be. If that is the case for the Canaanites, it was also not that God punished the Cananites for Ham's sin, but that Ham's sinful disposition was taken on by Canaan and his descendants who chose to take a course that ultimately required their complete destruction at the hands of God's chosen people, the Israelites.
I also wondered that. My first time to catch it, this reading. Thanks for bringing that up and thanks to those who replied.
Amen Tara-Leigh Cobble!
Jan 3 2025! I’m enjoying this plan. Popped on to reply to something TLC mentioned for the God shot. “He’s a God that blesses and curses”. I see where he blesses, of course, and I see where Noah curses his son. But I don’t see where God curses. I see consequences of sin and disobedience, but I don’t see that God curses. Thoughts?
Agree . . . but still God is responsible for everything. Nothing happens without His allowing it. Is pronouncing the consequences of sin the same as pronouncing a curse (thinking of the cinsequences of Adam's sin)? Still, God is the One who made the rules.
Thanks for the Bible recap & this, Tara-Leigh! The Bible recap is so awesome! Helping me learn about God & as the enemy gives me doubt if God is real (though I know He is)! Amen! Love the God shots! I will be praying for you! God bless! 😁👌☝️⚓
The earth will be destroyed and we will meet Jesus in the clouds. God is in heaven and we will be also
God blesses. God remembers.
Another great message 🙏❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
I remember Pastor Price saying that Noah made the curse not God and Jesus redeemed us from curses.
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But, the world was NOT “muddy and gross” …. GEN 8:13
“13 So it came about that, on the first day of the first month of his six hundred and first year, the water had dried up on the earth, and when Noah removed the hatch and looked out, he saw that the ground was dry.”
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God shot -- that God went before them. We see this when He says, "Come out." : )
I've read through the Bible many times but only now realised that the flood lasted almost a year from start to end. Why did God keep Noah & his family in the Ark for so long? I came up with a couple of reasons. Did anyone come up with any reasons?
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God ‘s plans are Sovereign: He is in control. Amen
The ark came to rest on the top of Mt Ararat which is believed to be on the border of Turkey, Armenia, and Iran. Another interesting thing is that Ararat means, “the curse is reversed” or “high and holy land.”
I am glad that I won't mess up God’s plans 😜✌️
God's will WILL BE DONE despite if you want to follow up or not 😜✌️.
HOWEVER , it's our LOST if you don't want to follow and be BLESSED in God’s perfect plan and will. 😅
Day 3... my second time with this plan. Could knowledge of eight and wrong came in once Adam and Eve ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?
My God shot is: 8:15 God ultimately gave the command for Noah to leave the ark, and it wasn't Noah's own doings of sending the dove out/looking for himself that could have confirmed it
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As I read Genesis 8, God promised never to cursed the ground, why do we have floods and fires every year?
The flood of Noah completely wiped out every living thing. That is what God promised He would not do again by flood. As long as we are in this sinful world, there will be disasters.
I am a little confused about the Caananites. If Noah and his family were the only people to survive the flood, how come there are other people there, including Cain’s descendants? Wouldn’t there be only Noah’s descendants on Earth? Thanks for the help! 😊
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QQQ: Genesis 10:5 (NIV) says "From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, EACH WITH ITS OWN LANGUAGE." But 11:1 says "Now the whole world had one language and a common speech." God didn't confuse their language until later in chapter 11. This seems like a contradiction to me. Can you please explain, @TheBibleRecap?
Also, I was thinking - we don't really know where on the earth Noah started out before the flood, do we? He could have landed anywhere after months in the ark, floating all over the planet. For that matter, we also don't know where the Garden of Eden had been located ... or did I miss something?
Even though we are reading chronologically, individual chapters are not always in that order. Chapter 11 gives the details (God dispersing people with languages) of how the nations descended from Noah spread, chapter 10.
Here is a article that may help. God Bless
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Think it’s interesting that you didn’t bring up any of the other theories regarding the curse on Canaan (not Ham)… Ham wasn’t Noah’s youngest son.
I’m… struggling with why Noah cursed ham? Like what exactly did he do? Just from reading, it seems like he saw his dad drunk and naked for the first time and asked his older brothers what to do? It just feels like an escalation. And it’s not as if God was the one who cursed Hams descendants so it just feels like Noah was just embarrassed and majorly lashed out. My initial interpretation. It’s hard to understand without some additional context. I wish the video discussed it a bit more. Does anyone have any resources that cover it?
Aren’t we on day 311?
Why was creatures in sea mentioned in these chapters?
If God knows everything, why does it says in Gen 8:1 He REMEMBERED Noah and the animals?
Also, why God curses Canaan and not Ham? And what does "see nakedness" could mean?
Any thoughts?
He didn’t forget about Noah because God doesn’t forget no one, I think He brought him back to the picture? Because in the previous chapter He was speaking abt the actual flood and then it started telling the narrative of how Noah sent the birds out of the ark to see if land was dry.
Noah cursed Canaan not God
I know it's not important to have everything explained, but I can't help it lol I need to know. So I saw two Pelegs between Gen 8-11 they can't be the same person, right? And Terah had Abram, Nahor and Haran, but Haran died in front of his father, however Terah took Abram, Lot and fam to Haran, huh?