Chapter 8-God Ends The Flood

  1. What is encouraging and gladdening about the fact that God “remembered” Noah and the other creatures on the ark? (v. 1)

神惦记诺亚和方舟上其他的生物,这有什么感到鼓舞和喜悦的地方?(第1节)

  1. As the flood waters receded, what strategic landing did God arrange for the ark? (vs. 3-4)

大洪水退去后,神给方舟设计了什么样的战略着陆?(第3—4节)

  1. How did Noah determine the progress of the drying of the earth? (vs. 6-13)

诺亚如何确定地上的水退去、地面变干的情况?(第6—13节)

  1. How long did the flood last (starting at the time Noah and his family entered the ark until the time they left it)? (v. 14, see 7:11)

大洪水持续了多久?(从诺亚和他家人进入方舟到他们出来算起)?(第14节,也见 7章11节)

  1. What wisdom and benefits do you see in God taking 335 days to dry the earth that it only took Him 40 days to flood?

神用了335天时间使水从地上退去,却只用了40天降下洪水,这里体现了神的什么智慧和益处?

  1. How did God “officially” end the flood for Noah and his family? (vs. 15-17)

神如何“正式的”为诺亚及家人结束大洪水?(看第15—17节)

  1. How well did God preserve the people and animals that had been on the ark? (vs. 18-19)

方舟里的人和动物被神保护到一个怎样完好的程度?(看第18—19节)

  1. What was the first thing Noah did after leaving the ark? (v. 20)

诺亚离开方舟后做的第一件事是什么?(看第20节)

  1. Why was a “burnt offering” sacrificed by Noah an appropriate response to God on this occasion? (v. 20, see Leviticus 1:4-9)

为什么在这个场合,诺亚向神献燔祭是合适的做法?(看第20节,还可参考 利未记 1:4—9)

  1. Identify some situations in which it is appropriate for us to offer “whole-self sacrifices” to God.

找出一些我们适合为神献出“完全的自我”的情形或场合。

  1. What was God’s opinion of Noah’s offering? (v. 21a)

神对诺亚的献祭如何看?(第21节)

  1. What solemn promise did God make to Noah and all his descendants (vs. 21-22)

神对诺亚和他的后代做出了什么庄严的应许?(第21—22 节)

  1. What effect do you think this gracious promise had on the eight people who survived the universal flooding of the earth?

这一仁慈的应许,对当时在全球性的大洪水里幸存的8人来讲,有什么影响?

  1. Agree or Disagree? God’s promise not to destroy the world with a flood again indicates that He has softened His originally strong position against sin and impenitence. (Explain your answer)

同意或不同意?神应许不再用大洪水灭世界,表明神软化了当初对人们的罪恶和不悔改的严正立场。(解释你的回答)

  1. What tragic spiritual condition inside people survived the cleansing flood waters and continued to trouble the post-flood world? (v. 21, see 6:5)

人灵里怎样的可悲情形仍旧在净化作用的大洪水后存在,并且继续烦扰着洪水后的世界?(第21节,也见6章5节)