GENESIS 10 11 ABRAHAM 1 Tower of Babel

GENESIS 10 -11, ABRAHAM 1 Tower of Babel Abraham

The Symbol of Water Gen. 7 Flood brings death Exodus 1: 22 New born male Israelites drowned in River Exodus 14 Red Sea brought death to Egyptians Rev. 12: 15 Satan spews forth water upon the church Rev. 13: 1 Beast rises up out of the water Rev. 17: 1 Great whore sits upon the waters Rev. 20: 14 Wicked are cast into lake of fire Rev. 21: 1 No sea in the Celestial Kingdom 1 Ne. 12: 16 The mists of darkness / The river of

The Symbol of Water Christ’s power over water John 6: 19 Christ walks on water Mark 4: 39 Christ calms the storm, waves Matt. 4: 19 Disciples to become fishers of men The dry land comes up out of the water on the 3 rd day (providing life on earth). Christ came forth out of the tomb on the 3 rd day (providing eternal life on an exalted earth).

Descendants of Noah Genesis 10 -11

What’s in a Name? Noah Ham Japheth Java Madain Tiras Gomer Tubal Meshec Magog h Ashkenaz Riphath Togarmah Elishah Tarshish Kittim Dodanim Cus h Hot Mizraim Shem Phut Ludim Nimrod Anamim (Resco) Lehabim Seba Havilah Naphtuhim Pathrusim Sabtah Sabtecha Caphtorim Ramaah Casluhim Rebellio n Sheba Dedan Canaa n Sidon Heth Jabusite Amorite Girgasite Hivite Arkite Sinite Arvadite Zemarite Hamathite Ela m Arphaxad Asshur Sala h Eber Pele g Reu Lud Uz Hul Gether Mash Joktan Seru g Nahor Tera h Abram Aram Father of Multitude Almodad Sheleph Hazarmaveth Jerah Hadoram Uzal Diklah Obal Abimael Sheba Ophir Jobab Havilah

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

GENESIS 11: 1 -9 Read 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 Japeth Shem Ham Terah (7 th great grandson of Noah) Abraham Nahor Milcah Isaac Jacob (Israel) Lot Haran Iscah Sarah

• Lived in Ur of the Chaldees • Persecuted by his father ABRAHAM TIMELINE • Moved to Haran with Lot • Married Sarai • 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

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)

ABRAHA M OVERC AME 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. ” Neal A. Maxwell Oct. 1996 Gen. Conf. (Apostle 1981 -2004) “What we insistently desire, over time, is what we will eventually become and what we will receive in eternity. ” JOURNAL: Write down your top 5 (righteous) desires

GENESIS 10 -11, ABRAHAM 1 Tower of Babel Abraham