The Siege of Lachish ca. 701 BC

The Siege of Lachish ca. 701 BC

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you impose on me I will bear.” And the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 2 Kings 18:13-14

The Siege of Lachish ca. 701 BC

After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria, who was besieging Lachish with all his forces, sent his servants to Jerusalem to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying, “Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, ‘On what are you trusting, that you endure the siege in Jerusalem?’” 2 Chron 32:10

The Siege of Lachish ca. 701 BC

The Siege of Lachish ca. 701 BC

The Siege of Lachish ca. 701 BC

The Siege of Lachish ca. 701 BC

The Siege of Lachish ca. 701 BC

The Siege of Lachish ca. 701 BC

Noah: A Fresh Start Wasted

Roadmap of the Bible

Creation-------------------------------------------------------------------------New Creation Adam Noah Abraham Moses David Jesus

You are here:Genesis 8:18-9:17

Crash and Burn: Genesis 4-6

Creation Adam Sin in Eden

Worldwide Depravity

Worldwide Judgment

Another Creation, Another Adam

• Echoes of Genesis 1-3

• “Adam’s Big Job” is passed on to Noah-Blessing-Multiplying-Ruling

Will Noah’s children do better than Adam’s?

Another Fall in Another Garden

• Echoes of Adam’s Fall

•Ham’s sin and Canaan’s Curse

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.-Leviticus 18:7-8

Another Fall in Another Garden

• Echoes of Adam’s Fall

•Ham’s sin and Canaan’s Curse

•Deliberate Foreshadowing

Another Crash and Burn, Another Worldwide Judgment

Another Crash and Burn, Another Worldwide JudgmentCreation Adam Sin in Eden

Worldwide Depravity

Worldwide Judgment

Another Crash and Burn, Another Worldwide Judgment

Similar Beginnings, Similar Ends

Another Crash and Burn, Another Worldwide Judgment

Main Lesson from Noah: Pre Flood Post FloodGenesis 6:5 Genesis 8:21

A fresh start and a clean slate is not enough as long as man’s corrupt heart

remains unchanged.