Something interesting happens here in Genesis 9 after the flood. In summary, God is setting up a system where people are held accountable for their actions. Noah is given permission to eat animals, but they shouldn't eat the flesh with the life in it -- the premise being that in doing so, Noah is acknowledging that life is from God alone. And secondly, there is a system where a reckoning is required for anyone who kills another man. Before the time of Noah, it has the feeling of a lawless time, where people did what they wanted with impunity. Here, though, there are consequences. People have to think about what they're doing. They have to care for one another, because it matters how they treat one another. It's not a free for all. We see a system where there are guardrails, because there is a need for them. And we're setting ourselves up to look deep into history for a Savior, for one who will come and free us from the propensity to sin, from being captive to evil, so that we might be free for life. It's on the distant horizon at this point, but it's pointing forward to Christ, even now!
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