Born ten generations after Adam as the son of Lamech and grandson of Methuselah, Noah was named with the prophetic hope that he would bring 'relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands' (Genesis 5:28–29). When the earth grew corrupt and filled with violence, Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD and walked with God as a righteous, blameless man in his generation (Genesis 6:8–9).
Righteous preacher who builds the Ark on dry ground in reverent fear, coats its timbers with atonement pitch, and is shut inside by the LORD's own hand.
Life Story
Noah
Born ten generations after Adam as the son of Lamech and grandson of Methuselah, Noah was named with the prophetic hope that he would bring 'relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands' (Genesis 5:28–29). When the earth grew corrupt and filled with violence, Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD and walked with God as a righteous, blameless man in his generation (Genesis 6:8–9).
Noah
Warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, Noah constructed a massive gopher-wood Ark on dry ground in reverent fear, smearing it inside and out with waterproof pitch (Hebrew: Kopher, the root of blood atonement) (Genesis 6:14; Hebrews 11:7). When Noah, his family, and the animals entered through the single door, 'the LORD shut him in' (Genesis 7:16). After God remembered Noah (Hebrew: Zakar), sent a wind to recede the waters, and brought the Ark to rest on the mountains of Ararat, Noah built an altar upon the cleansed earth and received the everlasting covenant of the rainbow (Genesis 8:1, 20; Genesis 9:12–17).
Biblical DNA
Name & Lexical Meaning
Hebrew: Noach — 'Rest / Comfort / Relief' (linked to Nacham, 'to bring relief')
First Mention
Genesis 5:29 ('And he called his name Noah, saying, Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed, this one shall bring us relief')
Character & Spiritual Posture
Walked with God in reverent obedience for decades before a single drop of rain fell from the sky
Death
Lived 350 years after the flood and died at the age of 950 years
Shawna's Teaching Insight
Noah did not have to cling to a peg on the outside of the boat during the storm—once he stepped through the single door by faith, the LORD Himself shut and sealed him inside.
Biblical Connections
Episode Co-Stars
Featured alongside Noah in the same Shawna’s Bible Study episode or workbook — not a direct acquaintance in the Bible.
Workbooks Containing Noah
Go deeper into Noah’s story with Shawna’s Season 16 companion workbook (Coming Soon — not available for purchase yet). Featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
Born ten generations after Adam as the son of Lamech and grandson of Methuselah, Noah was named with the prophetic hope that he would bring 'relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands' (Genesis 5:28–29). When the earth grew corrupt and filled with violence, Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD and walked with God as a righteous, blameless man in his generation (Genesis 6:8–9).
Righteous preacher who builds the Ark on dry ground in reverent fear, coats its timbers with atonement pitch, and is shut inside by the LORD's own hand.
Life Story
Noah
Born ten generations after Adam as the son of Lamech and grandson of Methuselah, Noah was named with the prophetic hope that he would bring 'relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands' (Genesis 5:28–29). When the earth grew corrupt and filled with violence, Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD and walked with God as a righteous, blameless man in his generation (Genesis 6:8–9).
Noah
Warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, Noah constructed a massive gopher-wood Ark on dry ground in reverent fear, smearing it inside and out with waterproof pitch (Hebrew: Kopher, the root of blood atonement) (Genesis 6:14; Hebrews 11:7). When Noah, his family, and the animals entered through the single door, 'the LORD shut him in' (Genesis 7:16). After God remembered Noah (Hebrew: Zakar), sent a wind to recede the waters, and brought the Ark to rest on the mountains of Ararat, Noah built an altar upon the cleansed earth and received the everlasting covenant of the rainbow (Genesis 8:1, 20; Genesis 9:12–17).
Biblical DNA
Name & Lexical Meaning
Hebrew: Noach — 'Rest / Comfort / Relief' (linked to Nacham, 'to bring relief')
First Mention
Genesis 5:29 ('And he called his name Noah, saying, Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed, this one shall bring us relief')
Character & Spiritual Posture
Walked with God in reverent obedience for decades before a single drop of rain fell from the sky
Death
Lived 350 years after the flood and died at the age of 950 years
Shawna's Teaching Insight
Noah did not have to cling to a peg on the outside of the boat during the storm—once he stepped through the single door by faith, the LORD Himself shut and sealed him inside.
Biblical Connections
Episode Co-Stars
Featured alongside Noah in the same Shawna’s Bible Study episode or workbook — not a direct acquaintance in the Bible.
Workbooks Containing Noah
Go deeper into Noah’s story with Shawna’s Season 16 companion workbook (Coming Soon — not available for purchase yet). Featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
Called out of Ur of the Chaldeans to walk by faith into an unseen inheritance (Genesis 12:1–3), Abram was renamed Abraham ('Father of a Multitude') and waited until age 100 for the birth of his miracle son Isaac through Sarah (Genesis 17:5; Genesis 21:1–5).
Patriarch who splits the altar wood before dawn and walks a silent three-day climb up Mount Moriah in obedience.
Father on Moriah whose raised knife was stayed by heaven when the substitute ram was revealed.
Life Story
Abraham
Abraham
Tested by God's midnight command — 'Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah' — Abraham rose early in the morning, split the firewood himself, and walked a silent three-day climb of obedience (Genesis 22:1–4). When the Angel of the LORD stayed his raised knife and revealed a ram caught by its horns in a thicket, Abraham offered the ram instead of (Hebrew: tachath) his son and named the ridge 'The LORD Will Provide' (Genesis 22:10–14) — the very mountain range where God's own Son would later bear the cross.
Biblical DNA
Name & Lexical Meaning
Abram — 'Exalted Father'; Abraham — 'Father of a Multitude of Nations'
Homeland
Ur of the Chaldeans; sojourned in Canaan (Hebron and Beersheba)
First Mention
Genesis 11:26
Death
Died at a good old age of 175 years and was buried by Isaac and Ishmael in the cave of Machpelah
Shawna's Teaching Insight
True faith walks the three-day climb of obedience and places every cherished 'Isaac' on the altar, trusting that God is able even to raise the dead.
Biblical Connections
Episode Co-Stars
Featured alongside Abraham in the same Shawna’s Bible Study episode or workbook — not a direct acquaintance in the Bible.
Workbooks Containing Abraham
Go deeper into Abraham’s story with Shawna’s full-color companion workbook — featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
Go deeper into Abraham’s story with Shawna’s full-color companion workbook — featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
Promised from Eden and born of the line of Abraham and David (Matthew 1:1), Jesus of Nazareth is the eternal Word made flesh (John 1:14). Across His earthly ministry, He poured fermenting new wine into supple hearts (Luke 5:37–38), slept in supernatural peace during a Galilean tempest before muzzling the sea with a word (Mark 4:39), and shattered four days of death at Lazarus's cave in Bethany (John 11:43).
Lord and Teacher who wraps a linen towel around His waist and kneels to wash His disciples' dusty feet.
The Only Begotten Son who carries the splintering crossbeam up the same ridge of Moriah two millennia later.
The unspared Lamb crowned with thorns on Golgotha who absorbs the full legal strike of wrath in our place.
Our true Passover Lamb offered on the cross, where a sponge of sour wine was lifted to His lips on a hyssop branch.
The spiritual Rock that followed Israel and was struck once by the rod of the Law so living water could flow (1 Corinthians 10:4).
The Risen Lord stepping alive from the tomb on the exact morning of Firstfruits as the guarantee of our eternal harvest.
Bridegroom of the New Covenant who feasts at Levi's table and teaches the parable of the new wine and fresh wineskins.
Lord of Life who shatters four days of death with a shout and commands the community, 'Unbind him, and let him go.'
Prince of Peace who sleeps on the cushion in a Galilean tempest and stands to muzzle the wind and waves with a word.
The Glorified Lamb and Lion of Judah who alone is worthy to take the seven-sealed scroll and govern history.
The Triumphant Lamb standing unshaken atop Mount Zion with His 144,000 redeemed overcomers.
King of Kings and Word of God riding through torn heavens on a white horse in a robe dipped in His own blood.
Life Story
Teacher & Master of the Storm
Feasts with redeemed tax collectors, proclaims the parable of the new wineskins, and rebukes a raging Galilean squall with three words: 'Peace! Be still!'
The Servant King in the Upper Room
On Passover eve, Jesus lays aside His outer garments, ties a linen towel around His waist, and washes the dusty feet of His disciples — including His betrayer.
The Lamb Who Bore the Cross
Carrying the wooden crossbeam up Golgotha and crowned with thorns, the sinless Son takes the legal strike of wrath that was halted for Isaac on Moriah.
The Risen Lord & the Resurrection
Calls Lazarus from a four-day tomb in Bethany and steps alive from His own garden tomb at dawn on the Feast of Firstfruits as the guarantee of our harvest.
The Glorified Lamb on the Throne
Worthy as both the Lion of Judah and the Lamb who was slain, He takes the seven-sealed scroll in heaven and stands atop Mount Zion with His 144,000 sealed overcomers.
King of Kings on the White Horse
Heaven opens and the Rider called Faithful and True rides forth in a robe dipped in His own blood, leading weaponless armies and ending every rebellion by His spoken Word.
Jesus Christ
Promised from Eden and born of the line of Abraham and David (Matthew 1:1), Jesus of Nazareth is the eternal Word made flesh (John 1:14). Across His earthly ministry, He poured fermenting new wine into supple hearts (Luke 5:37–38), slept in supernatural peace during a Galilean tempest before muzzling the sea with a word (Mark 4:39), and shattered four days of death at Lazarus's cave in Bethany (John 11:43).
Jesus Christ
On the night of His betrayal in the Upper Room, knowing all authority was His, He wrapped a servant's towel around His waist and washed the feet of both Peter and Judas (John 13:1–17). The next day on Mount Moriah's ridge, He became the unspared Substitute Ram and spotless Passover Lamb — bearing the crossbeam and exhausting the Law's strike in our place (Matthew 27:29–50). Rising on the exact morning of Firstfruits (Mark 16:1–6; 1 Corinthians 15:20), He ascended to the Father's throne, where He opens the seven-sealed scroll as the Lion and the Lamb (Revelation 5–6), stands with His 144,000 on Mount Zion (Revelation 14:1), and rides forth through torn heavens on a white horse to conquer by the sword of His mouth (Revelation 19:11–16).
Biblical DNA
Name & Lexical Meaning
Jesus (Greek: Iesous, from Hebrew: Yehoshua) — 'Yahweh Is Salvation'; Christ (Greek: Christos) — 'The Anointed One / Messiah'
Tribe
Judah, of the royal house and lineage of David
Hometown & Origin
Born in Bethlehem of Judea; raised in Nazareth of Galilee
Calling
Prophet, Great High Priest, Lamb of God, and Eternal King
First Mention
Foreshadowed in Genesis 3:15; genealogically introduced in Matthew 1:1
Shawna's Teaching Insight
Unconditional love (Agape) is not triggered by the receiver's worthiness; Jesus washed Judas's feet alongside Peter's because Agape is rooted in the character of the Giver.
Legacy
Through His atoning death and bodily resurrection, He disarmed the rulers and authorities, reconciled believers to God, and reigns forever as King of Kings
Biblical Connections
Episode Co-Stars
Featured alongside Jesus Christ in the same Shawna’s Bible Study episode or workbook — not a direct acquaintance in the Bible.
Workbooks Containing Jesus Christ
Go deeper into Jesus Christ’s story with Shawna’s full-color companion workbook — featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
Go deeper into Jesus Christ’s story with Shawna’s full-color companion workbook — featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
Go deeper into Jesus Christ’s story with Shawna’s full-color companion workbook — featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
Go deeper into Jesus Christ’s story with Shawna’s full-color companion workbook — featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
Go deeper into Jesus Christ’s story with Shawna’s full-color companion workbook — featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
Go deeper into Jesus Christ’s story with Shawna’s full-color companion workbook — featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
Go deeper into Jesus Christ’s story with Shawna’s full-color companion workbook — featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
On the sixth day of creation, after speaking galaxies, oceans, and forests into existence by royal decree, the LORD God knelt as the Master Potter (Hebrew: Yatsar) to form Adam from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (Hebrew: Neshamah), making him a living soul and covenant steward of Eden (Genesis 2:7, 15). Placed in the garden to work and keep it, Adam named every living creature before awakening from a deep sleep to behold Eve—bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh (Genesis 2:19–23).
First man sculpted from the reddish clay of Eden and awakened face-to-face by the breath of God.
Stands silent beside the tree in Eden, hides among the shadows in fig leaves, and is clothed by God in a tunic of skin.
Life Story
Formed from Dust & Awakened by Divine Breath
Sculpted by the Potter's hands from the reddish clay of Eden, awakened face-to-face by the breath of God, and united with Eve in unashamed glory.
The Fall in Eden & The Tunics of Grace
After eating the forbidden fruit and hiding behind fragile fig leaves, Adam hears the Genesis 3:15 promise and is clothed by God Himself in blood-bought tunics of skin.
Adam
On the sixth day of creation, after speaking galaxies, oceans, and forests into existence by royal decree, the LORD God knelt as the Master Potter (Hebrew: Yatsar) to form Adam from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (Hebrew: Neshamah), making him a living soul and covenant steward of Eden (Genesis 2:7, 15). Placed in the garden to work and keep it, Adam named every living creature before awakening from a deep sleep to behold Eve—bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh (Genesis 2:19–23).
Adam
When the serpent deceived Eve at the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, Adam stood beside her in silence and ate (Genesis 3:6). Ashamed of his nakedness, he sewed scratchy fig leaves and hid among the trees when God walked in the garden in the cool of the day (Genesis 3:7–8). Yet before driving him from Eden, the LORD preached the first Gospel promise (Genesis 3:15) and clothed Adam and his wife in priestly tunics of skin (Hebrew: Kuttoneth)—making Adam a prophetic figure of Jesus Christ, the Last Adam, who brings righteousness and resurrection life to all who believe (Genesis 3:21; Romans 5:14; 1 Corinthians 15:45).
Biblical DNA
Name & Lexical Meaning
Hebrew: Adam — 'Man / Mankind,' linked to Adamah ('reddish earth / ground')
First Mention
Genesis 1:26 ('Let us make man in our image, after our likeness')
Occupation
Priest-guardian and cultivator placed in the garden of Eden to work (avad) and guard (shamar) it
Death
Lived 930 years and fathered sons and daughters, including Seth, through whom the Messianic line continued
Shawna's Teaching Insight
While God commanded a hundred billion galaxies into existence from a distance, He got down on His knees in the mud to sculpt Adam by hand and breathe His own Spirit directly into his lungs.
Biblical Connections
Episode Co-Stars
Featured alongside Adam in the same Shawna’s Bible Study episode or workbook — not a direct acquaintance in the Bible.
Workbooks Containing Adam
Go deeper into Adam’s story with Shawna’s Season 16 companion workbook (Coming Soon — not available for purchase yet). Featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
Declaring that it was not good for man to be alone, the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, took one of his ribs, and architecturally built (Hebrew: Banah) the first woman as an Ezer Kenegdo—a strong, face-to-face rescuer and co-regent in Eden (Genesis 2:18–22).
First woman built from Adam's side as his bone-of-bones covenant partner and co-regent over Eden.
Deceived by the serpent's twisted question at the tree, yet hears the promise that her Seed will crush the serpent's head.
Life Story
Built from Adam's Side in Eden's Glory
Fashioned by God from Adam's side and presented to him in the unfallen garden as bone of his bones and co-regent over creation.
The Serpent's Whisper & The Promise of the Seed
Deceived by the serpent at the tree and hiding in fig leaves, she receives the Genesis 3:15 promise of the Messiah and is clothed by God in a tunic of skin.
Eve
Declaring that it was not good for man to be alone, the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, took one of his ribs, and architecturally built (Hebrew: Banah) the first woman as an Ezer Kenegdo—a strong, face-to-face rescuer and co-regent in Eden (Genesis 2:18–22).
Eve
Targeted at the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil by the crafty serpent's question ("Did God actually say?"), Eve saw that the tree appeared good for food and desirable to make one wise, and she took and ate (Genesis 3:1–6). Yet in the very moment of judgment, God spoke the Protoevangelium directly over her lineage: her promised Offspring would crush the serpent's skull (Genesis 3:15). Hearing that promise of life in the face of death, Adam named her Eve (Hebrew: Chavvah, 'Mother of all living'), and the LORD clothed her shame in a priestly tunic of skin (Genesis 3:20–21).
Biblical DNA
Name & Lexical Meaning
Hebrew: Chavvah (Eve) — 'Living / Mother of All Living'; Ishshah — 'Woman' (taken out of Ish, Man)
First Mention
Genesis 2:22 ('And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman')
Shawna's Teaching Insight
Before Eve stepped a single foot outside the garden in judgment, God anchored the entire Gospel in her bloodline—promising that her Seed would crush the head of the serpent who deceived her.
Biblical Connections
Episode Co-Stars
Featured alongside Eve in the same Shawna’s Bible Study episode or workbook — not a direct acquaintance in the Bible.
Workbooks Containing Eve
Go deeper into Eve’s story with Shawna’s Season 16 companion workbook (Coming Soon — not available for purchase yet). Featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.
Revealed to Moses at the burning bush as 'I AM WHO I AM' (YHWH), God the Father is the sovereign Creator of heaven and earth and the covenant-keeping God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Exodus 3:14–15). Across Scripture's narrative arcs, He acts not as a distant deity but as the faithful Father who provides a ram on Mount Moriah (Genesis 22:14), parts the Red Sea and the Jordan (Joshua 3), answers Elijah by fire on a water-soaked altar (1 Kings 18:38), and silences Satan's accusations in the heavenly courtroom (Zechariah 3:2).
Sovereign Creator who speaks light into the primordial void and kneels as the Master Potter to fashion Adam from the dust.
Walks in the cool of the day calling 'Where are you?', pronounces the Genesis 3:15 promise, and clothes Adam and Eve in tunics of skin.
Life Story
The Creator & Master Potter of Eden
Speaks light into the primordial darkness and kneels to form Adam from the dust of the ground, breathing the breath of life into his nostrils.
The Voice in the Garden & Provider of Tunics of Skin
Walks in the garden calling 'Where are you?', pronounces the Genesis 3:15 promise of the Seed, and clothes Adam and Eve in blood-bought tunics of skin.
God the Father (Yahweh)
Revealed to Moses at the burning bush as 'I AM WHO I AM' (YHWH), God the Father is the sovereign Creator of heaven and earth and the covenant-keeping God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Exodus 3:14–15). Across Scripture's narrative arcs, He acts not as a distant deity but as the faithful Father who provides a ram on Mount Moriah (Genesis 22:14), parts the Red Sea and the Jordan (Joshua 3), answers Elijah by fire on a water-soaked altar (1 Kings 18:38), and silences Satan's accusations in the heavenly courtroom (Zechariah 3:2).
God the Father (Yahweh)
In fullness of time, the Father sent His only Son to bear the judgment of the world (John 3:16), raising Him from the dead as the Firstfruits of a redeemed creation and sealing every believer with His own name (Revelation 14:1).
Biblical DNA
Name & Lexical Meaning
YHWH (Yahweh) — 'I AM WHO I AM,' the self-existent, covenant-keeping LORD
First Mention
Genesis 1:1 ('In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth')
Character & Spiritual Posture
Abounding in steadfast covenant love (Hesed) and faithfulness while upholding perfect justice
Shawna's Teaching Insight
Every earthly crisis operates only under bounded, temporary permission ('it was given to him') from the One seated on the throne.
Legacy
Promises to dwell with His redeemed people forever in a new heaven and new earth where death shall be no more
Biblical Connections
Episode Co-Stars
Featured alongside God the Father (Yahweh) in the same Shawna’s Bible Study episode or workbook — not a direct acquaintance in the Bible.
Workbooks Containing God the Father (Yahweh)
Go deeper into God the Father (Yahweh)’s story with Shawna’s Season 16 companion workbook (Coming Soon — not available for purchase yet). Featuring verbatim ESV scriptures, original language word studies, and scan-to-watch QR video chapters.