Well according to the plan I selected on ewordtoday.com, (I selected NIV, chronological), I should have read through Genesis 7 on January 2....so this post will be on just Genesis 7 to get even with "the plan".
Did you happen to notice that more than just "2 by 2" animals went on the ark? Yep, Genesis tells us in Chapter 7 verses 2-3 that there were seven of every kind of clean animal and two of every kind of unclean animal.....and seven of every kind of bird......just so you know, this did NOT make it into the songs I learned in Sunday School. My Bible notes say that this was probably for sacrificial purposes.
The waters flooded the earth for 150 days, verse 24 tells us. Did you ever really think about this? Most of humanity was wiped out because they thought Noah was crazy. Everything literally drowned. This was not pretty, and again, this did NOT make it into my Sunday School songs....this is really confirming to me that you can't just rely on what you were taught, particularly as a young child. You need to read it for yourself so you KNOW what is in that Bible and how to get to the Word. Open your hearts and mind to the Living Word.....ask God to do this for you....
Genesis 8-11 for the 3rd and then we move to Job....
Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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I wonder why God would want to destroy all living animals? I understand humans had become to full of sin and not being obedient, but every living thing died. How horrible were humans at this time? I assume God became so mad and did this is because he hadn't created his Son for us at this time to forgive us........I don't mean to sound stupid, but was he not a forgiving God at this time? Was humankind worse than what we have today.....so much violence, lack of morals, no character, disrespect, and evil..........
ReplyDeleteGreat question....many people wonder about the Old Testament God. I don't think you sound stupid at all. There was no covenant with the people at the time. The first covenant came with the rainbow. My boss says that God deals with us differently depending on the times in which we live...I think there is something to that. We are going to find something where in David's time that a man that was transporting the ark steadied it and was killed by God because he knew not to touch it. Even David was blown away that God would be that "harsh". Maybe that man is sitting in heaven right now because he was part of the plan....any other thoughts on this great observation from Bonnie?
ReplyDeleteWhere did Cain's wife come from?
ReplyDeleteHa! I underlined that when I first read through the Bible, too! Scholars have a couple of different opinions...Adam and Eve had numerous children, they had been told to "fill the earth" 1:28..the wife Cain chose may have been one of his sisters or a niece. The human race was still genetically pure, according to my study Bible, and there was no fear of side effects from marrying relatives...
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