So I didn’t know there was a subterranean ocean beneath the ground in Noah’s time (verse 11, VOICE), but scientists have said the same thing that it exists today, yet it might be lava, so I think they’re wrong about the water still being underground in terms of a global ocean. Still, it’s pretty cool how nine of each creature went into the ark — we make jokes about how unicorns and T-Rexs and other dinosaurs didn’t make it 😂 — also (I didn’t mention this back in chapter one), I found some pictures online about some hilarious explanations of God’s creation starting. The Christian meme page @memesforjesus made a post explaining that in a hilarious way. I similarly believe that the water kind of did the same from below and above ground. Too bad everything perished but what was in Noah’s ark, but again, I don’t think God was the one to kill them. It’s not His heart to wipe out anything, really.
I should’ve mentioned that a hundred years had passed between the time Noah got the first command to build an ark containing many creatures, nine of each species (in one song, a California rapper named E-40 weirdly mentioned he had more animals than Noah’s ark… I don’t know what he was thinking); I think Noah saw that God’s heart was redemption for all creatures, so that’s why he was able to trust Him. And trust, if done correctly, leads to the right deeds — it’s also what Romans 1:5 means. It’s a shame this kind of glory is being turned to shame for many people… I think the unadulterated understandings of God’s love for others are under attack. They have been for many years, but today, it’s worse than usual, for politics is completely despotic and they tell people to hope in them because “that’s what God designed leadership for” — utterly blasphemous, in my opinion. I never hope in any human being rather than Jesus (although it would be nice if any person did a good job with leadership in something), and the U.S. has a long history of being nationalistic like this — it shouldn’t go on. Some nation that calls itself Christian, huh? Yet I believe salvation should come to more people in each tribe and nation and language.
I also read the note of the whole clean vs. unclean thing — they said it would later spell out what the Israelites would be commanded to do about ritual purities, but I don’t think that’s what God wanted them to create for their culture. For although death reigned from Adam to Moses (Romans 5:14), it’s not as though it were any less good after the Flood. Yet the law of Moses was added because of many transgressions (Galatians 3:19), and also, I believe that the people of Israel, in Moses’ time, wanted religion instead of relationship, though relationship was what Moses wanted for his people. Unfortunately, religion was the forefront throughout most of the Old Testament, and I also know that God gave over those people to this because of their gross desires for corruption (Ezekiel 20:25-26) — and I think that’s why cultures like the U.S. preach the severity of God in strange ways too much. In 1 Samuel 8, God was incensed against the people because they wanted politics instead of humble leading by Him. I think it should be the other way around for all nations, but that’s not going to happen on a global scale until Jesus’ thousand-year reign happens (Revelation 20:4-6). Yet it doesn’t change my desire for people to encounter His love regardless of ethnic or religious background. For although politics was never God’s invention, He at least worked through David in the 10th century B.C. to move Israel toward accepting Jesus, his Descendant. I know this can be a maligned word, but don’t be afraid to say any of this. I do understand on keeping a low profile having this conviction, though, for I believe it wholeheartedly, and many people wouldn’t. Plus, offense is a dangerous weapon to the point that God’s hand can be silenced for everyone’s lives for a while. I’m not willing to make that happen.
If you’ve made it this far, congratulations! (Edit: I forgot to mention that this chapter can be found in page 4 of my NKJV Bible, page 5 of my NASB Bible, and pages 8-9 of my VOICE and Amplified Bible copies.) See you in Genesis 8!
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