e-Ministries   
   by Jon Justvig   
   January 11, 2013   
          
   Issue #: 12   
      
   We're going to explore Genesis Chapter 7.   
      
   Gen 7:1  And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the   
   ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.   
      
   Our Lord God looked at what He created and wasn't satisfied with everyone   
   except Noah and his family so He decided He would save Noah's immediate family   
   and start over with creation.  God found favor in Noah.   
       
   Gen 7:2  Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and   
   his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.    
   Gen 7:3  Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep   
   seed alive upon the face of all the earth.   
      
   Not only was God unsatisfied with humankind except Noah, he also destroyed   
   most of the population that roamed the earth such as animals and creatures.    
   So He will destroy them also, all but seven of each kind, both male and female.   
       
   Gen 7:4  For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty   
   days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I   
   destroy from off the face of the earth.  Gen 7:5  And Noah did according unto   
   all that the LORD commanded him.  Gen 7:6  And Noah was six hundred years old   
   when the flood of waters was upon the earth.    
      
   Six hundred years old.  Wow, can you imagine living that long?  At this   
   moment, I could only wish to live that long and still be healthy and a   
   productive member of society, yet our years have been numbered according to   
   scripture we previous covered.  He promised to destroy and that's exactly what   
   He did.   
      
   Gen 7:7  And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives   
   with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.  Gen 7:8  Of clean   
   beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing   
   that creepeth upon the earth,  Gen 7:9  There went in two and two unto Noah   
   into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.   
      
   Noah's family, animals and creatures have entered the Ark as God had commanded.   
    It's a blessing that Noah found favor in God to continue living beings.   
       
   Gen 7:10  And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood   
   were upon the earth.    
   Gen 7:11  In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the   
   seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great   
   deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.  Gen 7:12  And the rain   
   was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.    
      
   Some of us often think we have a horriable storm that doesn't seem to let up   
   for hours, can you imagine it raining for forty days and forty nights, enough   
   rain to cover even the highest mountain?  That's a lot of water which makes me   
   think that all the clouds in the world were poured on the Earth.   
      
   Gen 7:13  In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth,   
   the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them,   
   into the ark;    
   Gen 7:14  They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their   
   kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind,   
   and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.  Gen 7:15  And they   
   went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the   
   breath of life.    
   Gen 7:16  And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God   
   had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.  Gen 7:17  And the flood was   
   forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and   
   it was lift up above the earth.  Gen 7:18  And the waters prevailed, and were   
   increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the   
   waters.    
      
   Now the Ark has began to float atop the waters that covered the Earth with   
   every being that had been God-picked.   
      
   Gen 7:19  And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the   
   high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.  Gen 7:20  Fifteen   
   cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.   
      
   As I had thought, even the mountains were covered.   
       
   Gen 7:21  And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of   
   cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the   
   earth, and every man:    
      
   Every living being outside the Ark has been destroyed.   
      
   Gen 7:22  All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the   
   dry land, died.    
   Gen 7:23  And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of   
   the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the   
   heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive,   
   and they that were with him in the ark.  Gen 7:24  And the waters prevailed   
   upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.    
      
   After it had rained, all of the water in the World was on the Earth for a   
   hundred and fifty days as it says in scriptured.  What will become of Noah,   
   his family, beasts, both male and female, fowls of the air and every creature   
   that crawlth?  We will explore that in the next article.   
      
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