Anne Graham Lotz: What Impossible Situation Are You Facing? 6. And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences. portrayed Noahs ark as a box, often with legs. The King James writers did their translation without benefit of the Codices that were only just beginning to be discovered in the 19th century; Sinaiticus, Vaticannus, Alexandrinus, Septuagint, Nestle, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint. The ancients loved to use symbolism to represent stories, people and events. That the Ark Encounter in Kentucky is a farce? when He brought a deluge. (2 Peter 2:4, 5), And the angels that did not keep their ORIGINAL POSITION but forsook their own PROPER DWELLING PLACE he has reserved with ETERNAL BONDS under dense darkness for the judgement of the great day. (Jude 6), . Why Noah build the Ark in 40 days? When you fail to understand where the English word god came from, it is no wonder you get confused about the proper use of lower case versus upper case use of the letter g when referring to god powers in the Bible, and for that matter the case of proper anglicization for elohiym. It made the story very interesting; giving the viewer something to think about. But he believed God. Some scoff at the Bibles account of how human languages began and spread. The phrase tinged with renders tifsei, based on tufsa, frame, mold, mold, form, configuration,, pattern' (The Zohar, p.192). Chronology of Noah's Time in the Ark. The LORD God broke up the fountains of the oceans and opened the windows of heaven, and it rained for 40 days and 40 nights (Gen 7:11-12). p. 43 Nobody asked for prayer. ..Paul D. Paul D., its possible that the book of Enoch that you call phony may have relied on sources that date back to the 10th century B.C.E. Lost Roman Army Camps Discovered in Jordan, Lavish New Kingdom Tomb Uncovered at Saqqara, https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Genesis-Chapter-6/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGL0sfKNR5w&list=PLV7Wy_Z8JeGiJfWIQkXTyDVTaCdfnxAqx, http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/pharaohs-mummy-reveals-murder-palace-intrigue/, http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20130901/did-languages-come-from-the-tower-of-babel/, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Miriamne-the-Magdala-First-in-the-Series-of-the-Yeshua-Miri-Novels/206903979347028, http://www.andrewcollins.com/page/articles/Gobekli_Tepe_interview.htm. I think that is the moral lesson of the rock giants in Noah. In the Enuma Elish the Anunnaki gods are assigned by Marduk to their respective sphere of influence, with 300 assigned to the sky and 300 assigned over the earth. 21. Dont delay in accepting His salvation. We dont know everything that has happened, only what has been revealed to us. It is interesting how the poet John Milton in the first chapter of Paradise Lost chose to name the fallen angels after the gods of Canaan and its environs. Produced probably sometime during the second and first centuries B.C.E.,it is a collection of extravagant and unhistorical Jewish myths, evidently the product of exegetical elaborations on the brief Genesis reference to Enoch. And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. To the trains and to the smiles of these fair atheists, Who Was Moses? Will Graham Devotion: Think Your Sin Isnt So Bad? Therefore, demons can inhabit people! Stories in time grow more complex, the simple are earlier. 1. Much later after Israelite spies returned from the land of Canaan they compared the giant men in Canaan to the ancient Nephilim of Noahs day. Chill out! 8. They were no longer in heaven as spirits.. They are now on Satans side and contribute greatly to the wickedness on earth today. Is this one of those gyrations? While the original authors of the Pentateuch used distinct Hebrew terms to refer to Noahs ark (tieveh) and the box-shaped Ark of the Covenant (aron), the Hebrew Bibles Greek translators, who began their work in the third century B.C.E., used a single Greek word, kibotos, meaning an enclosed wooden container used to store valuables, to refer to both objects. I sure God gave some joy to him , very little, when job was finished, when Noah got drunk . A reflection of the wealther liberal north (Marylin) and the more conservative south (Rosie).. Howards interpretation is plausable and on the first point he makes he compares the sons of Elohim seducing the daughters of man with the serpent/magician seducing Eve, using the line; you will be like Elohim knowing good and evil (Genesis 3:5) A similar occurance happened near the end of the reign of Pharaoh Ramses III that is described in the Papyrus of Harris. Where in Gen 6 is it stated that the sons of elohiym originated from anywhere in all of Elohiyms creation other than planet earth? 8. Udum is a gift of El, even a present of the Father of Man. Then Keret demands that the daughter of King Pabel be given to him, to which he responds; Return and say unto Keret: Alright, you may have her. It rained for 40 days, and the ground was flooded for over a year. In this milieu the psilocybin-containg mushrooms were encountered, consumed, and deified. God then gave Noah orders to build an enormous Ark that was some 1,400,000 cubic feet, shaped like a modern-day battleship, and big enough to house some 522 modern-day railroad boxcars. Similarly, in the book of Exodus, God tells Moses to construct the tabernacle. The waters flooded the earth for 150 days, including the 40 days of rain (Genesis 7:12, 17, 24; 8:1). So God did not give permission to the wicked angels of Noahs day to take human form nor were they ever forgiven for what they did. The last time that happened was just after a 1000 year sea stagnation period then MWP1B and sea-level rose by 26.7 feet in 100 years and continued to rise at over a inch per years for several thousand years, The Book of Enoch is an apocryphal text. Mark 12:25, Matt 22:30, no sex if you please, meaning no offspring? Soon they will be removed along with the great adversary when Jehovah vindicates His Sovereignty over both heaven and earth. him and said: Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this thing. 5. These actions trigger the flood. Point 1 Eve listened to the Magician/Snake who instilled in her, a thirst for forbidden knowledge. After all, the ark was a boat, right? The ark drifted for 150 days. All the religions around have creation, source of evil and flood stories. 13. The higher the vote, the further up an answer is. Will Graham Devotion: Do Little White Lies Matter? And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to generation and for ever. 6. Believed to be the first temple yet discovered, the site was probably in use as a cult center before the temples construction: What does making such a statement say about yourself & your attitude not only towards others but about the Bible itself? In Genesis 4:20-22 the ancestors of the trade guilds are recorded and in John Miltons Paradise Lost (Book 11), the angel Michael relates to Adam after his disobediance the consequences of sin on his future descendants, who are among the sons of God; who forsook their spiritual wings for human desires: Reading the story of Noahs ark today (Genesis 69), we naturally imagine that Noah, his family, and the loaded animals of all kinds survived the flood aboard a large wooden ship or other seaworthy vessel. being studiously accurate is not condescending & most especially not venomous. Somebody went to the trouble of reading into the book of Genesis to describe Gobekli Tepe: Why in the world are you trying to twist scripture to fit a movie that had elements not based on scripture? 1. In the Sumerian myth Cattle and Grain, the first generation of the gods known as Anunnaki (sky gods), knew not the eating of bread, knew not the dressing of garments, ate plants with their mouth like sheep, drank water from the ditch. The important thing is Jesus Christ died, rose again, and Has given eternal life to those who have put their faith in Him. Noah's Ark (Hebrew: ; Biblical Hebrew: Tevat Noa) is the ship in the Genesis flood narrative through which God spares Noah, his family, and examples of all the world's animals from a global deluge. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and beget children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on earth. offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me. Genesis is simple It is not a simplification of the older but the ur-story before. The Dooms pronounced by God on the Angels: the Messianic Kingdom (a Noah fragment). This role is reversed in the non-canonical book, The Shepherd of Hermes. In chapter 51 the elm tree symbolizes the rich person that doesn.t produce fuit; the rich person has money, but is poor towards the Lord, since he is distracted by his wealth. It gos on to describe a type of symbiotic relationship between the elm and the vine (not unlike Gilgamesh and Enkidu) so that the vine entwines itself aroun the elm, enabling it to bear fruit, which it couldnt do lying on the ground. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch" (Gen. 6:14). Gilgamesh was said to have waged military campaigns and the extended tours of duty caused an outcry among the people of Uruk and this is the setting in which Enkidu arrives from the wilderness; He, Enkidu, and his beasts had intruded on the stalkers place (tablet 1 column 2). Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every evil work come to an end: and let the plant of righteousness and truth appear: and it shall prove a blessing; the works of righteousness and truth shall be planted in truth and joy for evermore. Deducing that Shem was born 98 years before the Flood, it could be no more than this. The Watchers petition is not granted; they and their sons are not able to escape their punishmentthe flood. Nobody cared. It would take four men as men are today to throw a stone as large as that. The length of the cubit varies through history, with the Roman cubit being nearly 4 feet long. Jeanne: Bad advice, ENJOY. 1988, Yes Paul D., theres a vast reservoir of tradition on the subject from which a couple of references were streamlined in the book of Jude verse 6 and verses 14-15. And go, say to the Watchers of heaven, who have sent thee to intercede for them: You should intercede for men, and not men for you: 3. The exact opposite of Christs clearly worded statements, this is not a fantasy God implores the human race to enjoy. To be sure, if you listen to what youre being told, that you cant rely on anything that is not approved biblical canon, then you become usefull as building material in someones Tower of Bible. Local: 704-401-2432 In Food of the Gods, (p.74) Terrence McKenna raises the possibility that Eden was in the African Sahara as evidenced by the rock art at the Tassili Plateau in southern Algeria: Whose lives religious titled them the sons of God, During the Flood. (see Job 38:7 where angels are called sons of God) who had materialized as humans so they could have their pick of earthly women for obvious purposes. And again the Lord said to Raphael: Bind Azzl hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Ddl, and cast him therein. The flood was not a natural catastrophe but a moral tsunami. And Semjz, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his associates. Dates are in the form of month, day, and Noah's year, as given in the text. And since when does God bless the evil acts of satan with men of renown? OR, the Bible, the book of Enoch, etc., are full of metaphor, simile, and figure of speech. Paul D., its possible that the book of Enoch that you call phony may have relied on sources that date back to the 10th century B.C.E.. 6 After 40 days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark. So King Keret can fill in the blank in regards to the original narrative; the sons of Elohim saw that the daughters of Adam were good After King Keret attacks Udum, King Pabel pleads with Keret through messengers; Vex not Udum the Great, even Udum the Grand. NO ONE CAN GIVE YOU ANSWERS. Each period of 40 units is related to testing, probation or being tried. Check out the story in Genesis. And to Gabriel said the Lord: Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against the children of fornication: and destroy [the children of fornication and] the children of the Watchers from amongst men [and cause them to go forth]: send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in battle: for length of days shall they not have. A Futile Quest: The Search for Noahs Ark. Give me that scripture. 2. 8. Read the first six chapters of Genesis & you will have a good idea of what the real book of Enoch was about, and there is nothing in it about fallen angels & all this other mythology captured within the context of the Noah movie garnered from that phony Enoch book you just made reference to in an attempt to bolster your conclusions for a pre-determined outcome. Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark. Recent x-rays of Ramses IIIs mummy reveal that he probably died immediately from his wound: The book of Genesis does not have one scribe only, it is a book which means beginnings, plural, more than one beginning, each beginning seemingly accounted for by three different scribes, Enoch, Noah & Moses. Edward Gontar My Wife and I left the theater shortly after they introduced the Rock Demons. NO !!! So why does ancient biblical art depict Noahs ark in this unusual way? God's plan is always best. God brought judgment on people who disbelieved Him. And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice: Fear not, Enoch, thou righteous man and scribe of righteousness: approach hither and hear my voice. The Most High (Elyon) fixed the boundaries of peoples according to the number of the sons of God (El). So much for questioning facts from the film. The standing stones at Gobekli Tepe were carved in the form of predatory creatures the significance of which eludes us. Centuries after Noah lived Jesus spoke of him. But time ran out. The standing stone inscribed with a human with wings may represent one of the sons of God in Genesis 6:2, or Anunnaki. The Nephilim (fallen ones) in Genesis 6:4, otherwise known as the giants, might actually be represented by a 17.5 foot tall standing stone carved in a stylized manner with the ceremonial attire worn by priests at that time. ( Genesis 6:11-20) We can believe that the Flood really happened because it is recorded in Scripture, which "is inspired of God." 2 Timothy 3:16. 19. And by then it was too late. Referring to your above post. Ancient biblical art depicts Noahs ark not as a boat, but rather as a simple wooden box on legs. Howard says their fathers) make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their behalf; for they hope to live an eternal life, and that each one of them will live five hundred years. 11. God chose Noah as a messenger, instructing him to build the Ark as a sign to the people that the flood would come unless they changed their actions. Perhaps this powerful priest was regarded as infallible since his stature was as tall as the temple itself. God instructed Noah to build a large boat called an ark to in which to save themselves and animals of every species. This was in direct rebellion against Gods assignment for angels. Genesis 7:11: 40: 40 days and nights: 3rd month, 27th day of the month: Rain fell for 40 days, and then water covered the earth's highest places (at that time) by over ~20 feet (15 cubits) and began the stage of flooding until the next milestone.2: Genesis 7:11-12, Genesis 7:17-20: 150 Did Noah build the ark in 40 days? Noah and his family entered the ark on the second month, tenth day of his 600th year (Genesis 7:4-11). By the way, Aronofskys Noah is not based on Genesis or on 1 Enoch. It probably more resembled a rough barn or stable in workmanship. Im still waiting for yourself, or the other Paul, to produce the scripture that fallen angels are somehow capable of reinventing themselves with capabilities they were never created with by none other than Christ himself, that is with sex organs capable of producing sperm with which to inseminate human women, in other words re-creating themselves to become human beings. Calculations suggest that the first stars to form, out of hydrogen and helium produced in the Big Bang, would be 100 times as massive as the Sun and would rapidly explode, scattering heavier elements like oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and iron the stuff of planets and life into space to serve as material for a new generation of stars. The coin dates to the mid-third century C.E. The Bible says that in the days of Noah the world was filled with violence. Permissions It took 40 days and 40 nights to complete it. And they all answered VI-XI. I would have to agree with commentator Howard # 11, that the book of Enoch was an authoritative source for early Christians. In fact, God's instructions to Noah could have come only a few years before the flood. Noah built the ark, filled it with pairs of every kind of animal, and prepared for the flood.. And they said to the Lord of the ages: Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the throne of Thy glory (standeth) unto all the generations of the ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and blessed unto all the ages! 10. Why? And he did not refrain from punishing an ancient world, but kept Noah, a preacher of righteousness, safe with seven others when he brought a flood upon the world of ungodly people.. . Not content with endeavoring to dethrone the king by an uprising of both soldiers and civilians, Hui, a certain high official, who was the overseer of the [royal] cattle, bethought him of applying magic to help their evil designs, and with this object in view he went to some one who had access to to the kings library, and he obtained from him a book containing formula of a magical nature, and directions for working magic. 7. If all the translations in existence would simply revise their texts to comport with the oldest Codices concerning the diverse spellings associated with deity, a lot of confusion concerning proper usages of those terms would be set aside. When the floodwater receded, Noah and his family exited the ark. 300 is the height of the giants in 1 Enoch 7:2 and 300 cubits is the length of Noah's ark (Genesis 6:15). And on the day of the great judgement he shall be cast into the fire.
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