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What chapter tell you what happing when u die?

Amos 5:4-15 on seeking the Lord to live is a lesson for today.

Acts 17:27

Jeremiah 7:25

Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them..

Amos 7:14-15

I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel..

Amos 3:8

The Lion has roared, who will not fear?

Amos 4:12

Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel..

Amos 8:2

Then said the Lord unto me; The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them anymore..

Philippians 3:10

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection..

What are the verses about patience?

Amen and Amen, Brother Alex!

Hi GiGi,

Enjoy reading all of your posts associated with Noah. I just wanted to note something you stated regarding populating this world.

You said: "The world does not advocate following God's command to be fruitful and multiply."

Do you know these statistics?

This year, 36 million people will die from starvation. Essentially, that equates to a person dying of hunger every second of the year. Of these 36 million inhabitants, children are especially vulnerable. Every minute, 12 children under the age of five will die of hunger. This fact represents a death every five seconds.

The question itself of hunger, not just hunger-related deaths, is just as equally an important issue. The Oxford English Dictionary defines hunger as the want or scarcity of food in a country. The current world population is more than seven billion, and 795 million people, or one in every nine people, suffer from hunger. Almost all of these people are living in developing countries. Countries in Asia suffer from this problem more than any other region, with 525 million people suffering. Sub-Saharan African countries follow with a combined 214 million.

The problem is not multiplying.we are not being fruitful enough to figure out how to house and feed them all!

God Bless.

Man was not suppose to know or have the knowledge of good and evil.

Man was not made to know or have the knowledge of good and evil.

We were made in the image of God. Follow God. Following the devil is going against God's image.

This Isaiah 11 KJV has been on my mind all morning long , I know this is prophetic of the 2 nd coming . All the animals are humanity and the Child that leads them is the H.G. That Child of PROMISE, That mountain he is leading them to is the Kingdom of God. Hebrews 12 : 22 you are come unto mount Sion the city of the living God,That heavenly Jerusalem ( the kIngdom of God ) . 27 times in the O.T. THE Prophets saw the world in travail and birth pains. i 'm just a messenger trying to tell ya there is a baby Christ in your near future . She brought forth a manchild that is gonna rule all nations . Unless ya receive the Kingdom of God as a lil Child . Which is the H.G. the Child of PROMISE . When Isaiah saw the Kingdom coming he says unto us a Child is born unto us a Son is given. GBU

Chaos verses or order This is what I read in Genesis between 1:1 and 1:2 God is a God of order and light and love when Lucifer was thrown out of heaven took 1/3 of messengers with Him first thing he did was throw into chaos Gods creation. We read starting at 1:3 how God set it back in order I also believe there was Life here before adam and eve because in Genesis 1:28 God tells them be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. The only thing left from 1:1 to 1:3 are remains of a time of chaos and disorder man really doesn't know the life that was there but it wasn't what God intended.

Comment on Genesis Seven It an interesting detail that after the animals and noahs family were on the ark that God made the point the he God closed the ark. I believe the reason was he was going to make sure that when Noahs family heard the the cries of the unbelievers that they wouldn't be moved emotionally and had pity an opened the door also God knew the others were so wicked they would have killed Noahs family.

Was Seth the son of Adam and Eve

Thank you Tony for your further comments. Just taking up your question now on Revelation 20:10, which I neglected to do earlier for lack of comment space.

"And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."

Noting your brief comment on this & what I can see of the word "vasanistirio" or, "basanizo", it speaks of 'torment, torture, examining by torture'. However, you've written, "The English robs God of His mercy and goodness in this last act with the lost." I assume you mean the English usage of the Greek word, so I would be intrigued what this word means to you, in line with the Revelation verse.

What a marvellous sight that must have been for Noah & his family: to see a rainbow for the first time & God's eternal reminder that the Earth would no longer be destroyed by such a flood. Scientists of course, can explain it away with visible white light consisting of seven colours & what we see is that refraction of that light through water droplets. As true as that might be, we know that a bow had never appeared before the Flood & did so as the sun finally peeked through the heavy clouds after that deluge. As well, that God can even use natural occurrences we might even see today, as manifestations of His Judgements of tomorrow - judgements that will be capable of utter destruction & death.

Hi GiGi.

Thanks for your comments! I have read them all and enjoyed them.



continue with us and God bless you.

Praise Your Holy Name Lord. Righteous and Holy is Your Name. Thank You for Your provision and peace.

Help us now, as Your Children, to come before Your throne of grace humble and repentant. May we call on Your mercies and wisdom as we continue on this Covid 19 pandemic. Help us to seek Your face and Your protection, Lord God Almighty.

October 31, 2021

Yes, the DNA still exists in our corporate gene pool. We just don't know how it got there after the flood if Noah and his sons were unmixed. Don't know if all wives were unmixed though.

We are building up today. Look at all of the sky scrapers (the word describes the tower of Babel) all over the world. But even more, we are going into space. I don't think God ever wanted us to do that. He said earth was made to be inhabited by man, but never space.

Yup!

Agreed, animals cannot sin, but can be defiled and perhaps interbred with deleterious results.

Revisiting this portion of Scripture is indeed helpful for us to realize how devastating unbridled sin is on our world.

And it serves as graphic reminder of God's viewpoint on it and how thoroughly he judged the world. we are to remember that there is a judgment to come as well as a tribulation. Jesus said that this time will be far more severe than ever before in history, so, as you said, make use of the time we have to speak the gospel to others, pray for them, warn them, help them as best we can, that some may be saved!

Was the man possessed by devils a Jew?

This chapter is referred to as the Table of Nations, as it shows the genealogy of Noah through his three sons, by whom all of the nations were "seeded". They were not yet scattered al over the earth if this chapter is chronologically before Chapter 11. But Chapter 11 will precipitate the dispersal of these peoples farther apart outside of the Mesopotamia area.

This genealogy also shows the lineage of Shem - Peleg at which time the nations were scattered at Babel, or, another theory is this is the time that the one major continent broke apart and began to separate into two hemispheres. Both could have happened at this time. Whether the drift of the continents was slow or rapid, perhaps the answer lies with geologists. I happen to think that it was slow and that facilitated to habitation of all of all areas of the earth. I don't think it was fast and abrupt. The major geological and climatic events of a rapid division would have been noteworthy and I believe it would have been recorded in the Bible.

Ham's brothers were upset at the way ham disrespected their father and/or mother. They covered Noah up in a respectful manner to avoid any more embarrassing moments. They honored their parents. Ham did not.

Upon waking, Noah discovered what had happened. Maybe his wife told him what had happened, or Shem and Japhet.

The text doesn't say. But whatever happened, it was not brushed away as if of no consequence. He pronounced a curse on Ham's son Canaan and blessed Shem and Japheth. Noah was probably sad that he could not place a blessing on all of his sons, but in his own counsel, he felt he needed to give a curse to Ham's son, Canaan. Blessings and curses in the Bible were often given to children when a father was near death. Was this the case for Noah, since Canaan had been born and he would most likely be the youngest grandchild. Was this event at the end of the 350 years Noah lived after the flood?

We don't read anymore about Noah after this chapter. Be sad if this these were some of the last words Ham heard from his father. We don't hear anymore about this family after this chapter except in the Table of Nations in Chapter 10, so perhaps it was near the end of his life. 350 years had past since they came out of the ark after the flood. Noah would have seen many generations come from his sons. He died before Abraham was born, but his legacy of faith was passed down from Shem to Abraham, just like Adam's legacy was passed down to Noah through Seth's lineage. God always keeps a remnant!

Put BOOK OF TITUS in Google, type: HISTORY after it. Look through the first 4 responses (not Wiki)

There's another story where a king is told, set thine house in order; you're going to die. He repents and lives longer.

Type SET IN ORDER into the search box. It helps us study deeper, God who is a God of order.

Satan is a god of CHAOS. Whatever he finds that is in order, he tears at it until it's in sin and disarray. That is his FRUIT. know all of them. That's how we know he's trying to set our homes, work, friendships, etc, in Chaos. pray and get Church members to agree with us.

Let's be sensitive to order vs chaos. It's a pattern for success or loss. Titus learned that, traveling with Paul: as did the Disciples that traveled with Jesus.

Job had a great life until Chaos showed up on the scene. Job trusted God, despite the mess around him and "friends that Accused him of some secret sin.

Satan was around taking notes and spying on Jobs weak areas. Job sacrificed & made offerings for his partying children. Satan chose to attack Job, through his FAMILY. He wiped out everything Job had, with storms, sores, maybe depression.

Accuser, is another name of Satan. We all need to pay attention to the signs of his presence. Stay in the Bible and READ IT OUT LOUD. Satan doesn't want to hear it. Praise, and sing Jesus Loves Me if that's all you can think of, in the "battle."

When Jesus was facing a battle, He got away from the crowd and Prayed. Always. That's our Example.

When we see CHAOS in our lives, it's evidence that satan is involved. Know who your enemy is. Don't lose your faith and trust in God. Decree "IT IS WRITTEN"+ scripture, as Jesus did.

Go on YouTube, type in Spiritual Warfare sermon: Derek Prince or Charles Capps. Learn how to fight back; in the power of Jesus name, shed blood + Ephesians 6. Demons are invisible, but we see the chaos of their presence. Fight and don't back down. We are the victors, not victims.

It says that God once again told Noah to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. God gave him other commands concerning bloodshed and instructing him to eat meat instead of only plant food. Then God established His covenant with Noah not to flood the earth again and extinguish all flesh as what just occurred. His sign of the covenant was the rainbow. Wonderful that from that time on that anyone can see the sign of this covenant throughout time when rain comes, not just Noah and his family.

And soon Noah became a farmer, just like Adam. We don't know if he was a farmer before the flood, but it was necessary for him too apply what he knew about cultivating plants to provide food for his family. Farming also requires a man to stay put rather that wandering from place to place hunting and gathering.

I find the fact that Noah drank the wine of his vineyards and became drunk pretty insignificant. i don't think it was wrong for him to do this. he may have been celebrating an ample harvest of food from his garden.

However, Ham erred in entering his father's tent without being invited. Each man's tent was his home. It also was his bedroom. The customs of that time were to guard the privacy of the tent because once inside, everything was able to be viewed unless perhaps the tents had divided parts with curtains. If so, then Ham not only entered through the door of the tent, but went to the place where Noah slept. His wife may have been there. They may have had relations and then Noah slept in the nude. Nothing wrong with that. Maybe his wife was also naked in the tent. Nothing wrong with that.

But Ham was wrong to enter the tent and to linger long enough to view what was happening between Noah and his wife or to see Noah naked asleep.

Some commented that perhaps Ham did something to Noah or his wife sexually. That could be a possibility, due to the scriptures people quoted in the Mosaic law. Ham then exited the tent and told his brothers.

Hi all, Jumping in late after travelling today. My meditation: There are lots of extra teeth and extra digits these days. Man built up before the flood and man built up again the tower of Babel and man is building up to giant status one last time. Sometime soon will be man's last day and mark. And yet there is a way of escape (Grace :)).

Love that Noah went straight to worship after God spoke to him. he built and altar and sacrificed. This pleased God. How wonderful that our worship pleases God!

Noah didn't lay out his plans for rebuilding a house, etc. He didn't sit down and have a meal. He didn't walk to survey the land. He didn't sit down in dust and sackcloth. He rejoiced in God! He showed God his gratitude. He showed that he was in harmony with God's choice to cause every living land animal to perish, but for those on the ark. He showed that he was going to continue to trust God to provide in a barren, flood ravaged landscape. His faith had prevailed through the long year of being shut up in the ark with the rain pelting the ark and the ark rolling on the waves.

Praise be to the God of Noah!

God gave Noah a promise and a commandment.

The promise:

The world will continue in its normal cycling of days, months, years, seasons until the end of this era. God has set the last day. He knows when time is up. We don't decide. That is comforting.

The command:

Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. God knows when the earth will be filled to capacity. We don't decide. We should not be worried when people say that the world is overpopulated. Instead we should be eager to fulfill God's command here in Genesis. God has never rescinded this command. It is a good thing to pray for God to give you a pro-life heart like His. He is exceedingly generous in bringing forth new life in animals and humans. May those who love God also be for life in this anti-life society. Commit to being cooperative with God towards adding children to your family instead of working against him to prevent Him from creating new life in your marriage. Ponder what the world's view is about children, then consider what God's view is concerning this. The world view is opposed to God's view, in my opinion. The world does not advocate following God's command to be fruitful and multiply.

What a precious promise God made to preserve the earth until the end. Mankind cannot end the earth until it is God's time. For us today, when people say things like, "The earth is going to end in --years unless we do such and such" it is best to believe God, not humans.

God also gave the animals and Noah and family the same command He gave to Adam and Eve. "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth."

When I was younger-around 18 or 19, I was considering how many children I'd hoped to have. Knowing that God had never rescinded this command, I had to ask myself, "How fruitful am I willing to be in this regard?" I am from a large family of 10 children and I saw how my parents trusted God to provide a way for each new child to be cared for. We were very poor, so this trust in God impressed me. We always had food and a home. My parents sacrificed more than most people of the day so that we would have these basic needs.

So, I remember considering these things and praying, "Lord, give me a pro-life heart like yours, not like the world."

I knew that one look at the world in both animal and human populations that God was exceedingly generous in bringing forth new life. So, I had to expand my thinking and consider having more children than most people my age at that time. A few years later when I married after completing college, my husband and I agreed on this subject and were willing to follow whatever God wanted of us. We ended up having only 3 children,( I had thought we would have had about 6) but I had serious complications with each pregnancy and/or births. We prayed for a year after our third child was born to get a lead from God. His lead was to stop at 3. Deciding to stop at 3 children was one of the saddest days of my life. But I am glad God taught us to be open to as many children as HE wished for us to have, not just what we wanted. It's a challenge to think this way and cooperate with God on this rather than against Him. But I highly recommend it. Pray!

I always smile when I see the rainbow!

What a precious promise God made to preserve the earth until the end. Mankind cannot end the earth until it is God's time. For us today, when people say things like, "The earth is going to end in --years unless we do such and such" it is best to believe God, not humans.

God also gave the animals and Noah and family the same command He gave to Adam and Eve. "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth."

When I was younger-around 18 or 19, I was considering how many children I'd hoped to have. Knowing that God had never rescinded this command, I had to ask myself, "How fruitful am I willing to be in this regard?" I am from a large family of 10 children and I saw how my parents trusted God to provide a way for each new child to be cared for. We were very poor, so this trust in God impressed me. We always had food and a home. My parents sacrificed more than most people of the day so that we would have these basic needs.

So, I remember considering these things and praying, "Lord, give me a pro-life heart like yours, not like the world."

I knew that one look at the world in both animal and human populations that God was exceedingly generous in bringing forth new life. So, I had to expand my thinking and consider having more children than most people my age at that time. A few years later when I married after completing college, my husband and I agreed on this subject and were willing to follow whatever God wanted of us. We ended up having only 3 children,( I had thought we would have had about 6) but I had serious complications with each pregnancy and/or births. We prayed for a year after our third child was born to get a lead from God. His lead was to stop at 3. Deciding to stop at 3 children was one of the saddest days of my life. But I am glad God taught us to be open to as many children as HE wished for us to have, not just what we wanted. It's a challenge to think this way and cooperate with God on this rather than against Him. But I highly recommend it. Pray!

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Meaningful discussion, y'all, thanks. To me, the word "thanfulness" comes to mind when I read this chapter. Noah built an altar and offered up a sacrifice to God. He was not bitter towards God for destroying everything that lived upon the land of earth. he was not confused about why God flooded the earth. He was not boastful due to being spared by God. He was not "fast out of the chute" to get to work and begin rebuilding with his plans already made and drawn out. He was not anxious about how he'd be able to survive on a flooded earthbed. He sought to honor God first, before God even spoke to him after the flood. He repeated the type of worship he had learned from his forefathers; an altar and a sacrifice. The text does not say if he said any words to God at this worship time, but I think he was expressing his gratitude to God and his agreement with God that what God did was just. A year in a closed ark being tossed by waves, pummeled by torrents of rain, darkness, probably wasn't a cakewalk. But Noah trusted God in/through/and after this catastrophic event he knew ahead of time was to happen and probably pondered the ramifications of God wiping out everyone he knew but his immediate family. Noah and his family had only God to interact with during this time. Were they lonely on the Ark or when they stepped out of the ark to an empty landscape, knowing that it was the same all over the world? It's not as if their family took a vacation to "get away from it all". They were totally in God's hands in the ark and afterwards. How long did it take for the ground to produce vegetation for food. Was it during the growing season when they left the Ark? God left them with no one to trust but Himself. When Noah offered God his worship, God was pleased. Isn't it good to know that our worship pleases God! Noah came with his gift to the altar with no offense between himself and God. That is a beautiful mind picture to consider.

Then God spoke to Noah with a promise. Amazing!

I fully agree with the 120 years between the command to Noah & the onset of the rain.

And I also believe that as sin corrupted mankind & his generations, so to were the animals subjected to corruption, yet not to sinful behaviour; not only leading to their death but also for their fierceness in many cases. Fortunately, animals still kill because of feeling threatened or for hunger - unlike some of us who kill them, calling it 'sport'. Indeed, one could even presume that the earthquakes, tsunamis, tidal waves, famines, & the like are all Earth's & its troposphere's responses to the general decay & corruption of civilization. And of course, these are painful, yet vivid reminders to all that there remains a greater judgement from the Creator of all flesh that is yet to come. But we press on unflinchingly & unperturbed, a lot like those in Noah's day. Yet, as did Noah, so must we continue to sound the warning coupling it with the Gospel of Grace.