The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Genesis 7:8,
"Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah."
Some find the account of Noah, the ark, pairs of all animals entering the ark, a world-wide cataclysmic flood, as suitable for only children's books. Too fanciful to be believed. Not me. Science and history would be much further along in its understanding of the world around us if they embraced these accounts in Scripture.
Too fanciful you think? Consider the following: Moses tells us God created the physical universe, the world and all in it, in six twenty-four hour days. If that be true, the account of Noah certainly falls within reason. If Jesus walked on water, if he arose from the dead, then the account of Noah certainly falls within reason. I think you get the idea.
Some have taken scissors and paste to their Bibles and cut out all the miraculous and have declared that only what appeals to their small minds and limited hearts really happened - that the miraculous never happened. Their comeuppance lies not too far in their future.
Some try to minimize the miraculous to make it a bit more palatable for themselves and their friends. Consequently, some see the flood of Noah's day as a small regional disaster. Again, not me. "The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered." Verses 18-19. What was that? "All the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered." I think those who want to minimize and distort the biblical account ought to just own up to their lack of faith in our God of the miraculous.
"Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah."
Some find the account of Noah, the ark, pairs of all animals entering the ark, a world-wide cataclysmic flood, as suitable for only children's books. Too fanciful to be believed. Not me. Science and history would be much further along in its understanding of the world around us if they embraced these accounts in Scripture.
Too fanciful you think? Consider the following: Moses tells us God created the physical universe, the world and all in it, in six twenty-four hour days. If that be true, the account of Noah certainly falls within reason. If Jesus walked on water, if he arose from the dead, then the account of Noah certainly falls within reason. I think you get the idea.
Some have taken scissors and paste to their Bibles and cut out all the miraculous and have declared that only what appeals to their small minds and limited hearts really happened - that the miraculous never happened. Their comeuppance lies not too far in their future.
Some try to minimize the miraculous to make it a bit more palatable for themselves and their friends. Consequently, some see the flood of Noah's day as a small regional disaster. Again, not me. "The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered." Verses 18-19. What was that? "All the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered." I think those who want to minimize and distort the biblical account ought to just own up to their lack of faith in our God of the miraculous.
Yes, all of miraculous that we read of in our Bibles really did happen - exactly as written.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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