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- Genesis 7:10-16a ● Gen 7:10 . . And on the seventh day the waters of the Flood came upon the earth. Back in verse 4, God gave Noah seven days to get moved into the ark. The water came right on time, just exactly when God said it would. God's word carries different force in different...

- Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 ● Ecc 3:16 . . And, indeed, I have observed under the sun: Alongside justice there is wickedness, alongside righteousness there is wickedness. Back in the early days of movie-making, good and evil were well defined. The bad guys were totally bad and the good guys were...

- 141) 2Cor 7:1 . . Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of deference to God's wishes. Webster's defines "deference" as affected and/or ingratiating regard for another's wants. Deference...

- Genesis 7:1-9 ● Gen 7:1 . .Yhvh then said to Noah: Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. Noah is sometimes criticized for not utilizing more of the ark's cargo space to take human life aboard instead of animals. But it wasn't for...

- Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 ● Ecc 3:9 . .What value, then, can the man of affairs get from what he earns? In other words: What does the worker gain from his toil? Well . . one thing he does not gain is control over the "times" listed in the previous eight verses because many circumstances in life...

- 140) 2Cor 6:14-18 . . Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and what agreement...

- Genesis 6:21-22 Continuing from post #89 ● Gen 6:21-22 . . For your part, take of everything that is eaten and store it away, to serve as food for you and for them. Noah did so; just as God commanded him, so he did. Noah was every supervisor's dream. He did just what he was told and all with...

- Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ● Ecc 3:1 . . A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven. This next section smacks of fatalism and predestination, but actually it only speaks of events that are quite normal and commonplace under the sun. ● Ecc 3:2a . . A time for being...

- 136) 2Cor 2:5-10 . . The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient for him. Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him. The cause for which Paul wrote that...

- Genesis 6:18-20 ● Gen 6:18 . . But I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark, with your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives. Biblical covenants are legally-binding contracts; and may include stipulations for all parties involved; and then again may stipulate...

- Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 ● Ecc 2:24-26a . .There is nothing worthwhile for a man but to eat and drink and afford himself enjoyment with his means. And even that, I noted, comes from God. For who eats and who enjoys but myself? To the man, namely, who pleases [God] He has given the wisdom and...

- 135) 1Cor 16:22 . . If anyone love not The Lord, let him be accursed. There's nothing new in that command. It's been on the books every since the days of Moses. ● Deut 6:4-5 . . Hear, O Israel: Yhvh our God, Yhvh is one. Love Yhvh your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with...

- Genesis 6:16b-17 ● Gen 6:16b . . Put the entrance to the ark in its side; make it with bottom, second, and third decks. A hatch in the hull was practical. Its cover could be let down as a boarding ramp. The very bottom of a ship is normally not counted as a deck. The lowest deck is usually...

- Genesis 6:16b-17 ● Gen 6:16b . . Put the entrance to the ark in its side; make it with bottom, second, and third decks. A hatch in the hull was practical. Its cover could be let down as a boarding ramp. The very bottom of a ship is normally not counted as a deck. The lowest deck is usually...

- Ecclesiastes 2:17-23 ● Ecc 2:17 . . And so I loathed life. For I was distressed by all that goes on under the sun, because everything is futile and pursuit of wind. The "loathing" Solomon felt wasn't hatred, but rather, just plain old cynicism born of disillusion. When you're young, life is...

- 131) 1Cor 16:13a . . Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be men of courage; be strong. The koiné Greek word for "men of courage" is andrizomai (an-drid'-zom ahee) which basically means to act manly; defined by Webster's as: (1) having qualities generally associated with a man; viz...

- Genesis 6:15b-16a ● Gen 6:15b . . the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. There was a cubit among the Babylonians, and one in Egypt too. But there seems to have existed double standards in both countries. Because of that...

- Ecclesiastes 2:13-16 ● Ecc 2:12b-13 . . My thoughts also turned to appraising wisdom and madness and folly. I found that wisdom is superior to folly as light is superior to darkness; Light has always been superior to darkness. Light cannot be dispelled by introducing darkness into a lighted...

- 129) 1Cor 15:56-58 . .The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is The Commandments; but thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing discourage you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of The Lord...

- Genesis 6:14d-15a ● Gen 6:14d . . and cover it inside and out with pitch. The word for "pitch" is kopher (ko'-fer) which means: a cover. It can also mean a village (as covered in); and also bitumen (as used for coating) and the henna plant (as used for dye). Kopher is a common word in the...