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†. Gen 9:4 . .You must not, however, eat flesh with its life-blood in it. That restriction is against life-blood; so then blood that cannot support life -- dead blood --is exempt. Life-blood, is actually blood that's alive; blood that hasn't begun to spoil; viz: it's still fresh enough for a...

†. Gen 9:1 . . God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: Be fertile and increase, and fill the earth. Divine blessings should never be construed as mandates, nor as laws, rules and/or commands. They're typically expressions of good will and/or empowerment. God included Noah in the...

Although I don't fear That Day I do fear another. The current world consumption of oil is something like 25 to 30 Billion barrels per year. If the current expansion rates of world population and economic development continues, the world's projected oil needs before the end of the current...

†. Gen 8:20a . .Then Noah built an altar to the Lord This is the very first mention of an altar in the Bible. I don't really know if anyone else constructed one before this. Abel and some of the others may have, but it's very difficult to be certain. At any rate, Noah's altar was dedicated to...

†. Gen 8:15-16 . . God spoke to Noah, saying: Come out of the ark, together with your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives. It began to rain on the 17th day of the second month of the 600th year of Noah's life. The Earth was dry on the 27th day of the second month of his 601st year. So...

†. Gen 8:6-7a . . At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made and sent out the raven; Although the Raven is listed in Moses' covenanted law as an unclean bird, sometimes it's an excellent choice for assisting in a Divinely appointed task; for example 1Kgs...

†. Gen 8:1a . . God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark, Does that mean God forgot all about the ark's passengers until He realized why there was a string tied around His finger? (chuckle) No; it reaffirms that they were always on God's mind. He...

†. Gen 7:16b . . And the Lord shut him in. Whump! Can't you just feel the concussion from that big ol' hatch battening down? I wonder if any of Noah's neighbors saw that happen? All by itself, the big hatch creaked shut with a powerful thud, muting all the chirps and the tweets and the snorts...

†. 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 circumstances. Sometimes He...

†. Gen 7:1 . .Then The Lord said to Noah: Go into the ark, with all your household; for you alone have I found righteous before Me in this generation. What besides piety might qualify as "righteous" in Noah's day? Answer: belief that the Flood was coming. Here's an example of righteousness...

†. 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 without nary an argument; nor a single protest...

†. Gen 6:17 . . For My part, I am about to bring the Flood-- waters upon the earth-- to destroy all flesh under the sky in which there is breath of life; everything on earth shall perish. Some think the Flood was merely a local even rather than a worldwide deluge. But that's not the way Genesis...