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Noah’s Ark is one of the most famous stories in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. The story spans Genesis Chapters 6 through 9. Last week we covered Genesis 6 and 7.
Scientists have uncovered secrets in the Bible that rewrite the story of the Ark of the Covenant, Noah's Flood and when God created the universe, sparking a debate on the Holy Book's origins.
God establishes a covenant with Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and finally Jesus. In these succeeding covenants we see God expanding his covenant family until there is a one, ...
The Bible seems replete with covenants (Hebrew, britot): the covenant in our portion, in which Noah and his family are saved from the Flood. By SHLOMO RISKIN OCTOBER 25, 2006 10:50 ...
And it is then that God leaves his sign of the covenant — the rainbow — as a mark of protection from the destruction of life on the earth (9:16). The Noah story has been depicted by numerous ...
Christians often hear and use the term “covenant theology,” but some may not know all it entails. The term is an iceberg that floats above the surface of the water with a large mass of ice hidden ...
In this part of the story Noah is transformed from being a mere messenger, to influencing G-d, which results in the first covenant between G-d and man. While Noah knows that he cannot change G-d ...
It is a symbol of God’s covenant with mankind, a promise made to Noah and his descendants that never again would a flood destroy the earth. This promise, found in Genesis 9:13-16 , speaks of God ...
Consider the dramatic opening scene from this Sunday’s first reading: The flood waters recede, and God establishes a new ecology on the earth and a new covenant with Noah and his sons. “See ...
Finally, there is a connection between Noah’s Ark and the Ark of the Covenant. First, with the building of Noah’s Ark, God granted Noah and his family salvation from death in a sinful world ...