Essay - The Flood Narrative When God Flooded the World Summary the...

The Flood Narrative

***** God *****ed the World

Summary

***** Setting

The Covenant

***** Inside the Ark

The Warnings Genesis 7:21-24

***** Rains Came

Lesson on Family Values

Conclusion

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When God Flooded ***** World

The story of the great flood is one ***** the most well-known narratives in the Bible. Every Bible School child can recite it by heart. The story appears simple, at first, but on closer examinati*****, *****re are many nuances that create controversy. Biblical scholars continually debate the flood *****, particularly in regards to ***** scope of the ***** flood. Theories as ***** ***** scope of the ***** and whether the story should be treated as literal or symbolic have *****en the cause ***** many divisions among ***** church. This research will examine the flood st*****y and the many interpretations that exist about the flood and ***** man called Noah.

Summary

***** story of the flood ***** be found in Genesis 6-8. In the story, ***** sees ***** wickedness of the world, which provokes his wrath. ***** ***** his family ***** deemed to ***** the only people worth saving. God warns Noah and tells him to build an ark, to precise specifications. Noah faithfully obeys. Noah is told to gather his family *****d all living creatures and enter the ark. The flood begins and the ark door is shut. The *****s build for 40 days. All other living flesh on earth is destroyed by the flood.

God dries up the waters. The ***** comes to rest on Mount Ararat and ***** sends forth a dove. When the dove returns with *****n olive branch, Noah goes out of the ark ***** offers a sacrifice to God. God sends a r*****inbow as a prom*****e that he ***** never ***** t***** world again. ***** is *****he story ***** ***** to children around the globe, in its most simple form. However, as one delves *****to ***** individual verses, a much more complex story begins to emerge.

***** Setting

Genes***** 6: 1-7 sets the stage and provides the reader background as to the condition of the world and the need for change. The unbounded evil of those in the ***** be*****e ***** chose to destroy it was ***** ***** remarkable part of the opening of the flood story. It is difficult to imagine that God became so angry that he decided ***** wholesale destruction of his creation was the only answer. Henry does not expand on ***** meaning ***** this ***** the root of it. John Wesley comments that when men began to multiply, this represented the blessing, and ***** ********** corruption was an abuse of this blessing.

***** suggests that God has given the sinners a chance to repent and prevent ***** disaster ***** will ensue if they do not reform. Wesley considers the one hundred and twenty years proclaimed to Noah to be this period of grace, where ***** had a ch*****nce to turn around their ultimate fate. We find that ***** was ***** popular in the eyes of