WALKING BY FAITH - I KEEP CLIMBING
WHEN THE RAIN FALLS
WHEN THE RAIN FALLS TODAY
WE HAVE THE RECORD OF THE TIME WHEN THE WHOLE EARTH WAS FLOODED IN THE BIBLE - GOD'S HOLY WORD. DID YOU KNOW ? THAT NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE OR NATION YOU LOOK INTO, THERE IS SOME RECORD OF A FASHION OF THIS FLOOD.
MANY NATIONS DO REMEMBER THAT TIME.
LET US THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT.
HOW MUCH WAS THERE TO PROVE THAT NAPOLEON BONAPARTE FELL IN THE BATTLE? ONLY A SMALL SCRAP OF PAPER. BUT IT WAS ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE WORLD AT THAT TIME.
LET US ALSO THINK ABOUT NOAH. HIS FATHER WAS LAMECH AND HIS GRANDFATHER WAS METHUSELAH.
IT IS RECORDED THAT ENOCH WAS THE FATHER OF METHUSELAH. IN THE HEBREW "METHU" = DEATH
OF HIM, AND "SELAH" = THINK ABOUT IT.
SO - WHEN HIS NAME WAS GIVEN, HIS FATHER ENOCH WAS TELLING WHO EVER HEARD THE NAME - WHEN HE DIES, THINK ABOUT IT. SELAH MEANT - REST - TO PAUSE, STOP, THINK ON IT.
THE RAINS WILL NEVER EVER FLOOD AGAIN LIKE IT DID IN THAT TIME. HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT RULE OUT SMALL FLOODS AND CATASTROPHES.
IF YOU ARE CURIOUS - LOOK INTO THE BOOK OF GENESIS AND READ THE FIRST 9 CHAPTERS. IT COVERS FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE FLOOD, WHEN NOAH AND HIS FAMILY FOUND A VERY DIFFERENT WORLD THAN THE ONE THEY HAD BEFORE THE FLOOD.
IT WAS 120 YEARS IN THE MAKING - THIS ARK - AND THEN WHEN THE RAINS CAME - IT WAS A FULL YEAR AFTER NOAH ENTERED THE ARK WITH HIS FAMILY THAT THE GROUND WAS DRY ENOUGH FOR THEM TO LEAVE.
YOU ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?"
"WHAT EVIDENCE DO WE HAVE OF THIS?"
I GIVE YOU A LINK TO KEN HAM'S ANSWERS IN GENESIS.
DO SEARCH IT OUT.
ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS IS MY
VIEW:
THE BIBLE IS OUR LETTER FROM GOD.
IT NEVER TRIES TO PROVE HE EXISTS.
IT ASSUMES THAT HE IS, AND THAT HE WAS, AND THAT HE ALWAYS WILL BE.
THE BIBLE PRESENTS WHO GOD IS IN RELATION TO YOU AND ME - MANKIND - AND WHAT HE DID TO GIVE US THE RIGHT TO BECOME HIS CHILDREN.
