wgroom <wgroom@hotmail.com> wrote in news:874ec799-b6ce-44ae-a8e0-
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>> wgroom <wgr...@hotmail.com> wrote in news:14e3fbda-eb65-4b7a-a186-
>> 7ad210944...@hv4g2000vbb.googlegroups.com:
>>
>> > The catastrophic destruction of men and animals by an overwhelming
>> > all human history was sent by Jehovah because wicked men had filled
>> > family, eight souls in all, together with selected animals, was by
>> > means of a huge ark, or chest.-----Ge 6:9-19; 1Pet 3:20; See ARK
No.
>> > 1; NOAH No. 1
>>
>>
word
>> > used in the Bible to refer to the Flood, or Deluge, is 'ka-ta-kly-
>> > manner of days; this one lasted over a year, the greater portion of
>> > believe Noah spent perhaps 50 or 60 years building a huge vessel of
>> > approximately 40,000 cu m (1,400,000 cu ft) for the survival of his
>> > comparatively small area was affected, why the need of bringing
into
>> > the ark specimens of "every living creature of every sort of flesh:
in
>> > order to "preserve offspring alive on the surface of the entire
lik
> e
>> > overwhelmed the earth so greatly that all the tall mountains that
were
6.5
>> > m; 22 ft] the waters overwhelmed them and the mountains became
> ing
>> > in which the breath of the force of life was active in its
nostrils,
>> > namely, all that were on the dry ground, died....only Noah and
those
>> > who were with him in the ark kept on surviving."--- Ge 6:13; 7:4,
22,
>> > 23
>>
>> > Deluge
>>
were
>> > spent building the ark, time that Noah the "preacher of
righteousness:
> he
>> > time limit was up "in the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the
>> > female of every sort of flesh" ad been brought into the ark with
>> > Noah's family, as well as a sufficient food supply for all, and
"after
wer
> e
> r
>> > for "forty days and forty nights" ; "the waters continued
overwhelming
> s
>> > after the downpour began, the ark "came to a rest on the mountains
of
>> > Ararat." (ge 8:5), another three months before Noah removed the
ark's
>> > covering to see that the earth had practically drained (Ge 8:13),
and
>> > nearly two months later when the door was opened and the survivors
set
>> > foot on dry ground again.---Ge 8:14-18.
>>
>> > Noah and his family entered the ark in the 600th year of Noah's
life,
year
>> > later (a year consisting of 360 days) was the 17th day, 2nd month,
>> > month, when they came out; a total of 370 days, or parts of 371
> ah
>> > kept, it appears he used months of 30 days each,12 of them equaling
>> > involved had he used strictly a lunar months consisting of slightly
>> > account is evident from the fact that a five-month period consisted
of
>> > 150 days.---Ge 7:11, 24; 8: 3,4.
>>
>>
>> > It has been said that if all the moisture in the atmosphere were
>> > suddenly released as rain it would not amount to even a couple of
Go
> d
>> > said to Noah: "Here I [Jehovah] am bringing the deluge [or,
"heavenly
>> > ocean"; Heb., mab.bul'] of waters upon the earth." (Ge 6:17, ftn).
of
>> > the vast watery deep were broken open and the floodgates of the
that
>> > "all the tall mountains that were under the whole heavens came to
be
>> > covered." -- Ge 7:19
>>
>> > creation tells how on the second "day" Jehovah made an expanse
about
>> > the earth , and this expanse (called "Heaven") formed a division
>> > between the waters below it, that is, the oceans, and the waters
above
>> > remained there from the second "day" of creation until the Flood.
>> > This is what the apostle Peter was talking about when he recounted
>> > that there "were a heavens from of old and earth standing compactly
>> > out of water and in the midst of the water by the word of God."
> e
>> > "heavens" and the waters above and beneath them were the means that
>> > God's word called into operation, and "by those means the world at
(2Pe
> t
> er
>> > was held aloft until the Flood and as to the processes that
resulted
with
>> > could easily accomplish it.
>>
>> > Since, as the Genesis account says, "all the tall mountains" were
>> > the oceans were smaller and the continents were larger than they
are
>> > now, as is evidenced by river channels extending far out under the
>> > mountains in the past were much lower than at present, and some
present
>> > situation, it is said that "there is ten times as much water by
volume
>> > evenly into the sea, and water would cover the earth, one and a
half
> r
>> > the floodwaters fell, but before the raising of mountains and the
>> > lowering of seabeds and before the builldup of polar ice caps,
there
>> > was more than enough water to cover "all the mountains," as the
>> > inspired record says.--- Gen 7:19.
>>
>> > Effect On The Earth
>>
>> > With the Deluge great changes came, for example, the life span of
>> > Flood the waters above the expanse shielded out some of the harmful
>> > radiation and that, with the waters gone, cosmic radiation
generally
the
>> > rate of formation of radioactive carbon-14 to such an extent as to
>> > invalidate all radiocarbon dates prior to the Flood.
>>
>> > With the sudden opening of the 'springs of the watery deep' and
"the
>> > floodgagtes of the heavens," untold billions of tons of water
deluged
between
>> > 30 km [20 mi] and 160 km [100 mi] thick, stretched over a rather
>> > added weight of the water, there was likely a great shifting in the
>> > mountains rose to new heights, shallow sea basins were deepened,
and
>> > new shorelines were established, with the result that now about 70
> e
>> > earth's crust may account for many of the geological phenomena,
such
>> > estimated by some that water pressures alone were equal to "2 tons
per
>> > square inch," sufficient to fossilize fuana and flora quickly.--See
>> > The Biblical Flood And Ice Epoch, by D. Patten, 1966, p. 62
>>
> s that there was a truly
>> > global deluge)?
>>
and
>> > rhinoceroses have been found in different parts of the earth. Some
>> > were found in Siberian cliffs; others were preserved in Siberian
and
> h
>> > food undigested in their stomachs or still unchewed in their teeth,
>> > fossil remains of many other animals, such as lions, tigers, bears,
>> > and elk, have been found in common strata, which may indicate that
all
>> > finds as definite physical proof of a rapid change in climate and
and
>> > explanations for death of these animals that do not involve an
earth-
on
>> > such fossils and frozen animal remains.
>>
>>
>> > Such a cataclysm as the Deluge, which washed the whole world of
that
>> > time out of existence, would never be forgotten by the survivors.
>> > They would talk about it to their grandchildren and their
childrens'
th
> e
o
> f
> r
>> > the Flood, when God-defying people build the Tower of Babel,
Jehovah
>> > confused their language and scattered them "over all the surface of
>> > with them stories of the Flood and passed them on from father to
son.
>> > The fact that there are not merely a few but perhaps hundreds of
>> > different stories about that great Deluge, and that such stories
are
>> > found among the traditions of many primitive races the world over,
is
>> > a strong proof that all these peoples had a common origin and that
>> > their early forefathers shared that Flood experience in common.---
>> > CHART, Vol. 1, p. 328
>>
>> > These folklore accounts of the Deluge agree with major features of
the
>> > Biblical account: (1) a place of refuge for a few survivors, (2) an
>> > otherwise global destruction of life by water, and (3) a seed of
Druid
> s
>> > of Britain, the Polynesians, the Eskimos and Greenlanders, the
>> > Africans, the Hindus, and the American Indians----all of these have
>> > (Vol. 2, p. 319 states: "Flood stories have been discovered among
>> > mainland and the islands immediately south of it and on the North
>> > American continent, they have been found on all the continents.
>> > Totals of the number of stories known run as high as 270.....The
>> > universalality of the flood accounts is usually taken as evidence
for
>> > the universal destruction of humanity by a flood and the spread of
the
>> > traditions may not all refer to the same flood, apparently the vast
fro
> m
>> > contacts from missionaries will not stand jup because most of them
>> > were gathered by anthropologists not interested in vindicating the
>> > Bible, and they are filled with fanciful and pagan elements
evidently
>> > the result of transmission for extended periods of time in a pagan
>> > people very much in opposition to the Hebrew-Christian
tradition."---
>> > Edited by G. Bromiley, 1982.
>>
>> > In times past, certain primitive people (in Australia, Egypt, Fiji,
>> > Society Islands, Peru, Mexico, and other places) preserved a
possible
>> > remnant of these traditions about the Flood by observing in
November a
>> > reflected a memory of the destruction caused by the Deluge.
> g
>> > to the book Life and Work at the Great Pyramid, the festival of
Mexico
>> > was held on the 17th of November because they "had a tradition that
at
>> > that time the world had previously been destroyed; and they dreaded
>> > lest a similar catastrophe would, at the end of a cycle, annihilate
Vol
>> > festival [of the dead] is.... held by all or about on which,
according
>> > to the Mosaic account, the Deluge took place, viz., the seventeenth
>> > day of the second month---the month nearly corresponding to our
>> > Bible reports that the flood began "in the second month , on the
>> > corresponds to the latter part of October and the first part of
>> > November on our calendar.
>>
>> > Confirmation
>>
>> > Stronger evidence of the historicalness of the Deluge than the
pagan
>> > traditions of primitive people is the endorsement other Bible
writers
>> > word (mab.bul', deluge) occus outside the Genesis account is in
>> > David's melody where he describes Jehovas as seated "upon the
> ter
>> > draws heavily upon the Deluge account in his letters. (1Pet 3:20;
2Pe
>> > 2:5; 3:5,6) Paul testifies to the great faith Noah displayed in
>> > constructing the ark for the survival of his household (Heb 11:7)
>> > Luke lists Noah in the lineage of Messiah's forebearers-- Luke 3:36
>>
>> > Even more significant is what Jesus said about the days of the
Deluge
>> > endorsement of the veracity of the Deluge account, Jesus' words
show
>> > the pictorial and prophetic significance of those ancient events.
>> > answer to the disciples' question, "What will be the sign of your
said,
>> > before the flood drinking, men marrying and women being given in
>> > marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark; and they
took
>> > no note until the flood came and swept them all away, so the
presence
> re
>> > is, therefore, abundant, evidence from the inspired Holy Scriptures
>> > themselves to support the authenticity and genuineness of the
Deluge
folklore
>> > of primitive people, or on geologic and archaelogicial findings.
>>
>> > Insight On The Scriptures, pgs. 609-12
>>
>> Does the WTS know of your plagiarism?
>>
>> --
>>
>> "These clowns are all Jokers!" - Rasta Khan
>
> Why don't you tell them it was purely copied and not plagarized and
> pass it to the ends of the earth?? LOL.
>
> wg
>
Obvesly you are not familiar with copyright laws. The WTS, otoh, loves
to go after folks that plagiarise their publications
--
"These clowns are all Jokers!" - Rasta Khan
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