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    King James Version of the Holy Bible, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the Great Flood, and the 10 Commandments. Let us begin with God’s greatest gift, man. II. Body A. In Genesis 2, God makes man, God tells man not to eat of the tree of knowledge, the serpent appears, which God…

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    Jim Jarmusch’s intriguing film “Only Lovers Left Alive” depicts the lives of two hundred centuries old lovers. In the Film, Adam and Eve have lived apart for some time, however that all changed when Eve felt that Adam was unhappy. As a result, she decided to take a flight from Tangier to Detroit. Upon her arrival, Adam and Eve courtly greeted each other. In addition, before Adam and Eve’s reunion Adam had been living in the ruins of Detroit creating his favorite art, music. During his stay…

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    situations have a common factor which is water, but what is most important is that these two men were trusted with the lives of others. In both circumstances, God destroyed, or punished the evil, the Egyptians in Exodus and the corrupt and violent in Genesis. Both Noah and Moses were kept from drowning, because they obeyed God and refrained from questioning what God intended to happen, and commanded to perform an action in which saved lives. Noah and Moses were teased for following God’s…

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    Bible Flood Essay

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    accounts, and scientific statements that many scholars believe the claims of the catastrophic event [the worldwide flood] actually happened. Is there really evidence that proves the world wide flood actually happened that is written about in the book of Genesis? The Bible gives testimony of the Great Flood and how it covered the whole earth: “Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it was raised high above the earth” (Gen 17:7 [NKJV]).Many…

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    was brave enough to fight him and Gilgamesh also showed Enkidu that he was brave by fighting him. Being brave caused Enkidu and Gilgamesh to become best friends. In the beginning of the book Gilgamesh, the people of Uruk were not too impressed with Gilgamesh and Enkidu because they both seemed kind of selfish(BOOK). Gilgamesh was very protective of his people and defended the city of Uruk. Gilgamesh did not seem to care about the people less fortunate living in the city of Uruk. This swayed the…

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    christianity people believe in a single god the creator of all and his son that descended from heaven jesus christ. They also have the bible which is God’s words and how the world was “created”. Amelia Lanyer does an argument on the first book of the bible “Genesis” which talks about the creation of the first human beings Adam and Eve. She argues that Eve isn 't the only one to blame ( or to take the full blame) for their actions of eating the forbidden fruit. Now to my understanding this…

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    Old Testament Mercies

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    Testament and only see a wrathful vengeful God within its chapters ,even though this is part of who God because of the sin that taints his creation. The Old Testament is not a testament to his wrath and vengeance it is a testament to his mercy. The books of Genesis and Jonah are filled with the mercies of God and these mercies are shown through multiple events, but three main events will be the focus, the mercy of God in the Garden with Adam and Eve, the covenant with…

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    If a group from my congregation asked me to teach a four week course, I would choose Genesis on the grounds that it holds more stories that have relevance to the context of my congregation. The approximate demographics of my congregation are as follows: over ninety percent are Caucasian; over fifty percent are 45 years of age or older; women are the dominate group within most of the small group activities; and the mining, healthcare, and retail industries are the largest employers respectively.…

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    in the book of Genesis. Dürer also focuses most of his attention on the detail of the man and women and creating the perfect human being. After Dürer’s trip to Italy, he was provided with new ways to depict…

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    Scriptural Response Two In this paper, I will write a scriptural response to the assigned reading of the NIV Study Bible and the Wiersbe Bible Commentary. I will write my response to chapters twelve through fifty of Genesis and chapters fourteen through thirty-eight of the Wiersbe Bible Commentary. Main Characters Abram and his wife Sarai (later God renames them Abraham and Sarah) Sarai is also Abrams half-sister, daughter of Abram father, are two of the main characters. They could be describe…

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