Genesis

or the people due to the spread of sin. “Lay upon the sinner his sin; lay upon the transgressor his transgression “ (Tablet 11). In the book of Genesis God says to Noah the following “And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth” (Genesis 6:13). There is no coincidence of these similarities, the wording is just simply fraise differently but the message is in the same manner. In…

This flood story is told through a bible in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. It is also a story about a cataclysmic flood sent by a God to annihilate human life. In this storyline there is only one God and he created everything from heaven and earth to the seeds in the ground. In the beginning when he…

Christianity even has two contradicting stories to explain the one event. The first book of Genesis and the second book of Genesis tell the reader two stories of how the world was created in unalike ways. One major contrasting detail between these two stories is the order in which the world and all its…

The Story as an Essential Part of Human Knowledge Once upon a time, someone asked a question, and someone else answered with a story. Stories hold many functions in civilizations, from telling us how the world was created like Genesis in the Torah, to explaining natural phenomena such as the changing of the seasons like in the story of Dumuzi in Inanna’s myths, to providing guidance and a cultural legacy like Homer’s Iliad. Stories exist as an essential part of human knowledge to answer our…

significant because God sent Jesus to save us from sin. There are many instances when God changes someone’s name. So, although it might not seem like names are important, they are tremendously important! The first ten names of the genealogy of Genesis reveal part of God’s plan to save humanity. The names are Adam, Seth, Enosh, Caanan, Mahalalel, Jared,…

This is something which the adamantly literal interpreters refuse to do. In critiquing Hugh Ross for suggesting such an arrangement, Terry Mortenson of Answers in Genesis explicitly argues that the Sun, Moon, and Stars were not created until the fourth day, advancing his argument along several lines. 14 Likewise, other Answers in Genesis contributors insist upon the Sun’s actual creation on the fourth day,15 as do the…

In Genesis 1 and in Genesis 2, there are at least 3 ways that religious truths are shown. The first religious truth states that was God created everything that exists in this world. He created the world for goodness, love, and truth. The second religious truth states that God created the world in 7 days with order and purpose. God made the world to show his glory and power. The third and final truth states that God created woman out of Adam’s (man) rib. It symbolizes the sacrament of matrimony…

Robbie Flak was a defense lawyer who grew up in Slone, Texas. He was the son of a well respected lawyer who built up a reputation that afforded Robbie his start. He worked with his father but soon began to leave the realm of corporate law to deal with the injustices of society. His black hair and perpetual scowl gave him the appearance of anger and irritation, which his drinking habits only served to heighten. He was in a relationship with his live-in girlfriend, but has uncertain feelings for…

Niena was abandoned on the doorstep of the Svastra temple before her first birthday. She barely remembered her parents; they were dark, shadowy ghosts, flickers of partial recognition in the back of her consciousness. After all, in Apitus, the capital had a luxurious temple, full of women who all prayed to the old gods, the gods of air, land, and sea, the slumbering, powerful beings that could destroy just as they could create. At the time, Niena sensed a comforting essence about the place, a…

The biblical story of “Noah’s Ark” founded in (Genesis 6-9), is the original encounter of the flood story. Many religions believe God’s word is true, cause of its reputation the word of God’s is taken very seriously. In the bible, the people became aggressive, wicked and corrupted in their ways; once God noticed that he became angry with the people. Because of the people wickedness, the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth. (Genesis 6:5-6). In “Noah’s Ark”, God realized that the…