The Meaning Of Life

Now, Job has three friends that enter the picture, and here is where it gets really confusing to me. Ernest Hemingway was right, the Book of Job is a literary masterpiece, a masterpiece that hurts my head. Perhaps this time, when I study it, then put my notes and thoughts in writing, I will do Continue reading

1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth Continue reading

I believe it was Ernest Hemingway who said that the Book of Job was the greatest literary work, perhaps, of all time. My sister says the Book of Job is her favorite book of the Bible. I on the other hand, really have a hard time understanding it. At one minute it all makes perfect Continue reading

As I stated before, we all descended from Noah’s family; they were the only survivors of the Great Flood. At face value, this scripture is just another documentation on Bible geneaology, to some of which, could be boring. But you don’t want to miss out on the important points. Shem, obviously one of Noah’s sons, Continue reading

Even after the world was destroyed by the flood, man did not learn his lesson. We are literally born into sin; man was created perfect, righteous, sinless, but sin changed all of that. From birth, our thoughts are all sinful, starting out with selfishness, and we must be taught otherwise by the word of God. Continue reading

1 This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood. The Japhethites 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Continue reading

18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated. Everyone descended from Noah. The flood destroyed everyone except for Noah and his family. I’ve heard others Continue reading

The Rainbow If you read Genesis 9, you will never look at a rainbow the same again. 1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, Continue reading

1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3 And the waters Continue reading

1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2 You are to take with you seven pairs ofa every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its Continue reading