Day 3: Who's there?? A crap ton of water...
So today I was reading and it was yet another story I've heard 5 billion 27 times. But before I got to the story there was a very significant passage concerning genealogy. It's pretty boring and pretty much the same story for all of these guys with the really hard names that live 10 times longer than I will. So I'm reading, wondering why it's important.... still reading... still wondering... and then comes Enoch. Until Enoch, everyone had a kid then lived to the age of decomposition. Then they died. Key word here is died. So... Enoch is in line to follow those before him. He has a kid and lives to be ancient. Then things change. While others died because they just lived, "Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away." The most important difference here is that Enoch did not die. The end. When you live life walking by yourself, you will die. When you walk with God, death is not the final outcome... God takes you away. When I think of someone taking me away, I think of leaving a situation, person, or environment that is not beneficial to me. I don't think this is any different.
As I continued through Genesis I came to two different stories that relayed the same message to me. As the world became more and more populated God saw the men of the world begin to favor women more and more. It was at this time that God caused mankind's life to shorten. The next instance is when God sees that mankind as a whole has just become unbelievably wicked. Due to this he sends a flood to wipe them all out. So... these stories tell me a couple of things. First, it tells me that God does not like to share His worship. It belongs to Him and Him alone. Second, they show me that when God determines that something is taking away from His worship, He takes care of it.
Obviously the flood story is the story of Noah. Two new things stuck out to me today with this. One was that that was a whole lot of water. I mean really. I did some research because I'm a nerd. (if you check the research and I'm way off... forgive me, its after 10 and I'm normally asleep by now.) Everest is close to 30,000ft high. okay.... the water covered the mountains by 20 cubits. Soooooo.... after math (and some rounding) I came to the conclusion that the earth was covered by water that was at least 6 miles deep. That's a lot of water. I don't know if you know this, but Earth is kind of big. This made me think... where did all of this water go? If science says that matter is neither created or destroyed.... where is the 6 mile deep water covering the earth? The other question I have is something I'll never know.... While on the arc, was it cold? if you're above mountains it had to be. Oh well... not important.
So next was Matthew. Great story of the Bible today. Jesus being tempted in the desert. This story showed me that even when Satan is all around and seems to be in control, God is actually calling the shots. The Devil can do nothing unless God allows it. God let Jesus be tempted. Jesus did not randomly walk into the desert. He did not call Satan collect and ask where he was. Jesus was led BY THE SPIRIT to the desert to be tempted. Divine guidance led Jesus to a troubling time. Another proof that God knew what was going on is that as soon as the devil left Jesus, Angels were sent to him. You can't tell me that's coincidence. I'll say it again... God has it on lock.
I thought it was great when I went from Matthew to Psalm 3 and found that they gave me more proof of God's will for man. Jesus is tempted by things of the world. He is promised all of the Earth. I don't know what it was worth back then, but land is worth quite a bit. So it's safe to say, Jesus would be loaded and also the only face on money. (getting tired... excuse the ADD) The words of the world try to create a rift between us and God. They bring doubt into our minds. Those who institute a strong and unwavering Faith are assured deliverance. As I continued reading, Proverbs just drove in the winning run. (I hate baseball.) It told of how the things of the world are only temporary gains. The Message says it best in my opinion..."the more you gain, the less you are."
JDP Out
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