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The Noachian Covenant: A Temple Document
But I will establish my covenant with you (6:18). This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I will set my bow in the cloud… (Gen. 9:12f.) The first time the word “covenant” occurs is Genesis 6:18.…
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Noah: His Fall, Curses, and Blessings
Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard; and he drank from the wine and became drunk … Gen. 9:20 Noah pleased God, was righteous and perfect, walked with God, and was obedient in carrying out God’s incomprehensible command to build a huge ship and collect animals. This does not…
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Babel, the Culmination of the Fall
“Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face…
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Faustian Patterns
Jubal was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe; Tubal Cain was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. (Gen. 4:21, f.) The Nephiim were on the earth in those days… (Gen. 6:4) The beginning of [Nimrod’s] kingdom was Babel, Erech, and Accad, all of them in the land…