The agreement at Sinai continued. At Sinai, God reminded the people that He was the One who delivered them out of slavery in Egypt. Therefore, they should have no other gods besides Him. Exodus 20:2. God then spoke the first two commandments in hearing by the people. God’s voice and the display of His glory
The covenants continued. The people of Israel were sincere in what they promised to God at Mount Sinai. The people thought that they could fulfill what they promised. They were certain concerning their promise because they did not know that they were sinners by nature. The people were not aware that their decision in the
The agreement at Mount Sinai. God’s promises, or grants, covered thus far are God’s unilateral and unconditional actions on behalf of sinful humankind. However, the agreement with God that the people made at mount Sinai is not God’s unilateral and unconditional action. The agreement made at mount Sinai involved two parties. The response to the
Review of the covenants, or grants, addressed in previous blogs. Previous blogs presented God’s grants (Covenants) given to individuals He chose from among the sinful humankind. God’s promise of a Savion he made in the garden of Eden applied to all of humankind. God created the whole of humankind in the first man Adam. God
The covenant with Abram continued. The territory that God promised to Abram did not become a part of the nation of Israel until King David. Even the city of Salem (Jerusalem) did not become a part of Israel until King David conquered it and made it the capital of the nation of Israel. The kingdom
The covenant with Abram “On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the River of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.’” (Genesis 15:18). So, God called Abram to go to the land He would show him. When Abram arrived in the land,
The covenant with Noah and his sons continued. The covenant with Noah and his descendants is God’s unilateral action on behalf of His enemies, the rebellious humankind. God did not place a condition for his promise. Instead, God assured the rebellious humankind that He would watch over them whether they loved him or not. For
The covenant with Noah and his sons. “Then God said to Noah and his sons with him: “I now establish my covenant with you and your descendants after you and with every creature that was with you – Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of the flood; never again will there
Covenants in the Old Testament Scriptures. The Old Covenant Scriptures present several promises that God gave to the people. Bible describes these promises as covenants. Usually, the covenant is an agreement between two parties. However, some of the covenants described in the Bible are not an agreement between two parties. Examples of these grants, or
The consequences The Earth’s collision with an extrasolar body shattered the Earth’s crust, like breaking an eggshell when dropped. The breakup of the Earth’s crust released water from within the Earth’s crust. The force of the collision, combined with water pressure, propelled the water high into Earth’s atmosphere, which fell in the form of heavy
What caused the change? The present condition of planet Earth supports the real possibility that Earth has in its past experienced violent cataclysm. The unique characteristic of the Pacific Ocean’s basin supports the probability that an extra-solar body impacted the Earth. The impact may have occurred in the time of the biblical flood. Ancient flood
The original condition Our knowledge about the formation and function of celestial bodies is in its infancy. Numerous studies concerning our universe are ongoing. Human knowledge about our universe is increasing. Nevertheless, what we know about our universe leads us to conclude that planet Earth and other bodies in our solar system formed out of
The Earth’s configuration before and after the flood. The planet Earth is a sphere comprised of layers, or shells, like an onion. The upper shell is the crust, on the surface on which life as we know it thrives. Originally, the Crust enveloped the planed as a continuous shell. The soil on the surface of