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NASB | Genesis 6:9 ¶ These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 6:9 ¶ These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah. Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God], blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God. |
Subject: animals and the flood |
Bible Note: Hello Kennymike (and also hic if your following) Animals, like men, are creations of God. Animals, unlike men, do not have soles. Wanted you to have this in mind while reading on. At the most basic level we are to understand that God is sovereign (supreme ruler)over all things (Daniel 4:35); not only because He is God, but because He created all things (Eph. 3:9). We know that God is holy (Rev. 15:4) and Just (Psa. 89:14) With these things in mind, we have to know that the choices of God are always perfect and always for a purpose of His own. Therefore, to seek to understand these things is not a bad thing, but to accept them as the rightesous and holy plan of a loving and supreme ruler (even when we don't understand it) is a must. You ask: "where does this animal cruelty fit in with the scheme of things?" good question. Some would have animals on an equal with man. Read almost any newspaper and listen to almost any news radio or tv show and it won't be long before you read or hear it plainly. Still, some would have us relegated to the position of "serving" animals rather than visa versa (same time, same channel). What does the bible say about this? Gen 1:26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Included in God's plan was and is that man rule over animals and that they serve us; such as the horse and ox for work, and the cow, chicken and fish for food The bible also teaches that we are to be good stuards of all that God has placed us over including the animals. That includes not being abusive to them. Deu 25:4 "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain. Hic had asked something along the lines of what "sin" were animals guilty of to have perished in the flood along with all of humanity save for Noah and his family. The answer is, none. Animals are not guilty, nor are they innocent. They are without soles, they were not created in the image or likeness of God as man was. The bible speaks nowhere of the Lord being born a man and dieing on the cross to redeem animals, but only man. Animals are neither lost nor saved. Do all dogs go to heaven? I don't know, only God knows. Hope this helps, Jeff |