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NASB | Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. |
Bible Question:
Hi, Every living thing on this earth was destroyed by the big flood except those living things inside the ark built by Noah.After the flood subsided, there appeared a rainbow and God said "this rainbow will remind me never to destroy all the living things on this earth again"But this world, according to the Bible,will be destroyed again at the end of end time. Your comments, please. With Love in Christ FytRobert |
Bible Answer: Actually there are two parts to this answer. I will not go into it at length but you have the promise that not every living thing will be destroyed by a flood, as if to specify water. Sometimes it is made much of that water will not be used but fire instead. I do not quite think that is what Peter meant when he said. 2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. The world will melt with a fervent heat and even the atomic elements will be dissolved so the the New Earth promised will indeed be a new earth and not the old one with archaelolgical evidences of the past buried underneath. There is actually something to the rainbow that promises not just that God will not destroy every living thing by water, but that God will not again destroy everything with One particular judgement in one short period of days as in this event here. In the book of Revelation we have what John describes as the visionary presentation of "The Day of the Lord" This is that day spoken of by all the prophets concerning a day of judgement. The same Day that Jesus spoke of that unless "those days" were shortened there would no flesh be saved. There will be outpourings of various, plagues, famines, heat from the sun, stars falling, waters being poisoned and other horrible cataclysmic judgements that the world will acknowledge is from God and not just from God but from the Lamb ...Revelation 6:16-17 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?... This period of time that are said to be 7 years and some say maybe more but few say only a 24 day are called the Day of the Lord, it is not a 24 hour day but a short time nevertheless and called the Day of the Lord or the Day of His Wrath. That day that christians are told they are not appointed to. Whatever you believe about How God will keep you from that hour, you have that promise that he will and that it is not your destiny to partake of it. Neverthesless the world will drink from this cup and to the very dregs. The carnage will be horrendous and unimaginable. The "Left Behind" series will seem like a comic book in comparison to the horror of those days. Billions will be slaughtered and it will seem that all men will be destroyed, but in Revelation John sees the throne of judgement set and over this throne the Rainbow appears declaring that as overwhelming as this destruction shall be it will not cut off all flesh from the face of the earth. As you read the book of Revelation you find that the final judging of the nations is completed and the resurrection of both the dead and living have taken place, the wicked have been cast into everlasting lake of fire, when God makes a new heaven and new earth. The fire that destroys the old earth seems to do so after the day of the Lord when men have already been dealt with concerning allegiance to or against the Christ. So the promise stands, not by water or fire will every living thing be destroyed until after they are already judged through the events in Revelation. |