Notice the ol' 2x2 story is a little different that what we may remember: it was 7x7 (food source) of every clean and 2x2 of unclean in Gen7:2 Ever wonder just how deep the waters got during the flood. As trivia goes, in 7:20, seems to have been 20' higher than the highest mountain. In 7:4, "Seven days from now.. ", did Noah only have 7days to gather all animals, etc.. wow. I've often wondered if there was any significance to the raven vs. the dove in 8:6-9, my NIV study doesn't make any mention. And lastly in Gen for this read, is 9:13; was this the first time Rainbows appeared and/or were 'created' - I had thought so, but my notes seem to say otherwise.
Matt3:7 'you brood of vipers' - Pharisees were hypocritical in their 'faith' - they did keep the law of Moses, but guessing it was on their terms. My notes indicate that the Sadducees denied the resurrection, angels, and spirits and didn't make that distinction with the Pharisees.. did they think differently?
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I looked in a commentary regarding the dove and raven. The raven was an unclean bird who ate caracasses. There was probably lots of dead flesh floating around in the flood waters and the raven was set to feast. That is probably why he didn't return.
The dove was a clean animal, which may signify that his return was more trustworthy. When the dove did not return it was a sign that the judgment was over.
One more thing that I have thought about while reading this, is that it is awful that the homosexual agenda have stolen a symbol that God gave humankind as a sign that he would never judge the world again.
Ok.. the 'homosexual' deal cracks (no pun intended) me up a little.
What commentary(s) do you use - I don't have one and would love to have something as additional resources? Thanks!
I use an old set by J. Vernon McGee. I have each of the books in Commentary. I also have the Word Biblical Commentary, the Bible Knowledge Commentary Old and New Testament (probably the best option if you don't want to buy a 50 volume set). Several of my systematic theology books are also helpful.
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