He promised he wouldn't destroy the earth again, yet he doesn't have a problem with destroying cities or casting most of the earth into a lake of fire for not going along with his game.
2007-10-03 04:00:46 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
mt75689: Oh so kind of like promising he wouldn't use bullets anymore, but returns with bombs?
2007-10-03 04:06:44 · update #1
That wasn't what the covenant was. He said He'd never flood us to death.
"11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth."
2007-10-03 04:07:43 · answer #1 · answered by MacMooreno 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You cant blame the teacher for giving you a failing grade if you dont prepare for the test. You have known about the test for a long time but chose not to prepare because you didnt think the test was going to happen.
The rainbow was a symbol and a promise not to destroy the earth with water again which has never happened since then...sounds pretty straight forward to me!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-10-04 09:04:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Once again...could this be a mix-mash of verse..let's look...
Gen 8:21
And the Lord was pleased with the (Noah's) sacrifice and said to Himself, "I will never again curse the earth, destroying all living things, even though people's thought and actions are bent toward evil from childhood. As long as the earth remains, there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night."
Notice how He says "All living things"...won't be blasting the whole thing. Notice the "even though..." part? Says man still isn't going to change, and even though He probably wants to start over (call it Mankind, version 3.0), He is not going to.
Now...as for the "casting most of the earth into a lake of fire"
that's Rev 20 14 &15
"And the death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death - the lake of fire. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.
Notice...death is thrown in, the grave is thrown in...and folks who reject God's gift of salvation are thrown in...but not the earth itself. (this is where the Questions two verses get mixed). Again...it's not the earth itself..but the people. )
As for the earth itself...Look to the next chapter of Revelation, Chapter 21..."Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth" and verse 5, "And the one sitting on the throne said, "Look, I am making all things new!"
Now...as for the last part..."not going along with his game"?
I think we can go back to Ezekiel and see what God has to say about this "game" ...
"As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die?"
Look who God is leaving the choice to.
Our choice...turn from wickedness or stay in wickedness. Turn away...enter the Book of Life...choose not to...well..that's another story.
for the man asking the question...if one has read Ezekiel chapter 33, are there any other questions regarding this? The whole chapter addresses this...man's choice.
2007-10-04 04:30:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are confused about the meaning of the rainbow it means that God will not destroy the earth by flood again. See Gen. 9:9-16
"I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth."
And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth."
2007-10-03 04:46:01 · answer #4 · answered by Philip S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the word that you missed is WHOLE. He promised that he would not destroy the whole earth by water again. And He has kept His promise- and He will also keep His other promises as well, so are you ready to accept the fact that we all sin and fall short of God's glory, and come to Jesus for salvation?
2007-10-03 05:06:46 · answer #5 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. He promised that He does not destroy the earth by FLOOD again. I think that next time it is with fire.
2007-10-03 04:04:35 · answer #6 · answered by Ulrika 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
the rainbow was a promise that he would never destroy the entire earth by water again. he will destroy the earth again, he just won't use water next time.
2007-10-03 04:12:25 · answer #7 · answered by Matthew 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are talking about destroying areas. God was talking about destroying all of mankind with water. The next time he destroys mankind it will be with fire.
I stand by that rainbow knowing this world will never be destroyed again by water. Hurricanes can come. Tsunamis can come. Ice can melt, but we will not be destroyed by water.
2007-10-03 04:12:49 · answer #8 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That was one of the first things I noticed reading the bible God says he promises he will not smite man again, the next page he's destroying cities with fire and brimstone.
He's not even a disgusting violent savage ogre you can trust! What kind of moron would worship filth like that?
2007-10-03 04:04:07 · answer #9 · answered by Leviathan 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Boy you sure do some selective reading! You're missing some key points here. God promised to never destroy the earth again by flood.
2007-10-03 04:04:19 · answer #10 · answered by mt75689 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋