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IN the day of Great slaughter, when the towers fall
virginiabm:
Hi Zvezda, I understand what you are saying and why, but if you remember during the hundred years Noah and his sons were building the Ark, afterwards they were commanded to put the food and animals in the ark. Gen.7:11-24 especially vs. 13 tells us that it was the selfsame day that Noah and his family and the animals went into the ark that the rains came, not before. it seems to me that God gave them seven days to put everything in the ark before He shut the door and the rains came. The people were doing exactly what the word said they were doing, eating, drinking and marrying and giving in marriage until the flood came and took them all away. I am in the process of learning too, so I am just pointing out what I believe scripture is saying. No debating. Love and Blessing, Virginia
zvezda:
--- Quote from: virginiabm on November 04, 2013, 09:25:22 AM ---The people were doing exactly what the word said they were doing, eating, drinking and marrying and giving in marriage until the flood came and took them all away.
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But Mat 24:38 clearly tells us they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark.
It doesn't say they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that the flood came.
Mat 24:38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark
Kat:
Luke 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
v. 27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
v. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
v. 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Hi zvezda, I just don't see in the Scripture where it explains anything changed from what they were doing from before Noah went in and after he went and the flood came. Do you know of a Scripture that says they began to behave differently?
If you will notice the Scripture states what they were doing then there is "and" at the beginning of verse 39, which means it is included in what was being said. It also goes on to say they "didn't know"/believe it "until the flood came." If they had begun to behaved differently then what was just prior spoken of (eating, drinking, marriage) don't you think it would have been mentioned in Scripture? The Scripture gave a description of how the world was then and saying it will be the same at the end of the age.
mercy, peace and love
Kat
zvezda:
Hi Kat, I don't have a scripture that says they began to behave differently after Noah entered the ark, like I said in one of my previous posts (Reply #26), the Bible is silent about what happened during the 7 day gap.
As for the verses, the way I see it is that the word "and" is just a joiner (in addition) that connects 2 related events that took place on 2 different dates. Some of the other translations don't have the word "and" in Mat 24:39, some use the word "then" instead of "and" in Luke 17:27.
Why do the verses have to mention both the day Noah went in and the day the flood came? Wouldn't it be good enough to make the point by just saying they were eating, drinking, marrying and did not know until the flood came?
Let me give you an example:
I was attending a church, tithing, until the day I stumbled upon bible-truths.com,
and did not know/believe it until 7 days later when I finished reading the whole LOF series and it blowed me away.
Does it tell you I kept attending the church and tithing after I stumbled upon bible-truths.com?
santgem:
What happened during the seven day gap? The Bible is silent about that. But what we know is that everything was business as usual until Noah entered the ark, and then something changed and people stopped having normal lifestyle during the next seven days, people didn't know what's going on until the flood came.
So I am wondering if it will be the same during end times - people will stop having normal lifestyle at some point, and then there will be a gap period between that point and the return of Jesus. Will the elect enter into a "safe place" (spiritually?) just like Noah entered into the ark before the gap period starts? And what will happen during the gap period? Didn't Ray also think that the day of the Lord comes after the great affliction?
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Hello zvezda, Greetings!
You are asking what happened during the seven day gap. In my opinion it is business as usual in the seven days gap you are asking.
In Genesis 7 God Said to Noah to enter the ark. It would have been seven days that Noah is collecting all what Lord is telling him.
1And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth5And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
After 7 days flood came in and thus abrupt evidenced that all the fountains of the great deep broken up. "the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened."
10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
so meaning while Noah is collecting the things that the Lord is asking him let us say 7 days it will be a normal things to the people since the flood is not yet come. It is only after the seven days that the flood came in and it is abrupt evidenced in verse 10 that the waters of the flood were upon the earth and all the fountains of the great deep broken up.
That is the 7 gap days you are asking and they dont know the flood is coming until seven days had been passed. They were eating, drinking, marrying............
Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
v. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
v. 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
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