There was more than one tower and each major city-state had one of those ziggarat temples in ancient Mesopotamia, each with their own god, competing with one another for influence. NO ONE PUTS THE KEY TO HIDDEN TREASURES IN PUBLIC UNLESS THEY FIRST ENCODE IT FOR ONLY THE WORTHY ARE WORTHY , THE TRUE SEEKERS. There is a problem with the chronology of period when this temple was in use (9500-8000 B.C.E.) Sadly, regardless of theology or how it plays with source materials, either Biblical or extra-Biblical, turns out that its just a bad movie. Grab your bible. Ever read much from that book? offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me. Seven days later the Flood's rains began (Genesis 7:11). 6. Wherefore have ye left the high, holy, and eternal heaven, and lain with women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters of men and taken to yourselves wives, and done like the children of earth, and begotten giants (as your) sons? That based on verse three, it took Noah 120 years to build the ark. Why didnt God call those offspring giants? 5. The Flood was a real event. 20. Months are calculated at 30 days each. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Calculations suggest that the first stars to form, out of hydrogen and helium produced in the Big Bang, would be 100 times as massive as the Sun and would rapidly explode, scattering heavier elements like oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and iron the stuff of planets and life into space to serve as material for a new generation of stars. In Food of the Gods, (p.74) Terrence McKenna raises the possibility that Eden was in the African Sahara as evidenced by the rock art at the Tassili Plateau in southern Algeria: These are obviously not elohiym (god) in heaven, it is clear from the context they are elohiym (god) residing on the planet Earth. Our design of the Ark was found to carefully balance the conflicting demands of stability, comfort, and strength, including a study of ancient ship-building It was designed as a wooden vessel but constructed as a building for millions of people to experience. When God finally gave Noah instructions to build the Ark, it was not at the beginning of the 120 year countdown. As described in Genesis 5:13-21, the ark that God directed Noah to build (not to be confused with the ark of the covenant that God directed Moses to construct in Exodus 25:10-22, which has been discussed in several recent questions on this site) was a large boat in which God intended to save . How did Noah build the ark? This interpretation was based on a reading from the Masoretic text. think you the creator has no more light? Genesis 7:11: 40: 40 days and nights: 3rd month, 27th day of the month: Rain fell for 40 days, and then water covered the earth's highest places (at that time) by over ~20 feet (15 cubits) and began the stage of flooding until the next milestone.2: Genesis 7:11-12, Genesis 7:17-20: 150 Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.. In the Sumerian myth Cattle and Grain, the first generation of the gods known as Anunnaki (sky gods), knew not the eating of bread, knew not the dressing of garments, ate plants with their mouth like sheep, drank water from the ditch. God makes a covenant with humanity never to destroy the world again. I saw the movie. Paul D. while I agree that there were written traditions that were passed down through the line of Shem to Abraham, the book of Genesis as we have it now wasnt composed until the period of the early monarchy and the 5th chapter of Genesis wasnt composed until after the return from Bablylonian captivity during 5th century B.C.E,. It is that the author of all that is Holy Writ has clearly stated in Mark 12:25 & Matt 22:30 that there is no sexual behavior among heavenly beings, meaning they cannot just take an afternoon jaunt to a secluded corner of the Universe & find a human woman to cavort with, it is bodily impossible for them to do so..DO YOU GET THIS MOST IMPORTANT POINT? It may have been a reaction to Greek influences on Jewish society known as Hellenism (named after Helen whom the Achaens allegedly conquered Troy over but was probably the goddess Helle of the strategic Hellenspont waterway whose economic importance was the reason for the Trojan war). The biggest mistake so many well intentioned people make in trying to understand the Bible is by lifting a few words out of the context into which they are written & then trying to re-insert those words into another part of the Bible that is written in a completely different context, additionally they think inserting pagan Mesopotamian mythology of pre-Noah flood accounts can do the same thing. Nothing but stories that have been passed down since humans drew on cave walls. ( Genesis 6:11-20) We can believe that the Flood really happened because it is recorded in Scripture, which "is inspired of God." 2 Timothy 3:16. 6. (Hebrew-fellers or those who make others fall) They were referred to as mighty ones, basically bullies who greatly increased the violence of that ancient world. Now were getting somewhere, finally, Paul, youve become a good student. The Watchers petition is not granted; they and their sons are not able to escape their punishmentthe flood. That fact that the Gentiles had superior technology was adressed in the book of Watchers in which the watchers taught the people inventions that werent nesessarily beneficial if their aim was to corrupt by promoting vice. No sooner was this done than the rain began, and the springs erupted. In the movie they show a glimpse of the oyster bar where thats all you eat, giving it that turn of the century nostalgia. These are their chiefs of tens. This role is reversed in the non-canonical book, The Shepherd of Hermes. In chapter 51 the elm tree symbolizes the rich person that doesn.t produce fuit; the rich person has money, but is poor towards the Lord, since he is distracted by his wealth. It gos on to describe a type of symbiotic relationship between the elm and the vine (not unlike Gilgamesh and Enkidu) so that the vine entwines itself aroun the elm, enabling it to bear fruit, which it couldnt do lying on the ground. And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgement and of their consummation, till the judgement that is for ever and ever is consummated. Chill out! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28201 The English language is much differently constructed than early Hebrew, Aramaic & Greek. In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for ever. This is Hollywood, the land of make-believe, the realm of fiction, the empire of pretend, for Gods sake. I attempted to watch it this past weekend and had to turn it off after an hour an a half. So, whats wrong with just sitting back and enjoying an action-packed, roller-coaster ride with Noah? While we typically imagine Noah building a ship to carry his family and animals, ancient biblical art depicts the ark as a simple wooden box with legs, as in this well-preserved mosaic floor found at the site of Mopsuestia in Turkey. This event that came to pass was tinged with, according to the Rabbi in another source, woe (Zohar 119b). p. 37 7 He sent out a raven. President Spencer W. Kimball explained that when Noah built the ark, "there was no evidence of rain and flood. I think that Enoch writings are key source to understand what happened in the past, in that way we will be able to understand whats coming in the future because Jesus said that the last times will be like in the days of Noah, and according to Enoch and the book of Genesis, giants, nephilim, rephaim & fallen angels were on earth in those days, and will be again for the coming of the son of men. The floods came. Angels in heaven are spirit creatures, who in their heavenly form cannot perform acts of marriage. And they said to the Lord of the ages: Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the throne of Thy glory (standeth) unto all the generations of the ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and blessed unto all the ages! Dont get me wrong, I study the ancient history of all cultures, and I too, am fascinated by the ancient stone monuments, cities, and monoliths. What is the Significance of the Number 40 In the Bible? In fact, God's instructions to Noah could have come only a few years before the flood. There the partnership society arose and flourished, there hunter-gatherer culture slowly gave way to domestication of animals and plants. So I agree with Jesus statement in Mark 12:25 and Matt. though ye were holy, spiritual, living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have begotten (children) with the blood of flesh, and, as the childrenof men, have lusted after flesh and blood as those also do who die and perish. He wants to lift them up out of the turbulent waters and set them on higher ground. The answer has to do with translation. Thank you very much. The Animals Come to Noah Genesis is simple It is not a simplification of the older but the ur-story before. God provided instructions. The Hollywood blockbuster Noah has generated its fair share of controversy, with some saying the movie took too many liberties with the Biblical text. 10. One of the best-preserved and most elaborate scenes comes from the site of Mopsuestia, Turkey, where dozens of animals surround an open chest with four legs (see image above). Why should anyone who is a student of the original languages of the Bible care anything about what the paraphrase states? So much for questioning facts from the film. Rain began and lasted 40 days and 40 nights. And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. read more:http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20130901/did-languages-come-from-the-tower-of-babel/. Billy Graham. In the Noah story, God asked him to construct the Ark because the flood was going to destroy every disbeliever on that area. Then Enkidu regrets being seduced by the woman who lured him to civilization by first giving him wine so that he was out of touch with nature. God instructed Noah to build a large boat called an ark to in which to save themselves and animals of every species. To the trains and to the smiles of these fair atheists, Both works are an artistic interpretation of the original story, retold in order to appeal to a modern audience. For example, if we review the Hebrew word for angel, malak, we find it doesnt mean a supernatural being at all, but messenger, AND ALSO, king, priest, judge, lord, shepherd, ambassador, deputy, etc. Elohim: =sent, = the, and = strong right hand: means: magistrates, angles, army, or Host =Owthtzv= : = . The director of this misleading film is a reknown atheist. Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk (circa 2600 B.C.E. Its certainly a fun ride, but how does the movie compare to the actual story of Noah in the Bible? Its just a twisty tongue retelling of an ancient tale. Im Paul D. who wrote the post immediately above, please distinguish between me & the other Paul who posted in #s 1 & 2 above. (see Job 38:7 where angels are called sons of God) who had materialized as humans so they could have their pick of earthly women for obvious purposes. The waters flooded the earth for 150 days, including the 40 days of rain (Genesis 7:12, 17, 24; 8:1). He agreesbut to no avail. Hui resorted to magic spells to assist the conspirators and his intended targets were the overseers of the harem whom were rendered helpless and the harem women who were the recipients of an amorous spell. When you fail to understand where the English word god came from, it is no wonder you get confused about the proper use of lower case versus upper case use of the letter g when referring to god powers in the Bible, and for that matter the case of proper anglicization for elohiym. In his own words it is the most unbiblical biblical film ever made. being studiously accurate is not condescending & most especially not venomous. Havent seen Noah in DVD format yet, but I saw another flim that starred the same actor who played Noah. The angels that visited Abraham had materialized as humans so they could be seen and give a message to Abraham. They are now on Satans side and contribute greatly to the wickedness on earth today. I have to agree with Kurt. The flood was not a natural catastrophe but a moral tsunami. Paul D., its possible that the book of Enoch that you call phony may have relied on sources that date back to the 10th century B.C.E.. Some scoff at the Bibles account of how human languages began and spread. Will Graham Devotion: Do Little White Lies Matter? God tells Noah to build an ark and fill it with every species on the earth. Was He More than an Exodus Hero? Therefore, the creation of Giants Without SEX is a viable concept and is probably happening as we speak. They were no longer in heaven as spirits. Dates in parentheses are guesses based on dates given in the text. 15. Dates are in the form of month, day, and Noah's year, as given in the text. God told Noah that he, his wife, and his three sons and their wives ( Genesis 6:14-18) 3 would go aboard the Ark at this same time. Point 5 to Clone, is to creation of an animal in the womb of host with out sexual intercourse and is possible today. However, while the Carter is basically a cylinder, the ark was rectangular, and most likely shaped for the largest volume. 10. In this milieu the psilocybin-containg mushrooms were encountered, consumed, and deified. When I click on them tags on search that come up first yours comes up with them which is misleading many- The fallen angels didnt help Noah build that Ark nor was there a stowaway- Here is the True Account- https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Genesis-Chapter-6/ can read forward and can ready back- No Giants helping Noe-. Gods with names and images would not evolve into nameless imageless deities. Perhaps then it was the first generation of giants who were indeed mighty ones in their ability to construct the temple at Gobekli Tepe at a time when humans were hunter-gatherers. Making them out to be hard done by and or the Saviors. Absolutely nothingas long as you understand that Noah is a fictional account of a biblical epicjust as Miriamne the MagdalaThe First Chapter in the Yeshua and Miri Novels is a fictional account of the Jesus personal relationship to Mary Magdalene during the so-called missing years. The last time that happened was just after a 1000 year sea stagnation period then MWP1B and sea-level rose by 26.7 feet in 100 years and continued to rise at over a inch per years for several thousand years. JB Richards. The main character then falls in with a gang of crooks called short tails (named after there black jackets and matching hat and derby) which he eventually flees (Proverbs 1:10-19) and hides in the space above Grand Central Staitons main lobby that is a domed ceiling that represents the heavenly constellations and instead of focusing on safecracking he meditates on the workings of things that pertain to the structure that holds the cosmos together, which he learns from the daughter of the owner of a liberal newspaper, is light. God's timing is always correct. It is falsely ascribed to Enoch. Factual is a debatable word in this context.. Topics: Faith, Sin, From the writings of the Rev. And by then it was too late. Chronology of Noah's Time in the Ark. And Semjz, who was their leader, said unto them: I fear ye will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin. 4. Remember, the Ark didn't have to win any beauty contests, or speed races, it just had to be strong and float. But Id like to talk about Genesis 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. No upper or lower case highlighting, no sentence or paragraphing structure indicating beginnings & endings of distinct topics in those early languages, it was context that fixed the start/finish points. They apparently were giants compared to an average man. This alone is sufficient for lovers of Gods inspired Word to dismiss it Udum is a gift of El, even a present of the Father of Man. Then Keret demands that the daughter of King Pabel be given to him, to which he responds; Return and say unto Keret: Alright, you may have her. Edward Gontar My Wife and I left the theater shortly after they introduced the Rock Demons. Rising 50 feet above the surrounding plai, it certainly qualifies as a high place, which the Hebrew Bible so often associates with religious rituals and early encounters with God (Religion at the Dawn of Civilization by Ben Witherington III, BAR, Jan./Feb 2013, p.58). If we were to read into the text of Genesis 6:1 as if it applied to the period at the end of the Paleolithithic (known as the Epipaleolithic), it would start; And it came to pass (the last ice age came to an end), when men began to increase on the ground (the retreating ice sheet allows fauna to flourish that supported animal life that provided hunting ground for men), and daughters were born to them (the division of labor between sexes with woman gathering wild plants). But the point you bring up has to do with whether angels can co-habit with the daughters of men. Did people start speaking different languages all at once, as described? Christ is crystal clear angels never have sex with humans under any circumstances. Also in the book of Job. Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, and said to him: 2. And to Gabriel said the Lord: Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against the children of fornication: and destroy [the children of fornication and] the children of the Watchers from amongst men [and cause them to go forth]: send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in battle: for length of days shall they not have. It rained for 40 days, and the ground was flooded for over a year. And the whole earth has been corrupted through the works that were taught by Azzl: to him ascribe all sin. 9. That stuff is the material from which mythology is derived. The sons of God were humans. CHAPTER VI. The Animals Went in Two by Two, According to Babylonian Ark Tablet. Thou hast made all things, and power over all things hast Thou: and all things are naked and open in Thy sight, and Thou seest all things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee. Stories in time grow more complex, the simple are earlier. Dont accept counterfeits. Everything on land that needed to breath would die except for those on Noahs ark. Noah Builds an Ark God said to Noah, "I am going to destroy all flesh because the world is full of violence. Such a disappointment. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may not see light. Of course this is not the only time angels took on human flesh. The Fall of the Angels: the Demoralisation of Mankind: the Intercession of the Angels on behalf of Mankind. Thats not to say that these stories are not historical accounts or that literal events and people were not involved. Kislev 27 (early winter): Forty days of rain end; beginning of 150 days of water's swelling and churning.. Sivan 1 (early summer): Water calms and begins to subside at the rate of one cubit . All-access and digital members: Read more about depictions of Noahs ark in ancient biblical art in The Curious Case of NoahsBox? in the Summer 2021 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review. A Greek inscription depicted on the chests open lid reads the ark of Noah the redeemer. More recently, excavations at the fifth-century synagogue of Huqoq in northern Israel revealed a similar mosaic carpet, also showing the ark not as a boat, but as a wooden chest with legs. The Book of Enoch is an apocryphal text. Ive never heard or read anything from this Book of Enoch and find it very interesting. COPYRIGHT 2023 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 5614 Connecticut Ave NW #343, Washington DC 20015-2604. Because you & the Noah movie are contorting Gen 6:2 sons into angels based on an English capital g for God for the Hebrew word elohyim for you have no standing based on the words of Christ in Mark 12:25 & Matt 22:30, in so doing you are challenging the words of Christ himself, you are suggesting you know something Christ just plain forgot about & that he needs you & the Noah movie to get him straightened out on. This is a quote from your article: How long were Noah and his family on the ark? In addition, springs burst forth under the oceans, pouring in more water. God sent a wind, then for 150 days the water steadily went down. Im not going to get deep on this conversation, but would like to put my 2 cents worth in. The important thing is Jesus Christ died, rose again, and Has given eternal life to those who have put their faith in Him. PaulI believe you mistakenly quoted what Howard said(22) not my info(21). 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