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The Biblical Overture
I know it may be hard to believe but now that our critique of Vignette #9 has been completed, Act 1, Scene 1 of God’s One Big Story has finally come to an end. This means that it’s now time for us to climb back on board the Truth Train, leave the first of the fourteen stages in our production and move on to Stage #2. We have spent a considerable amount of time at Stage #1 because the part of the Bible being presented here–covering the first eleven chapters in Genesis–is one of the most important parts of the entire Bible Story. Some of the reasons for this…
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More Blessing, Cursing, and Big Time Rebellion!
Now that we have had some time to digest the things that were covered in part one of Blessing, Cursing, and Big Time Rebellion, it’s time for us to get back to our analysis of Vignette #9 of Act 1, Scene 1 of God’s One Big Story. As a little reminder, just before our break, we were introduced to the idea that Noah, in his cursing of Ham and blessing of Japheth and Shem, was prophetically assigning them (and their descendants) to their respective roles as the corporate Body, Soul, and Spirit of humanity—roles naturally bringing with them some specific responsibilities. In this part of our critique, we will take a…
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A New World, An Old Nature
In our recent critique of Vignette #8 in Act 1, Scene 1 of God’s One Big Story, we talked at length about the many changes thought to have been brought about by the Flood which occurred in Noah’s day. The ones we discussed were… The change in climate; The change in the landscape; The change in man’s diet; The change in the way society was to be governed; The change in the configuration of the continents; and, The beginnings of the formation of fossils and fossil fuels. With so many innovations having taken place in such a relatively short space of time, I think that it is safe to say that when Noah and…
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Beginning Again
When our last Vignette ended—that one being, Vignette #8 of Act 1, Scene 1 of God’s One Big Story—it did so on a very high note. That’s because Noah, his family, and his animal passengers had all emerged safely from the confines of the Ark, the vessel where they had been sequestered for the preceding 370 days, while the rest of the world perished in the Flood. What made this event all the more memorable was the fact that as soon as these weary ocean-goers were on dry land again, the first thing they did in beginning again was to offer a sacrifice of worship and thanksgiving to God. And, it…
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God Remembers…
In anticipation of our soon-to-begin Vignette #8, let’s take a few minutes to review the situation that poor Noah was in when our last Vignette ended. As you may recall he, his immediate family, and a large number of animals were locked up in the Ark—the really big boat he had built at the direction of God—and were floating around on what must have seemed like an interminable sea. This massive ocean had come into being (perhaps I should say it had come back into being) when God released onto the earth the waters which had been stored above and below it at the beginning of creation; an action which…
