Before The Flood

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky’s windows were opened.

By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

“As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. — read the full passage →

When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, — read the full passage →

who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years.”

and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

“As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.

God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” — read the full passage →

The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts, — read the full passage →

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,

But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven,but my Father only.

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.

“For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.

Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. — read the full passage →

Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. — read the full passage →

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,

The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth.

Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,

I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts, — read the full passage →

in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison, — read the full passage →

Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.

This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens. — read the full passage →

Angels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent, — read the full passage →

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”

Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.

He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

The whole earth was of one language and of one speech. — read the full passage →

I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.

I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood, neither will there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.

Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike every living thing, as I have done.

In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided. — read the full passage →

It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.

Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.

You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.

Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation. — read the full passage →

The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. — read the full passage →

When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, — read the full passage →

To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life. — read the full passage →

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.

This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens. — read the full passage →

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God; — read the full passage →

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you; — read the full passage →

For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; — read the full passage →

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly. — read the full passage →

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.

Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage. — read the full passage →

As it was in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. — read the full passage →

For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.

You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.

He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

The whole earth was of one language and of one speech. — read the full passage →

The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

God said, “This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: — read the full passage →