sermon: The Great Flood (Part 1)
Prelude To Deluge
Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Given 01-Nov-08; Tape #908; 71 minutes
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Richard Ritenbaugh, contrasting Noah's optimistic reaction with Coleridge's despondent ancient mariner upon seeing endless bodies of water, suggests that Noah's optimism stemmed exclusively from his faith in God. Most skeptic scientists attempt to relegate Noah's flood as a biblical fairy tale. As much as the flood was a natural occurrence, it was also a supernatural occurrence, in which a loving God brought a hopelessly wicked world to an end. In Genesis 6:1-4, the conundrum about angels marrying people could be explained by demon possessed people cohabiting with other human beings, resulting in virtual "sons of Satan," otherwise known as Nephilim, a totally degenerate aggressive evil people, bred to dominate. This period of degeneracy was contemporaneous with the time of Enoch and Lamech, in the sixth generation from Adam, lasting approximately 1000 years, ending with the life of Noah. At the end of this degenerate time, Noah was commissioned to build an ark, a period in which time he intermittently preached to a people dead in their sins, a time perilously similar to current times, when every impulse is inclined to evil-doing, with no constraint whatsoever, having a totally seared conscience. Noah, like us, was called out of a sinful world at the end time-the most degenerate and violent time ever-but had to continue living in the world, walking with God. As the sinful society was destroyed by water in Noah's time, it will be destroyed by fire in our time.
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Angels Ark Catastrophe Crisis point Degeneration Deliverance Destruction Divine catastrophe Enormity of sin Expectation Fallen ones Gospel Great Flood Impulse Judgment Lamech Localized flood Mankind Methuselah Mighty ones Nadir Noah Perfect in his generations Pre-flood righteousness Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge Seared conscience Sorry Speculation Supernatural Uniformitarian earth Water, water everywhere, Not a drop to drink
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