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Tablet Twenty
"But Noah found
grace
in the eyes of the Lord." (Genesis 6:8)
<1>God
remembered Noah, a great spiritual being (one of His sons) and His
Grace arose in Him. People like Noah are those who encourage the Lord that His task is
not completely fruitless. They are the "light
of the world" (Matthew 5:14).
"These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a
just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with
God." (Genesis 6:9)
<2>As it can be seen, the description of the
generations of Adam
stopped at the end of chapter five before the generations of Noah
are described, and then the generations of Noah are picked up again
here. Verses 6:1 to 6:9 describe how the world became corrupt
and what the situation was at that time. <3>Noah was chosen to
lead the new generation of men to safety.
<4>The sentence "Noah was a just man and
perfect in his generations" indicates that Noah had reached
perfection (Pure
Consciousness).
<5>"And Noah walked with
God" means that he understood and followed the Laws of the Lord. Because of these things, Noah "found
grace in the eyes of
the Lord" (Genesis 6:8).
"And Noah begat three sons,
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth." (Genesis 6:10)
<6>Noah helped the new generations to start,
as symbolized by his three sons. Previously, when explaining the
generations of
Adam, only the first
son was considered (in their likeness). Now here, the names of all
three sons of Noah are given. This sudden difference shows the
change of the human from a man who was in touch with the power of
nature, to an intellectual being instead.
<7>Also the sons of
Adam were in his image,
"And
Adam lived an hundred
and thirty years, and begat a son in his own image;...." But here
there is no emphasis that the sons of Noah were in his image. That
is, the sons were different than he. They were different types of
humans in new generations (not different races).
"The earth also was corrupt before
God, and the earth was
filled with violence." (Genesis 6:11)
<8>This violence refers to the climate of the
earth.
God also decided to
change the climate of the earth. The climate had been affected by
the actions of the previous generation and needed to be cleansed and
changed to fit the new generation. <9>Also, its other meaning
is that the people had become corrupt and were violating the Laws of
the universe (Daharmas). They were not following the Commandment of non-violence (not
violating the
Daharma).
"And God
looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh
had corrupted his way upon the earth." (Genesis 6:12)
<10>All creatures were bound to the desires
of their senses (flesh), and they had forgotten that they were not
only flesh, but
spirit also. They
were lost in their physical senses toward the external world (Maya).
<11>Each person was following his own laws --
false ego
("corrupted his way upon the earth") instead of the
Daharmas
(Laws of
God). This also had
affected the earth itself.
"And God
said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the
earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will
destroy them with the earth." (Genesis 6:13)
<12>God
decided to destroy all the old creatures and the earth ("with the
earth"), which means to create a new generation with a new climate
(earth). Noah, who was a
son of God and
pleased the Lord -- "...found
grace in the eyes of the Lord" (Genesis 6:8) -- was chosen for
this task.
"Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt
thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with
pitch." (Genesis 6:14)
<13>God
instructed Noah on how to make a safe place or condition (ark) in
order to save the new generation. As we can see,
God decided to destroy only the old generation, not Noah and his
newly founded generation.
"And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it
of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth
of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits." (Genesis
6:15)
<14>Further instructions were given on how to
save them and bring about the new situation.
"A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a
cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou
set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt
thou make it." (Genesis 6:16)
"And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of
waters upon the earth,
to destroy all flesh, wherein is the
breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in
the earth shall die." (Genesis 6:17)
<15>God
surely decided to destroy all old things and start a new generation. However, the new generation would not be created abruptly after the
flood of Noah. Like all the Plans of the Lord, it would take
hundreds or thousands of years before being completed. Although the
process started 12,000 years ago, its completion occurred 6,000
years ago.
"But with thee will I establish my covenant; and
thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and
thy sons' wives with thee." (Genesis 6:18)
<16>The new generation would be saved by
Noah, through His
Grace.
"And of every living thing of all flesh, two of
every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with
thee; they shall be
male and
female." (Genesis
6:19)
<17>New animal generations should be saved
too. Here
God demanded, "two of
every sort shalt thou bring into the ark." Later on,
God
demanded that Noah bring more than two of each animal (Genesis 7:2),
so that at least two of them, a
male and a
female, would stay
alive, "to keep them alive with thee; they shall be
male and
female."
"Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after
their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two
of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive." (Genesis
6:20)
<18>Again emphasis is placed on "two of every
sort ... , to keep them alive."
"And take thou unto thee of all food that is
eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food
for thee, and for them." (Genesis 6:21)
"Thus did Noah; according to all that
God commanded him, so
did he." (Genesis 6:22)
<19>Noah did all the instructions given to
him, and he prepared everything to save the new generations of
humans and animals for the new climate on earth.
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