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Part 18 In closing out this series, let's consider a different purpose what the for the flood story of Genesis ? Whether this event was literal or not, the lesson to learn from it is the same. Many people will say "God sent a flood to kill everybody" because of His judgement and He will send people to hell because of His judgment. Why did God judge the earth. Is it possible that the flood story was a redemption of people plan and not a destruction of people plan. God did not send all the people who were killed in the flood to hell. Could God have used the flood to restore righteousness to the earth. There is no doubt that the world had become wicked. Gen 6:11-13 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; a...

Part 17   Paul repeated the testimony of Jeremiah, concerning God's covenant with the house of Israel; "all shall know me, from the least to the greatest." (Heb. 8:11) This is a pledge of the previous salvation of the Gentile world. Scripture assures us, that the Gentiles shall be fellow-heirs with the Jews, of the blessings of the Gospel. God says, "all shall know me, from the least to the greatest." ALL the children of Israel, ALL the descendants of Abraham; not those who may happen to be upon the earth at that particular time, but the people of ALL time. This is similar to what Paul declares in Rom. 11:26. When God chastens His children "for our profit," causing all chastisement "afterward to yield the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby." (Heb. 12:10,11) How, then, can the doctrine of endless punishment in hell be true? If God's chastisements afterward yield the peaceable fruits of righteousne...