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Deluge, The
1. Sent as a punishment for the extreme wickedness of man. Ge 6:5-7,11-13,17.
2. Called the
a. Flood. Ge 9:28.
b. Waters of Noah. Isa 54:9.
3. Noah forewarned of. Ge 6:13; Heb 11:7.
4. Long-suffering of God exhibited in deferring. Ge 6:3; 1Pe 3:20.
5. The wicked warned of. 1Pe 3:19,20; 2Pe 2:5.
6. Noah, &c, saved from. Ge 6:18-22; 7:13,14.
7. Date of its commencement. Ge 7:11.
8. Came suddenly and unexpectedly. Mt 24:38,39.
9. Produced by
a. Forty days’ incessant rain. Ge 7:4,12,17.
b. Opening up of the fountains of the great deep. Ge 7:11.
10. Increased gradually. Ge 7:17,18.
11. Extreme height of. Ge 7:19,20.
12. Time of its increase and prevailing. Ge 7:24.
13. Causes of its abatement. Ge 8:1,2.
14. Decrease of gradual. Ge 8:3,5.
15. Date of its complete removal. Ge 8:13.
16. Complete destruction of whole earth effected by. Ge 7:23.
17. Entire face of the earth changed by. 2Pe 3:5,6.
18. Traditional notice of. Job 22:15-17.
19. That it shall never again occur
b. Confirmed by covenant. Ge 9:9-11.
c. The rainbow a token. Ge 9:12-17.
d. A pledge of God’s faithfulness. Isa 54:9,10.
20. Illustrative
a. Of the destruction of sinners. Ps 32:6; Isa 28:2,18.
c. (Unexpectedness of,) of suddenness of Christ’s coming. Mt 24:36-39; Lu 17:26,27-30.