Dagon In Ashdod

The sins of these cities is so great that the time has come for their destruction. Abraham at this point starts to intercede for these cities. He starts with fifty and asks the Lord that if there were fifty righteous down there would he spare the city and God says yes. The conversation continues until Abraham gets to ten righteous. God once again tells Abraham that for the sake of ten righteous he would not destroy the city. At this point the conversation is ended and the Lord leaves Abraham. The cities are then destroyed with only Lot and his daughters left alive at the end. Lots wife was saved from the city but turned back and was turned into a pillar of

In Chapter 7, we see that God’s word is true. He upholds his judgment and the great flood begins.(7:6) Here the all-powerful destroyer is portrayed, for all earthly life is eliminated except that inside the Ark. God’s word is also true in His remembrance of the covenant formed with Noah, by stopping the flood.(8:1)

It’s been four months since the false prophet arrive at the shore. My people are weak from disease and my wife is dead. Why must I have to see my people suffer in vain? My lord, please answer me! Please make the suffering stop. For the love of everything that is holy, take my life but please let my people live. Because of my fault, my children are dead and your temple, the one that my ancestors built in your honor, is now destroyed. It is now covered in dirt and ashes and the blood of your village as if your name was not pure enough.

The relationship between Noah and God shifted to Abram and God, the obedience of Abram was anchored in the relationship with God.

The man who brought the news replied, “Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

Utnapishtim grants a punishment to the divine begins, yet Enlil turns out to be very angry on the land that he is stripped from this loss and that Utnapishtim got away from his wishes for a man to be defeated. Ea convinced Enlil that Utnapishtim got away without anyone and later Enlil prizes Utnapishtim the legacy of everlasting statues. In the story of Genesis, God instructions Noah to leave the ark. Noah at that point gives god a penalty. God makes the main agreement of the Hebrew Bible with Noah. That very last point, the two form a sign which demonstrates that God won’t destroy the Earth in a surge until the kingdom come: a rainbow in Genesis and a neckband in the Gilgamesh

This later brought to the story of “Ovid's Metamorphosis” where the gods also brought a great flood but instead the survivors were not given any warning. Instead, Deucalion and Pyrrha found a skiff surviving the flood for one long night and found safety on a Mt. Parnassus alone. We will examine how God/ the gods even though all-powerful they are imperfect and make mistakes. To prove this, we will

Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope The Lord’s anointed temple and stole thence The life o’ the building!

Ea is able to subdue his anger and convices him that Utnapishtim survived on his own and is rewarded by Enlil with the gift of immortality. In the Genisis after Noah leaves the Ark he gives Goad a sacrifice. "And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar"(Gen. 8:20). God then rewards him by making the first covenant of the Hebrew Bible with Noah. Then in the end a sign was given to show that the destruction of earth in a flood wont happen again, in Genesis it was a rainbow and in Gilgamesh it was a

The biblical history of ancient Israel is replete with warnings against worshiping false gods. Several times God compelled the Israelites to repent for unbelief and God always forgave them. After one particular rebellious episode, God dispatched a horrible plague of serpents to torment the people; however, in his mercy, God instructed Moses to raise a bronze snake high up on a pole so all who looked at it would be healed of snake bites. In this way, God miraculously transformed a symbol of suffering into a source of comfort and strength.

The two main of two different stories both obey the command, and take their wives,children & livestock to a place where they can be safe, Noah building an ark and Lot leaving Sodom. In both stories, it ends with God destroying what they were supposed to run away from, but with Noah, God makes a covenant to not destroy the world once again.

Jerusalem will never be the same. Antiochus came in, vandalized the Temple, placed and idol on the altar and even smeared the Holy of Holies with swine’s blood. He has taken his destruction of Judaism even further by decreeing that worshipping other gods besides his own is prohibited and punishable by death. To enforce his edict, Antiochus has dispatched his soldiers throughout the land. One of his small groups arrived in Modi’in yesterday. They immediately began to stir up trouble by requesting a member of the priestly class sacrifice a pig to Zeus. One of the king’s officers presented their portable altar and waited. The officers wanted for one of the leaders to step forward and be

his word. The priests during this time are not to be let off lightly. God

Paul and Barnabas were preaching in a place called Iconium. Some of the Jews started spreading lies about them to the Gentiles in order to rally against them and kill the two men. When Paul and Barnabas heard of this they fled to another city. They came to the city of Lystra and they met a crippled man. As Paul looked at him, he could tell that he had the faith he needed to get healed. After telling the man to rise to his feet, he did so and began walking. The crowds cheered and began comparing Paul and Barnabas to Zeus and Hermes. But they quickly gave the glory to God and said they were only humans. When the Jews found where Paul and Barnabas were preaching, they followed them. They stoned Paul until the point of death and then dragged him

“The grandeur of the ancient city is evident in the remains uncovered by archaeologists, including the ruins of the Artemision, the civic agora, the temple of Domitian, gymnasiums, public baths, a theater with seating for 24,000, a library, and the commercial agora, as well as several streets and private residences” (Holman, np). This was a big city, full of culture, and full of ungodly people and activities. Among the many religious groups in the city, there were many Jews there who were brought the gospel right after Pentecost (Orr, np). Because of the pluralism of religions in the city, new Christians didn’t know exactly what to believe or how to worship. On top of this, the city was constantly bombarded with false teachers trying to tell people that salvation came from works, not faith (MacArthur, np).