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    Flood Vs Gilgamesh

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    How would the world be if all humans were wiped off the surface of the earth? Based on The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Story of the Flood, there were main characters. Noah, Gilgamesh, and Utnapishtim. In Genesis, (The Story of the Flood), Noah was told to build an Ark due to God being frustrated and upset. This madness lead to a flood. This same concept goes for The Epic of Gilgamesh. It was about a god that survived a flood and told Gilgamesh about it. Based on The Epic of Gilgamesh it talks about

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    Image trying to escape a deep hole of misery, with no escape. Night, a book created by Eliezer Wiesel, is a survival account put into the young Eliezer’s view of things, with his father as another main character. This memoir is an account of a survivor of the holocaust and the horrors he faced while traveling through the concentration camps. The story keeps up a suspenseful tone until his father died, leaving him dead inside and emotionless. Eliezer is a completely different man from the boy learning

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    Though Gilgamesh and Genesis are completely different stories, they both contain flood narratives that have similarities and differences within each. The three comparable points in these texts deal with the gods and heroes of the stories. First the gods in these narratives all have a specific reason behind their decision to wipe out mankind. Second the unique characteristics of the heroes or survivors of the flood are shown throughout the events of the texts. Finally the gods who bring these floods

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    Young Sabbath Keepers

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    foundation on Peter’s word. There is a religious foundation that started their foundation on the offspring of the tribe of Judah. There is a religious foundation that uses Ishmael, Abraham’s first son as claim to the promise of Abraham. (Gene. 17: 15 – 19), but the promise of Abraham was through his wife’s son, Sarah, Isaac, for its written, “Through Isaac shall thy seed be called” also, “As far as Ishmael, I have heard you, behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly

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    one of the sons of Adam and Eve, besides cain. He was faithful and devoted the prime picking from his sheep herd to God, but this did not stop his untimely demise at the hands of his brother Cain. Abraham: is originally named Abram, but God renames him “Abraham,” meaning “exalted god.” God trusted Abraham to become the leader of a new covenant, giving him many blessings and promises of prosperity for generations to come. He ended up marrying Sarah, a beautiful lady who he occasionally had to hide,

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    In Genesis 17 God makes a covenant with Abraham and his children that they will always be in the land of Canaan (Israel). I believe that God kept the covenant (that states “he assigns the land you sojourn in to you and your offspring to come”) with Abraham and his offspring. One might think that God does not keep the covenant because he exiles Abraham’s offspring “He burned the House of the Lord, the king's palace and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down the house of every notable person.

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    In the first account, the text states that Sarah’s inability to bear Abraham a child led her to take matters into her own hands by giving her Egyptian maidservant, Hagar, to Abraham as a concubine so that he can bear him a child through Hagar. After Hagar and Abraham cohabited, she became pregnant, which caused Sarah to be disturbed by her status in Hagar’s eyes. Sarah complained to Abraham and he told her to deal with it as she thinks fit as Hagar is her maidservant. This caused

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    Blessing Statement Ashton means happy. Tyler means industrious one. Bible character: Solomon from Proverbs 3:5 We bless you with the wisdom of Solomon that you would be able to make good decisions and influence those around you. Don’t be concerned with what others say about you. Be confident in the talents and gifts God has given you. Happiness will be your reward. We bless you with a cheerful heart, which is like medicine to your soul. Blessing Statement Alexandra means secure spirit. Brittany

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    relationships were based on stipulations that he set-up. For instance, the Abrahamic covenant was based on a promise that God, himself, would do what he said he would. He not only entered into the contract, but tied himself to it as well. After telling Abraham to cut up animals, he placed him under a deep sleep and walked between the cut up animal carcasses. In a very real way God was saying that if he did not uphold his end of the relationship then what was done to the carcasses would be done back to himself

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    something or both have a repayment to make. The deal between Abraham and God is referred to the Abrahamic Covenant. This covenant between Abraham and God is said to be unconditional because God has debts owed to Abraham. God promises Abraham land and to spread his offspring across the land, while Abraham has nothing to owe to God. However, Abraham does pay God in a spiritual way. Unlike the physical gifts that God promises to Abraham, Abraham spreads the word of God, builds alters, and praises, obeys

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