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The flooding rains came. The rising waters burst through gates and dams, swirled over piers and beaches and covered the country for miles around. That thought comes to me ag. I approach chapter 12 of Corinthians about how the Spirit flooded the Church with gifts. A river flows from the throne of God
Periodically the wash is filled with raging floodwaters laden with tumbling boulders and rocks as heavy rains pelt the mountain slopes. An enormous dam that shuts off the valley testifies to the fear of possible floods that would destroy property from Redlands to Los Angeles. Though there may be big
The question of the universality of the flood we reserve for the next issue. Flood
Area residents, in a state of shock, listen to radio reports of carnage beyond belief, of anguished survivors who watched their families disappear into the wild 20-30 foot wall of water, of desperate relatives waiting to know if loved ones would let them know of their safety. Discussions carry on of
These floods may be caused by snow melt or by torrential downpours. If you live in any area where flooding threatens, these verses can be a comfort for you. All of us know the story of Noah and the great flood. We know of the sign of the rainbow which tells us that a flood large enough to destroy th
Those were of such volume that the only way to describe that downfall was like great windows were opened in the heavens above. The other source were “the fountains of the deep”. Those were the waters that were entrapped in the original creation of the earth. They caused the Great Flood. You have see
Then over the next couple minutes you notice that the sound of the rumble is increasing until you turn around and see a wall of surging water crashing down the canyon. Its a flood! you exclaim. To your utter dismay you find that there is absolutely no place to run so that finally the leaping waves o
Thus, during the period immediately following the flood, there must have been immense changes too. Remember that the strata was not yet completely hardened, since the earth had been covered with water for well over a year. The volumes of the flood carved its impressions on the face of the motile ear
Rev. VanBaren is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Hudsonville, Michigan. We have been inundated with news of the flooding of the Mississippi River and its tributaries the past several months. We have seen the pictures, over and over again, of homes washed away, of possessions destroyed,
Remember too, that the water rose to a height of at least 28,000 feet in forty days. Thus, the water must have risen at the amazing rate of 700 feet per day. Many students maintain that the rise was even more phenomenal during the first week or two of the flood. Can you imagine the scene in Noah’s d