~**~Noah's Ark~**~ -- TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN

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Date Posted: 17:11:01 05/04/01 Fri
Author: Jenn
Subject: ~**~Noah's Ark~**~

This is one of my favorite Bible Stories. :-) I'd thought I'd share it with you.
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Noah's Ark

God told him to make
A boat from resinous wood,
Sealing it with tar, to
Contruct decks and stalls.

He told him to make it 450
Feet long, 75 feet wide and
45 feet high and to make a
Skylight all the way around,
18 inches below the roof.

"Put a door in the side," He
Told him. "Make three decks,
One on top, one in the middle
And one on the bottom. Bring
pairs of animals-
male and female. Store all the
Food that you need.
I promise to keep
You safe for you
are righteous and good."

One day God told him and his
Family to get on the ship
And he was going
To make an enormous flood
To wash away the evil
On the earth.

Everyone else laughed
And jeered at him saying
That he was a crazy fool.
Noah turned the other cheek
And took his family with
a pair of animals of every
Shape and sort of the world.

When Noah was 600 years old,
The rains came in mighty torrents.
For forty days, the deluge fell.
God sent the winds to
Carry the ship across
The water. The greatr flood was
Gradually subsiding.

After 150 days of travelling,
They came to rest on Mount
Ararat. Three months later,
As the water receded,
Other mountain peaks
Started to appear.
Another fourty nights
Went by, Noah opened
A porthole and
Released a raven
That flew back and forth
Until the earth was dry.

Meanwhile, he sent out a
Dove to see if it could
Find land. The dove returned
With no success. A week later,
Noah released the dove again.
This time, the bird returned
with an olive twig in its beak.
Noah knew the water was
Almost gone.

Another week later,
He release the dove once
More. This time,
The bird didn't come back.
Twenty-nine days afterwards,
He opened the door
And released all
The animals on God's command.

Noah built an altar and
Sacrificed the designated
Animal. God was pleased
And promised to never again
To send rain to cover
The face of the earth.
The seal to His
Promise, he put a rainbow
In the sky.

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Replies:

Re: ~**~Noah's Ark~**~ -- Flying Colors, 22:36:32 05/05/01 Sat
Re: ~**~Noah's Ark~**~ -- Samantha G Kennedy, 04:06:25 05/06/01 Sun
Re: ~**~Noah's Ark~**~ -- sp.w, 14:11:47 05/06/01 Sun