得窥天境
得窥天境，须看透红尘万丈；人神相通，只凭借灵犀一缕。信靠耶稣，此外路路是绝望；坚定不移，万里迢迢聚天堂。
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Table1.EParallelsbetweenCreationandtheFloodCreationFlood1:2thedeeps(tehom)7:11thedeeps(tehom)1:2thewind8:1thewind1:6-7splitingofwaters7:11reunitingofwaters1:14rhythmofnature8:22rhythmofnatureresumed1:26-27createhumanity6:7wipeouthumanity1:28divineblessing9:7divineblessing1:11-12,21,24-25classificationofanimals6:20,7:14classificationofanimals1:29-30provisioningoffood6:21provisioningoffood1:28divine...[阅读全文]
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C.TheFlood(6:5-7:24)Theepisodeofdivine-humanintercourseexceededthelimitofGod'stolerance,sohedecidedtodestroywhathehadmadeandstartagainwithrighteousNoah.Godchosethefloodastheinstrumentofdestructionandcleansing.Thefloodwasnoordinaryoverflow.Itisportrayedasaveritablereversalofcreation.ThelanguageandimageryofthefloodnarrativeechothePriestlycreationstoryattoomanystrategicpointstobecoincidental.Theparal...[阅读全文]
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3.Divine-HumanIntermarriage(6:1-4)TheYahwistexposedthelimitlesshumancapacityforwickedness.Singrewinextentandintensity,fromsiblingmurdertothebloodfeudofLamech(4:23-24).Thegrowthofsinculminatedintheencounterbetweenthe"sonsofGod."Certainlyonequestionthatjumpsoutofthistextis,WhoarethesonsofGod?SomeinterpretershavesuggestedtheyaretheoffspringofCain,andthatthisstoryrecordstheinterbreedingofthelinesofCai...[阅读全文]
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Table1.DComparisonoftheGenesis4and5GenealogiesGenerationGenesis4(J)Genesis5(P)1AdamAdam2CainSeth3EnochEnosh4IradKenan5MehujaelMahalalel6MethushaelJared7LamechEnoch8Jabal,Jubal,Tubal-cainMethuselah9Lamech10NoahShem,Ham,JaphethNoticethefollowingcorrespondences,somecloserthanothers:anEnochinbothaLamechinbothpossiblephoneticsimilarity:IradandJared,MehujaelandMahalalel,MethushaelandMethuselahbothlinear...[阅读全文]
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Table1.CPriestlyGenealogiesofGenesis5and11GenerationAdamtoNoahShemtoAbram1AdamShem2SethArpachshad3EnoshShelah4KenanEber5MahalalelPeleg6JaredReu7EnochSerug8MethuselahNahor9LamechTerah10NoahAbram,Nahor,HaranShem,Ham,Japheth[阅读全文]
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2.Genealogy:AdamtoNoah(5)ThePriestlysourcecontributedthegenealogiesofchapters5and11tothePrimevalStory.ThegenealogyofGenesis5containstengenerationsbetweenAdamandNoah,andthegenealogyofGenesis11:10-27containstengenerationsbetweenShemandAbraham.Thesetwogenealogiesareessentiallyalikeinthattheyarelinear,goingdirectlyfromonegenerationtoasingleoffspringinthenext.Bothgenealogieshaveasimilarpattern(thoughch...[阅读全文]
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TheBodyofAbelFoundbyAdamandEve,byWilliamBlake(1757-1827)
ca.1826,TateGallery,London--WebMuseum,ParisAdamandEveareinthebackground,EveoutstretchedoverthedeadAbel.Cain,whohaskilledhisbrotheranddugagraveinwhichtoburyhim,preparestorunaway.[阅读全文]
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1.Cain,Abel,andAfter(4)Onceexpelledfromthegarden,AdamandEvehadsexualrelationsandtheirfirstsonCainwasborn.HewasfollowedshortlyafterwardbyAbel.CainwasafarmerandAbelashepherd.EachofferedagifttoGodfromhisrespectiveproduce.Abel'sofferingwasacceptedbyGodbutCain'swasnot.OutofenvyCainkilledAbel.Godpunishedhimbycursinghisrelationshiptotheground,whichwouldnolongerbearfruitforhim.SoCainwasforcedtobecomeawand...[阅读全文]
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B.Pre-FloodGenerations(4:1-6:4)Genesis4:1-6:4fillsthegapbetweenthefirstcouple,AdamandEve,andthestoryofNoah.Thesechapterstelltwostories:oneofthegrowthofpopulationandculture,andtheotherofthegrowthanddevelopmentofsin.Thenarrativesofthepre-floodheroesandvillainscomefromtheYahwistnarrative.TakenwiththestoryofAdamandEvetheyexplainwhyGodsenttheflood.Yet,atthesametimetheseaberrationswereoccurringhumancult...[阅读全文]
