The Galilean wedding is the model for the pre-trib rapture

[The Light]

In terms of a future rapture there is only one and it is described in 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 and referenced in a few other passages as well. The truth is not nearly as convoluted as some make it out to be. But, the person you're talking to, "The Light", believes in at least 5 future raptures, if I recall correctly.

There are two raptures.

1 Thes 4:14-17 The Lord Himself comes for the Church.
1 Cor 15:51-52 Is the second rapture. He sends His angels, seen here

Matthew 24
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

This rapture occurs at the sixth seal and is also seen in Rev 14

 

[MA2444]

Very weird because we all know that not all scripture is literal. Much of it is, but some is poetic, some is figurative or symbolic, some is spiritual, some is Apocalyptic and some is hyperbolic. And I might even be forgetting other types of non-literal text that are used in scripture.

I didnt say that the entire Bible is literal. Some is poetic, some is figurative, some is symbolic some is spiritual, and some is literal. My point was that more of scripture is literal than I had first thought and reading (certain portions of it) I have been able to prove myself wrong on some things by reading that text as literal instead of figurative.

Sort of weird but I've noticed that I've never been able to show that I had something wrong because I wasnt reading it figurative enough. I've shown myself that I have been wrong by not reading it literal enough though. FWIW?

Why can't the rapture occur on the same day that Jesus destroys His enemies? Nothing you said here would keep that from happening. I asked for your interpretation of 2 Peter 3:10-12. How does that passage line up with your understanding of there being mortal humans on the earth for 1000 years after Jesus returns?

Because She is not appointed unto wrath. Maybe you think that wrath just means someone got mad? But when scripture uses the word wrath of God it is referring to the Tribulation period.

Another example is 2 Peter 3:10-12.

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. 11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

My belief that Jesus will destroy all of His enemies when He returns is partly based on this passage. When you read the preceding verses it's clear that Peter was talking about the day of Jesus's second coming here and, taken literally, he indicated that the entire earth will be burned up when Jesus returns. That does not allow for any mortals to populate the earth for a thousand years as Premils believe.

I understand how you reached that conclusion and what you mean. I still think you are incorrect about it though.

I think it would be worth your while to find out more about it if for no other reason than it will allow you to have better discussions with people like me without all the confusion.

I did watch a teaching video about amils yesterday and they did a lot of explaing about what amils believe. And from what I can about what you have said, you arent lining up with all of the amil beliefs even though you are an amil.

All of us are nobody compared to God. I'm glad you're humble enough to admit it. Many are not.

It's not that hard to look up and understand how little I am!

 

[MA2444]

I believe the text is mostly literal in those chapters, but I, like most, don't see the 70 weeks as being literal weeks (as in 490 days), but rather as 490 years.

It is 490 years. The beginning of Daniel 9 makes that clear that Daniel was reckoning it as years

 

[MA2444]

Can you stick to the scriptural arguments instead of constantly defaulting to ad hominem? Please address:

Daniel 9

Pretribbers butcher Daniel 9. If Pretrib was in Daniel 9 you would have presented it before now. The fact is: it is not! The burden of proof is with you! You presented Daniel 9 as a proof text, when it is in fact nothing of the sort. It is not there, or in any of the texts that you referenced. That is why you cannot answer my questions. It is you that is inserting Pretrib where it does not exist!

This is a classic example of manipulating Scripture to fit your doctrine. Clearly, both the method and the doctrine are wrong, thus the conclusion is wrong. William E Cox says in his book Biblical Studies in Final Things: “the futurist arbitrarily places a gap between the sixty-nine and seventieth weeks of Daniels’ prophecy. He does this without one verse of Scripture or one iota of historical data to back up his argument.”

History shows that the 490 years were linear, congruent and sequential. Those of us that take 490 years to mean exactly that do not have to prove that it is harmonious; we just have to accept what it states. We take it literally (1) because it happened literally, (2) there is no command to decapitate it and project it into the unknown. Seven multiplied by seventy comes to 490 cohesive unitary years, not 2,500 broken up years and counting. The clincher is: there is no gap mentioned in the prophecy so there is no need or warrant to insert one in there.

Let’s use an illustration. If you were directed to go to the next state and told and told it was exactly a 490-mile journey (right down to the very yard). You were told that in-between the starting point and your destination you would pass two important landmarks, the first after 49 miles, which was accurate to the very yard. The next was a further 434 miles ahead (bringing your journey to 483 miles in total), which also occurred right down to the very yard. The journey's end would be a final 7 miles down the road from your second landmark, making your total journey 490 miles. Exactly half way between 483 miles and 490 (486 ½ miles) you would witness a monumental landmark that would surpass anything you have ever seen. How would you then feel if you were told when you hit the second landmark that your final location was still a possible 2,000+ miles down the road with NO exact finishing point? Such an idea would be totally unthinkable in the natural, but unprecedented in God's economy. God always fulfils His promises.

.... ??

 

[MA2444]

In terms of a future rapture there is only one and it is described in 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 and referenced in a few other passages as well. The truth is not nearly as convoluted as some make it out to be. But, the person you're talking to, "The Light", believes in at least 5 future raptures, if I recall correctly.

When we say, the Rapture then of course we are talking about the one where Jesus comes for His Bride. But looking at the mechanics of how a rapture works...Noah's ark was a rapture, Enoch being taken was a rapture, Elijah going up in a whirlwind was a rapture. And I'm not sure of there are more or not in scripture.

 

[MA2444]

The second rapture is the rapture of the 12 tribes across the earth. That's why there is 144,000 first fruits. They are the first fruits of the second harvest. This is the fall fruit harvest and will happen on the feast of Trumpets at the Last Trump. Just as the destruction came the very day Lot left Sodom so destruction will come the very day of this rapture. The day is the Day of the Lord. Here is the second rapture. It happens immediately after the tribulation.

I can kinda wrap my head around that. But the rest of your post, I havent studied those things through good enough yet to comment on it.

 

[Davy]

You keep saying the last day of this present world. How is that supposed to sound? Is it the end of the world, or not?

You even chop up one's words to imply what you want when you 'quote' others, showing how low you stoop to falseness... my original statement below that you chopped up on purpose:

My original statement:
"So nice try by attempting to TWIST my words into some stupid post-mill theory, which I have NEVER proclaimed. You reveal that you don't mind telling a LIE just to get your way, which shows how strongly you have been deceived by men's false pre-trib rapture theories."

And that is exactly... what you did, falsely claiming I believed in some stupid Post-Mill theory, which is a lie.

 

[Davy]

When we say, the Rapture then of course we are talking about the one where Jesus comes for His Bride. But looking at the mechanics of how a rapture works...Noah's ark was a rapture, Enoch being taken was a rapture, Elijah going up in a whirlwind was a rapture. And I'm not sure of there are more or not in scripture.

Noah's ark did not represent a rapture. The ark went through... the flood, and was protected, even with God having sealed Noah and his inside the ark. And the ark was atop the waters of the flood for 150 days before the waters started receding. Therefore that did NOT represent a rapture.

 

[MA2444]

I believe the text is mostly literal in those chapters, but I, like most, don't see the 70 weeks as being literal weeks (as in 490 days), but rather as 490 years.

It talks more about it later in Daniel 9

Daniel says in verse 2 of Daniel that He understood "by books" (probably Jeremiah) that it is a number of years. But when does it start? When does it end? It tells. Jeremiah talks about it and so does Ezekial (4:4-6)

But you have to remember that the calandars back then were all 360 day calander years. So all prophecy is figured with a 360 day year. If you dont understand this, Revelation will through you off. So will Daniel. But the Bible continues to use a 360 day year when it comes to prophecy. I think I can prove this.
The book of Revelation commissions a 42 month period several times. But when it specifies how many days are in this 42 month period, the number that it gives is 1260 days. And when you divide the number of days (1260 days) by 42 months, you get 30. So according to Revelation, you get 42 months of 30 days each. 30 days X 12 = 360 days in a year. So they were using a 360 day calandar.

I dunno when exactly they went to a 365 day calandar or why, but it's clear they did. But when you read Revelation it becomes clear that it is still holding to a 360 day year with regards to prophecy.

So the 490 years begins in verse 25. (Daniel 9).
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.../KJV

So it starts at the command to rebuild & restore the city of Jerusalem. Daniel propecied that 483 years (since the trib is the last week of the 490 years) is when Jesus presents Himself as the Messiah and makes His triumphant entry into Jerusalem.

Let's break it down into days to get the exact date that Jesus did this! 483 X 360 (days per year) = 173, 880 days. So according to Daniel the prophet, 173, 880 days after Artaxerxes gave the decree to rebuild Jerusalem (Nehemiah 2:5-8 and verses 17 -18) (which happened on March 14th 445 BC), So 173,880 days after the decree was given was when Jesus was supposed to be making His Triumphant entry as the true king of Israel. This date turned out to be April 6th, 32 AD.

You can calculate this for yourself the exatct date the Messiah was supposed to appear. But you will have to take into consideration the number of leap years involved, Plus the slight inaacuracy of our Julian years as compared with the true solar year and there's no such thing as year zero so take that into account or you can prolly cheat with it and try Google, or better yet the Royal Observatory in Greenwich England will prolly do it for you! I'm not so hot at math so I'm not going to attempt to post math notes, unless you guys need a good laugh! No. I write down words pretty darn good, but me and math never really got along well. But you guys are smart and can breeze through that calculation, right?

I came up with April 6th 32 A.D.. I dont *think* I have a mistake in that, but like I said, I'm no math whiz! Check me on that fellow mathmeticians, lol. I didnt write down what date the world started using a 365 day Julian calandar either and am drawing a blank on that so you gotta figure out that one to consider the number of leap years and stuff. Happy Headaches!

Is that enough for now? There might be slight misataks in that like I said, but it has to be pretty close!

There's more too. But this establishes the 490 years and the tmeline of that excepting the gap between the 69th week and the 70th week which is the Tribuation period.

 

[MA2444]

Noah's ark did not represent a rapture. The ark went through... the flood, and was protected, even with God having sealed Noah and his inside the ark. And the ark was atop the waters of the flood for 150 days before the waters started receding. Therefore that did NOT represent a rapture.

That could be so. But it seemed to be a rapture of sorts at least loosely speaking. Was Enoch & Elijah raptured? was Jesus raptured after His resurrection? I have to say yes to all of those!

 

[The Light]

Noah's ark did not represent a rapture. The ark went through... the flood, and was protected, even with God having sealed Noah and his inside the ark. And the ark was atop the waters of the flood for 150 days before the waters started receding. Therefore that did NOT represent a rapture.

Noah was shut in the ark 6 days before wrath. And Lot escaped the very day wrath came. Neither were appointed to wrath.

Your belief has the Church going through the trumpets of Gods wrath. It's not going to happen.

 

[rebuilder 454]

I don't understand the comparison? Of course Obama showed up prior to his election as President. So you're saying Antichrist is revealed, in some subtle way, prior to Christ coming to Rapture the Church, and that is what Paul was talking about in 2 Thes 2?

If so, that is not what Paul said or implied! He's not talking about some disguised or preliminary revelation of Antichrist before he even reveals himself as such. Rather, Paul is giving the full revelation of Antichrist--who he is and what he is doing, as a sign that Christ has not come yet.

Not only does Paul give the full revelation of Antichrist and his misdeeds as a sign that Christ has not yet come for his Church, but he adds that Christ will only come from heaven to destroy the Antichrist. Where does Paul say that he must come from heaven when he comes to save the Church? He has already said it in 1 Thes 4!

Not only so, but this was the measure Christ used to explain to his followers not to accept any supposed "Coming" before he is revealed *from heaven.* This is the original program, as revealed in Dan 7, that the Son of Man must come to save his People in a coming *from the clouds,* ie from heaven!

Minimal discernment? This is supposed to be the major sign revealing to the whole Church that Christ has not come yet!! This isn't a "minimal discernment!"

Your discernment does not line up with the gist of Paul's statements. You are "discerning" what you want to discern--not what Paul is saying. Sorry!

1 Thes 1. 6 God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you 7 and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.

You are now saying you will not know who he is when he arrives ????
Your doctrine carried you there.
I knew right away obama was of the devil...way before he took power.
IOW he was revealed before he took power. He was revealed and had no power..
It is amazing how you struggle with that.

Maybe look up the word "revealed"?
Most believers with discernment will indeed see the AC when he arrives
Thus revealed.
But then again,we must see in scripture that many are indeed deceived.
Obama is such a perfect example. Because even today believers are deceived and think the man is a white hat.
The AC revealed.
The groom takes the bride.
All pretrib ,exactly as depicted in scripture.

QUOTE.."If so, that is not what Paul said or implied! He's not talking about some disguised or preliminary revelation of Antichrist before he even reveals himself as such. Rather, Paul is giving the full revelation of Antichrist--who he is and what he is doing, as a sign that Christ has not come yet."
You just described how Jesus arrived and it was like a billboard.
Yet only those with discernment saw him as he was definately revealed
That pesky word "revealed".
Bet you wish the bible said something more like your doctrine huh?
Revealed line up so perfectly with the pretrib rapture.
Another word " before the flood" is so damaging, and yet my doctrine flows beautifully in both instances.
It is called rightly dividing the word of God.
Not torturing it to fit incorrect doctrine.

 

[rebuilder 454]

Noah was shut in the ark 6 days before wrath. And Lot escaped the very day wrath came. Neither were appointed to wrath.

Your belief has the Church going through the trumpets of Gods wrath. It's not going to happen.

Yep
I keep wondering what translation says the 2 are delivered post trib.
Noah,a mile into the clouds DURING THE TRIB, returns postrib and starts a new kingdom.
I wonder if any doctrine teaches that?
Oh wait...only one
PREREIB RAPTURE.
All others fail completely.
Glad I got it right 48 years ago

 

[rebuilder 454]

That could be so. But it seemed to be a rapture of sorts at least loosely speaking. Was Enoch & Elijah raptured? was Jesus raptured after His resurrection? I have to say yes to all of those!

It beautifully depicts the rapture because we see all the preparation and the separation of Noah from the world for he is taken into the ark. Then we see the doors shut by God. We also see a door shut, when the groom takes the bride in Matthew 25. And then during the tribulation, we see Noah over a mile into the sky, exactly like we see the church high above tge earth during the tribulation.
Both Noah and the church return postrib.
Noah gathered during peacetime with normal life as is the church.
All solid Bible facts. The pretrib rapture.
The ONLY position that fits.

 

[WPM]

Noah was shut in the ark 6 days before wrath. And Lot escaped the very day wrath came. Neither were appointed to wrath.

Your belief has the Church going through the trumpets of Gods wrath. It's not going to happen.

You keep saying this but cannot bring any concrete Scripture to prove that.

 

[WPM]

It beautifully depicts the rapture because we see all the preparation and the separation of Noah from the world for he is taken into the ark. Then we see the doors shut by God. We also see a door shut, when the groom takes the bride in Matthew 25. And then during the tribulation, we see Noah over a mile into the sky, exactly like we see the church high above tge earth during the tribulation.
Both Noah and the church return postrib.
Noah gathered during peacetime with normal life as is the church.
All solid Bible facts. The pretrib rapture.
The ONLY position that fits.

How many survived the flood?

 

[rebuilder 454]

I don't believe that. You do.


We know exactly when He comes? Where are you getting that idea from? He said no one knows the day or hour of His second coming and that includes you.

Matthew 25:10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. 11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’ 12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’ 13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.


I actually agree that Jesus talked about multiple subjects in the Olivet Discourse and that we need to recognize when the subject changed, but I don't think you're properly recognizing what subjects He talked about. Depending on how you look at it, He was asked either 2 or 3 questions. The first was related to what He had just told them prior to beginning His discourse which was that the temple buildings would be destroyed. The second related to His second coming. They also asked about the end of the age, but in my view His coming and the end of the age go hand in hand, so I don't see it as them asking one question about His coming and another question about the end of the age. Regardless of whether they asked Him 2 or 3 questions, we know He is coming at the end of the age.


Hmmm. So, this is not something you've believed for long? I certainly don't need to refer to notes to remember what I believe and how I interpret the Olivet Discourse.


I'd suggest studying it more for yourself and not relying too much on what that pastor taught. And I would suggest knowing what you believe enough that you have it in your memory and don't have to repeatedly refer to notes that you took when listening to a pastor.


I have no interest in having a discussion about what translation we should be using. I have read it in several different translations including the KJV, NIV, ESV and NASB. It's not as if I've missed something just because I haven't read the NLT version of it. So, let's not waste time with that kind of discussion.

I will just tell you how I understand it. I believe in Matthew 24:4-13 Jesus talks about things that would happen up until the end of the age. He mentions "the end" in both verses 13 and 14, so that shows the context of what He was talking about. I take "the end" to be referring to the end of the age. Then He changes subjects in verse 15 and starts talking about things related to their question about the timing of the destruction of the temple buildings. I believe that goes until verse 22. The parallel passage of Luke 21:20-24 shows that He was talking about something that would happen only in Judea and Jerusalem. So, He talked about a local or regional tribulation rather than global. And, since it related to the destruction of the temple buildings, I believe He was talking about what happened around 70 AD when the Roman armies came and surrounded Jerusalem and eventually destroyed the city and the temple.

Then in verse 23 Jesus talks about things that would occur after that up until His second coming. Luke referred to the time after that as "the times of the Gentiles" (Luke 21:24). Jesus talked about global tribulation before His coming at the end of the age in terms of there being a lot of deception which would result in many turning away from the faith and an increase in wickedness. I believe it is after THAT tribulation (spiritual tribulation) that He will come and not the physical tribulation of God's wrath that He talked about in Matthew 24:15-22 (Mark 13:14-20, Luke 21:20-24).

I believe He talks about things related to His second coming from Matthew 24:23 to the end of the discourse in Matthew 25:46. I don't see any change of subject in verse 36. I believe the gathering of the elect mentioned in verse 31 is a reference to the rapture and by reading Matthew 24:29-31 you can easily see that will occur "after the tribulation of those days". There is no reference to a pre-trib rapture anywhere in the Olivet Discourse.


Yes, but it will be God's final wrath that comes down upon the earth when Jesus comes. According to Peter it will be global.

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. 11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

This is the wrath that will occur just after we are caught up to meet the Lord in the air. There is no basis for thinking that we will be raptured and then a bunch of other stuff will happen for several years and then God's final wrath comes down after that. That is not taught in scripture.


That definitely could be the case. I believe so, but there isn't anything specific we can point to to prove that. We can only discern that by what we observe going on in the world.


We don't know for sure because Jesus wasn't that specific about it, but the thing He emphasized more than anything was a high level of deception and wickedness happening before He comes. People tend to focus on physical things that would occur before He comes, but that wasn't His main focus. He talked about earthquakes, wars, famines and such happening before He comes, but He said those things are not what tell us that His coming is soon. Instead, it's the overall increase in deception and wickedness which tells us that. Which matches up with what Paul wrote about in 2nd Thessalonians 2.

QUOTE.."I believe He talks about things related to His second coming from Matthew 24:23 to the end of the discourse in Matthew 25:46. I don't see any change of subject in verse 36. I believe the gathering of the elect mentioned in verse 31 is a reference to the rapture and by reading Matthew 24:29-31 you can easily see that will occur "after the tribulation of those days". There is no reference to a pre-trib rapture anywhere in the Olivet Discourse."
You left out the entire dialog of what you are "answering"
Mat 24
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
ONLY the pretrib rapture fits all that.
That is your method?
Leave out the verses and ...pooooof !...your doctrine lives!!!!

 

[Randy Kluth]

You are now saying you will not know who he is when he arrives ????
Your doctrine carried you there.
I knew right away obama was of the devil...way before he took power.
IOW he was revealed before he took power. He was revealed and had no power..
It is amazing how you struggle with that.

Maybe look up the word "revealed"?
Most believers with discernment will indeed see the AC when he arrives
Thus revealed.
But then again,we must see in scripture that many are indeed deceived.
Obama is such a perfect example. Because even today believers are deceived and think the man is a white hat.
The AC revealed.
The groom takes the bride.
All pretrib ,exactly as depicted in scripture.

QUOTE.."If so, that is not what Paul said or implied! He's not talking about some disguised or preliminary revelation of Antichrist before he even reveals himself as such. Rather, Paul is giving the full revelation of Antichrist--who he is and what he is doing, as a sign that Christ has not come yet."
You just described how Jesus arrived and it was like a billboard.
Yet only those with discernment saw him as he was definately revealed
That pesky word "revealed".
Bet you wish the bible said something more like your doctrine huh?
Revealed line up so perfectly with the pretrib rapture.
Another word " before the flood" is so damaging, and yet my doctrine flows beautifully in both instances.
It is called rightly dividing the word of God.
Not torturing it to fit incorrect doctrine.

Suit yourself. You are just arguing that you are right--not arguing what the Scripture says. You completely *ignored my arguments.* You are just arguing that I cannot bear to embrace your overwhelmingly convincing arguments. What a joke!

Again, if you wish to debate at all, you must respond to the arguments. Paul said that Jesus will only come when he comes *from heaven,* and when he comes to *destroy the Antichrist.* Any preliminary coming for his Church is false.

I proved that, and you ignored that. Your arguments, completely ignoring this, are therefore not overwhelming, and are not convincing, and to me are not biblical. But apparently, you just want to claim your arguments are overwhelmingly convincing, without addressing the apparent inconsistencies? That's your choice.

 

[The Light]

Yep
I keep wondering what translation says the 2 are delivered post trib.
Noah,a mile into the clouds DURING THE TRIB, returns postrib and starts a new kingdom.
I wonder if any doctrine teaches that?
Oh wait...only one
PREREIB RAPTURE.
All others fail completely.
Glad I got it right 48 years ago

The door was shut on the ark 6 days before the flood. The flood is the wrath of God. I suspect the Church will be in heaven 6 years before the wrath of God.

The second rapture will be like the days of Lot. The twelve tribes across the earth, the seed of the woman Israel, will be raptured the very day destruction comes. They are in heaven, then the day of the Lord begins.

Only those in Israel that have fled to a place of protection and unbelievers will be on earth during the wrath of God.

Any belief that has the Church on earth during the trumpets of wrath are false.

 

[The Light]

You keep saying this but cannot bring any concrete Scripture to prove that.

The problem is never about providing the proof, the problem is getting you to understand the proof. Here is the proof.

Genesis 7
7 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.

6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.