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Genesis chapter 7 verses 20 through 22

the waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them 15 cubits deep.

And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth

and all mankind, everything on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.

You know, for those who are familiar with the Bible, the story of Noah and the

arc and the flood can become fairly commonplace.

We kind of know the gist of the story and we can almost read through the story in Genesis 6 and 7 and not really feel the weight of what is happening here. That's why I just drawn especially on this day to versus 20, 21 and 22, because these are

humbling, sobering, heavy verses.

And we just read about everyone on earth,

everything and everyone, with the exception of Noah and his family, dying, experiencing

the judgment of God.

Do sinners.

And it's just a reminder that sin is indeed serious.

Before God, God is holy.

The God who created all of us is holy and sin against an infinitely holy God is infinitely offensive and the payment

for sin we see all throughout scripture, it's just made crystal clear in

Romans 623, the payment for sin is death.

We all deserve to die because of our sin. We all deserve to experience

eternal death, eternal separation from God. It is only the mercy of God that this story in Genesis 7 doesn't happen in the world

today and obviously he promised after this not to do this at the same time we know

that every single one of us has sinned against God will one day physically die and if we die separated from God

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