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that in your feed. Today in Genesis 8 through 11, we read about the aftermath of the Great Flood.

Everything on Earth has been destroyed except for what's on the ark.

These eight people, Noah, his wife, their three sons and their three wives, plus the

animals.

Post-flood, we see God establishing the covenant with Noah that he promised pre-flood.

God is engaging with this family of

people and promising to be faithful to them, despite how every other aspect of their world has shifted

dramatically. Everyone they know is dead. The world is muddy and gross, and they're living in a new

location, everything has changed. Even their lifespan will change. We read about this yesterday in Genesis 6.3.

God gave them a heads up not to expect those crazy long lifespans anymore. The environment has

changed dramatically and they're a couple millennia removed from the genetic perfection of Adam and Eve.

So it makes sense that they would drop to 120ish years at this point. Although to be fair, some scholars

say God's mention of 120 years referred to the distance of time between God telling Noah the

flood would happen and the flood actually happening. Despite all the changes they've been through,

God makes some promises to them of something that will not change. He enters into this covenant

with them, promising he will never again destroy

the earth with a flood. Later in Scripture, in 2 Peter 3, we find out that he will someday destroy

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