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God's Covenant with ALL

Genesis 9:10&11
"10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11 And I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."

After floating on the Great Flood waters for a year; FINALLY Noah and the rest are called out of their safe space. The waters receded, the sun was shining and tender young plants were growing again. The world is fresh and clean. Getting out of the Ark had to be a huge relief for everyone! 

In today's verses GOD speaks to Noah and his family. GOD established a Covenant with them and everyone that comes after them; "...neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth." GOD will NOT flood the world again! It had to be a relief to experience a clean world that was free of the VIOLENCE and CORRUPTION that plagued it before. But, it had to be TERRIFYING to witness flood waters destroying everything. It's a VERY important message to know that it will NOT happen again. These blessed souls now have to get busy starting all over. They have a second chance to get things right in the world this time. And, they did! We are all descendants of Noah's family. And, we want to get things right too.

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