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THE FLOOD
[ Genesis Chapter 6 to Genesis Chapter 9: 1-17 ]
The prologue of Deluge
The ancient spiritual calendar of the theocratic nation of Israel was brought forth into
existence right from the Lords Pass Over which was the vintage key of the chosen
races deliverance from the prophesied 400 years of slavery in Egypt. Later in the Promised
Land, the observations of the ordained festivals were, indeed, birthed out from the Lords
Pass Over whose origin was the ancient rite of burnt offering passed down by Noah. In fact,
the rite of expiation which ran through the whole Old Testament religious observation not
only became the climax event in the Lords Pass Over in Egypt but also pinpointed to the
origin of Christian doctrine of righteousness. It presaged to what Jesus, the Son of the Most
High, had truly said in Luke 24: 44.
"Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the prophets and the Psalms"...Jesus [Luke 24: 44]
Therefore, men without atonement are unworthy to be accepted and loved by God. In
Christian doctrine of righteousness, any effort to be a good person is futile since the impure
seed already in the adversarial relationship with the Most Holy God except it is born again.
The cut off descendants of Adam would only hope for the divine Way through atonement
otherwise the effort would only manifest the limitations of our flesh. Job reasoned out that
no pure from the impure (Job 14: 4) and he was, indeed, correct for how could a cut off
seed be able to commune with the Most Holy God unless the prophetic Abrahams typology
The Lord will Provide Genesis 22: 14 be revealed unto us.
The atonement served to be the prerequisite for the elects in receiving Gods favor.
So, the divine idea of expiation is the Way of calling back his fallen children into His
family. This earth is meant to be created for His righteous ones and He never intended to
create this earth to be the abode of evil men. King David in revering Yahweh proclaimed
that this earth and everything in its belonged to God (Psalms 24:1). Yahweh had even admitted by His own words spoken unto Prophet Jeremiah that He fixed the Laws of Heaven
and earth (Jeremiah 33: 25).
The reason of deluge in Noahs time was, of course, not because He wanted to show
off His ultimate sovereignty. In the case of divine Judgment upon Sodom, God had plainly
explained the reason for the destruction which was due to the great outcry and the grievousness of their sin (verse 20). His answer for Abrahams pleads was that for the sake of ten,
YHVH would not destroy Sodom (Genesis 18: 32).
2
Abraham interceded for the sake of righteous people in Sodom. God stopped at the
number 10 as His minimum requirement of Sodoms righteous inhabitants if he ever wanted
to cancel out His Judgment. Sodom failed the requirement after God Himself had thoroughly survey the severity of the outcries against Sodom (Genesis 18: 20).
The deluge had been prophesied hundreds of years before by Prophet Enoch and then
confirmed as unto Noah 120 years prior to the Great Flood. Since God is not going to do
anything (concerning men on earth) without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets
(Amos 3: 7) so the destruction of Sodom was even foretold unto Abraham, for God intended
not to hide what He was about to do(Genesis 18: 17). Before the deluge as narrated in
Genesis 6, God said that they were deviation of mans pedigree (verse 4) through the cohabitation with Nephilim which suggested the main cause of the uncontrollable increase of
mans wickedness. In the conquest of Canaan, in Number 13: 33, the intimidated and demoralized 12 spies reported that they saw giants Nephilim. And Yahweh said it was the
ripe time to punish Canaanites. It is inferable then that such hybrid offspring had different hearts.
Their hearts seemed not the same with the ordinary fallen human beings. God saw the
condition of men during Nephilims era as every inclination of the thoughts of his heart
was evil all the time. The Lord was somehow had weighed out the entire populaces condition of their hearts as one entity since in verse 5 He saw Homo sapiens as one (man) and
their overall hearts as if as one single his heart. It means that though it is understood that
God looks on each of our heart (1Samuel 16: 6-7), he would weigh out the entire hearts as
one when comes to the Judgment of all on earth. This one phenomenon echoed the fact
of our origin was from Adam. And thus, the redemption must also comes from the One
whose true pedigree was of human i.e. Jesus. The wipe out judgment by Deluge suggested
the irreparable or unredeemable condition of men. The existences of those forbidden offspring, the Nephilim, might be the tip of an iceberg suggesting the ripeness of evil deeds
of men which had crossed over the unredeemable pedigree of man.
The Exodus and its rough dating
According to Simin in Simplified Chronologies in The Old Testament [1] , the Lords
Pass Over in Egypt took place 1488 years and 89 days before the birth of Christ. Those
89 extra days, in fact, meant that the time had entered right into 1489 BC . The rough extrapolation of the date of the Lords Pass Over in Egypt suggests that the Paschal took place
during full moon in the month of Aviv (March/April) and it was to be on circa 30 March
1489 BC . That date would be the 14th day of Aviv in the year of Exodus as recorded in
Exodus 12. And the 1st day of the first month of Aviv could be derived by subtracting 30
March 1489 BC with 14 days backward which would give us the new moon day on Circa
16 March 1489 BC. We purposely discard other possible dates of the Lords Pass Over
based on the Lunation in the year of Exodus (See page no. 10). Besides, the full moon on
30 March would presage closer proximity with Jesus Pass Over on 3 April. The lapse
3
th
heaven opened on the 17 day of Ziv and that was on the 20th April 2490 BC.
01st Month
Abib
03March03April
02nd Month
Ziv
03rd Month
Sivan
02May02June
04th Month
Tammuz
02June01July
05th Month
Ab
01July31July
06th Month
07th Month
Elul
Ethanim
31July30August
30August28September
08th Month
Bul
28September28October
09th Month
Kislev
28October27November
10th Month
Thebet
27November27December
11th Month
12th Month
Shebat
Adar
27December26January
26January25February
1st month
Aviv/Abib
2nd Month
Ziv
3rd Month
Sivan
[The above monthly lunar calendar is erected according to the rough table of New Moons
in circa 2490 BC-See on page No.9 ]
in the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, and on the seventeenth day
of the month, that very day all the springs of the great deep burst through, and the sluices
of heaven opened. 12 And heavy rain fell on earth for forty days and forty nights (NJB)
Genesis 7: 11-12.
11
Thus, the 1st day of first month (Aviv) would be probably on circa 03 March 2490
BC. The day all springs of great deep burst through, and the floodgates of heaven opened
was on the 17th day of the second month (Ziv) i.e. 20 April 2490 BC. The second month of
Genesis 7: 11 began on 03 April. The 40 days and 40 nights began on 20 April 2490 BC
and lasted till circa 30 May 2490 BC which was three days to the completion of the month
of Sivan (Genesis 7:12). The flood waters receded when God began to send wind on earth
right on the 47th day of Noah inside the ark (Genesis 8:1), however the earth remained
flooded for 150 days. Noahs ark rested on the Mountains of Ararat on 17th day of the seventh month circa 16 September 2490 BC (Genesis 8:4). The tops of the mountains became
visible on the first day of tenth month circa 27 November 2490 BC (Genesis 8: 5).
The 10th month began on 27 November 2490 BC to 27 December 2490 BC. On the
first day of the first month of Noah 601st years or circa between > 16 March 2489 BC and <
22 April 2489 BC (See the above rough lunation) , the earth was dried up but not yet completely dried. The earth was only completely dried on 27th day of the Second month
(Genesis 8:14) of the following year (~circa 2489 BC) or on circa 23rd April, 2489 BC.
5
It was in the six hundred and first year of Noah's life, in the first month and on
the first of the month, that the waters began drying out on earth. Noah lifted
back the hatch of the ark and looked out. The surface of the ground was dry! 14 In the
second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
13
Then God said to Noah, 16 'Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and
your sons' wives with you. 17 Bring out all the animals with you, all living things,
the birds, the cattle and all the creeping things that creep along the ground, for them
to swarm on earth, for them to breed and multiply on earth.' 18 So Noah came out
with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives. 19 And all the wild animals, all the cat
-tle, all the birds and all the creeping things that creep along the ground, came out of
the ark, one species after another.
15
Then Noah built an altar to Yahweh and, choosing from all the clean animals and
all the clean birds he presented burnt offerings on the altar. 21 Yahweh smelt the
pleasing smell and said to himself, 'Never again will I curse the earth because of hu
man beings, because their heart contrives evil from their infancy. Never again will I
strike down every living thing as I have done.
20
As long as earth endures: seed-time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and win
ter, day and night will never cease' (Genesis 8: 13-22 NJB).
22
Considering that the Feast of Harvest as stipulated by the Laws in ancient theocratic
Israel had long been observed even in Noahs agrarian time then we could assume that
Prophet Noah observed the ancient Way to be reconciled with YHVH through burnt offerings (Genesis 8: 20 -22) during the harvest season (harvest of wheat) on the fifth day of
the month of Sivan on circa 30 April 2489 BC. That was calculated 50 days from the 14th
day of the 1st month of the year 2489 BC or from circa 11 March 2489 BC. Supposed that
Noah was observing Yahwehs Laws during his era as if like in the Mosaic era then the 14th
day or 11 March 2489 BC was then supposed to be the observation of the rite of expiation
which was equivalent to the 14th day of Lords Pass Over in Egypt but Noah was unable to
observe it since the earth had not completely dried (Genesis 8: 13-14).
And on the 50th day from the 14th day of the first month, Noah presented the burnt
offerings recorded in Genesis 8: 20 -22. It was probably that Noah commemorated the 50th
day of the Harvest Season by presenting the burnt offerings since He was, indeed, the father of burnt offerings after the deluge and, of course, it was Noah who passed down the
ancient divine instructions of the rite of expiation unto his descendants which was eventually forgotten by Jacobs household, the reckoned lineage, after the prolonged 400 years of
slavery in Egypt. Prophet Moses, the father of the Laws, had been chosen to be the key
figure in bringing back the forgotten legacy of burnt offerings which was taught by Prophet
Noah unto his descendants. This derived proposition had been considered to be in consistency with Gods way in bringing back his lost children through the rite of expiation oth6
erwise the Lords Pass Over in Egypt would lose its linking element of the ritual observations with the rest of the Gods people during the pre deluge eras. This linking essence
says that the Divine way to be reconciled with the Most Holy God is through atonement.
Thus, the written event in Genesis 8: 20 -22 would have taken place on circa 30
April 2489 BC. According to the precept of spiritual walk of faith, every communion must
be preceded by Gods acceptance of ones observation of the rite of expiation. As in the
case of Noah, we read the account that God was so pleased in smelling the burnt offerings
which was, of course, representing Noah with his households atonement and also as his acts
of worship through the rite. In other words, Noah was accepted by Yahweh to enter into the
phase of communion.
accepted by Yahweh. Noah was reconciled through the ancient divine foreshadowing way
of expiation and thus Noah heard Yahwehs whispering heart:-
21
22
In every communion, it would be understood that the priest and prophet like Noah,
would receive divine blessings which later applied in the Churchs eras by the Catholic ordained priest as Benediction.
hood in Old Testament perfected in the Church and yet the origin of the rites of expiation
was as old as Adam because in Genesis 4: 1-5 it was recorded that Abel was observing
sacrifices according to Divine instructions.. Noahs priesthood was rather by virtue of the
ancient priesthood order which was customarily passed down unto the head of the chosen
household as responsible for the invocatory office of the ancient rites. God blessed Noah
and his sons and said to them, 'Breed, multiply and fill the earth (Genesis 9: 1).
References
[1] Simin, Joannes. The Simplified Chronologies in the Old Testament . 2013.
[2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Jesus#Year_of_death_estimates
The traditional date circa 3 April 33 AD according to astronomer Bradley E. Schaefer who arrived at the date, Friday, April 3, AD 33 for the Crucifixion of Jesus.
-332.1425
DEC
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-2489.703253 -0.703252528 256.8575006 228.8575006 197.8575006 167.8575006 136.8575006 106.8575006 75.85750059 44.8575006 14.85750059 -16.142499
61.8575006
46.8575006
60.8575006
45.8575006
30.8575006
15.8575006
14.8575006 -15.1424994
-0.1424994 -30.1424994
-15.142499 -45.1424994
-46.142499
-61.142499
-76.142499
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-2489.456841 -0.456840695 166.8575006 138.8575006 107.8575006 77.85750061 46.85750061 16.85750061 -14.1424994 -45.142499 -75.14249939 -106.1425
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-31.142499
-46.142499
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-91.142499
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-151.1425
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-167.1425
-182.1425
SHEBAT
12TH Month
11TH Month
Months
02 JAN
ADAR
04 FEB
5th Month
1st Month
AB
6th Month
ABIB
02 JUNE
ELUL
03 MAR
01 JULY
2nd Month
31 AUG
8th Month
ZIV
30 SEPT
BUL
9th
03 APR
30 OCT
KISLEV
10th Month
3rd Month
29 NOV
TEBETH
11th Month
SIVAN
29 DEC
SHEBAT
Month
28 JAN
02 MAY
Dates of Hebrew
New Moon months
Lunation in circa 2490 BC [Deluge] extrapolated from the lunation in circa 1489 BC [Exodus]
On the 17th of the second month (Ziv) on that day all the springs of the great deeps burst forth & the floodgates of heavens were opened (Genesis 7: 11)
NOV
-317.1425
OCT
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-302.1425
SEPT
-286.1425
-287.1425
AUG
-240.1424994 -271.1425
-271.1425
-272.1425
JULY
-225.1424994 -256.1425
-256.1425
-257.1425
JUNE
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-210.1424994 -241.1425
-241.1425
MAY
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-195.1424994 -226.1425
-226.1425
-242.1425
APRIL
-2489.087223 -0.087222946 31.85750063 3.857500634 -27.14249937 -57.14249937 -88.14249937 -118.1424994 -149.142499 -180.1425
-180.1424994 -211.1425
-227.1425
MARCH
-2489.128292 -0.128291585 46.85750063 18.85750063 -12.14249937 -42.14249937 -73.14249937 -103.1424994 -134.142499 -165.1425
-165.1424994 -196.1425
-211.1425
-212.1425
FEB
-2489.16936 -0.169360224 61.85750063 33.85750063 2.857500628 -27.14249937 -58.14249937 -88.14249937 -119.142499 -150.1425
-196.1425
JAN
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-150.1424994 -181.1425
-181.1425
Year with
decimal
numbers
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-135.1424994 -166.1425
15 days
moon cycle
in decimal
numbers
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-17.1425
-2489.292566 -0.29256614
-2489.826458 -0.826458445 301.8575006 273.8575006 242.8575006 212.8575006 181.8575006 151.8575006 120.8575006 89.8575006 59.85750058 28.8575006 -1.1424994
-2.142499
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-2489.867527 -0.867527084 316.8575006 288.8575006 257.8575006 227.8575006 196.8575006 166.8575006 135.8575006 104.857501 74.85750058 43.8575006 13.8575006
12.857501
-197.1425
-2489.908596 -0.908595722 331.8575006 303.8575006 272.8575006 242.8575006 211.8575006 181.8575006 150.8575006 119.857501 89.85750058 58.8575006 28.8575006
-166.1425
-2489.949664 -0.949664361 346.8575006 318.8575006 287.8575006 257.8575006 226.8575006 196.8575006 165.8575006 134.857501 104.8575006 73.8575006 43.8575006
27.857501
-2489.374703 -0.374703418 136.8575006 108.8575006 77.85750061 47.85750061 16.85750061 -13.14249939 -44.1424994 -75.142499 -105.1424994 -136.1425
361.8575006 333.8575006 302.8575006 272.8575006 241.8575006 211.8575006 180.8575006 149.857501 119.8575006 88.8575006 58.8575006
-2489.990733 -0.990733
15 January
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-1488.737318 -0.737318325
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255.2997671
240.2997672
225.2997672
210.2997672
195.2997672
180.2997672
165.2997672
150.2997672
135.2997672
120.2997672
105.2997672
90.29976718
75.29976718
239.2997671
224.2997671
209.2997672
194.2997672
179.2997672
164.2997672
149.2997672
134.2997672
119.2997672
104.2997672
89.29976717
74.29976718
59.29976718
44.29976718
209.2997671
194.2997671
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119.2997672
104.2997672
89.29976717
74.29976717
59.29976717
44.29976718
29.29976718
14.29976718
178.2997671 147.299767
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148.2997672 117.299767
133.2997672 102.299767
118.2997672 87.2997672
103.2997672 72.2997672
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117.2997671
102.2997671
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72.29976716
57.29976716
42.29976716
27.29976716
12.29976717
86.2997671 56.2997671
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25.299767 13.3
10.299767 -1.7
-4.700233 -16.7
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-94.70023 -106.7
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-154.7002 -166.7
-169.7002 -181.7
14 Jan
11 Dec
27 Nov
12 Nov
27 Oct
12 Oct
28 Sept
13 Sept
28 Aug
13 Aug
29 July
14 July
30 June
15 June
Tebeth
Kislev
Bul
Ethanim
Elul
Ab
Tammuz
Sivan
Ziv
Abib
Adar
Shebat
Dates of
Hebrew
new moons Months
-319.7002 -331.7
02 February
Jan
1488
BC
-304.7002 -316.7
17 February
Dec
1489 BC
-289.7002 -301.7
01 March
November
1489 BC
-274.7002 -286.7
16 March
October
1489 BC
-259.7002 -271.7
01 April
September
1489 BC
-121.700233 -152.70023
-244.7002 -256.7
August
1489 BC
-75.7002328
-90.7002328
-106.700233 -137.70023
July
1489 BC
-44.7002328
-60.7002328
-75.7002328
-91.7002328 -122.70023
June
1489 BC
-14.7002328
-29.7002328
-45.7002328
-60.7002328
16 April
May
1489 BC
16.2997672
0.299767202
-14.7002328
-30.7002328
-229.7002 -241.7
30 April
April
1489 BC
-1488.08022
44.2997672
31.2997672
15.2997672
0.299767196
-214.7002 -226.7
15 May
March
1489 BC
-1488.121289 -0.121288743
59.2997672
46.2997672
30.2997672
-199.7002 -211.7
30 May
February
1489 BC
-1488.162357 -0.162357381
74.2997672
61.2997672
-184.7002 -196.7
January
1489 BC
-1488.203426 -0.20342602
89.2997672
15.29976719
15 days
Moon Cycle
-1488.244495 -0.244494659
104.2997672 76.29976719 45.29976719
30.29976719
14.29976719
The year
1489 BC
with decimal numbers
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119.2997672 91.29976719 60.29976719
45.29976719
29.29976719
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270.2997671
14.29976721
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60.29976719
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-1488.69625
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