Reading Notes: Noah, Part B

B:
The Holy Book: In order to build a boat that could hold 2 of each animal, Noah had to use special instructions given to him by Adam, who got it from an angel named Raziel, in which all earthly and celestial knowledge is recorded...

The Great Ship:
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The Inmates of the Ark: Noah was stressing out after building the boat, because he still had to find all of the animals... and he was no biologist... So God being as cool as he was with Noah decided to send all the animals to noah, so that noah could focus on gathering his family. As the animals would show up, more came than expected, kind of like when you invite someone to a party you are having, and that person brings 8 of their own friends, without letting you know. God's remedy for this was to have noah stand guard at the entrance of the boat and with a watchful eye, record which animals lay down when they reached the entrance, and which animals would remain standing. This happened for 7 days and nights, and then finally, the flood began. The hundreds of sinners who had heard Noah's call to action and call to change, finally came to noah and said, "let us on the boat," but Noah said, "naaaahh, no bandwagon fans of God on this boat." When the sinners tried getting on the boat through force, the wild beasts who were not let on the boat attacked and many of the sinners were slain down.

The Flood: as mentioned earlier, Noah didn't have to work that hard in assembling all the animals to bring onto the ark, his most difficult task was getting enough food ready for all the animals and all of his family.

Noah Leaves the Ark: After the year of the flood came to an end, Noah remained on the boat as he was instructed to by the Lord. Finally when he did get the command to exit the ark, he feared that if he did, the Lord would once again flood the earth and destroy his family. He asked God to send him a sign that proved God would not flood the earth again. And the first rainbow was created as that sign.

The Curse of the Drunkenness: Now that noah had finished his duty, he returned back to the earth and settled upon a vineyard. He worked with his hands and drank the wine heavily. Eventually he had become a drunk, and his entire family was embarrassed and ashamed of him. This all happened because his business partner in this adventure was Satan himself. Noah dug himself so deep that after a while, his son Ham went to Noahs wife and said that he wanted to perform an operation on noah so that he could no longer procreate and would not be able to bring sin back into the world. Noah caught onto this and when he finally sobered up, he cursed Ham's children and made them have red eyes.

Noah's Descendants Spread Abroad: this story follows the descendants of Noah, and how they spread through the world. Shem went to middle earth, which had The Holy of Holies in the Temple, Mount Sinai, the middle point of the desert, and Mount Zion. Ham received the southern earth, and Japheth received the North.

The Depravity of Mankind: As Noah's sons split up and began ruling their land, their descendants began to become corrupt just as the world was before the flood. Each of the three kingdoms had millions of people when totaled up, and eventually many of them journeyed to Babylon and discussed the building of a city with a tower that reached so high it could touch the heavens. Those that were not corrupted spoke out against the idea, and they became martyrs. During the construction those who had followed the one God, were saved, and those who built the tower, were engulfed into an earth quake.

Nimrod: The descendants of Ham, became known as the Nimrod's, and this was the first generation of men who were corrupted since the flood. The descendants of the Nimrod's were evil and made men no longer trust in God.

The Tower of Babel: The Nimrod's were the leaders in building the tower of Babel. As they constructed the major tower, they would often shoot arrows into the sky, and when the arrows returned they would be covered in blood. This made the people believe that they were killing all those in heaven. Well God looked at this and said, let's do something about these crazies. He sent his angels down and twisted the tongues of all the languages, so that no person was able to communicate with each other. The people who had said horrible things about ascending to the heavens and destroying all those there so they could build idols to worship instead, God simply turned into apes and phantoms. The remainder of the unfinished tower sunk into the earth, and the rest of it was consumed by fire.

Bibliography:
Ginzberg, L., Legends of the Jews, Story of Noah