Day 5 - Daily Bible Reading

Scriptures:
Genesis 9, 10
Psalms 5
Proverbs 5
Matthew 7, 8

Notes on Genesis

It is only in the Biblical account that the story of the flood mentioned the rainbow. To Noah, God said, "I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth" (Genesis 9:13, NIV).

After the Flood, Noah lived three hundred fifty more years. Adding the three digits of his age would give us a total of eight, which in Gematria means +new birth" or "new beginnings. Noah was the "Adam" after the Flood. He and his sons started a new generation. When he died, he was nine hundred fifty years old, which gives us a total of fourteen when all the digits are added. Fourteen means "deliverance" or "salvation. " And if you add the digit of the number fourteen gives you a total of five, which means "grace. " God told Noah that He would not annihilate the human race by flooding the whole earth. Since, man's nature had not changed God decided to save them from their evil nature through Christ Jesus, His only begotten Son.

The list of Noah's descendant were incomplete but they add up to seventy, which means "totality" and "completion." The list is considered representative not detailed biological descent.

"Eber" is speculated as the origin of the word, "Hebrew. "

Notes on Matthew

In Rabbinic Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confusianism and Greek and Roman moral teachings, the so-called "Golden Rule" was written in a negative form. Jesus was the only one who stated it in a positive form (see Matthew 7:12).

The sand in the Sea of Galilee turned hard rock during summer but a wise constructor would dig under the surface down to the bedrock, which is approximately ten feet deep, when erecting a foundation of a house. The winter rains could be so dreadful in that area.

In the ancient world, any affliction on the skin aside from the life-threatening Hansen's disease, were regarded as leprosy.

The storm that was mentioned in Matthew 8:23-27 on the Sea of Galilee must have been vicious to bring about fear to the experienced fisherman.

Notes on Proverbs

"Drink water from your own cistern running water from your own well," means to enjoy physical pleasure only with his wife.