BRAGADAYJAH 18

So the Ark came to rest, the earth was dried up and God commanded Noah to disembark with all his family together with all the animals that were in the Ark with them. Most people would readily agree that after a long and arduous flight, the feeling when one sets foot once more on solid ground is a feeling like no other. While perfectly content to place his life and well being in the care of his God, Noah nevertheless would have been thrilled when at last his ordeal was over. His first reaction, therefore, was to build an altar, and offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. The Lord smelled the sweet savor of the offering and had appreciation for the sacrifice made to Him so He declared, and so it has remained ever since, “I will not again curse the ground any more for the man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Who but the Creator could guaranty the continuum of time, and the seasons and day and night? And yet so has He declared it, so has it been, and so ever shall it be. God alone has the whole world in his hand. Soli Deo Gloria! More …