The Flood and the First Promise
Genesis 9:8-11 "Noach" There is only one first: first pitch, first born, first steps , first kiss . This chapter is God's first Promise. The setting is where Noah learns that the flood is about to end and God makes the very first promise / ברית / "brit", or "covenant" with humans (and your dog will be happy to know, God says this is a covenant with animals as well per Gen 9:9). This may also be the first Ark that saves the world, b ut it is NOT the last Ark that saves mankind. Do you know where the second one is? (no, not the "Ark" of the Covenant (sorry "Raiders of the Lost Ark" fans, that's a different word, so hold that thought...) Early in my career I was working on an historically certified large addition to the 1880's Pew estate, a massive “banker bucolic” style stone home, clad in our area's signature gray Wissahickon Schist. Since it was historically certified, the stone facade of the new work had t...