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men’, in the vicinity from the outset (Gen 6:2). Later one of these men, Abram,
had travelled from Ur to Haran (Gen 11:31). God had selected a different area,
Canaan (Gen 12:5), in the same general region of the Middle East, but a distinct
area to where the Sons of God had originated (Gen 12:1), in which the sons of men
had settled (Gen 15:19-21). This area God decided to give to Abram’s descendants
(Gen 15:18). These people became Israel (2 Kings 17:34) along with much inter-
mixing (Gen 6:2). God chose a people who were therefore genetically not distinct
from the rest of mankind in any significant way (Ezek 16:45, Acts 15:14). It was
Gentile stock that became the Jews in other words (Ezek 16:45, Acts 15:14). The
point of the Jews is that to them, under the Law, God entrusted the oracles of God
(Rom 3:2).

Universal & local Flood

The flood of evil (Isaiah 30:25-26, Rev 12:15) is distinct to the allegorical flood of
water around the area inhabited by the parabolical Noah (Gen 8:7). Whilst the
latter has abated (Gen 8:13) the first is currently active and covers the earth (Eph
2:2), although overcome by Christ (John 16:33), and is finally ended at the
judgement (Eph 2:2, Rev 20:10) and interrupted at the 1,000 year reign (Rev
20:2). Noah and his ark is a parable representing the escape, that is represented by
Jesus, from the flood of evil (Isaiah 30:25-26, Rev 12:5, 15-17). Waters can refer
to evil (Psalms 144:7) or good (John 4:14) and even God is the fountain of living
waters (Jer 2:13). Flood can refer to the flood of evil (Psalms 32:6) or of
righteousness (Isaiah 28:17, 45:8). Doctrine is associated with good or bad water
(Isaiah 11:9, Jer 2:13, Rev 8:10).

Kings and armies are called floods that cover the earth (Jer 46:8) and the land (Jer
47:2)

First and Second Heaven and Earth and First and Second Creation

In Revelation 21:1 the first heaven and earth are replaced by the second heaven
and earth. The first Creation was made with freedom of choice, which involves the
flesh being ignorant (Isaiah 64:4), to a degree (Rom 1:18-20, 1 Cor 2:14), of God.
It ends when the effects of this freedom are judged by God (Rev 20:11-15). The
Second Creation is then eternally ongoing (Rev 22:5), unlike the first, and is built
upon the free choices having been made in the first creation. Both the first and
second Creations, an example of the duality principle, are a sub-set of the single
Creation which covers, as a mystery, both (Gen 1:1, Rom 8:22, Rev 21:1).