Day two and we're into the first worldwide catastrophe: the Flood.
Isn't it weird how there seems to be a different set of rules for bible stories? I've got a lovely children's bible with a picture of the Ark on the cover. Imagine giving your child a book with a picture of the boat with a few survivors of the tsunami on the cover. People would look at you very strangely indeed. But because it is the bible people have decided that this story about everybody on earth (apart from Noah and his family) dying a horrible death by drowning is a perfectly nice story for children.
The odd story about the sons of God and the Nephilim intrigues me as ever. Sometimes you come across a fragment of a story that is really old.
As I said before: whenever I read the familiar stories I notice something new. I never really saw before that while God regrets making humans, He decides to wipe out from the face of the earth not only the human beings but "the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground". At times the God of Genesis is not nice.
But I can't help but love the God of Genesis. Yesterday I marvelled at the author's portrayal of God walking in the garden of Eden. Today I love the fact that it is God that closes the door of the Ark. The author of Genesis did a wonderful job mentioning little details like that.
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