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In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
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A Final Call to Safety
Commentators see the seven-day warning not just as a logistical countdown, but as a final, unheeded offer of grace. Just as God called Noah into the safety of the ark before the storm, the gospel calls sinners to find refuge in Christ before judgment. This brief period highlights God's patience but also the danger of ignoring His call.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For yet seven days Or one week more, after the above orders were given, which, the Jews say, were for the mourning a…
The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come indoors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go i…
