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I will establish my covenant with you; neither will all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither will there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."
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A Specific, Enduring Promise
Commentators clarify that God's promise is very specific: He will never again destroy the entire earth with a universal flood. As John Gill notes, this does not rule out local floods or the final judgment by fire, but it establishes the world as a 'monument of mercy' (Matthew Henry), secure from another global deluge.
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And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more b…
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Reformed Baptist
And I will establish my covenant with you This is repeated to denote the certainty of it, as well as to lead on to …
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Just as the old world was ruined, to be a monument of justice, so this world remains to this day a monument of mercy. But sin, which drowned the ol…
