Chapter 109: Noah's Ark
Noah smiled calmly and said, "There is nothing in the world like God." ”
Yang Rui nodded and said, "I'm glad you can say such a thing." ”
Noah said, "The world has collapsed, but there are many people with a conscience." ”
Yang Rui said: "But most of the people have broken their conscience and need to be punished. ”
Noah suddenly fell to his knees and said, "My lord, from the first time I saw you, I knew that God was coming to my homeland. I hope that you will be able to give you kindness and save the people of this world. ”
Yang Rui asked, "What do you want me to do?" ”
Noah said earnestly, "Please do not punish, for sinful people need to be reformed." ”
Yang Rui picked up Noah and said, "My child, your kindness has touched me. But what you don't know is that sometimes probation is ineffective and the offender must be punished. ”
Noah said worriedly, "But there will be corpses scattered all over the field, and rivers of blood will flow." ”
Yang Rui said: "Sacrifice is inevitable, and God's will cannot be disobeyed. ”
Noah sighed and said, "In that case, I can only obey God's arrangement." ”
"I know your heart, and you and your family will be pardoned in this punishment."
Noah knelt down again and said, "Thank God for the gift." ”
Yang Rui said: "From now on, go and build a big ship." ”
"Build a big ship?"
Yang Rui said: "All the flesh and blood of the earth and all the creatures with wisdom have been corrupted, contrary to the original purpose of my creation of them. Therefore I will destroy them. But all those who are good in these beings, like you, can be forgiven. Therefore go and build a ship, as I have commanded, and take all the domestic animals and birds with you. ”
Noah asked, "How is this ship going to be built?" ”
Yang Rui said: "This ship should be built of fragrant pei wood, 300 meters long, 50 meters wide, and 30 meters high, the door should be open to the side, there should be windows to let in light and breathe, and the ship is divided into three layers. ”
"Also." Yang Rui said: "I make a vow with you and your family that I will flood the whole world with a great flood, and all unrighteous creatures on earth and in heaven will die. But you and your family and those who believe in me can be pardoned and boarded this boat. ”
"Seven days, build such a big ship?" Noah said; "I'm afraid I just can't finish it."
Yang Rui patted Noah on the shoulder and said, "With my help, you will be done, do it now." ”
Noah began the task of building the ark with trepidation, and he first sketched the drawings of the ship according to Yang Rui's instructions. However, the problem after the drawings are drawn is that Xiang Pei Mu goes **.
Xiangpei wood is produced in the far north, and it takes half a year just to go there, and Yang Rui left him only a short seven days.
Just as he was troubled, there was a change in the sky, and countless angels carried the incense to his vineyard, which made Noah's heart beam.
He hurried to the servants in the vineyard and began his busy work with him.
At the same time, Noah summoned his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to go around collecting animals and bringing them back to Dao. Yang Rui secretly gave Shem special skills that allowed him to deal with those ferocious beasts and tame them in front of Shem.
As the days passed, the sky overhead could no longer see the sun, and the clouds kept covering the earth, and there was constantly thunder to remember, indicating that a heavy rain was coming.
Noah's ark was still under construction, and he and his men worked day and night, and the ark had already taken shape, but it needed to be accelerated before it could be completed by the time the heavy rain came.
Yang Rui sent angels to help them build the ark.
At the same time, he drove more angels to gather those who believed in the ark to join the construction of the ark, and when the ark was completed, they could board the ship without any problems.
Finally, in the middle of the night on the sixth day, the ark was built.
At this time, the thunder was already continuous, and the water vapor swept up by the strong wind was already very thick. Noah hurriedly summoned the people to the ark and settled the beasts in their beds.
At midnight on the seventh day, a bolt of lightning split the chaotic night, and a heavy rain poured down. Not long after, Noah stood on the deck and saw that his vineyard had been washed away.
The strong current shook the ark with a terrible sound as it squeezed.
By the time dawn came, the ark had been overwhelmed by the flood.
It was like a lone leaf drifting in the ocean, the wind was raging, the waves were raging, and the ship was almost wiped out in the waves.
Everyone was terrified to the extreme, and some of the timid people had begun to waver and questioned one after another.
At this time, Noah stood at the door of the cabin and shouted to everyone, "God is with us, we will not be swallowed up by the flood, as long as we believe in God, we will definitely live!" ”
Although Noah spoke generously to everyone, in the face of this great flood, he could not help but have a trace of doubt in his heart.
He stumbled out of the hatch, and by this time the earth was white, and there was no trace of any land, and the mountains in the distance had been swallowed up by the flood, and it seemed that he was just a lonely rock.
The rain was still pouring down from the sky, and there was no intention of stopping, and the wind swept through the rain and fog, making Noah almost unable to stand. He was soaking wet, he was cold and shivering, looking around for water seepage from the ark.
Just then, the white light from the bow of the ship attracted him.
He opened his eyes wide and saw that Yang Rui was standing there, his face was serene, and his demeanor was calm, as if an experienced sailor was sailing the ark through the earth-shattering waves.
Noah cried out, "Look at that! God is all around us! He bless us, we will not die! ”
Everyone saw this miracle through the cracks in the planks, and they cheered in the cabin, and the birds and beasts could feel the presence of the god and seemed extremely peaceful.
It rained heavily for forty days, and the heavens and the earth were already a vast ocean, and all the creatures of the earth were drowned in this flood, without sparing.
Although birds can fly in the sky, after all, they have to rest, they have to pounce, and in the face of the vast water, they can only sit and wait until they fall to the surface of the water from exhaustion.
The water engulfed everything, not even the snowy mountains, and the high spires were already soaked in deep sewage. Yang Rui stood at the bow of the ship, driving the ark to sort and move forward across the ocean, dodging one huge wave after another, so as not to overturn.
The flood lasted for a total of 150 days, and on the last day, Noah's ark came near Mount Ararat, where the peaks emerged from the water.
The ark finally stopped at the top of the mountain.
But there was still a lot of water everywhere, and none of the creatures on the ship could land, so they had to wait for the flood water to subside before they could get out.
I don't know how many days passed, but the flood gradually receded. Noah released a dove, and in the evening the dove flew back with an olive leaf in its mouth, which proved that the waters on the ground had receded.
The next day Noah released the dove again, and the dove never returned, and Noah knew that the ground had dried up and that the water had disappeared completely.
At this time, Yang Rui appeared on the deck and said to Noah, "The water has receded, and you and your son, wife, and others can come out." ”
Then, Yang Rui said: "From now on, all the birds, beasts, insects and people brought by the ark can produce more, prosper the descendants, and build a new world." ”
Noah and the people were grateful to Yang Rui for giving them a second life, and they went down the mountain and built an altar on the earth to sacrifice the light of God with the blood of cattle and sheep.
On the altar, Noah looked reverently at Yang Rui in the sky and asked, "My master, the world has begun to work again, how can we change it, and please give me guidance." (To be continued.) )