ok ok so technically it's wednesday but i'm posting for monday and tuesday because my schedule is a bit messed up -_-
bear with me
the first thing that i noticed (never noticed before...) when reading the first day's passages was how detailed and purposeful God was when He was carrying out his plans. i mean not only did He state what would come into being but exactly what it was that they were to do and how. the sky was to separate the water below from the water above (which was what? clouds?) the sun and moon were to govern day and night. plants and animals were to increase according to their kind. (which is definitely an important detail because what if things didn't reproduce according to their kind? hahaha i don't even know what to think about that....>.<) this made me come to think when we/i plan or do something is it really purposeful? i mean i'm sure if we think about it, yea, there's a reason for each and every thing that we do, but do we really think it out? then again i think to myself, does everything need to be purposefully planned out? like eating? or breathing? would our lives be more efficient or feel more fruitful if we had a deliberate purpose behind every single action? would the results be good? (assuming the reason was good) just random thoughts.
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as for the second day's reading i think the main thing that popped out to me was...what are nephilim? i looked it up and got uh....interesting results...but no general consensus really...*sigh* and so God made the flood come about because the world was becoming bad right? it seems like these nephilim were sort of the root of the bad? but if the flood got rid of them all then how come the Bible says that they were there before and after the flood? if the flood got rid of all the bad things why is there still so much evil today? i mean i know it's human nature but the humans on that boat were supposedly "good" right? or is it back to this whole nephilim thingy? i think that term just really threw me off -_-
i also don't fully understand why God wasn't please with Cain's offering. i mean didn't he put just as much heart into it as Abel did? or does the difference lie in the fact that the Bible specified that Able brought offerings from the firstborn of his flock while Cain just brought offerings from his soil? and it wasn't necessarily his first crop? or is it like Larry said, that it was because Cain thought his offering was so great? (but where does it say that? and where does it say that Abel didn't think his offering was great like Cain?)
this leads me to ask how do we know what do to do please God? i mean besides the obvious rights and wrongs. is it our attitude? will God always accept what we do as long as it's right and with a good attitude? (humbly, graciously, and the like)
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that's what i was wondering as well: how come God didn't accept Cain's offering? You would probably assume that he put his heart into it, but maybe he was just confident that his was better because, I dunno, maybe he worked "harder" and that made God feel...displeased?? #_#
heh heh heh
larry gave us a sermon on this
i think you have to take it in terms of times then
cuz it's different from the thinking we have now
what cain offered was "some" fruits of the soil as an offering.
abel offered the fat portions (the best part) from his "firstborn" (the best...uh..."borned" part of the flock)
so it is a matter of heart because cain's offering was not the best part of his crop while abel was able to offer the best part of his livestock.
it's like i have two computers. and i'm suppose to donate one of em. i get rid of my old one instead of the new one (that's what anyone would do) ok maybe that wasn't the greatest example, but yeah i hope you get the first part
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