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THE SEVEN MILLENNIAL DAYS OF HUMAN HISTORY
CHAPTER TWO

The Second Millennial Day

Whenever we see a beautiful, colorful rainbow in the sky after a thundershower has ceased and the sunshine has reappeared, we are reminded of an everlasting covenant which God made with Noah and his descendants after the great flood which occurred on the Second Millennial Day.
"Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth. . . . 

"I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. . . . and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth." 

(Genesis 9:11-16)
The Second Day -- Waters

The lifetime of Noah lasted nine hundred fifty years (Genesis 9:29) and spanned the second millennium of human history.  The story of Noah and the great flood reflects the second day of creation when God divided the waters of the earth from the waters of the sky.
"Then God said, 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.'  Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.  And God called the firmament Heaven. . . ."

(Genesis 1:6-8)
On the second day of creation the face of the earth was covered with water, and clouds filled the sky above.  This was exactly like the scene viewed by Noah when he opened the window of the ark after the flood, before the waters had subsided.
The Great Flood

The flood narrative is found in chapters six through nine of the book of Genesis.
"Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."

​(Genesis 6:5)
There was every form of wickedness, violence and immorality.  God was sorry He had created man.  He determined to destroy civilization by the waters of a flood.
"And God said unto Noah, 'The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence. . . .

​"And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.  But I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall go into the ark -- you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you."


(Genesis 6:13, 17-18)
God called Noah and his family into the ark (Genesis 7:1-9).  The flood began seven days later.  It rained forty days and forty nights upon the earth (7:10-17).  The waters prevailed one hundred fifty days and covered the highest mountains (7:18-24).  Then the waters decreased, the earth dried and Noah's family got off the ark after spending over one full year on board (8:1-14).

Thus began our present civilization on earth!
This Present Evil Age 
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The Bible tells us that evil reappeared on the earth after the flood.  Noah had to pronounce a curse on the descendants of one of his three sons, Ham, because of their mounting wickedness (Genesis 9:18-27; see Leviticus 18; Deuteronomy 18:9-14; Romans 1:18-32).  God confused the languages of the nations at the tower of Babel in order to slow down the spread of evil (Genesis 11:1-9).  Sodom and Gomorrah were the first cities to become totally wicked after the flood, so God destroyed them by fire as an example of what will happen at the end of this age (Genesis 13:13; 18:22-33; 19:23-29; Galatians 1:4; II Peter 2:6-9; 3:3-12; Jude 7; Matthew 13:40; Daniel 8:23; Genesis 15:16).  Sodom and Gomorrah --​ Things to Come
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Jesus’ parable of the wheat and tares illustrates God's perspective on the world today.  The earth is like a field in which good seed (Noah and his family) was planted.  An enemy (the devil) came with stealth and mingled tares among the wheat.  God is allowing the good seed and the bad to grow together until the harvest (end of this age) when the tares will be burned and the wheat saved (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43; Revelation 14:14-20). 
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The Bible speaks of three "worlds," or ages of human history.  The first is "the world that then existed" before the flood, from Adam to Noah (II Peter 3:6).  The second is "this present evil world" (Galatians 1:4, KJV).  The third is "the world to come" which will follow Christ's Second Coming and last forever (Hebrews 2:5; Luke 18:30; Daniel 2:44; 7:14; Ezekiel 37:25; Joel 3:20; Luke 1:33: Revelation 11:15). 
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God promised He would never destroy the world again by waters of a flood.  He will, however, cleanse the earth by fire at the end of this present age (Matthew 13:40-42).  God owns the earth and everything in it (Psalm 24:1; I Corinthians 10:26, 28).  He has determined that the Seventh Millennial Day will be holy time, as the weekly Sabbath is holy (Hebrews 2:5; 4:4).  And, just as the flood of Noah's day was comparable to baptism (I Peter 3:20-21), the future cleansing of the world by fire will represent the "second death" or "lake of fire" which will be the ultimate and final penalty of sin (Isaiah 66:15-16, 24; Malachi 4:1; Matthew 3:12; 13:30, 39-42, 49-50; 25:41, 46; I Thessalonians 5:2-3; II Peter 3:10-12; Revelation 2:11; 14:10; 19:20; 20:10, 14-15; 21:8).  The Days of Trumpets and Atonement picture the climactic world events which will occur at the end of this age, outlined in the book of Revelation, and will lead directly to the world to come.  The Days of Trumpets and Atonement -- The Seventh Millennial Day
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Let us come out of the sins of this present evil world (Isaiah 54:9; 55:3, 6-9; Revelation 18:4) and prepare ourselves for the New World which Christ shall establish at His Second Coming, after the fall of Babylon (II Peter 3:1-13; Isaiah 65:17-25; Daniel 2:44; Acts 3:19-21; Revelation 16-20).  Let us follow the example of righteous Noah who obeyed God faithfully upon the Second Millennial Day (Hebrews 11:7).
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