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The Lost World of Noah

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THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD OF NOAH The book of Genesis in the Bible mentions about a world before a cataclysmic flood and referred to by Jesus Christ as a shadow for his future event: "   As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. " (Mathew 24:37) It is notable to see that the divinely inspired Moses didn't discuss the prediluvian era and only written about 'fallen' angels who cohabited with women and fathered Nephilims (giants) who became renowned warriors and 'heroes' (Genesis Chapter 6),  then destruction happened because of wickedness, corruption, and violence. The family of Abraham, approximately 420 years after the flood (10 generations after Noah, Genesis 11:10-32 ) who was chosen to become the ancestor of the Jews and the lineage of Jesus Christ, does not have written records about their past and it was only during the time of Moses that a written record had been established. They probably have oral and so...

An Insight To Democracy circa 2020 AD: "The Hand of God"

The word 'democracy' was first coined in Greece around 500 BCE, meaning "strength of the people" in governing a community, and it took thousands of years to become popular around the world as the choice of government structure in modern times. This concept of rulership has an intrinsic origin unto the need for justice, social order, and fairness among the society in Athens at the time. It is also in the State of Athens, in Areopagus (seat of State Council), five centuries after, that Apostle Paul had declared the "good news" about Jesus Christ among the pagan intellectuals of Greece (please read the Bible, Act 17:16-43) . In this context, Paul had mentioned about "every nation", "appointed times", and boundaries of their lands"  in his proclamation:       " From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he         marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their land...