In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Genesis 7:11 NIV
That is an oddly specific date if the flood was only a fable.
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"But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being. "Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.
Genesis 9:4-6 NIV
God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. ...
Romans 3:25a NIV
God graciously allowed the innocent lifeblood of Jesus (image of God and very God) to be shed by human hands as an accounting for all of the lifeblood that had ever been unjustly shed. What an incredible irony! What an amazing love that would motivate such grace!
Father, thank you for your love and grace. Help me receive your love and grace and be changed by it. Jesus, thank you for your sacrifice. Holy Spirit, lead me today in honoring the image of God in every person. I love you.
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