It the next few chapters of Genesis it tells about the fall of man and what is known as the perished kingdom. ... In doing this the bond between man and God was broken on a vertical scale. ... After convincing the Pharaoh of Egypt to let the people go, they reached the sea and the Egyptians began to chase after them. Moses parted the sea for them to cross and it then collapsed on all the Egyptians. ... The Old Testament is only half the story. ...

• Word Count: 1338
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

It tells about the first gods Aspu (the primordial waters under the earth) and Tiamat (the personification of the sea) and their succession by their own offspring. Their offspring were younger and stronger than the older gods. ... Some tribes settled into Upper Egypt and others closer to the Mediterranean Sea in Lower Egypt. ... It then goes into a detailed account of the creation of man. ... He creates man to have domination over all the creatures of the earth. ...

• Word Count: 1353
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Cupid and Psyche is a tale of an elegant young woman, Psyche, in whom no man would love, only see. ... Her father was furious when he found out she was pregnant and out of anger puts Danae in a chest and sends her out to sea. ... During the discus throw, Perseus hits an old man in the stands and it kills him. The old man turns out to be Perseus' father. ... Hercules was known as the strongest and bravest man to ever live. ...

• Word Count: 1549
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Is it likely that God would go to so much trouble to teach one man? Curiosity is what attracts us to the book of Jonah due to it not being like any other in the Old Testament. ... Jonah reveals to them that he is a Hebrew and his God is the God of the heavens, maker of the land and sea and that he is fleeing his God. ... The Lord became angrier so the mariners proceed to throw Jonah into the sea. ... Allen says, "The OT seeks to glorify the man of God in the sense that he is revealed as a noble mediator of God's own power and glory. ...

• Word Count: 2335
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

For thousands of years, man experimented with the fruits of nature with the hope of finding the key to our unconscious. Man revered these fruits as gifts from the Gods that allowed us to find a new spiritual and philosophic connection with God. ... There was a sea of possibilities out there (in there?)... to "Tune in to what you are learning." and to "Drop Out of the old reality of thinking." ... The drug began to be made for underground selling and the natural components of the drugs became lost with new man-made ingredients. ...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7

Once upon a time there lived a king and warm hearted young man named Gavin. ... Both, young people and old people looked up to him. ... He was always the wise and gentle young man that she had first met him to be. ... As he looked into the ocean, the sea waves were rolling hill crests. ...

• Word Count: 1293
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In the Hebrew story, God saw great wickedness and evil being caused by man. Gods first design of man must have been flawed where he stated, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them: (Leeming, 48). ... All three of the stories contained one man who pleased the gods, along with their families, who survive the floods. ... It did however state that Noah was six hundred years old when the boat was needed. ... The story did not indicate any reason why Deucal...

• Word Count: 1471
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Much of the Old and New Testaments are filled with used of metaphor, simile, personification, allegory, and pun and of course, hyperbole. ... (Matt. 23::33) "Have faith in God, I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, "go throw yourself into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him." ... "It would be easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of Heaven." ... There is example after example of this style of hyperbole in the Old Testament. ... ...

• Word Count: 1777
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

This passage is talking about creation and tells us that the sons of God (a term used exclusively for angels in the Old Testament) shouted at creation. In addition, they must have existed before the fall of man in Genesis 3, or where did Satan come from? ... This sounds like a contradiction: man lower-but eventually higher through redemption." ... They have directed men, as God wants man to act. ... Angels were viewed as mediators between God and man. ...

• Word Count: 1998
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Sin has affected all parts of man. ... Man is unable to save himself and, therefore, God must initiate salvation.... Election has nothing to do with man's future response.... Free Will "Sin does not control man's will. ... "Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them....

• Word Count: 2136
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School