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God Did Not Give Them Special Rights

"And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the

earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw

the daughters men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all

which they chose.

And the Lord said, my spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he

is also flesh; yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There

were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons

of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to

them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

And God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that

every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it

grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, 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. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. These are the

generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations

and Noah walked with God. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham,

and Japheth. The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled

with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was

corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said

unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled

with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the

earth. Make thee and ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the

ark, and shall pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion

which thou shalt make it of: the length of the ark shall be three hundred

cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A

window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it

above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with

lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. And behold, I, even I,

do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein

is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the

earth shall die. But with thee I will establish my covenant; and thou shalt

come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives

with thee. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt

thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male

and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of

every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall

come unto thee, to keep them alive. And take thou unto thee of all food

that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for

thee, and for them. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded

him, so did he."

Genesis 6: 1-22

No. God did not give them special rights.

He gave them the Flood, and fire falling from heaven at sunrise.

No. Noah did not give them special rights.

Noah gave Ham, his son, the enduring Noaic curse.

"And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

AndAll can be fun with the right conditions. he drank of the wine, and was

drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of

Canaan , saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren

without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both

their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their

father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's

nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his younger

son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan ; a servant of

servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the Lord

God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge

Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his

servant. And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. And

all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died."

Genesis 9: 20-29

God gave Noah the rainbow

"And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I,

behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

And with every living creature that is with you , of the fowl, of the cattle,

and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark,

to every beast of the earth. And I shall establish my covenant with you;

neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither

shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This

is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and

every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set

my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between

me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over

the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember

my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of

all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all

flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may

remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living

creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And the sons of Noah that

went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is

the father of Canaan ."

Genesis 9: 1-18

Lot escaped the fire falling from heaven, and the sinking earth.

"Remember Lot 's wife."

Luke 17: 32

"And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in

the tent door in the heat of the day; And he lift up his eyes and looked,

and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet

them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And

said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I

pray thee, from thy servant: Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched and

wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: And I will fetch a

morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on:

for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou

hast said. And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said,

Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make

cakes upon the hearth. And Abraham ran unto the herd, and

fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he

hasted to dress it. And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he

had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under

the tree, and they did eat. And they said unto him, where is Sarah thy

wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. And he said, I will certainly return

unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have

a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. Now

Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to

be with Sarah after the manner of women. Therefore Sarah laughed

within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord

being old also? And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah

laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? Is any thing

too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee,

according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. Then Sarah

denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but

thou didst laugh. And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward

Sodom : and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. And the

LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do; Seeing that

Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the

nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him, that he will

command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep

the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may

bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. And the LORD

said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because

their sin is very grievious; I will go down now, and see whether they have

done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if

not, I will know. And the men turned their faces from thence, and went

toward Sodom : but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. And Abraham

drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the

wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou

also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are

therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the

righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the

wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do

right? And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,

then I will spare all the place for their sakes. And Abraham answered

and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,

which am but dust and ashes: Peradventure there shall lack five of the

fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said,

If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. And he spake unto him

yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And

he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake. And he said unto him, Oh let not

the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be

found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. And he said,

Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure

there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for

twenty’s sake. And he said, Oh let the Lord not be angry, and I will

speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he

said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake. And the LORD went his way, as

soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned

unto his place.

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of

Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed

himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my

lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night,

and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And

they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. And he pressed

upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his

house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and

they did eat. But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men

of Sodom , compassed the house round, both old and young, all the

people from every quarter: And they called unto Lot , and said unto him,

Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto

us, that we may know them. And Lot went out the door unto them, and

shut the door after him, And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so

wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man;

let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good

in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they

under the shadow of my roof. And they said, Stand back. And they said

again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge;

now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore

upon the man, even Lot , and came near to break the door. But the men

put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to

the door. And they smote the men that were at the door of the house

with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to

find the door. And the men said unto Lot , Hast there here any besides?

son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in

the city, bring them out of this place: For we will destroy this place,

because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD;

and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. And Lot went out, and spake

unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you

out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as

one that mocked unto his sons in law. And when the morning arose, then

the angels hastened Lot , saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two

daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the

city. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the

hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD

being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without

the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad,

that he said,

Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain;

escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. And Lot said unto them,

Oh, not so, my Lord: Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy

sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto

me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil

take me, and I die: Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a

little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul

shall live. And he said unto him, See, I accepted thee concerning this

thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast

spoken. Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou

come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. The sun

was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Then the LORD

rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the

LORD out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain,

and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of

salt. And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he

stood before the LORD. And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah,

and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the

country went up as the smoke of a furnace. And it came to pass, when

God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham,

and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the

cities in the which Lot dwelt. And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in

the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in

Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. And the firstborn

said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the

earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Come let us

make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may

preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that

night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived

not when she lay down, nor when she arose. And it came to pass on the

morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight

with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in,

and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they

made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and

lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she

arose. Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab : the same is the

father of the Moabites unto this day. And the younger, she also bare a

son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children

of Ammon unto this day."

(Genesis 18-19)

"And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the

Son of man."

Luke 17: 26

No. In the days of the time of the end,

They shall not have special rights even to then.

Two men shall be in the bed together, one will be taken, the other left.

No. In the New Heaven and the New Earth that is to be,

They will have neither space nor special rights there.

They will be, with the great whore decked in pearls, together

In the lake of fire, burning with brimstone forever.

The pleasure is gone, for the season of the pleasure of sin is only

fleeting.

SO BE IT

From The Desk of Estella

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