Did we Miss the Point of Noah's Story by Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg

Did we Miss the Point of Noah's Story by Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg

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The Torah very often uses a beautiful literary structure. The basic idea is that words, phrases, or other elements can be arranged to mirror each other, so that the text lays out a given set of meanings and then goes back through their parallels in the reverse order. Analyzing the use of chiasm (the formal name of this literary structure) can reveal a text’s intricate design and holistic nature. While most we usually remember is how the human and animal world was saved through the ark built by Noah, is it possible that we have almost completely missed the very point of this ancient Hebrew story?

Commonly pairs such as A and A’, B and B’ and so on are used to symbolize these “mirrored” elements. If we analyze the story of Noah in this way, we see a long pattern climaxing in line P (which lacks a parallel and signifies the main point) at the center of the chiasm. Here is an outline to illustrate the thematic chiasm in Genesis 6-9:

A Noah (6:10a)
__B Shem, Ham, and Japheth (6:10b)
___C Ark to be built (6:14-16)
____D Flood announced (6:17)
_____E Covenant with Noah (6:18-20)
______F Food in the ark (6:21)
_______G Command to enter the ark (7:1-3)
________H 7 days waiting for flood (7:4-5)
_________I 7 days waiting for flood (7:7-10)
__________J Entry to ark (7:11-15)
___________K The LORD (YHWH) shuts Noah in (7:16)
____________L 40 days of flood (7:17a)
_____________M Waters increase (7:17b-18)
______________N Mountains covered (7:19-20)
_______________O 150 days: water prevail (7:21-24)
________________P GOD REMEMBERS NOAH (8:1)
_______________O’ 150 days: waters abate (8:3)
______________N’ Mountain tops visible (8:4-5)
_____________M’ Waters abate (8:5)
____________L’ 40 days (end of) (8:6a)
___________K’ Noah opens window of ark (8:6b)
__________J’ Raven and dove leave ark (8:7-9)
_________I’ 7 days waiting for waters to subside (8:10-11)
________H’ 7 days waiting for waters to subside (8:12-13)
_______G’ Command to leave ark (8:15-17 [22])
______F’ Food outside ark (9:1-4)
_____E’ Covenant with all flesh (9:8-10)
____D’ No flood in the future (9:11-17)
___C’ Ark left (9:18a)
__B’ Shem, Ham and Japheth (9:18b)
A’ Noah (9:19)

The central element of the chiasm in Genesis 8:1 reads as follows:

וַיִּזְכֹּר אֱלֹהִים אֶת־נֹחַ וְאֵת כָּל־הַחַיָּה וְאֶת־כָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ בַּתֵּבָה וַיַּעֲבֵר אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיָּשֹׁכּוּ הַמָּיִם׃

God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark, and God caused a wind to blow across the earth, and the waters subsided. (Gen. 8:1)

Since the central element of the chiasm functions as the focal point of the entire story – the tipping point not to be missed – we must assign it the first importance…

J Entry to ark (Gen 7:11-15) Sept 11^th 2018 was the Rabbinic Day of Trumpet but on God's Biblical Calendar was Elul 1.

Originally Nov 2 began on the Second Month and 17^th day which is Genesis 7:11. Put it backwards and we have 117 = Psalms 117 Deliverance from Babylon in 2017.

Asteroid 2018 RC passed by on Sept 10^th and the Green Comet passed by on the 11^th (Yom Teruah). On the 12^th all of the planets on the same side of the Sun ended.

L 40 days of flood (7:17a) The 40 days of rain ended on Chanukkah 1 (Conception of Yesuah)

Our 40 days ends on the Biblical Yom Kippur (Oct 20^th) with the Marriage of the Groom and bride and Armageddon.

But wait, what do we have here: N Mountains covered (7:19-20). Sept 19^th is Biblical Yom Kippur (Rev 8:1-5 = Lev 16 = Rev 6:12-17). Sept 19^th is also the 100^th year (2 Jubilees) from Battle of Megiddo at the end of WWI in 1918. The Battle took place between Sept 19^th and Sept 25^th and was 3 wars: 19, 23, and 25.

Sept 23^rd. WHAT!!! Rev 12:1-2 Sign in Virgo/Leo took place on Sept 23^rd, 2017 on the Special Sabbath of Days of Awe.

O 150 days: water prevail (7:21-24) O’ 150 days: waters abate (8:3) Chanukkah 1 +150 days = Feast of First Fruits (Resurrection of the Messiah).

P GOD REMEMBERS NOAH (8:1) Oct 1 on the Rabbinic Calendar is Shmini Atzeret. John 7 On the last day of the Great Feast Yeshua said: I Am the river of life. Any of you who thirst, come follow after me. We are to walk out our lives in His footsteps. Trumpet Judgment 4 should take place at this time.

N’ Mountain tops visible (8:4-5) 7^th month and the 17^th day was the Resurrection of the Messiah.

Gen 8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. Feast of First Fruits.

Gen 8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

Biblically, this was Sivan 1 but Pentecost in this year could have been on this day.

L’ 40 days (end of) (8:6a) What is 40 days from Pentecost. Elul 1. Moses came off the mountain on Elul 1 and did the Golden Calf event went back up and came down on Yom Kippur with the Second set of ten commadments. Yeshua was baptized on Elul 1. Jonas in Leviathan arrived in Ninevah on Elul 1 in 687 BC (Matt 12—Sign of Jonas) is a two fold prophecy fulfillment. Part 2 has Judgment and Generations (120 years, 100 years, 80, 70, 50, 40, 38 years and ties to Israel and 2017). May 14, 1948 (Psalms 48) + 70 years (Psalms 90:10) = May 14, 2018 +120 days = Sept 11, 2018. August 21 Solar Eclipse over the USA ended on the 33^rd parallel as Elul 1 was beginning in Israel and 40 days later, we entered the 120^th Jubilee from Creation, the 70^th from crossing the Jordan River in 1401-1406 BC, and the 40^th from Yeshua's death. Sept 11 (Rabbinic Yom Teruah is Biblical Elul 1). Asteroid 2018 RC passed by on Sept 10^th and the Green Comet passed by on the 11^th (Yom Teruah). On the 12^th all of the planets on the same side of the Sun ended. 40 days from here is Yom Kippur with the marriage of the Groom and bride and Armageddon.

I’ 7 days waiting for waters to subside (8:10-11). Elul 1(Sept 11, 2018) +7 days = Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn. Sept 10, 2018 is Mars at Perihelion and Moon at First Quarter.

Oct 10^th is the Second Advent of the Messiah on the Biblical Day of Trumpet.

For the Church age, we have Peter and the Sheet possibly here.

H’ 7 days waiting for waters to subside (8:12-13). 

For the Church age, we have possibly Paul's Conversion here.

Gen 8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

The Biblical Day of Trumpet is the Second Advent of the Messiah on Oct 10^th, 2018.

Oct 20^th is Biblical Day of Atonement and is the marriage of the Groom and bride and Armageddon.

G’ Command to leave ark (8:15-17). In this year's timeline, the Millennium began on Oct 25^th, 2018 and the Laws of Moshe (Psalms 119) is in force throughout the Millenium.