Rain, Rain Go Away (Just Because It's Rainy Season)

When God created man, everything was perfect until the snake came and the apple was eaten, and then Adam and Eve realized they were naked (oops) before God kicked them out of His perfect garden. That was after He cursed them and the curse still affects us today (sigh). Thank you Adam and Eve. Clap for yourselves. Anyway, I'll tell this story another day.

You see, after Adam and Eve got kicked out of the perfect garden because of the sin of disobedience, they began to multiply. I mean, they started having babies and the bed space had to keep increasing. Well, technically God's plan was for man to multiply, and multiply they sure did! As they grew in number, so did the towns and villages. One of the many "fruits" that came out from this multiplication was a gentleman called Noah!

Noah was a righteous man. In fact everyone else was so terrible in character and behavior at the time but Noah stood out. He was a friend of God too. 

                                             

I don't know why but Noah didn't start having children until he was Five Hundred years old. I mean, if I don't close my mouth right now, I'll probably choke on a mosquito. Five Hundred years was a long time. Noah and his gorgeous wife Naamah gave birth to three studs I imagine; Shem, Ham and Japhet. 

This is where it gets a little crazy to imagine. During Noah's time, angels were allowed to come down to planet earth and pick pretty chicks that they liked. Nine months later, something beautiful in form of a baby or babies, (that is if the Angel had it in him to make twins or more.They are supernatural after all) materialize from the union. These babies were called Nephilims because they were offsprings from the Sons of God and Daughters of Men. They were said to be Huge physically. Maybe I could be a Nephilim. How Fantastic! 

I'm busy standing beside the point. This story is not about Nephilims. Pardon me. I just felt the need to create a jaw dropping background to this story. Let's get right into it. 

You see, during my days as a Nephilim... Well, technically even my ancestors from fifty generations ago or more weren't born so scratch that. In the days of Noah, while Nephilims were still in existence, there was a lot of evil and decay in the land. Fighting, Killing, Stealing, Immorality, all sorts. Every heart beating at the time was beating a drum of evil. Pushing people to think up the next mayhem to cause. It is safe to say that every heart beating in those days was black as tar, except Noah's. It was still red, pumping normal blood and nursing righteous thoughts. 

The colorful and comfortable display of wickedness by mankind deeply troubled God. "Just look at. No be me create una? I will wipe all of you from the face of the earth. Even all these animals, I go kill all of una troway. I regret ever creating you"! God was truly angry at mankind. I never want to push God to this type of limit. Ever! Now, even in God's anger with the number of 'black hearts' spread across the planet, He spotted Noah's beautiful red beating heart, and Noah found favor with God. "See fine heart abeg, I'll keep this one"!

So, God came down to have a chat with Noah. They were such good friends that God could tell him anything. "I'm going to destroy the world and everything in it oh my guy". God explained to Noah that the black black hearts everywhere was so upsetting to see. Taking them out and the entire earth itself would make Him feel better. 

Noah, deeply troubled by this revelation didn't know what to say, so God asked him to make a VERY LARGE ark out of cypress wood. Noah was just ONE man, where would all the strength to make this ginormous ark come from? He was over 500 years old. Ask your 90 year old grandpa to carry four logs of bamboo at once. A thousand ways to die... I keep thinking out loud (facepalm).

It so happened that Noah and His family members started building the ark. Now, Noah Knew why he was building it, to exterminate all the black hearts roaming the streets. However, he didn't know how it would go down or when. While they were still in the process of building the ginormous ark, God intimated Noah on how the extermination would go down. 

"Guy, na flood waters I go carry come oh. I'm going to use the waters to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth would perish!" Death by drowning! Ghen Ghen!

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Food for thought:

- Have you ever dared to be different even when you are surrounded by people who are literally on the same bandwagon? Can you be a righteous Noah even in the midst of all the evil prevailing around you?

-Have you ever been clueless after receiving instructions from God to do something but yet you did it all the same? The Faith that God won't ask you to do anything that'll harm you, do you have it? 

-Ever wondered how the world would have turned out if Nephilims were still in existence? 

-Do you want God to share His plans with you, just as He did with Noah? It's very possible. Work on yourself and your relationship with Him. 

Will Release the sequel shortly. Before then, stay safe, wash your hands and pray!

Love, Racheal.

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None of the pictures used in this article belong to the writer. All culled from google images.