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Adventistische Schriften über: "Were the animals already in the ark when Noah delivered his final sermon?"
Answer
Were the animals already in the ark when Noah delivered his final sermon? According to the accounts, Noah delivered his last solemn warning to the people before the animals entered the ark. Only after his message was rejected and the people continued their mocking behavior did the animals—guided by angels—appear and enter the ark two by two, with the clean animals seven by seven. Thus, the animals were not yet in the ark at the time of Noah’s final sermon.
\n\nNoah’s final sermon and the subsequent arrival of the animals
\n\n\n»And now the servant of God made his last solemn appeal to the people. With an agony of desire that words cannot express, he entreated them to seek a refuge while it might be found. Again they rejected his words, and raised their voices in jest and scoffing. Suddenly a silence fell upon the mocking throng. Beasts of every description, the fiercest as well as the most gentle, were seen coming from mountain and forest and quietly making their way toward the ark. A noise as of a rushing wind was heard, and lo, birds were flocking from all directions, their numbers darkening the heavens, and in perfect order they passed to the ark. Animals obeyed the command of God, while men were disobedient. Guided by holy angels, they “went in two and two unto Noah into the ark,” and the clean beasts by sevens.«
The entry of the animals over seven days
\n»And after this was accomplished, God commanded the faithful Noah, “Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before Me.” Angels were sent to collect from the forest and field the beasts which God had created. Angels went before these animals, and they followed, two and two, male and female, and clean beasts by sevens. These beasts, from the most ferocious, down to the most gentle and harmless, peacefully and solemnly marched into the ark. The sky seemed clouded with birds of every description. They came flying to the ark, two and two, male and female, and the clean birds by sevens. … For seven days these animals were coming into the ark, and Noah was arranging them in the places prepared for them.«
Original Sources (English)
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