Genesis 8:7-12

Nation, let us all continue to pray for our fellow countrymen suffering due to the incessant, torrential rains.

Instead of helping spread relief, there are some people hiding behind their usernames and keyboards eager to spread fear.

I got so irritated when I read this tweet:

Someone who is masquerading as "God Almighty" and whose Twitter handle is "@Godstagram" insinuated and implied a coincidence between today's date, with the widespread flooding, with Noah and the Great Flood. Genesis 8:7-12 was trending worldwide, BTW.

The problem is, "@Godstagram" misquoted Scripture. If you're really God, who is omniscient (knows all things), there is absolutely no way You could misquote the Bible. It's Your Word for everyone's sake! How could God forget His words?

BTW, Genesis 8:7-12 is about Noah, sending a raven and a dove to see if the waters have started to recede. I know this because I am a Sunday School teacher. I taught this in my classes several times. If you don't believe me, grab a Bible. look it up. I know you have one in your house and it's just accumulating dust. 

Yep. Filipino households have at least two Bibles in their homes. gathering dust and becoming dwelling places for arachnids. Sad, sad truth.

Anyway, to those spreading the and dwelling on the coincidence of Genesis 8:7-12 with today's date, clearly you never read your Bible.

This is what should be trending, that God remembered Noah and everyone with him in the ark and He sent a wind over the earth and the 'flood' receded.

Genesis 8:1-3 says "But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. 2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. 3 The water receded steadily from the earth..."

In Genesis 9:12-16, God made a covenant with Noah that He will never again, destroy all life with a food.

12 And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth."

So please, stop being shortsighted. As Philippians 4:8 says, "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things."

Instilling fear in the hearts of our fellow Filipinos and quoting Scripture out of context is a big no-no! Let's think of things that will encourage one another.

My apologies if I sound like a self-righteous bastard. I just have to post this because spreading these twisted truths blinds other people who are ignorant of the truth. It strikes a nerve when people commit these grave acts of deception and blatant "brainwashing".

Let me be clear, I'm a humble sinner just like everyone else. I'm not saying I'm better than you are.

Now's not the time to be afraid. There re 365 ("Fear not..")s in the Bible. One for each day of the year. 

Now's the time to PUSH. Pray until something happens.