Our Spiritual Declaration: Noah

Chapter 4: Noah

Noah
1. Noah's sons were Japheth, Shem, Ham, and one whose name is lost in history.

2. Yaldabaoth attempted once again to limit humanity, this time with a flood. Yaldabaoth especially wanted to destroy the Untainted Generation; because it had the Divine Light and was close to Pistis, Sophia, and Sabaoth. Yaldabaoth also wanted to destroy the inhabitants of the area Noah lived in; because some were tainted by Satan's angels to be Nephilim.

3. Noah preached to humanity about the Divine Light for decades yet gained less than 100 believers. The people told Noah that if God wanted to send a message then he should do so with angels like he did with previous generations.

4. The inhabitants around an area of the Black Sea had grown incredibly wicked because of over-influence in Nephilim ways. These people didn't progress in Faith or in Wisdom. They practiced human sacrifice, rape of their own children, murdering of neighbors, and all forms of sin.

5. Sabaoth knew of Yaldabaoth's plan to destroy Noah and warned him of the coming flood.

Why aren't humans warned now?
6. In the ancient days, civilization was fragile and not completely settled. Now that civilization is self-sufficient the warnings of disaster aren't as great, but they're still there such as the behavior of animals before earthquakes and tsunamis.

The Flood and Afterward
7. Sabaoth told Noah to gather pairs of as many animals as possible and to build an ark. He told Noah this because when the flood was over Noah's first task would be survival. The animals were for food and to help cultivate the land. The ark's purpose, aside from protection from the flood, was to have a source of wood for fire and for housing.

8. Sabaoth told Noah to build an ark out of gopher wood. The ark was to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

9. Noah did as instructed and built and entered the ark with his family. The unknown son stayed behind and died.

10. Water poured forth for 40 days, and the water was over 20 feet deep above the ground.

11. The water remained for 150 days then started to recede. After 7 months and 17 days, the ark came to a stop on Mt. Ararat in modern-day Turkey.

12. The flood didn't cover the entire Earth, only Noah's area. This is still important and not relevant to faith because this was the cradle of civilization at the time.

13. Noah finally left the ark 370 days after entering it. He built an altar to Sabaoth. Sabaoth was stirred by this display and told Noah that he would never again allow Yaldabaoth to destroy civilization through a flood.

14. Sabaoth told Noah to rebuild civilization. He also told Noah to eat the meat of every living animal but not the blood (for sanitary reasons). Sabaoth told Noah this because now Noah was in survival mode. Sabaoth also instructed Noah and his family to not murder.

15. Naturally, Noah became a farmer and planted a vineyard from which he made wine. He lay drunken and naked in his tent one night and his son Ham saw Noah naked and defiled his father. Ham then suggested to his brothers, Shem and Japheth, that they do the same. Shem and Japheth entered Noah's tent and covered up his nakedness. Noah knew what Ham had done to him when he awoke and was angered with his son. Noah cursed Ham's son Canaan to be a servant.

16. Noah lived 350 years after the flood and died at the age of 950.

Noah's Descendents
Japheth
17. Noah's son, Japheth, fathered the notable figures Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

18. Gomer settled not far from Mt Ararat in Turkey.

19. Magog settled in northern Turkey then moved to settle in Ukraine near the Sea of Azov.

20. Madai settled in Iran.

21. Javan settled in Greece.

22. Tubal settled in the Caucasus Mountains in Russia.

23. Mesheck also settled in the Caucasus Mountains in Russia.

24. Tiras settled in Greece.

Ham
25. Noah's son Ham fathered the notable figures Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan.

26. Cush settled in Sudan.

27. Mizraim settled in central Egypt.

28. Phut settled in Libya.

29. Canaan settled in Israel.

Shem
30. Noah's son Shem fathered the notable figures Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

31. Elam settled in Iran.

32. Asshur settled in Iraq.

33. Arphaxad settled in Iraq.

34. Lud settled in Turkey near the Aegean Sea.

35. Aram settled in Syria.

Results of Migration
36. Noah's descendents weren't the first people in the area they settled. Humans existed before these immigrants. These descendents enlightened humanity in many aspects.

37. Because Noah's offspring possessed much knowledge, secrets, and especially because of their extremely long life spans (+300 years), they were often worshiped as gods. This caused the spread of local mythologies in many places.