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Flood (Flood, Cynthia - Short Story)
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"After the Flood had swept over the earth and when kingship was lowered again from heaven, kingship was first in Kish. In Kish, Ga(...)ur became king and ruled 1200 years. . . . Etana, a shepherd, he who ascended to heaven and who consolidated all countries, became king and ruled 1560 years . . . etc. . . . Twenty-three kings ... ruled it for 24,510 years, 3 months and 3 1/2 days. Kish was defeated in battle, its kingship was removed to Eanna (sacred precinct of Uruk). In Eanna, Mes-kiag-gash-er, the son of the sun god Utu, became high priest as well as king, and ruled 324 years.
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The strong language of 2 Peter suggests that Flood affected more than just the earth. Some Bible scholars have suggested the Flood may have been triggered by the catastrophic breakup of a planet between Mars and Jupiter where the asteroid belt is now located. See Exploding Planets and Ancient Catastrophes.
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To this end, he emphasizes that "all" (Hebrew ql ) which is used 19 or more times to describe the extent of the Flood does not mean ALL. It is a relative term, sometimes meaning "all" and other times meaning "not all." And, in this case, his opinion is that it most definitely does NOT mean "all" even when Scripture declares "all."
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Whiston's writings upon the catastrophic circumstances and the astral nature of the Flood upheaval established some basic concepts for eighteenth century catastrophism and were a decided advance. Newton and Halley followed Whiston's conclusions in ancient cosmology even as Halley and Whiston followed Newton's theory in gravitation.
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