But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Before God sent rain on the earth and before any man tilled the ground, a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground to make plants grow. That mist rose from the earth and the waters and was caused to descend at night like dew. This nightly moisture revived vegetation and caused it to flourish, watering the earth so that plant life thrived.
This watering belongs to the creation order in which God then formed man and put him in Eden to dress and keep it, showing that balanced, equal use of mental and physical powers in study and in cultivating the land was part of God's plan from the beginning. The verse describes the Eden home God gave humanity, which was lost through disobedience and transgression of God's law by Adam and Eve, and which is regained through perfect obedience to all God's requirements by overcoming as Christ overcame in keeping His Father's commandments, thereby pointing others heavenward to it.
From the beginning until the Flood no rain fell on the earth, but only mist or dew watered it. Rivers and brooks never passed their boundaries but carried their waters safely to the sea, because by fixed decree God stayed the waters from overflowing their banks. People had never seen clouds, so the gathering clouds before the Flood were a new sight. Because the seasons had come and gone in regular order for centuries, people reasoned that the laws of nature were fixed and that a flood deluging the world was impossible to human wisdom because it would turn nature out of her course.
They felt secure, did not recognize God's hand holding the waters back, and reasoned that the laws of nature were above the God of nature, so that God Himself would not or could not change them. Because rain had never occurred, the warning that the world would be destroyed by a flood appeared impossible and false to human wisdom, so Noah's daily warning for one hundred and twenty years was disbelieved and rejected as events human wisdom said could not take place. Being shut inside the ark for one week with still no rain was a trial of faith that the wicked mocked and derided.
After seven days the first rain began slowly at first and then more heavily until the heavens were opened and rain poured down in torrents. As the rain increased, the people wondered what it would come to. The torrents swept the world away while the ark floated on the troubled waters. The same reasoning that made the Flood seem impossible is used to deny that the world will be destroyed by fire.
Before God sent rain on the earth and before any man tilled the ground, a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground to make plants grow. That mist rose from the earth and the waters and was caused to descend at night like dew. This nightly moisture revived vegetation and caused it to flourish, watering the earth so that plant life thrived.
This watering belongs to the creation order in which God then formed man and put him in Eden to dress and keep it, showing that balanced, equal use of mental and physical powers in study and in cultivating the land was part of God's plan from the beginning. The verse describes the Eden home God gave humanity, which was lost through disobedience and transgression of God's law by Adam and Eve, and which is regained through perfect obedience to all God's requirements by overcoming as Christ overcame in keeping His Father's commandments, thereby pointing others heavenward to it.
From the beginning until the Flood no rain fell on the earth, but only mist or dew watered it. Rivers and brooks never passed their boundaries but carried their waters safely to the sea, because by fixed decree God stayed the waters from overflowing their banks. People had never seen clouds, so the gathering clouds before the Flood were a new sight. Because the seasons had come and gone in regular order for centuries, people reasoned that the laws of nature were fixed and that a flood deluging the world was impossible to human wisdom because it would turn nature out of her course.
They felt secure, did not recognize God's hand holding the waters back, and reasoned that the laws of nature were above the God of nature, so that God Himself would not or could not change them. Because rain had never occurred, the warning that the world would be destroyed by a flood appeared impossible and false to human wisdom, so Noah's daily warning for one hundred and twenty years was disbelieved and rejected as events human wisdom said could not take place. Being shut inside the ark for one week with still no rain was a trial of faith that the wicked mocked and derided.
After seven days the first rain began slowly at first and then more heavily until the heavens were opened and rain poured down in torrents. As the rain increased, the people wondered what it would come to. The torrents swept the world away while the ark floated on the troubled waters. The same reasoning that made the Flood seem impossible is used to deny that the world will be destroyed by fire.