ACT 5: SEARCH FOR GOD (18 minutes)
SEARCH is the 5th Act of GENESIS. Can you imagine what it must have been like after a worldwide disaster like the flood? Noah and his family exit the Ark to find a completely different world. The sky turned from green to blue. The lush ground cover with magnificent flowers and towering trees has become a sandy desert. The sea water which was sweet and refreshing and is now toxically salty. And even the air itself is more difficult to breath because it has become thick and moist. Rolling hills have become jagged mountains. It was probably like landing on an entire new planet.
Torah tells us that man’s life span would no longer be hundreds of years … atmospheric conditions … quality of nutrients …
G-d blessed a 2nd time to be fruitful and multiply … all living things, including humans, were no longer able to produce as many offspring … but Noah, his children, and all the living things on the ark were from Earth’s prior epoch to Multiply …