End The Beginning

by Mark DeWayne Combs

Overview

What if I told you that the world you know today isn't the world that used to exist? 

The story of Noah’s great flood has always troubled me on a number of levels. Is it folklore? Could it have happened? Was there an all-powerful deity involved?

I thought I was familiar enough with the story, but when I started researching ancient historical records, I found out that I didn’t know the story at all. Annoyed by nagging questions and sparked by curiosity, I opened a door that led to a completely different understanding of our past and a startling correlation with our future. 

I invite readers to join me on a journey that cross references historical texts from a number of ancient civilizations with modern day scientific theory, Together, we'll piece together the backstory of life before Noah's Flood and seek answers to the question of why the entire world and all of its inhabitants were destroyed.

Puzzle piece after puzzle piece will be seamlessly connected in an effort to project what series of events may have triggered the devastation. Then, our attention will be drawn to how the events of Earth’s past paint a portrait of mankind’s future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990969518
Publisher:	Splinter in the Minds Eye Publishing
Publication date:	01/05/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	436
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

The Biblical History Series: Mark is an avid researcher who is fascinated by Ancient Mysteries, Biblical History and the Origins of Man. He is an author, public speaker, blogger and publisher. His first book, End The Beginning, takes a critical look at the well-known and not-so-well-known details of Noah's Flood. Released in January 2015, it reviews historic perspective from the Hebraic Second Temple Period and explores a series of challenging questions that are often related to the Biblical Flood Story such as: why the world had to be destroyed, the possibility of how it may have happened, and how life was preserved through an extinction level event. There is a follow-up volume in the works that will explore Biblical History from the flood through the Babel event. Research is still being compiled and no time table has been set for the release of Book #2 in this series. The Motivational Series When author, Mark DeWayne Combs started his own business in the fall of 2007 there was no local networking group to join and the local Chamber of Commerce only offered monthly, meet&greet, social events. The opportunity to start a group from scratch was just too appealing to pass up. With the help of a few local business owners, the Amelia Business Network was born. In just over a year, the group grew from six original members to a thriving membership that included over eighty small business owners. As group membership expanded, Mark started a bi-weekly newsletter and began writing a weekly Monday Morning Motivational Blog. He has been composing motivational blog material for over a decade and published his first book, End The Beginning, in January of 2015. Mark began accepting opportunities to travel and speak to small groups in the fall of 2016 and published PUSH, his first motivational book, in the spring of 2017. Broken into a handful of easy-to-read essays, PUSH mixes humor, common sense, and thought-provoking insight in an effort to give each reader the opportunity to see for themselves why they have absolutely no shot at ever being ordinary. His second motivational book, Don't Forget Your Cape follows in similar tradition, mixing personal stories with pop-culture headlines and historical events to open a window into thought that brings each reader face-to-face with their own self-worth and potential. HELLO... Is This On? is the third book of the series and turns the perspective inward. The dedicated focus of the book explores why we do what we do and speaks to our ability to develop self-trust and quiet confidence, even in the face of daunting circumstances or, in some cases, no measurable response at all.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface p.13 Introduction: Less Answers, More Questions p.15 Ch.1 - You Want Me To Do What? p.19 Your End Is Off by Two Cubits p.21 You're Gonna Need a Smaller Boat p.27 Location, Location, Location p.31 Cutting 'em Down to Size p.33 Some Room. . . with a View p.41 Keep Your Head Above Water p.44 The Need to Get Away p.50 So, When Do We Get Started? p.54 Ch.2 - There Goes The Neighborhood p.59 Meet Cain's Wife and Son and Grandson and. . . p.60 We Are Not Alone p.69 To Heir Is Human p.77 Beware the Others p.84 Ch.3 - There's New Kids On The Block p.97 Of Angels and Men p.100 A Change of Scenery p.107 The Times, They Are a-Changin' p.114 It's A BOY!!! Well, Sort of. . . p.124 Live. . . and Let Die p.127 Who Knew the Grandkids Would Be Such Fun? p.129 Giving Birth to Legends p.134 Two Parts Bob and One Part Fido p.141 Ch.4 - We Have A Winner! p.147 The Trail Runs Cold p.152 Just Say, "No." It's the End of the World p.154 One Little, Two Little, Three Little Baby Boys p.163 Everybody Wants to Rule the World p.167 Pleased to Meet You, Can You Guess My Name? p.171 You Think Ya Know, But Ya Just Don't Know p.177 My Three Sons (and Their Wives) p.180 Ch.5 - Lions and Tigers and Bears? Seriously? p.185 Making a List&Checking It Twice p.189 The World I Know p.190 Come Together, Right Now. . . Over Me p.194 A Little on the Creative Side p.198 Reconstructing Construction p.206 To Be or Not To Be Is Still The Primary Question p.208 Nanna-Nanna-Nanna-Nanna. . . BAT- - - ! p.210 Here Kitty, Kitty. . . p.214 See&Say, Round One p.221 He's Got Your Nose&She's Got Your Eyes p.229 How Did 7 Get So Lucky? p.232 Ch.6 - What's Causin' All This? p.239 The Big Chill p.241 Feeling a Bit Parched p.244 The Sky Is Falling p.246 Seven Rays From Sun Day p.250 Getting Back to Good p.255 The Crossroads of Possibility p.264 Ch.7 - A Visit to the Clue Store p.269 Where Did It Come From? And Where Did It Go? p.269 Getting THERE from HERE p.277 A Parade of Planets p.287 Ch.8 - The End Of All Flesh p.297 We Have Nothing to Fear Except. . . p.300 Honey. . . You've Gotta See This! p.307 Setting the Table p.320 Ending The Beginning p.328 Ch.9 - When The Dust Settles, It's Underwater p. 353 Counting the Days p.354 We've Only Just Begun p.366 Epilogue: Face to Face with the Question of God p.371 Appendices : The Unedited Lineage of Seth from Chapter 2 p.373 The Seventy Generations Prophecy p.381 Timeline of Births&Deaths from Noah to Joseph p.387 It Happens Every 360 Years. . . or so p.397 Bibliography p.403 Footnotes by Chapter p.405