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• 105-Man Incident

  [History]

  The 105-Man Incident was a 1911 case in which the Japanese Government-General of Korea fabricated a plot to assassinate Governor-General Terauchi and arrested hundreds of members of the New People's Association (Sinminhoe) and Christians from Korea's northwestern provinces. Its name comes from the 105 defendants convicted at the first trial.

• Noahic Covenant

  [Bible]

  The Noahic covenant is the covenant God made after the Flood with Noah, his descendants, and every living creature. In it God promised never again to destroy the earth by a flood and appointed the rainbow as its sign (Genesis 9). It is also called the "rainbow covenant."