Genesis 6, the account of Noah and the Ark has always struck a chord with me. As I have gotten older, I am still amazed. Why didn’t God just call it a day? He saw the evil in man’s heart and deeds, but he did not just wipe all of mankind out of existence. He saved Noah and his family. Why? What did Noah do that made him so special? Why was he saved?
Simple, he built the ark.
Noah trusted God and built the ark. Plenty of times in the Bible, we see accounts of people quibbling with God over His will/plans, but we see no such account with respect to Noah. God said jump, and Noah didn't even bother to ask how high.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Noah's Ark, God's Noah
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Additionally, God had promised a messiah, the woman's seed who would crush the head of the serpent. The lost and found book of Enoch is a worthy read, fleshing out the pre-flood world. One might even say that the flood was sent to *save* the human race, not just to punish wickedness.
You could be right about God’s “promise” in Gen 3:15. A couple of interesting things to note about that promise is that He didn’t make the usual covenant promise that we see Him make throughout the Bible, and He promised it to Satan, not to Adam or Eve. So, Noah’s actions of faith to God were not necessarily in hopes or recognition of that promise, but God’s faith and mercy towards Noah were.
As for details of the pre-flood world, no need to go outside the Bible, or even Genesis chapter 6 for that matter. Genesis 6:5 fleshes it out (pun intended) quite sufficiently, “the wickedness of man was great in the earth…every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
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