God Saw That One Man – Noah
God saw that the world had become an evil and corrupt place, so he decided to destroy mankind by creating an apocalyptic flood. However, God saw that one man, Noah, who was worthy among all of mankind to live. God told Noah to build an ark for him and his wife, three sons and his three sons wives, so that they could survive and prosper among the earth.
God also told Noah to gather animals of all kinds but they had to be male and female of each kind.After building the ark , Noah and his family and all the animals got onto the ark, God made it rain for forty days and nights; and all of life on earth was destroyed from the face of the earth. Noah had done all of what God had asked of him and Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came to earth The ark was to be “four hundred and fifty feet long, seventy five feet wide and forty five feet high”? (Genesis 6:15). Noah was told to load the arkseven days before the floods came. The only beings that survived the flood ere those whom God had let join Noah on the ark. God decided to take action by way of the waters. The Lord goes on to say “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease”? (Genesis 8:22).
God”tms covenant with Noah is a covenant of love and grace. The Lord chose because he was a righteous man whom praised the Lord Almighty. The rain fell for forty days and forty nights, soaking the Earth and lifting the ark high above the ground.Even though animals may have been a source of food before, the human population will now have to hunt those animals. And he alone guarantees their keeping. Noah was a father of three sons and a firm believer and follower of the Lord. Not withstanding the scoffing and jeers of many of his neighbors, he built the ark as God had commanded him.
No matter how harsh or violent the flood seems, it is important to understand that it was a by-product of love. As God receives his sacrifices he promises to never destroy the living world in such a manner ever again.
