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Genesis 6:14-8:19

A major theme in the account of the flood, is that God will separate the unrighteous from the face of the earth. This happened once already in the days of Noah and it will happen again during the great tribulation.

God gave Noah a very detailed plan on how to build an ark for the preservation of himself and his family. There was only one plan, no alternative “plan B” and it was exclusive (no other way). Noah responds by faith and obeys all that God told him to do. (Gen 6:22).

What does it mean to “live by faith”?

Hebrews 11, is a chapter which gives examples of many who lived by faith and how they did it. In verse 1, of Hebrews 11, it states that faith involves two areas, “assurance of things hoped for and conviction of things not seen”

What unseen thing was Noah convinced would happen? The flood. What was he hoping for? Deliverance from the flood. He showed by his actions that he believed God existed and would delivery him (Hebrew 11:6).. For the next 120 years he set about building the ark, and was a testimony to all the world of God’s grace. Noah went into the ark, God shut the door, and the flood came. The theme of Chapter 7 is that sinful men do not deserve to live on the earth, and Chapter 8 foreshadows God’s protection of Israel thru the great tribulation. The day of grace was over and only Noah and his family were secured.

Those that perished interpreted God’s grace as divine indifference and concluded that God is either dead, apathetic or incapable of dealing with the world as it is and therefore disregarded the warning.

Noah on the other hand, recognized grace as an opportunity to enter into an intimate relationship with the Lord and also at the same time avoid God’s displeasure and judgment.

For us today, we need to accept Christ as our ark of salvation and be secured “in Him”.
Remember from God’s perspective 1000 years is like one day.