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We’ll be putting some running application as we go through the text
Wrapping it up at the end
…in our last episode...
The earth was in cataclysmic chaos
Noah, his family and the saved animals were safe amid the storm
Being delivered; saved from sure and certain destruction
If at any time, Noah, any person or any animal decided to leave the safety of the ark, it was certain death
Over-riding thought: safe amidst the storm
If we are in Christ, we are safe
The Lord’s our Rock in Him we hide
A shelter in the time of storm
A not so well known music group—Karen Peck and New River sings
There's no weapon that can stand against the wall God built in our defense.
We may not always see His face, but we're secure behind the Line of Grace!
Back to our text
One commentator (Derrick Kidner):
the waters above and below the firmament are, in token, merged again, as if to reverse the very work of creation and bring back the featureless waste of waters.
That term “blotted out”
Enhanced Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (I.
מָחָה)
...erase, cancel, obliterate
All vestiges of mankind and his civilization had been obliterated
Only those delivered by the Hand of the Almighty survived
The Flood Continues
Situation is somewhat akin to the early creation account:
The earth was without form and void...
…and so it was for 150 days
The language suggests that the deluge was continuing; the fountains of the great deep still flowing
Chaos reigned
…and in the chaos, those God protected were safe
At the end of the year plus a few days, any remnant of man would have been fully destroyed or buried beneath the sediment as the waters subsided
The Flood Subsides
Into chapter 8
We see God as the active force
He remembered—an anthropomorphism, ascribing human traits to help us understand the nature or at least the actions of God
…not like God ever forgot a portion of His divine plan
He made a wind blow
Passive nature of what follows continues the active nature of God in the process
…waters subsided
…fountains and windows were closed; rain was restrained
The ark came to rest...
…hold on to that idea of rest...
The Flood is Over
…but the security of the ark remains
Noah waits on God
…still resting in the security, even with the uncertainly of what comes now
A lot of application there—even though the storm may be over, you may have to just rest on God for awhile
Look at the patience
First the raven…sounds like he just kept riding the thermals and never came back; as though Noah saw him out there everyday
Then the dove, then the dove again, then the dove yet again
…Maybe this one build a nest, laid the first clutch of eggs…maybe dove is just a catch all which includes pigeon —that would explain the proliferation of them
Once again, we see that there are specific periods of time that mentioned…we may not know the reasons; but there is some measure of importance to them
We certainly can see the gradual nature of the termination of the flood and setup for the repopulation of the planet
The Flood Teaches Us
Deliverance in found only in God
Only the hand of the Almighty...
…which had brought into existence the earth
…which had given life to man
…could, with one stroke of judgment obliterate all He had done
…and have a plan in place for the future
This falls nicely into some of the thoughts on Reformation Day
The Solas of the Reformation; sola = alone
Faith alone
Scripture alone
Christ alone
Grace alone
Glory to God alone
Only the Biblical account gives us an accounting of why we’re here—not an accident in the evolutionary journey of existence
Only faith allows us to grasp these realities, grants us the power to “walk with God”
Only Christ is the one in whom we can rest—be sheltered from the storm
It is within Him we find rest
With that rest is peace
Only by His grace may be come to a saving knowledge of Christ and turn from our sins
Only the the one Almighty God do we render honor, glory and worship
Our lives may be perfectly secure, safe and stable…or maybe not
Maybe these thoughts are for you to help another person through a storm in his/her life
…maybe it’s for you in your own life.
So many types of storms
…family instability
…financial instability
…job insecurity
…health crises
…fear of terrorism
…fear of civil unrest
....fear of our own government’s instability and direction
>>>all legitimate concerns, BUT
Our God is sufficient to deliver us from all those things
We must recall that
It starts here
1 Peter 5:6–7 (ESV)
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Noah humbled himself
Trusted God, obeyed God
Placed himself and his family under the care of God
He rode out the storm in perfect safety
Nothing there says you won’t have anxieties—KJV “cares”
But we must be humble enough to say we can’t handle them and cast—that’s throw—them all upon God
Single largest care is our eternal destiny
People relying on their own sense of responsibility—thinking they can save themselves
It didn’t work out for the population of the planet in Noah’s day—neither temporally nor eternally
Our first need is salvation, putting to rest the question of our eternal destiny, fear of Hell
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