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The flood.
There is no other way to describe chapter 7 of Genesis other than… the flood.
Noah and his family are well prepared for what was coming.
God had declared to him that the world would be destroyed by a flood, and Noah and his family would be saved within the Ark they had built per God’s instructions.
Genesis 6:22 gave clear indication that Noah was doing as instructed.
And I would just about bet that anyone of us would be doing the same thing.
Why?
Because your life depended on it!
Noah wasn’t about to cut corners.
Noah wasn’t about to skip steps or let important details go to the way side.
His life and the lives of his family members depended on him following the instructions of the Lord.
Remember how the world got itself in the position in the first place… they corrupted the ways of the Lord, their hearts were wicked, and they were full of violence.
The world as doing anything but following God’s instruction.
And the world was about to face judgement for its rebellion against God.
And in this case, the judgment would be severe.
Water was about to cover the earth.
NOTHING outside the Ark would survive.
God made sure of this.
Sin comes with a death sentence… that we cannot escape on our own.
The wages of sin is not something we can reason out of, fight our way out of, run away from, or in this case, swim away from.
Sin brings death.
BECAUSE Noah had found favor in the eyes of the Lord, he and his family were saved from the flood waters.
BUT… their “salvation” required that they do as the Lord led them to… long before the first drop of rain ever fell to the earth.
Theirs was a walk of faith… taking God at His word… being assured of what was unseen.
Their faith was in God and they believed a flood was coming… a flood like the world had never seen before.
I want to consider those words for a moment… If you knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that something was coming… what would you do in response?
First… it would depend on what it was that was coming.
Second, it would depend on if we knew when it was coming, and third, it would also depend if there was anything a person could do about the situation ahead.
For instance… the events of 9/11… I’m sure that if the people who were in those buildings knew the attack was coming, they would have stayed clear of the buildings altogether.
Or… how about getting caught in a snow storm?
We missed a weather report once… and ended up stuck in traffic for five and a half hours… at a stand still, because of a 42 car pile up on the interstate.
If we had know the weather report, we would have stayed off the roads!
But what about spiritual matters… often times, we do not know when things are coming or what things are even on the horizon… so how do we prepare for such season of life?
By keeping our eyes on Jesus.
Jesus gave us a powerful word that we need to hold on to daily.
He said in John 16:33
He warned us of the trouble ahead, but also gave us access to the “life boat” if you will that will carry us through.
Faith in Christ is the key…
Therefore, I would suggest tonight that believers ought to keep the faith as Noah kept the faith… because we know what is coming.
We know trouble is on the rise… but never forget… Jesus is coming soon!
Our salvation from the pending judgment will not be in the form of a wooden Ark, but will be in the person who is our risen Savior!
And like the flood, what is coming will be inescapable.
Again, sin brings death.
But Jesus has offered us the gift of life.
Genesis 7 gives the details regarding the flood and I want us to understand just how terrible this thing really was.
Why do I want us to understand this?
So we can realize the devastating affects sin can have on us.
Noah did EVERYTHING God commanded him to do… partly because he knew what was coming… but I also believe Noah followed the commands of God because Noah honored God.
The Flood
Alright, let’s break this down, quickly.
Noah was given a seven day notice that the water was coming.
7 days - then the world as he knew it would be destroyed.
Noah was 600 years old when the rains began.
The animals were on board.
The food had been collected.
The door was shut.
And the rain fell of forty days and nights.
The flood came by:
Rain from the sky.
Springs of the great deep - water from below the earth’s surface sprang up.
The depth of the flood is unreal.
The mountains were covered completely - to a depth of at least 15 cubits above their peaks… that’s 22 feet above the peaks of the tallest mountain.
Mount Everest is 29,035 feet above sea level!
Agra Kansas sits at 1,850 above sea level.
So… with that in mind, that’s put us 27,207 feet under water… that’s almost five and a quarter miles under water!
The length of the flood is just as impressive.
The waters flooded the earth for 150 days.
So this begs the question… why so deep and why so long?
Because sin comes with an inescapable consequence.
Think about it… there is NO WAY anything could survive this without having access to the Ark.
The Ark was a refuge, designed so the waters covering the world could not overtake it.
The Ark would NOT exist if Noah’s faith had not remained in God.
In fact, Noah’s actions are listed in Hebrews 11 as an example of what real faith is.
Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as
And Hebrews 11:7 shows us what that definition looks like in motion
God did EXACTLY what He told Noah He was going to do.
And Noah… BELIEVED HIM - despite never having seen anything like this before!
And… because Noah believed God, he was spared from the judgement God brought upon the earth.
When God speaks, church, WE NEED TO LISTEN!
And we need to take His words to heart.
Someone might say, “Pastor, I do not hear God saying anything regarding things to come.”
And I would respond by saying, “He is speaking to us EVERY DAY through the events that are taking place.”
We know another flood will never take place… but God has told us of another event that will cleanse the world of any and all sin… once and for all.
The Second Coming
We know that Jesus is coming soon!
But I fear that… many days… we do not act as if we know that.
Noah’s work on the Ark was relentless.
It had to be tiresome… it had to be exhausting.
I’m sure there were days that were frustrating.
But he kept at it.
Board after board, deck after deck, room after room… Noah built the Ark.
And the very existence of that Ark served as a visual warning to the rest of the world… but the world wouldn’t receive it.
I cannot imagine the sounds Noah’s family heard as the waters grew deeper… and as the people realized their days were numbered.
I cannot imagine the sight of all the dead animals and people scattered across the surface of the water after several days of non-stop rain.
I can’t imagine how heart broken Noah and his family were… at the destruction they witnessed.
Sin brings death… and sin breaks the heart of God.
But eventually, the price must be paid.
The bill for our sin comes due.
This was true then… and it is still true today.
Here’s the deal… God is not working to rescue the faithful by building another Ark… instead He is working to build His kingdom through the work of His Son, Jesus.
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