The Ark of Eternal Protection
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Servant Boy
Nov 9, 2010, 10:13:00 AM11/9/10
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Genesis 6:9-14,17-18,22 These are the records of the generations of
Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked
with God. Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and
Japheth. Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth
was filled with violence. God looked on the earth, and behold, it was
corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. Then
God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the
earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about
to destroy them with the earth. “Make for yourself an ark of gopher
wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and
out with pitch... “Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water
upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life,
from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish. “But
I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you
and your sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you... Thus
Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.
This is a story most people I know are aware of not because they read
the Bible but because it is a story that is told to little children
just like any other fabled tale. There are cute cartoons that depict
this story and this has also been a point of great debate as to
whether God actually flooded the entire earth and saved just Noah and
his family plus 2 of every creation and we today, regardless of race,
are therefore offspring of Noah?
Every passage that we read in the Bible is rife with questions asked
by humans of great intelligence and what is God trying to establish by
presenting such hard to accept matters?
From the beginning of the Bible, every word we read is challenged not
because it is hard to understand but because we are quick to judge
what's right from wrong. Because we can think and ask, we do and
because there is little physical evidence that there is anyone else
out there other than us, we believe we know it all and can judge for
ourselves.
This puts us in a very difficult spot because we start to operate as
individuals and not collectively and worse still, we create our own
moral framework and confine ourselves to our limited imaginations. It
is said that the most brilliant minds use a maximum of just 10% of
their mental capabilities and with all this intelligence, we still do
not have answers but instead are getting into bigger problems day-by-
day.
In the days of Noah, God was tired of man's sinfulness and therefore
decided to wipe out humanity from His creation. Thank God for Noah and
his family or we would not be here today to ask or reason for through
Noah, God established a covenant, an ark of protection, the first of
many.
In the end of time when Jesus returns to judge the world, what is our
answer to His questions about the worth of our lives? Will we be able
to say that we lived lives that were worth saving and therefore God
should bless us or will we be hoping to be eaten up by the mountains
for the fear of repression? Will our good works justify us? NO! The
Bible says clearly that all of us (mankind) has sinned and are bound
for the pits of hell but Jesus came into this world to save us from
this terrible end so that we may have eternal life with Him.
Are you saved by the blood of the Lamb, the ark of eternal protection
from damnation and the fires and hell? Are you washed in the blood of
Jesus? If not, I pray that you receive Him today and are protected by
His blood shed on the cross for us. If you are already saved, are you
ambassadors for Christ living your every moment for His glory alone? I
pray that today we will wake up before the God's judgment comes upon
us and we realize the waste of the great opportunity we had as
children of the living God.
In His Loving Service,
ServantBoy
Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet
seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household,
by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the
righteousness which is according to faith.
Genesis 6:9-14,17-18,22 These are the records of the generations of
Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked
with God. Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and
Japheth. Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth
was filled with violence. God looked on the earth, and behold, it was
corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. Then
God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the
earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about
to destroy them with the earth. “Make for yourself an ark of gopher
wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and
out with pitch... “Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water
upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life,
from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish. “But
I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you
and your sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you... Thus
Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.
This is a story most people I know are aware of not because they read
the Bible but because it is a story that is told to little children
just like any other fabled tale. There are cute cartoons that depict
this story and this has also been a point of great debate as to
whether God actually flooded the entire earth and saved just Noah and
his family plus 2 of every creation and we today, regardless of race,
are therefore offspring of Noah?
Every passage that we read in the Bible is rife with questions asked
by humans of great intelligence and what is God trying to establish by
presenting such hard to accept matters?
From the beginning of the Bible, every word we read is challenged not
because it is hard to understand but because we are quick to judge
what's right from wrong. Because we can think and ask, we do and
because there is little physical evidence that there is anyone else
out there other than us, we believe we know it all and can judge for
ourselves.
This puts us in a very difficult spot because we start to operate as
individuals and not collectively and worse still, we create our own
moral framework and confine ourselves to our limited imaginations. It
is said that the most brilliant minds use a maximum of just 10% of
their mental capabilities and with all this intelligence, we still do
not have answers but instead are getting into bigger problems day-by-
day.
In the days of Noah, God was tired of man's sinfulness and therefore
decided to wipe out humanity from His creation. Thank God for Noah and
his family or we would not be here today to ask or reason for through
Noah, God established a covenant, an ark of protection, the first of
many.
In the end of time when Jesus returns to judge the world, what is our
answer to His questions about the worth of our lives? Will we be able
to say that we lived lives that were worth saving and therefore God
should bless us or will we be hoping to be eaten up by the mountains
for the fear of repression? Will our good works justify us? NO! The
Bible says clearly that all of us (mankind) has sinned and are bound
for the pits of hell but Jesus came into this world to save us from
this terrible end so that we may have eternal life with Him.
Are you saved by the blood of the Lamb, the ark of eternal protection
from damnation and the fires and hell? Are you washed in the blood of
Jesus? If not, I pray that you receive Him today and are protected by
His blood shed on the cross for us. If you are already saved, are you
ambassadors for Christ living your every moment for His glory alone? I
pray that today we will wake up before the God's judgment comes upon
us and we realize the waste of the great opportunity we had as
children of the living God.
In His Loving Service,
ServantBoy
Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet
seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household,
by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the
righteousness which is according to faith.
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