They were destroyed from the earth

“And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.”

This is a demonstration of the inevitability of consequences. All the people who chose to reject God by by not doing what He had commanded them died.The sad thing about consequences is that other creatures may be hurt by our actions. In this case all flesh was also hurt by the consequences of the choices made by all those who didn’t do what God commanded. However, God’s grace is shown here as well for God preserved the creation that He had made and eventually the Saviour was born to make everlasting life available to all who believe in Him. Because God knows the future and knew the inevitability of His will, He knew that the Redeemer would be born so Noah had everlasting life as well (see Hebrews 11: 2, 7, 11-16). It is important for us to remember that we cannot blame God for the consequences of our choices. He is completely innocent of any sin but has the integrity to give us what we choose, even though He give us the time an opportunity to repent.

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Good in the latter end.

“And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.”

Sometimes we experience the consequences of the choices that we have made and we can blame no one but ourselves. Sometimes God brings trials into our lives as part of His plan so that it would be good for us in the latter end (Deut 8: 16). If we are caught up in our choices God will take His time before giving us our final and absolute end. If God is working so that it will be good for us in the latter end it is important to remember that everything God brings, He brings to an end. If the Flood lasted for ever we could legitimately ask what is the good in the latter end, however, this Flood increased for forty days and then it stopped increasing. For any person who is having a difficult experience it comforting to remember that the Flood will stop increasing after forty days, that is, in God’s good time so that it will be good for us in the latter end. In this case, the entire earth was covered but, after the water went down, Noah and his family were safe and they had everything they needed to live a healthy and prosperous life because God brought it to an end and it was good for them in the latter end.

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The Lord shut him in.

“In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.”

The Lord prepares for trouble ahead of time but the solution isn’t always apparent until the need arises. The Lord knew that the Flood was coming and that everyone outside the ark would be destroyed in the Flood. He gave Noah enough time to build the ark and to collect all the animals and bring them to the ark so that they earth would be filled with food and supplies for the people that God saved from the Flood. However, Noah just did what the Lord commanded him without really understanding what he was doing. He didn’t know about rain and he hadn’t heard about the fountains of the deep. However, he built the ark and collected the animals then God shut them in the ark and the rain began on the same day. God doesn’t always give us clear and complete instructions as to the detailed applications of His plans and strategies for it is important for us to have faith. Without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb 11: 6). However God has no intention that we wander around in His world. We are not lost and hopeless. Faith gives substance to the things that we hope for and evidence to the things that we do not see (Heb 11: 1). Noah had faith and that is why he obeyed the Lord and did what He commanded. We can have faith today and go forward in confidence even though our human imagination may tell us otherwise. God is faithful and that is the true foundation of our faith (1 Corinthians 1: 9).

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The fountains of the great deep.

“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. ‘

God intended to completely wipe sin from the earth. Noah was a man who did everything that God commanded him so he wasn’t included in the Deluge. However, God’s plan was to destroy all those who had chosen self indulgence rather than self denial and this was the way that God effected His plan. If we have rain for a few hours we can expect flash flooding, if there is rain for a few weeks then there is large scale flooding, in this case there was rain for forty days and forty nights. This led to a huge flood. We read in the first chapter of Genesis (v1), “An God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament and it was so.” When the Flood came this division was destroyed and the fountains of the great deep were opened, there was no longer any dividing force keeping the waters of the great deep from invading the earth and they came forth with vengeance from the Lord, in this way the entire earth was flooded. Before the Flood there was one continent because the waters under the heaven were gathered into one place so that there was one body of water and one body of land. After the Flood the land was broken up and began to drift slowly upon the deep. Thus the modern continents, mountains and valleys were formed and the earth became unstable as they shifted. At the edge of the great plates on the surface of the earth, both above and under the oceans, we find the “rings of fire” where the fire under the earth seeks to find release. Everything that we study today and can prove empirically can be explained by reading the Bible and applying it.

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The Flood of waters.

“And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.”

Noah had been working for a hundred years to get this ark build. He had not seen rain, in any form, all the days of his life yet he did what the Lord commanded him to do. Now, that he was six hundred years old the flood of waters came upon the earth. These days people want to see evidence before the commit to anything but we are told, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Heb 1: 11). Noah had faith and he did what he was told, he didn’t wait to see any evidence because he would have been running around with a saw trying to cut trees down while the water was washing him away. God requires faith for people who want to have a relationship with Him and if we have faith then everything will be prepared when the emergency arrives and we will survive to eternal life. There will be a day soon when, “if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:” (1 Thes 4: 14-16) Everyone who has faith and is ready will go to be with Him forever but those who don’t have faith won’t go to be with Him and will be in a lot of trouble.

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This book of the Law.

“And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.”

There is a huge difference in outcomes when people do what the Lord commands them to do. When a person goes against the Lord’s command they follow a pathway that leads to death while if they do what the Lord commands they follow a pathway that leads to life. The Lord Jesus Christ said, in John 17: 4, “I have glorified thee on earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” At this time He was saying that He had completed everything that was required for the establishment of the church was complete and all the people were as trained as they could be before His death and resurrection. We can learn from this that doing what the Lord commands leads to more than just life for the individual who does what the Lord commands, it also leads to life for other people as well. In Noah’s case his obedience lead to life for every person that believes on the Lord Jesus Christ and is saved. In Christ’s case the outcome was exactly the same. For everyone else there is also a way that leads to life for themselves as well as others.

This leads to the question, “How do I know what God’s will is for my life?” For everyone about 99% of God’s will for their life is the same as 99% of God’s will for everyone else’s life. The Lord said to Joshua, after he took over from Moses, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” (Josh 1: 8) In Proverbs 3: 6 we read, “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” If we do these two things then we will never be in doubt as to what God has commanded us and our lives will lead to life for ourselves and others.

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Come into the ark.

“And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.”

Noah did what the Lord commanded and now it was time for him to experience the consequences of his action. He spent 100 years building an ark and now it was time for him to take the ecological basis of the future along with his the chosen family line into the ark so that the world would be punished for the sin that had taken complete hold of everything apart from Noah’s family. We must remember that animals do not sin because they were not made in God’s own image and did not have the ability to choose to enjoy God’s love. Even with the animals God’s wisdom and grace is evident. The clean animals are animals that can be eaten and offered in sacrifice so God made allowance for these animals to be available in abundance after the Flood. God told Noah that it was going to rain but Noah had never seen or heard of rain before. In those days the earth was watered by a mist that came over the land. However Noah believed God in this respect as well. Thus Noah and his family were saved.

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