“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.” Genesis 7:1
One of the most mocked, misaligned and misunderstood passages
in the Bible is Noah’s ark where critics are quick to point out
how CRUEL this 'god' must be to destroy all those people
by a great flood. Without taking a deeper look
the entire account seems more than a bit wacky, but when you
carefully read the 'back story' of the underlying WHY
behind it, it all makes sense based on one key word in today’s verse.
The Bible says that the wickedness of people over the entire earth
at that time was SO GREAT that
“All their thoughts Continually
Focused On Evil. ” (Genesis 6:5) and even the
earth itself became corrupted and unrighteous and filled with violence (v11).
The situation had become so bad that God literally wanted to start over
with people that were loyal to his character.
In Genesis 6 God gave the world one hundred twenty years before
the end would come. Noah “(the) preacher of RIGHTEOUSNESS”
(2 Peter 2:5) had to have hired others to build this enormous structure
during which time he tried to tell
them what would happen and what they needed to do to be saved from
this coming judgement. Yet after all the animals and his family had
entered into the ark that door remained open for seven days (Genesis 7:10)
for any that choose to enter — BUT NO ONE FOLLOWED —
and then God himself SHUT THE DOOR. (Genesis 7:16)
Here is the parallel and lesson that is still valid over 4,000 years later.
Friend, on one side of this door are the RIGHTEOUS which chose to be with
and like God, and on the other side are the UNRIGHTEOUS which have chosen
to continue in their ways and not go with 'god.'
Jesus said “I am the door: by me if any man enter in,
he shall be saved.” (John 10:9) All of us have a CHOICE to
be on ONE SIDE of the door OR THE OTHER.
The question is; on which side of this door do you chose to be.
The RIGHTEOUS side (or)
The UNRIGHTEOUS side?
God Bless Your Day
Jesus Loves You
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One of the most mocked, misaligned and misunderstood passages
in the Bible is Noah’s ark where critics are quick to point out
how CRUEL this 'god' must be to destroy all those people
by a great flood. Without taking a deeper look
the entire account seems more than a bit wacky, but when you
carefully read the 'back story' of the underlying WHY
behind it, it all makes sense based on one key word in today’s verse.
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