BIB501 wk 3 DQ#4 What is the lesson behind Noah's Ark?

What is the lesson behind Noah's Ark?

The Nephilim had corrupted the earth with their hybrid off-spring. So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them” (Gen. 6:5–7). However, God gave us hope right from the very beginning as evidenced by the gemology of Adam through Noah. “Man [is] appointed mortal sorrow; [but] the blessed God shall come down teaching [that His] death shall bring [the] despairing rest.” The New Testament story of the Gospel contained in the Old Testament.

So even with the evil state of the world, God did not leave us without a way of salvation. Noah was without fault and saved by grace as we can be today, The apostle Paul says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast” (Eph. 2:8–9).

When God said to build an ark, Noah built an ark, spending more than a century building it. The amount of gopher wood required is mind boggling. And building a huge boat when there had not been rain before, a very great act of faith. Noah’s blood line was not tainted by the Nephilim. However, I would suspect that the blood of his wife and/or daughters-in-law was/were tainted as there were Nephilim after the flood. As an aside, Moses sent twelve spies into the Promised Land to check it out before the people crossed over into it. Ten of the twelve spies came back with reports of huge men, Nephilim, and were fearful. Two of the twelve said something to the effect that God is with us so we’ll defeat them. The ten fearful spies convinced the people to stay in the wilderness and cried out that better to die in the wilderness then to be killed by the Nephilim in the Promised Land. Well, God gave them their wish and they wandered another 38 years until all of that generation was dead with the exception of the two spies who trusted in God.

There are several lessons in the building of the ark by Noah:

· Do as God commands

· The grace of Noah also allowed his family to be saved

· When God says to enter the boat, do it

· Once the door closed there was no chance for anyone else to be saved

· Accept the gift of grace provided by Jesus before your close your eyes for the last time, like boarding the ark before the door is closed