Genesis Ch 6 vs 9 to Genesis Ch 7 vs 24

Pastor Bob Thibodeau delves into the biblical narrative of Noah and the flood, emphasizing the significance of being in the ark as a metaphor for being in Christ. He discusses how Noah, described as a just man who walked with God, was given specific instructions to build the ark, which would save him and his family from the impending flood.

The episode highlights the misconception that all animals entered the ark two by two, clarifying that clean animals were taken in by sevens, while unclean animals were brought in two by two.

As the floodwaters began to rise, Pastor Bob reflects on the disbelief of those outside the ark and the divine control over the situation, including the closing of the ark's door by God. This narrative serves as a poignant reminder of the importance of faith and obedience in the face of impending judgment.

Takeaways:

• Noah was a just man and walked closely with God, similar to Enoch.
• The command from God to Noah included specific instructions for building the ark.
• Clean animals were brought into the ark by sevens, unlike the unclean animals.
• The flood was a significant event that lasted for 40 days and nights.
• Methuselah's name signifies a prophetic timeline for the coming flood's onset.
• All living creatures outside the ark perished, demonstrating God's judgment on corruption.

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Hello, everyone, everywhere.

Pastor Bob Thibodeau here.

Welcome to the 15 Minute Bible Walk today, which is January 7th where we left off last time in Genesis, chapter 6, verse 8.

So we're going to pick up today in Genesis, chapter six, verse nine.

These are the generations of Noah.

Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations.

And Noah walked with God.

That means he's got this close relationship with God.

Who's the other one that did that?

Enoch.

Right.

Enoch was taken out of the earth by God here.

Noah is going to have a job to do before he gets to go.

He says, Noah got three sons.

Shem, Ham and Japheth.

The earth was also corrupt before God.

The earth was filled with violence.

God looked upon the earth and behold, it was corrupt.

For all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

And God said to Noah, the end of all flesh has come before me.

For the earth is filled with violence through them.

And behold, I will destroy them with the Earth.

Or the middle reference here says, I will destroy them from the face of the earth.

Think about that now.

Verse 14.

Make thee an ark of gopher wood.

With rooms you shall make.

In the ark you shall pitch it without within and without with pitch.

This is the fashion which you shall make it of.

The length of the ark shall be 300 cubits, the breadth of it, 50 cubits, the height of it, 30 cubits.

A window you make in the ark.

And in a cubit shall you finish it above.

And the door of the ark you shall set in the side thereof.

With lower second and third stories you shall make it.

Verse 17.

And behold, I, even I, do now bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh, wherein there is the breath of life from under heaven.

And everything that's in the earth shall die.

But with you I will establish my covenant.

You shall come into the ark.

You, your sons, your wife, your sons, wives with you.

And of every living thing of all flesh.

Two of every sort you shall bring into the ark to keep them alive with you.

They should be male and female, of fowls after their kind, cattle after their kind.

Of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind.

Two of every sort shall come unto you to keep them alive and take thee, or take you unto thee of all food that is eaten.

And there shall be food for you and for them.

Thus Noah did according to all that God had commanded him.

So he did.

Now we start in Genesis 7:1.

And the Lord said to Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark.

For you have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Of every clean beast, ye shall take to you by sevens, the male and his female.

Another beast that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Now, there's a fallacy right there, because what do we always see or hear or say about Noah and the ark?

They came two by two, male and female of all.

Well, we're correcting that statement right now, aren't we?

The clean beasts were seven, seven by seven, male and female.

The beasts that were not clean were 2, 2 by twos, birds of the air by sevens, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of the Earth.

Reproduction, yes, but the birds are the ones that are going to be charged with distributing seed across this planet to bring the plant life back.

Amen.

Verse 4.

For yet seven days, I will cause it to rain upon the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.

Now, research has shown if you do the math to all this stuff, Methuselah was still alive when Noah was alive.

He knows, great grandpa, Great, great grandpa, Great, great, great, great grandpa, right?

But the point being, Methuselah's name means seven days after.

He's after seven days after when he dies, there's.

When he dies, that's when the promise is coming.

Okay?

Now, the mourning period for the loss of a loved one, a family member, is seven days.

So here we see Now, God has come to Noah saying, go ahead and prepare it now.

He says, time to get in.

But he Sundays, for yet seven days, and then all this stuff's going to break loose.

He's given them time to mourn the loss of Methuselah.

Methuselah.

Once he died, the clock started right there.

I mean, you know that that starts the clock of when the flood will come.

So Noah now knows it's time God showed him seven days.

The morning period is over.

He says, now get in the ark.

Take all the animals with you.

Take enough food.

You should.

I mean, all this is already packed up, right?

And he said, here, we'll drop back down here to verse 5.

Noah did according to all the Lord commanded him.

Noah was 600 years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth.

Verse 7, chapter 7, verse 7.

Noah went in his sons, his wife, his son's wives with him into the ark because of the waters of the flood of clean beasts and of beasts that were not clean, of birds, fowls, and of everything that creeps upon the earth.

They went in two by two to Noah under the ark, the male and female, as God commanded Noah.

That's where we get these kids, TV series and all this stuff two by two.

That was the unclean animals, okay?

He's already loaded the clean ones.

Now he's loading the unclean waters, the unclean clean animals.

As soon as he gets done.

Verse 10.

It came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

Verse 11.

In the 600th year of Noah's life, in the second month, the 17th day of the month, that same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up.

And the windows of heaven were opened, the floodgates were opened, says, and rain was upon the earth 40 days and 40 nights.

I just think about that.

We've already studied that.

There's this mist that comes up to water all the plants and.

And keep everything running.

It's never rained before, ever.

Okay, Now, Noah, building this ark.

What?

Boy, what are you doing building an ark out here in the middle of nowhere?

You know, why don't you take it to the lake down there, right?

And he's telling about it's gonna rain.

What's rain?

Water that falls from the sky.

No, you've been out in the sun too long, son.

Water doesn't fall from the sky.

It comes up from the ground.

Where you been, boy?

All right.

They just couldn't believe it.

And then he's catching their attention as he's completing the ark.

All these animals are starting to come towards him.

They're hanging out outside the ark.

They're sitting around scratching their head like, what the heck's going on here?

Then they hear that Methuselah had died.

Oh, man, he's the oldest guy who's ever lived.

You know, that's Noah's relative.

And then they see no.

And his family loading all this food, putting all the food for the animals in there, putting food for them in there.

Then they're rolling barrels and barrels and barrels of seed for all these different plants in there.

And is.

What are you doing with all that seed?

Don't you need to plant that?

What are you putting it in there for?

It's going to rain.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

Water's falling from the sky.

Okay, whatever.

And then it does that first time.

What's that?

This water where that man is hitting them in the eyes.

Where?

And it starts raining.

And then the deluge comes.

All right, that's where we're at now.

Where were we here?

Where'd I leave off at?

Okay, we'll go back up here.

Verse 12, chapter 7, verse 12.

The rain was upon the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.

Do you think people were pounding on the door to ark?

I mean, it took a little while for the floods to get there, right?

They're knocking, they're knocking, they're knocking.

And he not opened the door.

They're climbing up on top of the ark.

They're doing their best to get on it.

Oh, not opening the door.

Why?

Because the Lord is the one that closed the door.

Noah can't open it.

He.

He can't even try.

It's close.

That thing's huge, okay?

That's why it took God to close it.

So 40 days, 40 nights in the same day.

Verse 13.

Noah, shem ham jpet.

The sons of Noah, Noah's wife, three wives and their sons with them into the ark.

Verse 14.

They and every beast after his kind, all the cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after his kind, every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort, they all went into Noah, into the ark.

Two and two of all flesh, wherein there is the breath of life.

All Noah had to do was go in.

That's it.

God moved them all from the area close to the ark, and now they're in the ark.

God took care of all of it.

He didn't have to go out wrestling them or wrangling them or lassoing them or anything.

They walked up that ramp into their little stalls, all right?

Verse 16.

They went in, male and female of all flesh, just as God commanded him, and the Lord shut him in.

The Lord shut the door.

That's it.

Doors closed, doors locked.

Verse 17.

And the flood was 40 days upon the earth.

And the waters increased, lifting up the ark.

And it was lifted up above the earth.

And the waters prevailed, were increased greatly upon the earth.

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.

Verse 21.

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of foul and of cattle, of beast, of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, and every man so that all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land died.

Remember, God breathed the breath of life into Adam.

That breath is passed down to all of us.

That same spirit is in us.

We got ours from you and me, from Noah, all right?

And here those that weren't in the ark lost it.

And all whose the breath of life that was in the dry land died.

And verse 23, every living substance was destroyed, which is upon the face of the ground, both man, cattle, creeping things foul of the air, they were all destroyed from the earth.

And Noah only remained alive.

And they that were with him in the ark, that represents Jesus and those who are in him, that ark represents Jesus.

Everything and everyone else at the end will die unless you're in Jesus.

Amen.

And that's where we're going to leave it at the.

I'll go ahead and finish off verse 24.

And the waters prevailed upon the earth 150 days.

And we'll begin in chapter eight next time.

But I just want to leave you with that thought that we have the breath of life in us because God breathed it into Adam.

And it's been everybody since Eve on down, right?

Everyone who was not in the ark died.

Their spirit died and they ceased to exist.

Folks, that's.

That's being in Christ.

That is being in Christ.

We will continue to be in Christ if we're with him.

You can laugh all you want.

You can say what you want.

You can say, I don't believe any of that stuff.

It's all hokey pokey, wishful thinking stuff.

Well, you'll be one of those that died.

It's only those who are in Christ that get to keep their spirit alive through him, in him, by him, for him, serving him.

Amen.

And I'm way over my time right now, so let's go ahead and stop this for today.

We'll take it up right here again next time.

But because of what we just said, I want to pray with you right now.

I want to pray with you that.

That if you've never received Jesus as your Savior, to keep your spirit man alive, you got to be in him, just like we just said.

So pray this prayer with me right now, Lord Jesus, I want to be in you.

I want you in me.

I want to be one with you and our Holy Father.

And I ask you right now, Lord, I know I'm a sinful man.

And I thank you for your forgiveness.

I praise you for the forgiveness you've given me.

Wash me clean, created me this new man that has the true spirit of the most High God in you, living on the inside of me.

And Lord, I thank you for the promise that I'll be with you and in you for all of eternity.

In Jesus's name I pray.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

If you pray that prayer, leave a comment down below.

Say, I prayed that and I receive it in the name of Jesus.

Praise God.

Hallelujah.

Till next time.

This Pastor Bob, reminding you to be blessed in all that you do.