1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: day where all the fountains of the Great Deep broken 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: up and the windows of heaven were opened. Genesis seven eleven. 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: Dear Lord, give me the resolve to stand for what 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: is right in a world that is tempted to do wrong. 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: Give me ears to hear your instructions on how I'm 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: supposed to build my life, my family, my business, and 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: my relationships. Like Noah, I will build to the specifications 10 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 1: that you've given me. I will not live a carbon 11 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: copy when You've called me to build my life in 12 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: originality as I build on your promises. Thank you in 13 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: advance that when the storms come, I will be protected 14 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: and safe until you place me on dry round in 15 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: my new promised land. Through the life of Noah, I 16 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: am choosing to rest on the fact that even though 17 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 1: evil abounds, I know that the promises of God still prevail. Therefore, 18 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: I will not be afraid to stand for righteousness and 19 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: to be different from the crowd, for I know that 20 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: it is my difference that creates my rewards. Thank you 21 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: for protection and for always guiding me to safety in 22 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: Jesus name. Amen. Thanks for making prayer or priority in 23 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: your life to hear the Bible come to life. Stay 24 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: tuned for the Bible in a Year brought to you 25 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: by Bible in a Year dot Com, Noah and the Ark. 26 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: Before this story, we were told the story of humanity's 27 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: first bloodshed, Cain and Abel. Cain's hatred for God and 28 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: jealousy of his brother led to the brutal murder of Abel. 29 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: But evil did not stop with Cain. Evil continued its 30 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: reign over the hearts of man. God, for the good 31 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: of humanity, now has a plan for purification and redemption 32 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: inspired by the Book of Genesis. Hello, I'm pastor Jack 33 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: Graham with today's episode of the Bible in a Year podcast. 34 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: As we begin today's story, we find that since Cain 35 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: was cursed to wander the earth, humankind has multiplied, spreading 36 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 1: out across the earth as God had intended. But something 37 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: else is also growing evil. It is a theme that's 38 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: repeated throughout the Old Testament. Evil is reigning in the 39 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: hearts of man and that is not at all what 40 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: God wants. Each new generation is growing more and more evil. 41 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: Sin is spreading like wildfire. Until finally God has had enough. 42 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: He cannot ignore the depravity any longer. God is grieved 43 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: at what has become of humanity. He is ready to 44 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: wipe man kind off the face of the earth with 45 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: a great flood. He's going to wash the earth clean 46 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: of evil humanity. But there is one man who is different. Noah, 47 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: we're told, was righteous in God's eyes. It must have 48 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: been extremely challenging for Noah to live a righteous life 49 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: in the midst of such rampant evil. Like Noah, you 50 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: may often feel surrounded by evil in our world today, 51 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: and like Noah, you must stand apart from those living 52 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: to satisfy their own desires. As you listen today, think 53 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: about how Noah and his family must have felt building 54 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: this giant arc. They'd never before even seen rain or 55 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: experienced a flood. Think about the immense amount of faith 56 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: is required. Imagine the fear in their hearts as they 57 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: entered the ark and watch God close the door. But 58 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: then watch as God carries them through the flood, protecting 59 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: them from all harm and providing for them every step 60 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: of the way. Let's listen now to the story about 61 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: a man, an ark, a great flood, and God's plan 62 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: of redemption. For a world filled with evil, mankind multiplied. 63 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: With more people filling the earth, more opportunities for evil 64 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: abound it. Sons and daughters of Cain established corrupt kingdoms, 65 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: men treated women as property, and the twisted hearts of 66 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: people cast the world into darkness. Even the lives of 67 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: people began to shorten, and humans were dying. Earlier and earlier. 68 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: Mighty men of old would steal away women and recount 69 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: these things. God would not ignore the actions of people 70 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: at this time, reflected a broken and corrupt heart. God 71 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: saw this wickedness and regretted greatly the state of humanity. 72 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 1: In sorrow, he said, I will blot out man whom 73 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: I have created from the face of the land. Yet 74 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: out of this twisted generation there was one man named Noah, 75 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: who was righteous in God's eyes. God said to Noah, 76 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: I have determined to make an end of all flesh, 77 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, 78 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: I will destroy them with the earth. The wrath of 79 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: God would descend in the form of rain and water 80 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: from beneath the earth would come after This was God's punishment. 81 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: The flood was coming. God instructed Noah and his sons 82 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: to build an ark, a mighty vessel that would preserve him, 83 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: his wife, his sons, and their wives from the coming storm. 84 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: Noah and his three sons, shen, Pam, and Japhith built 85 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: the ark exactly as God had instructed. He also instructed 86 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: Noah that he should bring every animal with them in 87 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: pairs and keep them alive in the ark. Even now 88 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: God was making promises to redeem the world, Noah fearfully 89 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 1: and obediently followed every instruction that God gave him. When 90 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: the time had come for the flood to begin, God 91 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: told Noah, go into the Ark and take your family 92 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: with you. The rain will fall for forty days and 93 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: forty knights. It will destroy the land and all those 94 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: who live on it. But your family and all the 95 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: animals that come to you will be saved. When Noah's 96 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: family and all the animals were secured in the ark, 97 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: God shut the door. Seven days later, the rain began 98 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: to fall and the cleansing power of God opened. Water 99 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 1: fell from the skies, and the springs of the earth 100 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: burst open violently. The water rose, covering the mountains and 101 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: washing away all the corrupt and evil kingdoms built by 102 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: the wickedness of mankind. God once breathed life into mankind, 103 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: and now he took their breath away. All was destroyed, 104 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: all but those on the ark. After forty days had passed, 105 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: the raining ceased, and the earth was still under water 106 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: for a hundred and fifty days. At the end of 107 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: the hundred and fifty days, the water had receded enough 108 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: for the ark to land on the side of a mountain. 109 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: After four months had passed, Noah opened a window and 110 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: sent out a raven to find dry land, but the 111 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: raven never returned. Noah then sent out a dove to 112 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: seek out dry land, and it returned because there was 113 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,679 Speaker 1: no dry land for it to perch on. Seven days later, 114 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: he sent the dove out again, and it came back 115 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: with an olive leaf, meaning that the dove had found 116 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: dry land and came back. Noah waited another seven days 117 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: and sent the dove out again, hopeful that it would 118 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: not return, meaning the land was ready to live on. 119 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: This time, it didn't return, so no one knew that 120 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: the water was not covering the earth anymore. After a 121 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: month had passed, Noah opened the door and saw that 122 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: the land was dry. God beckoned Noah to come out 123 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: of the ark. So Noah brought his family and the 124 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: animals out of the ark and offered a sacrifice to 125 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: the Lord, just as Abel did before them. God was 126 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: pleased to receive their offering and vowed to never flood 127 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: the earth again. So God gave Noah permission to eat 128 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: animals and plants so they might multiply the earth again 129 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: with the newness of life. God put a rainbow in 130 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: the sky as a symbol of his promises. The story 131 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: of evil does not end here, but the story of 132 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: God and his passion to preserve and protect those he 133 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: loves is still unfolding. Evil abounds, but the promises of 134 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: God prevails still. As the story of Noah begins, we 135 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: get a picture of just how bad things can and 136 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: do get when mankind follows only their own heart. Just 137 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 1: four chapters remove from when everything was perfect in the 138 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: Garden of Eden, the world is in disarray, death, violence, abuse. 139 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: God simply cannot will not allow evil to go unchecked. 140 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 1: He will not stand idly by and watch the world 141 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: he created be destroyed by sinful men. There had to 142 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: be a reckon, a judgment, and we see here in 143 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: today's story what God's righteous holy anger can do. The 144 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: truth is we're all deserving of such a flood of 145 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: judgment for the evil and sin in our own hearts. 146 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: But God is full of mercy and compassion, and here 147 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: in the story of Noah we see that He is 148 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: making a way for his ultimate plan of redemption to 149 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: be carried out. We are not told much about Noah, 150 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: other than the most important thing that he was walking 151 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 1: in a right relationship with God. He was not perfect. 152 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: He was also touched by the sin nature passed down 153 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,319 Speaker 1: from Adam. But he was righteous in the sight of God, 154 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: righteous in God's eyes. The Book of Hebrews and the 155 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: New Testament tells us that it was Noah's faith in 156 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: God that made him righteous. He took God at his 157 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: word even when he had never seen what God told 158 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 1: him was coming. Look at how God delivers the news 159 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 1: to Noah, first the bad, then the good Genesis six, 160 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: verses seventeen through nineteen. Now behold, I myself am bringing 161 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: the flood of water upon the earth to destroy all 162 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: flesh in which there is the breath of life from 163 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 1: under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall perish, 164 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: But I will establish my covenant with you and you 165 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: shall enter the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and 166 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 1: your son's wives with you, and of every living thing 167 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind 168 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 1: into the ark to keep them alive with you. God 169 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: made a covenant, a promise with Noah he and his 170 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: family would be safe, along with the animals that were 171 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: on the Ark and through Noah's family, God was going 172 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: to save a remnant of humanity to start afresh, and 173 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: even the animal world as well. But first came the flood. 174 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: For forty days, it rained, waters rose, and destroyed every 175 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: person not on the art, just as God had said. 176 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: But it wasn't over. Noah and his family stayed on 177 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: the art for a full year. God provided rescue for 178 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: Noah and his family during the flood in provision far 179 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: after the flood. Is it that the way we see 180 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: it in our lives as well? God is with us 181 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: during the storm and through the storm. He stays with us, 182 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: providing for our every need through the aftermath of the storm. 183 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: When he was finally safe to step outside, what did 184 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: Noah do? He offered a sacrifice to God, worshiping him, 185 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: thanking him for his protection, his presence, his provision, and 186 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: his mercy and grace, and God gave Noah a beautiful 187 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: sign of his covenant, a rainbow in the sky. The 188 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 1: story of Noah is a powerful reminder that God, even 189 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: in his anger, loves his children and offers salvation and 190 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: new life to those who put their faith and trust 191 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: in him. This was a fresh start, but sadly not 192 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 1: the end of sin and evil. That would take a 193 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: much bigger act, a sacrifice only God himself can offer. 194 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this story that shows 195 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: the consuming power of your righteousness and justice for sin. 196 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: Thank you also for what it shows us about your 197 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: loving heart to save those who trust in you. Help 198 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: us as Noah did, to have faith in you through 199 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, and follow you wherever you lead. Amen. Thank 200 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast. 201 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: I'm pastor Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. 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