God's Promise - Part 1 (Genesis 8)
"Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. The Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, 'I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.'" - Gen 8:20-21
The flood killed everything that was not on the ark, thousands if not millions of people, plus thousands if not millions of animals. What happened to all these dead bodies? Did God dispose of them or were they left on the earth when Noah got out of the ark? We don't really know.
That was just a simple thought. This is not the main thought of the day. Today's lesson is part one of two. What would you do after you got out of the ark? All indications show that the first thing Noah did was that he built an altar to the Lord in which he made a sacrifice. This is very similar to the sacrifice of Cain and Abel (Gen 4:3-5).
The flood lasted a little over a year. The rains started in the 600th year of Noah on the 17th day of the 2nd month (Gen 7:11) and the water return to its place in the 601st year of Noah on the 27th day of the second month (Gen 8:14). This means that the flood lasted 1 year and 10 days. It rained for 40 days and nights, but the flood was much longer.
I would have been sick and tired of being in the ark. I would have questioned God, "Why did you stick me in this stinking ark?" But Noah's first response to the Lord was a worshipful sacrifice. We don't know if Noah was ever frustrated in the ark, but upon leaving the ark, he praised God. In our own lives, do we praise God in all times of our lives? We can see that even early in the Bible worshipping God was important.
This sacrifice pleased the Lord and He made a convent (or promise) with Noah. I will talk more about this tomorrow, but for now in this chapter we see the promise in verse 21. The promise is that God will never again curse the ground this way again. Note that He doesn't say He will never judge man, but won't flood the world again. There are still consequences for our sin. This promise was not because God felt bad for what He had done, because He was justified. God's saving of Noah was His mercy on humans; don't forget that we deserve death.
God knew of man's sinful heart, and He knew that a Savior would be needed. We can take courage in that we will never be flooded out. But someday God will judge the entire world again, and this will be during the End Times in the final judgment. You will not have to be judged again if except the promise of salvation. Christ died for your sins and if you accept His free gift, you will be forgiven of your sins and will not be judged during the end times or when you die.
Verse of the day: "My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for [those of] the whole world." - 1 John 2:1-2
For your reading:
The Bible in One Year: Lamentations 1-2 and Hebrews 10:1-18
Daily Bread: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18
The flood killed everything that was not on the ark, thousands if not millions of people, plus thousands if not millions of animals. What happened to all these dead bodies? Did God dispose of them or were they left on the earth when Noah got out of the ark? We don't really know.
That was just a simple thought. This is not the main thought of the day. Today's lesson is part one of two. What would you do after you got out of the ark? All indications show that the first thing Noah did was that he built an altar to the Lord in which he made a sacrifice. This is very similar to the sacrifice of Cain and Abel (Gen 4:3-5).
The flood lasted a little over a year. The rains started in the 600th year of Noah on the 17th day of the 2nd month (Gen 7:11) and the water return to its place in the 601st year of Noah on the 27th day of the second month (Gen 8:14). This means that the flood lasted 1 year and 10 days. It rained for 40 days and nights, but the flood was much longer.
I would have been sick and tired of being in the ark. I would have questioned God, "Why did you stick me in this stinking ark?" But Noah's first response to the Lord was a worshipful sacrifice. We don't know if Noah was ever frustrated in the ark, but upon leaving the ark, he praised God. In our own lives, do we praise God in all times of our lives? We can see that even early in the Bible worshipping God was important.
This sacrifice pleased the Lord and He made a convent (or promise) with Noah. I will talk more about this tomorrow, but for now in this chapter we see the promise in verse 21. The promise is that God will never again curse the ground this way again. Note that He doesn't say He will never judge man, but won't flood the world again. There are still consequences for our sin. This promise was not because God felt bad for what He had done, because He was justified. God's saving of Noah was His mercy on humans; don't forget that we deserve death.
God knew of man's sinful heart, and He knew that a Savior would be needed. We can take courage in that we will never be flooded out. But someday God will judge the entire world again, and this will be during the End Times in the final judgment. You will not have to be judged again if except the promise of salvation. Christ died for your sins and if you accept His free gift, you will be forgiven of your sins and will not be judged during the end times or when you die.
Verse of the day: "My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for [those of] the whole world." - 1 John 2:1-2
For your reading:
The Bible in One Year: Lamentations 1-2 and Hebrews 10:1-18
Daily Bread: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18
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