NOAH AND THE ARK.-- Genesis 6:9-22. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Noah did according to all the Lord commanded him._ -- Genesis 7:5. TIME. --Not certainly known; according to Usher B. C. 2447. PLACE. --Somewhere in Western Asia. HELPFUL READINGS. -- Genesis 5:28-32; Genesis 6:1-8; Genesis 7:1-24; Genesis 8:1-22;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND NOAH BEGAT THREE SONS. It is said of Enoch, "he walked with God three hundred years, after he begat Methuselah and begat sons and daughters;" the same in substance is affirmed of Noah.. life of celibacy was not necessary to the perfection of the two most exalted saints of the primitive world. T... [ Continue Reading ]
II.. WICKED WORLD. 11. THE EARTH ALSO WAS CORRUPT BEFORE GOD. A general statement is here made of the causes that led God to send the Deluge upon man. The earth was filled with corruption. In the preceding part of the chapter the causes that led to this corruption are more fully described. The rig... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD LOOKED UPON THE EARTH. The simple, primitive way of saying that God took note of the condition of things upon the earth. He always does, and though he may spare so long that men often conclude that he is indifferent or powerless, yet at last his arm is bared in judgment. Nothing is plainer in h... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD SAID UNTO NOAH. Noah is chosen as the medium of the revelation of the will of God. As Abraham was chosen to leave his kindred, so Noah was selected to continue the human race. The election is not arbitrary in either case. They are chosen because of their fitness of character. Noah "walked with... [ Continue Reading ]
III. AN ARK OF SAFETY. 14. MAKE THEE AN ARK. The term here used is not that for an ordinary ship, but rather for. vessel without mast or rudder, being intended only for. floating structure, not for navigation. The word means. chest. OF GOPHER WOOD. The timbers were to be of the gopher, some kind... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LENGTH OF THE ARK SHALL BE THREE HUNDRED CUBITS. "The fashion of the ark," its proportions, but not its actual form, are given. The cubit was not. fixed measure, varying from 18 to 21 inches. "The proportions do not vary much from those of the Great Eastern. Reckoning the cubit at 21 inches the... [ Continue Reading ]
I, EVEN I, DO BRING. FLOOD OF WATERS UPON THE EARTH. There has been much discussion of the question whether the flood was universal. The language used, at first glance, would seem to declare this, but the usage of the Hebrew will allow of its application to. flood that covered the then known world.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WITH THEE WILL. ESTABLISH MY COVENANT. This is the first covenant expressly named in the Bible, though covenants virtually existed before. It is an agreement, with conditions, between two parties. In the covenant with Noah God promises salvation to Noah and his family, on condition that they ob... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY LIVING THING... TWO OF EVERY SORT. All land animals, male and female, were to be preserved in the ark along with Noah, his sons and their wives. Of the clean animals--those used by the Jews for sacrifice or food--he was to take seven, evidently either for food or sacrificial purposes, If the... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS DID NOAH; ACCORDING TO ALL THAT GOA COMMANDED. Noah demonstrated his faith by doing just what God said. To fail to do thus is the proof of unbelief. Paul says: "By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, being moved by fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the... [ Continue Reading ]