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MatthewG
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Yesterday before bed decided to character study on Noah.
His great grand father was Enoch who walked with God, and the Enoch had Methuselah who was Noah’s grand father, and Methuselah had Lemach, who had Noah.
Noah was a righteous man because of faith in God and He was given a divine task to build an Ark that would hold all the many animals in the land. (Some believe world wide flood or just simply that area flood - whatever you choose is up to you).
With this in mind you have to remember this world that Noah was born into was rife with godless believers. They did not believe in God. Because of this Noah was given the task to build the Ark to be able to save the family and animals lives.
While Noah was doing this year after year Noah had to continue to maintain his faith while working on the project which God had commanded/had him to do.
Many godless believers would come and watch Noah as he worked and would mock and laugh at him even when Noah exhorted for them to turn from their ways and look towards God and believe. They just laughed at him, and mocked him. Similar to Jesus; if not a picture and a type of Jesus.
Noah had persistent faith that surpasses all workers in the Bible save Jesus, because such a great task to perform could you imagine being laughed and mocked and shamed while at the same time encouraging them to turn and look towards God? Noah is seldom appreciated for his work, but he is still remembered to this day.
You can see all types of pictures in these scenes. Like Jesus is the one who enters our vessel just as Noah did the Ark; and that even - us in our animal-like instincts of the flesh can also enter rest in the Ark by believing in Jesus (having rest for our souls), and that though people laugh and mock you; you love by encouragement of looking towards God in love and gentleness.
Not sure what else to add.
His great grand father was Enoch who walked with God, and the Enoch had Methuselah who was Noah’s grand father, and Methuselah had Lemach, who had Noah.
Noah was a righteous man because of faith in God and He was given a divine task to build an Ark that would hold all the many animals in the land. (Some believe world wide flood or just simply that area flood - whatever you choose is up to you).
With this in mind you have to remember this world that Noah was born into was rife with godless believers. They did not believe in God. Because of this Noah was given the task to build the Ark to be able to save the family and animals lives.
While Noah was doing this year after year Noah had to continue to maintain his faith while working on the project which God had commanded/had him to do.
Many godless believers would come and watch Noah as he worked and would mock and laugh at him even when Noah exhorted for them to turn from their ways and look towards God and believe. They just laughed at him, and mocked him. Similar to Jesus; if not a picture and a type of Jesus.
Noah had persistent faith that surpasses all workers in the Bible save Jesus, because such a great task to perform could you imagine being laughed and mocked and shamed while at the same time encouraging them to turn and look towards God? Noah is seldom appreciated for his work, but he is still remembered to this day.
You can see all types of pictures in these scenes. Like Jesus is the one who enters our vessel just as Noah did the Ark; and that even - us in our animal-like instincts of the flesh can also enter rest in the Ark by believing in Jesus (having rest for our souls), and that though people laugh and mock you; you love by encouragement of looking towards God in love and gentleness.
Not sure what else to add.
