The Word of Rescue and Deliverance

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“Here is the history of Noach. In his generation, Noach was a man righteous and wholehearted; Noach walked with God” – Gen. 6:9 CJB.

“But Noach found grace in the sight of Adonai.” – Gen. 6:8 CJB.

In his generation, Noah was righteous and blameless. 

• Righteous and wholehearted.
• In his generation – God judges us based on when we live.
• Today, we tend to judge past actions on present knowledge; this isn’t so with God.
• God judges based on a person’s knowledge – how they obey and what they reject.

Gen. 6:9-13

• All living beings were corrupted, and the earth was filled with violence.
• Violence: (Heb. #2555 -Strong’s) ḥāmās – wrong, cruelty, injustice, oppressor.
  • Issac of promise and Ishmael of replacement.
  • Ishmael: his hand will be against everyone (Gen. 16:11-12).
  • The curse of Ishmael gives way to the Amalekites, who hound the Hebrews after the Exodus. 
  • Haman, a descendant of Amalek, tries to wipe out the Jewish people but is stopped by Queen Esther.
  • Amalek led to the Philistines (Palestine is the Roman replacement of the nation of Israel), and the Philistines gave way to the Hamas of our day.

(Gen. 6:14-8:22): God used Noah to build a boat that took him 120 years. This gave Noah’s generation 120 years to repent and for God to extend forgiveness instead of judgment. – 1 Pt. 3:18-22.

The Character of God

• God not only saved Noah and his family but directed Noah to bring seven of every clean animal and two of every unclean animal.
• The flood is not a story of destruction alone but one of cleansing and a new beginning.
• See the similarity of God’s command to man in Gen. 1:26-30 and Gen. 9:1-7.

The Struggle of Man

• It wasn’t until Seth had Enosh that men began to call on God (Gen.4:26).
• Gen. 8:20, Noah built an altar.
• Gen. 9:13, God’s rainbow and man’s perversion of promise.
• Ge. 11 – The Tower of Babel
  • v.1-4, they wanted to make a name for themselves.
  • They wanted to be with God in a way He had not authorized.
  • God knows our hearts, but sometimes our hearts are wrong.
  • 2 Peter chapter 2.

This week’s portion in relation to the Hebrew decade:

• 2020/5780: PEY: Speech and Freedom.
• 2020: Our mouths were covered and freedoms limited.
• 2020: Passover in homes and not large gatherings.
• 2022: A fight over whether hospitals could keep leaven-free.
• This is a decade of warfare over whether we will cross over each year or not.
• This year, 5784, the year of the door – our words and obedience must come together to go through the doors God has for us.
• Will we be like the culture and ignore warnings, or will we have a repentant and obedient heart?
• It’s time to board the ark, go through the storm, and into a new beginning!