The Word of Rescue and Deliverance

NOTES

“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!