WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.339 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:10.519 ! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us. 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:18.359 We are going to get to the ark and the rainbow in our story this morning. 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:24.400 But the story of Noah and the flood begins somewhere else. 00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:34.939 As we've been following the Bible's story from the good creation in the garden to our rebellion that broke that relationship with him, 00:00:35.060 --> 00:00:38.839 things go from bad to worse fast. 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:43.619 Disobeying God and eating the forbidden fruit turns to violence. 00:00:44.219 --> 00:00:47.179 One brother killing another brother. 00:00:48.659 --> 00:00:50.679 Women being abused. 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:58.380 God made these people special in his image and now they're destroying the life that he created. 00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:03.380 They're treating it how they want, not how he wants. 00:01:04.099 --> 00:01:12.920 We might say that these big sins are such as you look at this world in that day that everyone is going to hell in a handbasket, 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:14.900 we sometimes would say. 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:24.600 But what the Bible indicates grieves God the most is what's going on in people's hearts. 00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:35.780 There's always a cane, a lame-ic, a big sinner to make you feel better about your own sin. 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:40.920 We love to follow the sagas of big sinners in the news, right? 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:46.659 The Epsteins, the murderers on trial, the terrorists. 00:01:47.260 --> 00:01:49.579 There's always an Adolf Hitler, right? 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:51.799 At least I'm not like him. 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:57.420 That's one reason these big sinners are talked about a lot. 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:02.680 Something about them makes us feel just a little bit better about ourselves, doesn't it? 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:05.860 Certainly they'll get the real punishment. 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:08.340 I'm not so bad. 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:18.180 I want you to notice what God mentions leads him to wipe out the big sinners from the earth. 00:02:19.659 --> 00:02:20.939 Yes, there's been murder. 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:29.020 But Genesis 6 opens talking about selfishness and lust. 00:02:29.020 --> 00:02:32.000 And then says, 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:38.860 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth 00:02:38.860 --> 00:02:45.640 and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 00:02:47.160 --> 00:02:55.379 He was not inclined toward goodness, toward life with God, toward reflecting his image. 00:02:55.379 --> 00:03:00.539 No, mankind wanted to be God, wanted to do things his own way, 00:03:00.780 --> 00:03:05.379 fought about himself first and harbored evil desires in his heart. 00:03:05.500 --> 00:03:08.180 That is our big sin. 00:03:10.359 --> 00:03:14.280 How do our selfish hearts make God feel? 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:19.460 And the Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth 00:03:19.460 --> 00:03:23.319 and it grieved him to his heart. 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:25.120 So the Lord said, 00:03:25.239 --> 00:03:28.439 I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, 00:03:28.799 --> 00:03:32.319 man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, 00:03:32.519 --> 00:03:36.599 for I am sorry that I have made them. 00:03:37.979 --> 00:03:44.000 Once again, man's sin so big that it impacts all of creation, right? 00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:47.599 God designed it all to work differently. 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:51.659 We were to model God's good care for God's creation. 00:03:52.400 --> 00:04:01.259 But now, murderers and decent guys who tell little white lies to get people to like them more 00:04:01.259 --> 00:04:03.400 will be killed. 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:16.280 Now, rapists and nice girls who harbor jealousy toward others will be killed. 00:04:17.540 --> 00:04:21.959 The story of the flood first shows us God's wrath 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:27.600 as it is poured out in just judgment due to our sin. 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:31.060 Listen to what our sin deserves. 00:04:31.060 --> 00:04:33.899 Now, the earth was corrupt in God's sight 00:04:33.899 --> 00:04:35.660 and the earth was filled with violence 00:04:35.660 --> 00:04:37.519 and God saw the earth 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:39.360 and behold, it was corrupt 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:42.699 for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. 00:04:42.860 --> 00:04:43.680 We did it. 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:46.459 And God said to Noah, 00:04:46.660 --> 00:04:49.879 I have determined to make an end of all flesh 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:52.500 for the earth is filled with violence through them. 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:56.899 Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 00:04:56.899 --> 00:04:59.659 And God follows through. 00:04:59.799 --> 00:05:01.319 Chapter 7, verse 21. 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.919 After the flood, 00:05:03.039 --> 00:05:06.459 and all flesh died that moved on the earth. 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:08.659 Birds, livestock, beasts, 00:05:09.060 --> 00:05:11.699 all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth 00:05:11.699 --> 00:05:13.060 and all mankind. 00:05:14.599 --> 00:05:16.259 Everything on the dry land 00:05:16.259 --> 00:05:19.719 in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. 00:05:20.339 --> 00:05:21.919 He blotted out every living thing 00:05:21.919 --> 00:05:23.219 that was on the face of the ground. 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:25.039 Man and animals and creeping things 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:26.340 and birds of the heavens. 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:29.760 They were blotted out from the earth. 00:05:33.020 --> 00:05:35.620 Do you understand what God is telling us 00:05:35.620 --> 00:05:36.840 in this story? 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:40.120 Is what sin deserves? 00:05:40.420 --> 00:05:42.720 The wrath and curse of God. 00:05:43.220 --> 00:05:46.220 Death, not just for the big sinners, 00:05:46.220 --> 00:05:50.440 sinners for all of us rebels. 00:05:52.020 --> 00:05:54.320 Even the ones of us who keep it in our heads 00:05:54.320 --> 00:05:56.060 and our hearts most of the time. 00:05:56.320 --> 00:05:59.280 Even those of us who help the little old lady 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:00.660 across the street, 00:06:00.980 --> 00:06:03.920 but do it so that someone else 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:05.960 is going to think well of me. 00:06:06.060 --> 00:06:07.980 Or maybe she'll give me a tip. 00:06:09.580 --> 00:06:12.040 Who do lots of right things 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:14.740 for lots of wrong reasons? 00:06:15.100 --> 00:06:16.480 Sinners like us. 00:06:16.640 --> 00:06:17.060 You with me? 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:20.360 That's the sinners that are being discussed here. 00:06:22.500 --> 00:06:26.040 Mercifully, God often restrains 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:28.800 the judgment due to our sin in the moment. 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:30.560 So we don't always get this picture 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:32.280 of exactly what our sin deserves, 00:06:32.540 --> 00:06:33.820 but it is also a mercy 00:06:33.820 --> 00:06:35.420 when God allows us to see, 00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:37.259 when he lets us see 00:06:37.259 --> 00:06:41.139 what just punishment really looks like, 00:06:41.699 --> 00:06:43.159 lest we think we're okay. 00:06:44.939 --> 00:06:47.800 So that we don't minimize our sin 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:51.579 or minimize his justice. 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:53.219 May it never be. 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:56.259 There are times God allows 00:06:56.259 --> 00:06:59.579 just judgment to break into 00:06:59.579 --> 00:07:01.560 temporal history 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:03.680 and give us a glimpse 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:05.599 of what we eternally deserve. 00:07:07.259 --> 00:07:08.860 The flood's the first big example 00:07:08.860 --> 00:07:10.360 of that in the story. 00:07:11.420 --> 00:07:12.800 A few generations later, 00:07:13.039 --> 00:07:14.519 Sodom and Gomorrah 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:15.699 will be destroyed 00:07:15.699 --> 00:07:18.779 by burning sulfur from heaven. 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:20.819 In the New Testament, 00:07:21.019 --> 00:07:22.319 Ananias and Sapphira 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:24.399 make a big donation to the church, 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:27.539 but they lie about it 00:07:27.539 --> 00:07:31.060 and they're struck down immediately. 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:36.360 Sin must be destroyed. 00:07:37.259 --> 00:07:40.159 It incites God's just wrath. 00:07:40.259 --> 00:07:42.579 It offends his holy purity. 00:07:43.039 --> 00:07:46.240 It violates his divine justice 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:48.539 and the entire purpose of his creation 00:07:48.539 --> 00:07:51.060 because it keeps his people 00:07:51.060 --> 00:07:52.300 and his world 00:07:52.300 --> 00:07:53.879 from the relationship with him 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:55.079 that he made them for. 00:07:58.039 --> 00:07:59.839 So the flood comes. 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:03.859 The heavens literally open, 00:08:05.239 --> 00:08:08.019 rain for 40 days 00:08:08.019 --> 00:08:09.279 and 40 nights, 00:08:09.679 --> 00:08:12.739 waters covering the mountain peaks, 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.719 people and animals wiped out. 00:08:19.399 --> 00:08:23.159 Y'all, floods are always terrible, right? 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:27.300 And this was the flood 00:08:27.300 --> 00:08:31.140 we've never seen the likes of again. 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:36.180 Chapter 7 recounts the waters rising. 00:08:36.820 --> 00:08:38.160 It recounts the death toll 00:08:38.160 --> 00:08:39.920 that we've already read about. 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:42.580 And it concludes by saying 00:08:42.580 --> 00:08:44.940 that the waters prevailed on the earth 00:08:44.940 --> 00:08:47.440 150 days. 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:51.820 But God 00:08:51.820 --> 00:08:54.040 remembered 00:08:54.040 --> 00:08:55.740 Noah. 00:08:56.400 --> 00:08:57.940 But God, 00:08:58.000 --> 00:08:58.900 always a good sign 00:08:58.900 --> 00:09:00.120 when you're reading the Bible. 00:09:00.660 --> 00:09:01.840 This right here 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:02.860 is the pinnacle 00:09:02.860 --> 00:09:04.520 of the whole story 00:09:04.520 --> 00:09:05.880 in these four chapters. 00:09:06.060 --> 00:09:07.720 All of the literary techniques 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:09.140 are used to highlight 00:09:09.140 --> 00:09:10.980 chapter 8, verse 1. 00:09:10.980 --> 00:09:12.340 But God 00:09:12.340 --> 00:09:13.480 remembered 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:14.820 Noah. 00:09:15.779 --> 00:09:16.800 At the heart 00:09:16.800 --> 00:09:18.000 of the flood account 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.100 is not merely 00:09:20.100 --> 00:09:22.080 a God who judges sin, 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:23.940 but more importantly, 00:09:24.220 --> 00:09:25.420 a God who remembers 00:09:25.420 --> 00:09:27.659 and rescues. 00:09:28.139 --> 00:09:29.440 God wants people 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:30.360 to see 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:32.840 that he rescues 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:35.180 even as he 00:09:35.180 --> 00:09:36.019 judges 00:09:36.019 --> 00:09:37.399 sin. 00:09:37.920 --> 00:09:38.240 Wow. 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:39.220 Think about that 00:09:39.220 --> 00:09:39.620 for a minute. 00:09:39.620 --> 00:09:40.659 Could there be 00:09:40.659 --> 00:09:41.460 any more 00:09:41.460 --> 00:09:42.899 unlikely time 00:09:42.899 --> 00:09:44.500 for a rescue 00:09:44.500 --> 00:09:45.779 to show up 00:09:45.779 --> 00:09:46.779 than right there 00:09:46.779 --> 00:09:47.700 when God 00:09:47.700 --> 00:09:48.419 is judging? 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:50.179 What a gracious 00:09:50.179 --> 00:09:50.879 God 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:51.480 we're dealing 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:52.080 with here. 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:53.860 God 00:09:53.860 --> 00:09:55.139 remembered 00:09:55.139 --> 00:09:56.039 Noah. 00:09:57.100 --> 00:09:58.179 And when God 00:09:58.179 --> 00:09:58.840 remembers, 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:00.139 it's not merely 00:10:00.139 --> 00:10:01.220 an intellectual 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:02.720 memory thing, 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:03.060 okay? 00:10:03.299 --> 00:10:04.440 Just as in the Bible 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:05.360 when we talk about 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:06.419 God forgetting 00:10:06.419 --> 00:10:07.480 our sin, 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:08.620 it doesn't just mean 00:10:08.620 --> 00:10:09.440 that he can't think 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:10.080 about it anymore. 00:10:10.160 --> 00:10:10.660 He doesn't know 00:10:10.660 --> 00:10:11.600 what you did yesterday. 00:10:11.820 --> 00:10:13.100 It means that God's 00:10:13.100 --> 00:10:14.800 not holding our sin 00:10:14.800 --> 00:10:15.620 against us. 00:10:15.760 --> 00:10:16.840 He's not counting 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:17.800 it against us. 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:19.620 He's not using it 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:20.620 to beat you down. 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:22.040 That's forgetting. 00:10:22.500 --> 00:10:23.940 When God remembers, 00:10:24.380 --> 00:10:25.520 he acts 00:10:25.520 --> 00:10:26.480 to rescue, 00:10:26.880 --> 00:10:27.140 okay? 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:28.860 It's more than just 00:10:28.860 --> 00:10:29.940 that he thinks about it. 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:31.040 Remember that. 00:10:31.100 --> 00:10:32.000 When God remembers, 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:33.180 he acts to rescue. 00:10:33.280 --> 00:10:34.160 It's gonna come up again. 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:37.240 But God remembered 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:37.579 Noah 00:10:37.579 --> 00:10:39.980 and all the beasts 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:40.939 and all the livestock 00:10:40.939 --> 00:10:41.699 that were with him 00:10:41.699 --> 00:10:42.199 in the ark 00:10:42.199 --> 00:10:43.519 and God made a wind 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:44.659 blow over the earth 00:10:44.659 --> 00:10:45.659 and the waters 00:10:45.659 --> 00:10:46.519 subsided. 00:10:47.179 --> 00:10:47.919 The fountains 00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:48.399 of the deep 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:48.919 and the windows 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:49.659 of the heavens 00:10:49.659 --> 00:10:50.480 were closed. 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:51.939 The rain from the heavens 00:10:51.939 --> 00:10:52.939 was restrained 00:10:52.939 --> 00:10:53.919 and the waters 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:55.179 receded from the earth 00:10:55.179 --> 00:10:56.019 continually. 00:10:56.579 --> 00:10:57.100 At the end 00:10:57.100 --> 00:10:58.399 of 150 days, 00:10:58.759 --> 00:10:59.419 the waters 00:10:59.419 --> 00:11:00.720 had abated. 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:02.420 rescued, 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:03.180 right? 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:04.160 Finally, 00:11:05.040 --> 00:11:05.920 the water's gone. 00:11:07.740 --> 00:11:09.200 Back in chapter 6, 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:09.759 when God 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:11.100 first reveals 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:12.019 his intent 00:11:12.019 --> 00:11:13.620 to destroy the earth, 00:11:13.700 --> 00:11:14.740 we get a similar 00:11:14.740 --> 00:11:15.740 but God 00:11:15.740 --> 00:11:17.060 interruption. 00:11:18.139 --> 00:11:18.680 Verse 8, 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:19.660 but Noah 00:11:19.660 --> 00:11:21.180 found favor 00:11:21.180 --> 00:11:22.300 in the eyes 00:11:22.300 --> 00:11:23.200 of the Lord. 00:11:24.180 --> 00:11:24.680 These are the 00:11:24.680 --> 00:11:25.740 generations of Noah. 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:26.759 Noah was a 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:27.660 righteous man, 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:28.800 blameless 00:11:28.800 --> 00:11:29.800 in his generation. 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:31.019 Noah 00:11:31.019 --> 00:11:32.319 walked 00:11:32.319 --> 00:11:34.319 with God. 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:36.899 Let me be clear 00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:37.379 because these are 00:11:37.379 --> 00:11:38.139 strong words. 00:11:38.699 --> 00:11:39.419 Noah was not 00:11:39.419 --> 00:11:40.039 perfect. 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:41.199 We see that 00:11:41.199 --> 00:11:42.039 later before you 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:43.039 get out of chapter 9 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:44.199 in big ways. 00:11:45.579 --> 00:11:46.859 But he walked 00:11:46.859 --> 00:11:48.000 with 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:49.240 God. 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:50.539 Isn't that 00:11:50.539 --> 00:11:51.599 what God loves? 00:11:52.839 --> 00:11:53.379 Isn't that 00:11:53.379 --> 00:11:54.000 why God 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:55.339 made us? 00:11:56.479 --> 00:11:57.279 That we would 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:57.859 walk 00:11:57.860 --> 00:11:59.039 with him. 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:00.240 In contrast 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:01.600 to living 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:02.600 for self, 00:12:02.860 --> 00:12:03.180 to being 00:12:03.180 --> 00:12:04.100 filled with 00:12:04.100 --> 00:12:05.180 evil thoughts, 00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:06.840 Noah 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:07.480 filled up 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:07.960 his days 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:09.080 with thoughts 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:09.860 of God 00:12:09.860 --> 00:12:11.560 all the time. 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:12.759 Don't forget 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:13.620 that relationship 00:12:13.620 --> 00:12:14.360 is the reason 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:15.200 you exist. 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:16.460 Noah 00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:17.500 walked 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.620 with 00:12:18.620 --> 00:12:19.360 God. 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:19.980 God 00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:22.580 and one 00:12:22.580 --> 00:12:22.820 day, 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:24.200 I don't know, 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:24.800 maybe they were 00:12:24.800 --> 00:12:25.659 actually walking. 00:12:27.300 --> 00:12:27.820 God 00:12:27.820 --> 00:12:28.360 had news 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:28.860 for Noah. 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:30.519 There's 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:31.039 bad stuff 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:31.379 coming, 00:12:31.580 --> 00:12:32.019 lots of 00:12:32.019 --> 00:12:32.320 water, 00:12:32.460 --> 00:12:32.659 right? 00:12:32.980 --> 00:12:33.399 So, 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:35.399 build an ark. 00:12:36.680 --> 00:12:37.639 Verse 18 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:38.700 of chapter 6, 00:12:38.700 --> 00:12:39.780 But I will 00:12:39.780 --> 00:12:40.800 establish my 00:12:40.800 --> 00:12:41.580 covenant with 00:12:41.580 --> 00:12:41.879 you, 00:12:42.300 --> 00:12:42.540 Noah, 00:12:43.140 --> 00:12:43.900 and you shall 00:12:43.900 --> 00:12:44.900 come into the ark, 00:12:45.060 --> 00:12:45.300 you, 00:12:45.660 --> 00:12:46.280 your sons, 00:12:46.540 --> 00:12:47.060 your wife, 00:12:47.180 --> 00:12:47.840 and your sons' 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:48.740 wives with you. 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:49.560 And of every living 00:12:49.560 --> 00:12:50.500 thing of all flesh, 00:12:50.540 --> 00:12:51.300 you shall bring two 00:12:51.300 --> 00:12:52.120 of every sort 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:52.820 into the ark 00:12:52.820 --> 00:12:53.660 to keep them 00:12:53.660 --> 00:12:54.500 alive with you. 00:12:54.660 --> 00:12:55.320 They shall be 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:56.759 male and female. 00:12:56.940 --> 00:12:58.080 God's got plans 00:12:58.080 --> 00:12:58.800 for the future. 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:00.220 But what he does 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:00.860 here is he makes 00:13:00.860 --> 00:13:01.580 a covenant. 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:02.740 Covenant. 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:03.480 When you hear 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:04.660 that word covenant, 00:13:05.060 --> 00:13:05.720 I want you to 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:07.040 think relationship. 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:07.700 We're gonna hear 00:13:07.700 --> 00:13:08.600 that word a lot 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:09.800 in these stories 00:13:09.800 --> 00:13:10.300 through the Old 00:13:10.300 --> 00:13:10.759 Testament. 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:12.180 It's a relationship, 00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:14.000 a special relationship 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:14.860 that speaks 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:15.820 of God's 00:13:15.820 --> 00:13:16.700 salvation, 00:13:17.060 --> 00:13:18.140 of his grace, 00:13:18.300 --> 00:13:18.580 of his 00:13:18.580 --> 00:13:20.140 creating a family. 00:13:21.800 --> 00:13:22.420 We're gonna hear 00:13:22.420 --> 00:13:22.960 more about it 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:23.960 later in this story. 00:13:24.640 --> 00:13:25.300 But what God 00:13:25.300 --> 00:13:26.040 has just said 00:13:26.040 --> 00:13:27.400 is what happens 00:13:27.400 --> 00:13:28.440 when God tells 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:29.300 them it's time. 00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:30.879 Chapter 7, 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:31.500 verse 7, 00:13:31.580 --> 00:13:32.580 Noah and his sons 00:13:32.580 --> 00:13:33.220 and his wife 00:13:33.220 --> 00:13:33.780 and his sons' 00:13:33.780 --> 00:13:34.660 wives with him 00:13:34.660 --> 00:13:35.640 went into the ark 00:13:35.640 --> 00:13:37.080 to escape the waters 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:37.740 of the flood, 00:13:38.300 --> 00:13:39.360 of clean animals 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:39.960 and of animals 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:40.740 that are not clean 00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:41.379 and of birds 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:42.060 and of everything 00:13:42.060 --> 00:13:43.100 that creeps on the ground. 00:13:43.420 --> 00:13:44.000 Two and two, 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:44.860 male and female, 00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:45.840 went into the ark 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:46.420 with Noah 00:13:46.420 --> 00:13:47.520 as God 00:13:47.520 --> 00:13:48.700 had commanded 00:13:48.700 --> 00:13:49.879 Noah. 00:13:52.100 --> 00:13:53.040 In this story, 00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:54.200 the famous 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:55.060 vehicle 00:13:55.060 --> 00:13:56.780 for God's rescue, 00:13:57.860 --> 00:13:58.180 kids, 00:13:59.000 --> 00:13:59.700 what rescued 00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:00.620 Noah and his family? 00:14:02.040 --> 00:14:02.940 The ark, 00:14:03.560 --> 00:14:03.860 right? 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:06.379 The dimensions 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:07.220 of the ark 00:14:07.220 --> 00:14:08.120 are really 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:09.300 mind-blowing. 00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:11.419 If I hadn't been 00:14:11.419 --> 00:14:12.019 to the replica 00:14:12.019 --> 00:14:12.919 in Kentucky 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:13.460 myself, 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:15.680 I wouldn't 00:14:15.680 --> 00:14:16.480 be able 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:17.360 to imagine it. 00:14:17.460 --> 00:14:18.060 I recommend 00:14:18.060 --> 00:14:18.720 that visit, 00:14:18.940 --> 00:14:19.360 by the way. 00:14:20.379 --> 00:14:21.159 You'll be struck 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:21.759 by just the 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:23.320 grand scale 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:24.080 of the whole thing. 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:24.680 It'll give you 00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:25.259 a vision for 00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:26.379 where the animals 00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:27.480 could have fit 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:28.420 and what it 00:14:28.420 --> 00:14:29.700 might have looked like. 00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:31.640 But I want to 00:14:31.640 --> 00:14:32.080 help you 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:32.400 where you're 00:14:32.400 --> 00:14:33.400 sitting right now. 00:14:34.280 --> 00:14:35.600 You're in a big room 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:37.320 with lots of people. 00:14:38.640 --> 00:14:39.320 The ark 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:40.820 was a wooden boat, 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:42.120 solid wooden boat, 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:43.240 almost exactly 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:44.280 as wide 00:14:44.280 --> 00:14:45.480 as this sanctuary 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:46.640 from wall to windows, 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:46.980 okay? 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.280 All of this 00:14:48.280 --> 00:14:48.840 is ark. 00:14:49.780 --> 00:14:50.520 In fact, 00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:51.680 the top of the ark, 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.120 can you look up 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.640 at the ceiling? 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:53.820 It's a ways up there. 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:55.040 The top of the ark 00:14:55.040 --> 00:14:55.800 would have just 00:14:55.800 --> 00:14:56.720 broken through 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:57.620 the ceiling, 00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:59.080 taller than this room. 00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:01.080 But this will get you. 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.780 If I'm standing 00:15:02.780 --> 00:15:03.320 right here 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:04.460 at the front of the ark, 00:15:05.140 --> 00:15:06.440 looking over the edge 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:06.840 of the boat 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:08.040 towards the rest of it, 00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:09.820 the ark was so big 00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:10.540 that you'd have to go 00:15:10.540 --> 00:15:11.520 out the back doors. 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:12.440 It would stretch 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:13.800 through the parking lot, 00:15:13.900 --> 00:15:15.840 across Carl T. Jones Drive, 00:15:16.160 --> 00:15:17.180 somewhere over there 00:15:17.180 --> 00:15:17.660 in the middle 00:15:17.660 --> 00:15:18.900 of the cow pasture 00:15:18.900 --> 00:15:20.820 would be the end 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:21.379 of the ark. 00:15:21.640 --> 00:15:23.440 That's how big 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:25.640 this boat is. 00:15:25.920 --> 00:15:26.100 See, 00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:27.340 God is providing 00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:28.620 a refuge 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:29.060 refuge 00:15:29.060 --> 00:15:29.980 for Noah, 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:30.320 right? 00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:31.740 To rescue him 00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:32.759 from the flood 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.820 that is coming. 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:35.179 He instructs Noah 00:15:35.179 --> 00:15:36.580 how to build the ark 00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:37.779 and he asks Noah 00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:38.919 to trust him. 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:39.480 Why does Noah 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:40.460 have to trust him? 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:41.120 Well, 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:42.639 because there didn't seem 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:43.440 like a lot of need 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:44.480 for a really big boat 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:45.200 like that 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:47.039 where Noah was. 00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:50.139 Wouldn't have made sense 00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:50.700 to anyone, 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:51.620 I don't think. 00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:53.360 but with, 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:53.860 I'm sure, 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.779 limited understanding 00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:56.779 in his own heart, 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:58.820 with plenty of mocking 00:15:58.820 --> 00:16:00.299 from his neighbors, 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:02.879 Noah trusted 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:05.120 and obeyed God. 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:08.460 Maybe you can relate 00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:10.100 to how hard 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:11.060 it can be 00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:12.159 to trust God 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.139 when you don't understand. 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:17.840 when life 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.439 just doesn't 00:16:18.439 --> 00:16:19.559 make sense. 00:16:19.740 --> 00:16:20.699 When others 00:16:20.699 --> 00:16:21.519 mock you 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:21.860 and say, 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:22.340 you're really 00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:22.879 going to do it 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.360 that way? 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:24.120 It's so stupid. 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:26.439 When you're tempted 00:16:26.439 --> 00:16:27.460 to trust your own 00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:28.159 instincts, 00:16:29.199 --> 00:16:29.759 they make more 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.500 sense to you. 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:31.860 Maybe God 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.879 is saying to you 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.759 again today, 00:16:34.439 --> 00:16:35.840 trust me. 00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:38.679 The safe place 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:39.439 to live 00:16:39.439 --> 00:16:40.220 is following 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:41.139 my directions. 00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:42.700 Trust me. 00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:45.920 So, 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:46.379 God 00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:47.520 rescues 00:16:47.520 --> 00:16:48.340 eight people, 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.500 Noah's family, 00:16:49.820 --> 00:16:50.360 in the ark. 00:16:51.800 --> 00:16:52.440 It's a good thing 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:53.259 they got on board, 00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:54.300 the one safe 00:16:54.300 --> 00:16:54.940 place 00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:55.860 left, 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.300 right? 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.600 Only 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:58.320 Noah 00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.420 was left 00:16:59.420 --> 00:17:00.740 and those 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.900 who were with 00:17:01.900 --> 00:17:02.379 him 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:04.420 in the ark. 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.720 It's also 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.440 an amazing 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.259 picture of 00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:09.120 God's grace, 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.680 isn't it? 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:10.900 Even in the midst 00:17:10.900 --> 00:17:11.759 of all of that 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.200 judgment, 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.259 he's rescuing. 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:15.019 There's so much 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:16.019 judgment here, 00:17:16.080 --> 00:17:17.120 it's easy to think 00:17:17.120 --> 00:17:17.660 that this 00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:19.380 Yahweh is full 00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:20.180 of wrath 00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:20.960 and justice 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.600 only. 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.980 But no, 00:17:23.380 --> 00:17:24.200 this God 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:24.840 is not an 00:17:24.840 --> 00:17:25.620 either-or 00:17:25.620 --> 00:17:26.180 deity 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:27.019 of our 00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.640 imagination. 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:28.580 That's the way 00:17:28.580 --> 00:17:29.059 some of us 00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:29.519 make him up. 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.220 Some of us 00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:30.400 say, 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:30.559 well, 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.420 he's one way 00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:31.860 in the Old 00:17:31.860 --> 00:17:32.220 Testament, 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:32.759 he's another 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.259 way in the 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.880 New Testament. 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.480 No, 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:35.240 he's not a 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.180 different God. 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.400 He is all 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:38.180 the time 00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:40.140 full of grace 00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:41.160 and full 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.240 of truth, 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:42.680 right? 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.520 Both. 00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.340 The world 00:17:45.340 --> 00:17:46.060 may be going 00:17:46.060 --> 00:17:46.420 to hell 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:46.900 in a hand 00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:47.340 basket, 00:17:48.020 --> 00:17:48.540 but God 00:17:48.540 --> 00:17:49.240 is always 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:50.020 looking 00:17:50.020 --> 00:17:51.460 to rescue. 00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:53.420 Like Lot 00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:55.120 escaping Sodom. 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:55.860 Like the 00:17:55.860 --> 00:17:56.440 exiles 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:57.180 returning 00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:58.660 with Nehemiah 00:17:58.660 --> 00:17:59.520 to God's 00:17:59.520 --> 00:17:59.740 city, 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.800 God always 00:18:00.800 --> 00:18:01.480 rescues a 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:01.900 remnant 00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.520 when he 00:18:02.520 --> 00:18:02.880 judges 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.960 sin. 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:05.200 2 Peter 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.900 says Noah 00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.480 is an 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:07.280 example as 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.519 well. 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.480 God knows 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:08.779 how to 00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:09.079 rescue 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:09.680 his people 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:10.539 when such 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.220 destruction 00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:12.720 comes upon 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.619 sin. 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:14.980 Know that. 00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.740 Here it's 00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.420 eight people 00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:17.639 and pairs 00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:18.440 of animals 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:20.639 reminding us 00:18:20.639 --> 00:18:21.220 this story 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:21.720 is not 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.339 merely about 00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:22.980 judgment, 00:18:23.639 --> 00:18:24.139 but even 00:18:24.139 --> 00:18:25.359 more poignantly, 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:25.899 even more 00:18:25.899 --> 00:18:26.759 powerfully for 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:26.899 us, 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.259 it's about 00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:28.359 rescue in 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:28.680 the midst 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:29.339 of wrath. 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.079 See, 00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:32.399 those who 00:18:32.399 --> 00:18:33.099 take refuge 00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:33.740 in the ark 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:35.180 and survive 00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:35.759 the flood, 00:18:35.899 --> 00:18:36.960 they don't 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:38.039 merely survive, 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.200 they become 00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:39.980 a part of 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.559 God's 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:41.460 wonderful 00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:42.480 recreation. 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.779 When Noah 00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:45.120 and his 00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:45.860 family get 00:18:45.860 --> 00:18:46.680 off the ark 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:47.460 after the 00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:47.759 flood, 00:18:47.840 --> 00:18:48.220 we read 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:48.620 this at 00:18:48.620 --> 00:18:49.180 chapter 8 00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:49.960 verse 20, 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:51.960 then Noah 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:52.539 built an 00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.079 altar to 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:53.460 the Lord 00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:53.880 and took 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:54.319 some of 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:54.900 every clean 00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:55.440 animal and 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:55.700 some of 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.259 every clean 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:56.740 bird and 00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.559 offered burnt 00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:58.440 offerings on 00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:58.960 the altar. 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.019 There's a 00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.420 reason they 00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:00.960 had more. 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.120 And when 00:19:02.120 --> 00:19:02.400 the Lord 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:03.019 smelled the 00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.779 pleasing aroma, 00:19:04.120 --> 00:19:04.420 the Lord 00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:05.039 said in his 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:05.299 heart, 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:05.840 I will never 00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:06.539 again curse 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.019 the ground 00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.539 because of 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:07.779 man, 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.299 for the 00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:08.879 intention of 00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.200 man's 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.579 heart is 00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:10.159 evil from 00:19:10.159 --> 00:19:10.659 his youth, 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.440 but neither 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.220 will I ever 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.940 again strike 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.659 down every 00:19:13.659 --> 00:19:14.399 living creature 00:19:14.399 --> 00:19:15.000 as I have 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.339 done. 00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.440 While the 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:17.139 earth remains, 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:17.799 seed time 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.299 and harvest, 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:18.960 cold and 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.220 heat, 00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:20.099 summer and 00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:20.399 winter, 00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:21.019 day and 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.460 night, 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.399 shall not 00:19:23.399 --> 00:19:24.460 cease. 00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:26.180 God's 00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:27.700 world is 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.559 going to 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.519 continue. 00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:30.960 Sun and 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:32.019 moon, 00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:33.500 plants and 00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:34.139 animals, 00:19:34.140 --> 00:19:36.300 seasons and 00:19:36.300 --> 00:19:37.240 centuries. 00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:39.660 And in 00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:40.000 case you're 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.600 wondering about 00:19:40.600 --> 00:19:41.120 where you 00:19:41.120 --> 00:19:41.600 fit in, 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:42.940 people I 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.520 created, 00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:45.180 God says, 00:19:45.300 --> 00:19:45.980 flashback to 00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.720 Genesis 1, 00:19:46.840 --> 00:19:47.400 the Garden of 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:47.580 Eden. 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.040 We read it 00:19:48.040 --> 00:19:48.480 just a couple 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.060 weeks ago. 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:52.140 And God 00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:54.200 blessed 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:55.740 Noah. 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.820 You remember 00:19:57.820 --> 00:19:58.000 that? 00:19:58.140 --> 00:19:58.460 God 00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:59.980 blessed. 00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:02.099 He's 00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.880 starting fresh. 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.240 What does 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.599 He start 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:04.019 with every 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.339 time? 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:05.400 Blessing. 00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.920 Blessing the 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:07.240 way He 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.000 engages. 00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:08.940 You're hearing 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.420 the echoes 00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.019 of Genesis 00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.799 chapter 1? 00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:11.720 Keep 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.120 listening. 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.059 Blessed 00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.620 Noah and 00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:15.099 his sons 00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:15.579 and said 00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.079 to them, 00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:17.039 be fruitful 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.880 and multiply 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:19.019 and fill 00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:19.680 the earth. 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.599 There it is, 00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:20.940 fill. 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.200 Fill it, 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.539 it's what I 00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.319 created you 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:23.700 to do. 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:24.980 Shine my 00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.660 image everywhere 00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.640 so it's full 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:27.319 of my glory. 00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:28.920 And also, 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:30.700 rule. 00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:31.920 The fear of 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:32.300 you and the 00:20:32.300 --> 00:20:32.640 dread of 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.080 you shall be 00:20:33.080 --> 00:20:33.560 upon every 00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:34.019 beast of 00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.340 the earth 00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:34.660 and upon 00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.080 every bird 00:20:35.080 --> 00:20:35.500 of the heavens, 00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.140 upon everything 00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:36.640 that creeps 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.019 on the ground 00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.440 and all the 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:37.860 fish of the 00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.060 sea. 00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:38.960 Into your 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.640 hand they 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.620 are delivered. 00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:41.860 Every moving 00:20:41.860 --> 00:20:42.259 thing that 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.740 lives shall 00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.500 be food 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.060 for you. 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.400 There's 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.779 food provided 00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.360 again. 00:20:47.820 --> 00:20:48.440 As I gave 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.940 you the green 00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.779 plants, I 00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.340 give you 00:20:50.340 --> 00:20:51.300 everything. 00:20:55.300 --> 00:20:56.000 Still in 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.620 Genesis 1, 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:56.940 look at 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.620 verse 6 of 00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:58.300 chapter 9. 00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.640 Whoever sheds 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.019 the blood 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.400 of man, 00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:00.980 by man 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.560 shall his 00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:02.080 blood be 00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:02.380 shed. 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.960 For God 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.720 made man 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:05.180 in his 00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:05.660 own 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:07.019 image. 00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.820 That highest 00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:09.380 of all 00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.180 blessings that 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.640 were given, 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:10.880 right? 00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:11.960 Made in 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.460 the image 00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:12.720 of the 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:12.980 one who 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.640 made us. 00:21:16.320 --> 00:21:17.019 As we 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.320 fill, 00:21:18.060 --> 00:21:18.480 you be 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.360 fruitful and 00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:19.900 multiply, 00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.560 team on 00:21:20.560 --> 00:21:20.900 the earth 00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.560 and multiply 00:21:21.560 --> 00:21:22.820 in it. 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:23.960 God is 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.400 doing 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.960 something new 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.519 again, 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.160 isn't he? 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.400 There's 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:27.600 a 00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.680 recreation 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:30.279 and now 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:31.140 here comes 00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:32.360 the covenant 00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:32.980 again. 00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:34.720 Relationship, 00:21:34.800 --> 00:21:35.100 remember? 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.120 Relationship. 00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.660 What will 00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.779 Noah have 00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.340 to do 00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:39.019 to be 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.720 good enough 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.519 for God 00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.600 this time? 00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:44.200 That's not 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.680 how this 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.200 Yahweh 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.660 works, 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.080 is it? 00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:46.960 Listen to 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:48.100 this one-sided 00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.940 covenant. 00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:49.960 God said to 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.700 Noah and his 00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.620 sons with him, 00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.359 behold, 00:21:52.479 --> 00:21:53.139 I establish 00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:54.199 my covenant 00:21:54.199 --> 00:21:54.939 with you 00:21:54.939 --> 00:21:55.579 and your 00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.000 offspring 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.959 after you 00:21:56.959 --> 00:21:57.539 and with 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.079 every living 00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.739 creature that's 00:21:58.739 --> 00:21:59.079 with you, 00:21:59.119 --> 00:21:59.379 birds, 00:21:59.539 --> 00:21:59.899 livestock, 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:00.599 every beast 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.039 of the earth 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.419 with you, 00:22:01.459 --> 00:22:02.039 as many as 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.439 came out 00:22:02.439 --> 00:22:02.859 of the ark, 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.479 it's for 00:22:03.479 --> 00:22:04.059 every beast 00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.559 of the earth. 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.939 I establish 00:22:05.939 --> 00:22:07.119 my covenant 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.919 with you 00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:08.759 that never 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.559 again shall 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.159 all flesh 00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:10.979 be cut off 00:22:10.979 --> 00:22:11.639 by the waters 00:22:11.639 --> 00:22:12.319 of the flood 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.139 and never 00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:14.119 again shall 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.559 there be a 00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:14.959 flood 00:22:14.959 --> 00:22:16.159 to destroy 00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:17.799 the earth. 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:20.159 a covenant 00:22:20.159 --> 00:22:21.879 with all 00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.659 of creation. 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.299 Beautiful. 00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:24.980 Established 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.960 and upheld 00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.819 by whom? 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.740 By the 00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.279 creator 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.759 single-handedly. 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.799 Seven times 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.339 in this story 00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.039 we hear about 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.639 the covenant 00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:34.440 that will 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.399 carry the new 00:22:35.399 --> 00:22:36.279 creation forward 00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:37.039 in relationship 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.659 with its 00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:38.379 creator. 00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:38.940 No matter 00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.299 what, 00:22:39.419 --> 00:22:39.819 no matter 00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.180 what they 00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.399 do, 00:22:40.639 --> 00:22:41.000 God will 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.659 not destroy 00:22:41.659 --> 00:22:42.039 the earth 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.519 like this 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:42.839 again. 00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.639 Even though 00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.299 his judgment 00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.879 is real, 00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.680 he is making 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.460 all things 00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:46.799 new and 00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.079 there's a 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.980 new path 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:49.099 going forward. 00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:51.939 Are you 00:22:51.939 --> 00:22:52.819 ever discouraged 00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:54.339 by the 00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:54.879 wickedness 00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.480 around you? 00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.199 Do you 00:22:58.199 --> 00:22:58.939 sometimes feel 00:22:58.939 --> 00:22:59.099 like, 00:22:59.159 --> 00:22:59.480 don't raise 00:22:59.480 --> 00:22:59.819 your hand, 00:23:00.159 --> 00:23:01.079 America is 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.599 going to 00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.079 hell in a 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.699 handbasket? 00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:06.759 Do you 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.379 think God's 00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:08.539 people receiving 00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:10.619 this book 00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.059 the first 00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.419 time, 00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.319 remembering 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:14.419 Egyptian 00:23:14.419 --> 00:23:15.619 oppressors 00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:17.339 for years 00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.000 and years 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.839 and generations 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:20.739 witnessing 00:23:20.739 --> 00:23:21.339 their own 00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.399 selfishness 00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:24.059 and idolatry, 00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.959 disobedience 00:23:24.959 --> 00:23:25.479 to God's 00:23:25.479 --> 00:23:26.059 commands that 00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.439 didn't make 00:23:26.439 --> 00:23:27.039 sense to 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.359 them, 00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.259 grumbling 00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.259 against God's 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.879 leaders who 00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.739 just seem to 00:23:30.739 --> 00:23:31.139 be taking 00:23:31.139 --> 00:23:31.659 them towards 00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:32.459 more danger, 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:32.839 right? 00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.919 You think 00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:35.299 they might 00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.599 have been 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.839 easily discouraged 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.959 at living 00:23:37.959 --> 00:23:39.099 in a world 00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.839 like this? 00:23:41.239 --> 00:23:42.019 What's God's 00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.619 message to 00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.659 them and to 00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.240 us then 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.480 through Noah's 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:45.860 story? 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.019 Isn't it 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.040 God saying, 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.920 trust me, 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.840 follow me 00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:52.080 because I'm 00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:53.279 restoring this 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.380 world in the 00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:55.960 midst of sinful 00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:58.080 rescued people. 00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.240 All the time 00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.740 that's what he's 00:23:59.740 --> 00:23:59.940 doing. 00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:00.960 Noah blows it 00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.779 big time in the 00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.500 next story. 00:24:03.320 --> 00:24:05.120 But God is 00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.800 committed to 00:24:05.800 --> 00:24:07.120 remaking things 00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:08.420 the way he 00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.220 wants them. 00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.480 I don't know 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.080 if you're blowing 00:24:11.080 --> 00:24:11.880 it big time right 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.440 now or if you 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.960 think you never 00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.440 have. 00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.740 But you might 00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.319 look around you 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.579 and think 00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.440 somebody's blowing 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.059 it big time. 00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.039 Everything's out 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.480 of control. 00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:19.200 There is no 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.920 hope and God 00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.380 says that's 00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.420 exactly where I 00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:21.559 show. 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.180 Those are the 00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.799 kinds of people 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.620 I use. 00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.460 I rescue them 00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.579 and I recreate 00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:28.140 with them. 00:24:30.340 --> 00:24:30.980 How do you 00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.140 know that that's 00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.860 what God's doing? 00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.299 Kids, how do we 00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:37.140 remember that God 00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:38.299 keeps his 00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:39.100 promises? 00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:39.980 What does God 00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.299 give us in the 00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.759 sky? 00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.819 It's the 00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.579 rainbow, right? 00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.160 Verse 13. 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:50.180 I have set my 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.960 bow in the 00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.880 cloud, God 00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:53.539 says, and it 00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.440 shall be a sign 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.140 of the covenant 00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:56.240 between me and 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.620 the earth. 00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.340 When I bring 00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:58.180 clouds over the 00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.840 earth and the 00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:59.480 bow is seen in 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.420 the clouds, I 00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.279 will remember my 00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.039 covenant that is 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.819 between me and 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.620 you and every 00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:04.480 living creature of 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.120 all flesh. 00:25:05.340 --> 00:25:06.019 And the waters 00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:07.039 shall never again 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:08.000 become a flood to 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:09.140 destroy all flesh. 00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:11.020 when the bow is 00:25:11.020 --> 00:25:13.040 in the clouds, I 00:25:13.040 --> 00:25:14.180 will see it and 00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.680 remember the 00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.720 everlasting covenant 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:17.580 between God and 00:25:17.580 --> 00:25:18.600 every living creature 00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:20.940 of all flesh that is 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.600 on the earth. 00:25:23.800 --> 00:25:25.060 Don't you love that 00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:27.120 the bow is in the 00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.580 clouds? 00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:31.240 The darkness still 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.480 lingering from the 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:34.000 storm of God's 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.960 judgment that has 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.400 come. 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:37.519 And the word 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:39.040 for rainbow, the 00:25:39.040 --> 00:25:39.640 reason we read 00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.400 bow here, it's the 00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.580 same word as for a 00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:43.820 war bow that you 00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.500 would use to, you 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.060 know, shoot an 00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.460 arrow. 00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:48.420 God, see, is 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:50.080 hanging up his 00:25:50.080 --> 00:25:51.060 bow, isn't he? 00:25:51.320 --> 00:25:52.759 He's not coming to 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.940 attack his creation, 00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:55.240 rather he's coming to 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.580 restore his 00:25:56.580 --> 00:25:57.220 creation. 00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:59.240 Kids, I told you 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.100 when you see a 00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:01.100 rainbow, I want you 00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.840 to remember what? 00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:04.660 God keeps his 00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.660 promises. 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.140 You want to know 00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.940 something really cool 00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.759 about that, kids? 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:11.240 It's not just there 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.779 when you see the 00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.800 rainbow, it's not 00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:13.460 just that you're 00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.240 supposed to remember 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:15.200 that God keeps his 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.540 promises. 00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.880 You know who else 00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.980 sees a rainbow and 00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.759 remembers that God 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.500 keeps his promises? 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.180 God does. 00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.759 Look at this. 00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:29.720 I will see it. 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:33.400 I will remember the 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:35.620 everlasting covenant, 00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:37.000 God says. 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.700 That means a 00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.660 covenant that's still 00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:39.519 going on today. 00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:41.079 God still sees the 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:42.160 rainbow and he still 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.900 remembers his 00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:44.559 commitment to you. 00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.740 When you see a 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:47.100 rainbow, you can also 00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:48.220 remember God 00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.700 remembers. 00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.059 And when God 00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.799 remembers, what does 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.140 he do? 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.819 He acts to rescue, 00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.259 remember? 00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.360 Remember? 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:58.659 So you, you who 00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.619 survived the flood 00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:01.439 have a purpose then, 00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.139 don't you? 00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:03.879 Don't lose sight of 00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:05.079 being an image bearer 00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:06.359 blessed to live in 00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.599 relationship with the 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.619 creator because he's 00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:10.399 still rescuing, he's 00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:12.139 still recreating, he's 00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:13.939 still restoring and he's 00:27:13.939 --> 00:27:15.139 calling you to fill the 00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:16.679 earth with his glory as 00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:17.799 he restores you so that 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.519 his glory shines 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:18.959 everywhere. 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:22.400 The reason you exist is 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.259 relationship. 00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.720 It's a relationship he 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:26.579 remembers to restore. 00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.019 He promises. 00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:30.299 Don't lose sight of God's 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.980 promise. 00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:34.019 You, even you, even me 00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.960 can be rescued from 00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:38.799 wrath, can be repurposed 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:41.340 for restoration in 00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:42.660 relationship with him. 00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:46.440 But to be part of that, 00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:49.700 you must be in the ark 00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:51.799 to survive the flood. 00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.900 This may be patently 00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:56.140 obvious as you read the 00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:57.700 story, but those who are 00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:59.059 a part of the recreation 00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:01.820 in chapter 9 have all 00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:03.900 been in the ark 00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:06.120 through the flood. 00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.860 Friends, please, please 00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:11.299 don't miss this, okay? 00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:14.779 Simple reality, but really 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.960 important for us. 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:19.140 Don't miss what this is 00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.720 telling us. 00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:22.320 There is another flood 00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:23.160 coming. 00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:26.480 When the heavens will 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:29.259 open and the justice and 00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:31.940 wrath of God will be poured 00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:33.779 out on sin. 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:35.600 A day, the Bible says, of 00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:38.340 terror and destruction, of 00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:40.000 weeping and wailing. 00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:42.519 Big sinners on the news and 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:44.580 in prison and everyday 00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:46.439 day sinners with selfish 00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:48.279 desires and evil thoughts, 00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:51.299 both types going to hell 00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.579 in a handbasket. 00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:55.720 And this is the only 00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.939 warning we get. 00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:00.559 Jesus says this flood will 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.980 come on a day when we are 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.019 eating and drinking, 00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:05.179 getting married, 00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.720 going to work. 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:09.900 So many of us pursuing our 00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:11.680 normal lives, going to 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:13.240 school, spending money, 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.759 scrolling on our phones to 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.799 see if there's anything of 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:17.220 significance going on in the 00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.539 world. 00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:20.220 Just living for ourselves, 00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.960 and we won't know it, 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:24.819 but there's another flood 00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.720 coming. 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:33.500 And another ark has been 00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.920 built. 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:40.059 Dear people, please, please 00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.400 listen. 00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.220 Don't laugh. 00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:45.039 Don't mock this. 00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:47.440 Don't ignore it because you 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.500 live in a world where it 00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:50.700 doesn't seem like you need 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.360 rescuing. 00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:54.439 There is another flood 00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:55.159 coming. 00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:57.339 There is another ark that 00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.539 has been built. 00:29:59.139 --> 00:30:00.679 And you don't have to build 00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:03.199 it, but you must come 00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:03.699 aboard. 00:30:04.199 --> 00:30:05.179 You must. 00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:07.099 See, there was another day 00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:08.939 in God's story when His 00:30:08.939 --> 00:30:11.139 judgment broke into temporal 00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:13.039 history and was poured out 00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:15.599 against sin without restraint 00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:18.519 on a man hanging on a cross. 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:23.039 for people who mocked the one 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.980 obeying God. 00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.299 For them, the nails were 00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:27.379 driven into His hands and 00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:28.299 into His feet. 00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:31.359 For people who just live for 00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:33.460 their own comfort, the crown 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:35.299 of thorns was excruciatingly 00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:38.299 pressed into His head. 00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:42.539 For people who are big, evil 00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:45.000 murderers and idolaters and 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:47.740 everyday normal covetors and 00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:50.519 selfish people, God poured out 00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:53.039 His wrath and His curse while 00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:55.259 turning away His face of love 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:56.220 and blessing. 00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:02.960 Jesus suffered so that when the 00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:04.920 flood of God's wrath comes 00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:07.599 against sin, people like us 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:10.620 deserving to be destroyed and 00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:14.000 wiped out can be safe in the 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:15.839 ark in Jesus. 00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:19.220 Jesus, that's why He hung there. 00:31:19.959 --> 00:31:21.699 Remember, when God judges sin, He 00:31:21.699 --> 00:31:23.899 always rescues a remnant. 00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.779 And if this little ark right 00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:28.039 here is only a small model of 00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:31.559 that really huge ark, then Noah's 00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:34.639 really huge ark that goes across 00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:37.599 the street is only a small model of 00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:41.559 the ark of Christ in whom we're 00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:43.579 safe from the flood. 00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:46.279 The ark of Christ in whom there is 00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:48.440 room for our friends and our 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:50.039 neighbors and people from every 00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:52.440 tribe and tongue and nation, no 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:54.960 matter how big of sinners they may 00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.299 be. 00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:57.919 The ark of Christ in whom on the 00:31:57.919 --> 00:32:00.279 darkest nights, in the strongest 00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:03.460 storms, there shines a bow pointed 00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:07.220 at heaven where God takes the arrow 00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:11.680 for sinners, where God suffers to 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:14.160 rescue us, to bring us back into 00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:16.400 relationship with Him, to welcome 00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:19.160 us into His new creation. 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:24.059 Friends, flee the wrath to come. 00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:27.259 It is real and we have been warned 00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:30.839 and run to the ark of Jesus. 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:34.539 Only Noah and those in the ark were 00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:38.079 left and friends, everyone in the ark 00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:39.139 is safe. 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:42.000 Trust the promises of God and the God 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:44.200 of the promises who still hangs 00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:46.940 rainbows in the clouds so that we 00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:50.019 remember that He remembers us. 00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:52.059 Let's pray. 00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:56.940 Father, how good you are to remind us. 00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:01.980 But more importantly, how amazingly 00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:05.519 gracious you are to remember us. 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.819 Thank you. 00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:11.440 Thank you for the call today that we 00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:14.539 can turn from our sin and run to 00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:17.059 Jesus and there's safety for us. 00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:19.740 Father, would no one in the sound of 00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:23.000 my voice be left outside that ark? 00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:26.640 Might you so work, Holy Spirit, that 00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:29.039 though we see our sin bigger and bigger 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:31.440 this morning, we see a Savior who's 00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:34.079 more than enough, whose mercy is more, 00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:36.399 and whose love will never let us go. 00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:42.619 Work in us for the sake of eternity 00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:46.220 and for today, we ask in Jesus' name. 00:33:46.899 --> 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