Humanity continues to fall deeper and deeper into sin and violence. Every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart were only evil. This is total depravity on steroids. Then the author of Genesis tells us something sad: God regretted that he made humanity and his heart was deeply troubled. Humanity was literally killing creation and each other, and it saddened God. That's an image that we do not think of God very often. We think of God loving, and having rage, but rarely do we think of God's heart being broken, which it is right here. That shows me that God is full of love for his creation and those made in his image. It is so full of love that God allows his heart to be broken. When God decided to blot out the human race, it was not so much as punishment, though that certainly was part of it, but rather it was to recreate the earth with a man who had found favor in his sight, Noah. Noah, who's name means relief, will be God's instrument for salvation of his creation. God gives Noah very specific instructions on how he wants the boat to be built and on who or what Noah is to put into the boat. And Noah did everything that the Lord told him to do. This is a beautiful and heartbreaking story at the same time. However, I think we should read it not as punitive, but rather as redemptive. I believe God poured out his wrath here, but his wrath is always because of his love, and his love is redemptive. In the end, God will bring redemption of the world through the faith of Noah.
Lord, let us have the faith of Noah, and help bring your redemption to earth.
About Me
- Robert and Ray Miller
- Robert is the pastor of First Baptist Texas City, Tx. And Ray is the pastor of First Baptist Mertens, Tx. Robert brings over 30 years of biblical study as a pastor. Ray brings a younger perspective to the Bible and also a command of the original languages. Our greatest passion is to see lives changed through the good news of Jesus Christ.
7 comments:
In 6:3 it sayes that (yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.) some try to say that man should live to be 120 years old but I believe that that was the time that Noah had to build the arc. Have you ever considers just what it would take to build the Arc it would take 300,000 board feet of lumber and there was no Home Depot and it would weigh about 15,000 lbs.
"There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown."
Does this mean that there were "ethereal" beings that fathered children with the human women and created "men of renown"?
I knew a guy who claimed this was angelic beings that fathered earthly children with human mothers and that they were superior to children born to human mothers and fathers and that God was displeased with the actions of the "men of renown" and that is when God called the “Sons of God” back to Heaven.
He also thought this might explain some of the "UFO" type occurrences in history because these children were bore from "out of this world" stock.
Whether it is a word that means something other than what it appears or not, it seems strange that the difference between “children of man” and “children of God” are utilized here.
Thanks,
Capital Curiosity
oops I goofed its nao 15000 lbs but 15,000 Tons just a little differance
As a retired scientist this part of Genesis has always facinated me. Could a ark really be built by so few men? I have seen so many miricles large and small in my lifetime that I have come to believe that if God wants it to happen and men of faith are appointed to make it happen it will happen as God is one heck of a job foreman. As you explained in how the door was closed. God closed it and for me having seen many things in advanced technologies that most others will never know about I understand that still to be a realistic solution.
This chapter is so full of mysterious things that I don't understand. It causes me to realize how great God is and how small I am. Won't it be great when we get to heaven and we can find out what the "sons of men" were or why their offspring became the heroes and men of renown of the day. Also, the Nephilim were on the earth in those days. Jude 6speaks of the fallen angels and I have heard there is a Book of Enoch (parts of which were found in the Dead Sea Scrolls) which tells of the fallen angels and their being imprisoned because of their sin. But, no matter, God knows all and He goes to great lengths to care for us and I am content in that blessed knowledge.
One thing you have is that fallen angels are not demons but are sent to tartaro as told in 2 Peter 2:4 one of the Greek words for hell and the only one for angels.
The men of renown have to be the offspring of the Sons of God (angels) to bred with human women. This has to be one of the despicable acts that God didn't approve of.
The Bible also speaks of this happening after the flood. Which makes me think that the stories of Greek Mythologies may have been attributed to their immoral cohabitations.
Post a Comment