Think You Know Noah?

(3 Minute Read. 26Jan2022)

Noah, son of Lamech, is one of the most intriguing men in the Bible. He and Adam are the two antediluvian patriarchs about whom we know the most.

Who Was Noah?

Noah was part of mankind’s tenth generation. His grandfather was Methuselah, the oldest man of recorded history at 969 years.

How far short of that record did Noah’s lifespan fall? Only 19 years, as Noah himself lived to age 950. He was 500 years old before he fathered his three sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Where does the Ark and Flood fit in this chronology? Noah was 600 years old when the Great Flood covered the earth.
(Genesis 9:28-29; 5:32; 7:6)

Noah came from a line of godly men. His great-grandfather was Enoch, a man renowned for godliness (Genesis 5:22-24). Noah’s father Lamech was also likely righteous. An indication of this is given when he names his son Noah (meaning Rest) and prophesies that he would be a blessing by giving people relief from the toil resulting from God’s curse on the ground. This reference to God’s curse of the ground because of Adam’s sin was 1,056 years after Adam. It demonstrates Lamech’s conviction of the historical reality of that event. It also suggests that Lamech was a devout man of God who passed along the truth of the Great Creator to his son Noah.

Worldwide wickedness had gotten so bad in Noah’s day that God determined to wipe out the human race except for Noah’s family.
Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. The Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.” . . . Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. 13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. (Genesis 6:5-7, 11-13)

Was Noah corrupted by the extreme wickedness throughout the earth? No, he was not; Noah was a good man who found favor in Yahweh’s sight.
But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. . . . Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God. (Genesis 6:8-9)

Even in the time of the prophet Ezekiel almost 2,000 years later, Noah’s reputation for righteousness was still remembered. (Ezekiel 14:14-20)

The Apostle Peter calls Noah “a preacher of righteousness” (2 Peter 2:5). ​Much of this preaching probably took place during the construction of the Ark. The huge ship was no doubt an object of curiosity and interest that drew people to hear Noah’s calls to repentance.

The Great Creator assigned a herculean task to Noah — the building of a mammoth ship to save people and animals during the coming global cataclysm. Noah proved himself to be a great naval architect as he designed and built a ship comparable to the ocean freighters in use today. Except his ship was made of wood instead of steel. It is the largest wooden ship ever built. Even ships of metal did not exceed the length of Noah’s Ark until the 20th century, some 4,400 years later.

Noah captained that huge ship through the most tumultuous ocean storm ever (Genesis 7:11-24). On the Ark he carried the most valuable cargo of any ship ever. He carried the “restart” for the world’s human and animal populations.

This post begins a series of articles on Noah, on Noah’s Ark, and on the Great Flood of Noah’s day. In this Noah Series I intend to suggest answers to many of the questions believers and skeptics have about Noah, Noah’s Ark, and Noah’s Flood.

Questions to Ponder

1. Noah was known for righteousness. For what are you known?
2. What question about Noah perplexes you the most?

Share your thoughts on these questions in the comments below. It could encourage or help another reader.

For Christ and His Kingdom. Soli Deo Gloria. Alere Flammam Veritatis.

This is the first in a series of articles on Noah. This Noah Series will suggest answers to many of the questions believers and skeptics have about Noah, Noah’s Ark, and Noah’s Flood.
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2. Did Jesus Think Noah Was Real?

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Wednesday January 26, 2022 A.D.

Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.
(Genesis 6:13-17)

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