Tag: Noah

The Harrowing of Hell and the filling of silence

Over the last few years, I’ve noticed two particular trends at Easter and I suspect they are linked. The first, that seemed to start earlier was that some Christians began to start making a bigger deal of the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday.  Comments include that we shouldn’t be in a rush to… Continue reading The Harrowing of Hell and the filling of silence

Before you warn about danger first make sure there’s an ark ready

Noah was called by God to be a witness to the world around d him as the day of judgement drew near and the Flood was about to come.  It’s clear from the New Testament that Noah was preaching to the people, warning them of coming danger. This warning came through the fact that he… Continue reading Before you warn about danger first make sure there’s an ark ready

Signed, sealed, delivered

How can we be sure that we have peace with God and are safe through and from judgement.  Ultimately our assurance and security are found in what the New Testament teaches us about being justified with God (Romans 5:1-2).  However, there are some important clues in the Old Testament pointing towards this. Read Genesis 9:9-17… Continue reading Signed, sealed, delivered

Dignity

Do ethics matter and where do Christians get their ethics from? Read Genesis 9:1-7 God’s blessing of Noah’s family mirrors the original Genesis 1 blessing as they are commanded to be fruitful and re-fill the earth (v1).  In contrast to Genesis 2 where the animals were brought near to Adam to be named, God causes… Continue reading Dignity

Sacrifice

Why did God choose to save Noah?  When we read the description of him as righteous and blaeless, we might assume that it was because he was a better person than others, that it was down to his morality, his good works. Read Genesis 8:20-22 Having disembarked from the ark, Noah builds an altar. We… Continue reading Sacrifice

Action

Noah has now been waiting some time for the end of the flood and to return to the land in order to start populating the earth again. How will he know when it is time to act? Read Genesis 8:6-19 Forty days after the mountain tops become visible, Noah opens up the window in the… Continue reading Action

Ceasing

“Give me patience and give it now” Read Genesis 8:1-5 God remembers Noah, not that he has forgotten him but the language signifies that God continues to show concern and care for Noah whilst in contrast, evil doers are not remembered, they are not regarded by God.  He does not continue to protect them and… Continue reading Ceasing

Noah’s type

One of the ways in which we see those echoes reverberating through Scripture is through something called Typology.  This is about seeing how people, places, objects and events point forwards from themselves to people, places, objects and events in the future.  We use the term particularly to speak about Old Testament things that point forward… Continue reading Noah’s type