Friday, April 4, 2008
Genesis 6:9-14 (NIV)
9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. 11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress [c] wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
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Why did God let Noah and his family survive the big flood. Surely, verse 9 says that Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. But maybe, there could also have been others who had same or even better qualities than Noah...Why did God only use Noah and save him and his family? Though it's not stated in the Bible, it could have been true that he was the only person willing to listen, obey and carry out God's commandment immediately.
I guess compared to the time of Noah, perhaps the present times are much better off. I'm pretty sure there are more than 1 person that follows and obeys God.
What I think is interesting is that God didn't just wipe out all of humanity. If the world was really that corrupt "for all the people had corrupted their ways," I would think He might just kill us all. Extinguish us like the dinosaurs and start over again. Yet, he saved the human race by sparing Noah and his family. For the sake of one righteous man, humankind was given a second chance.
What does it meant to be righteous? It certainly doesn't mean "sinless." And how much more difficult to be righteous when you're the only one.
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