I purpose to encourage each person who reads these blogs to develop an intimate relationship with Our Heavenly Father, not just simply knowing HIM as GOD but instead knowing HIM as FATHER. As your relationship grows with HIM, HE will not only flow in you but through you to others. You will begin to discern grace and mercy as well as when judgment is at hand. Your faith will be placed IN HIM rather than in man and you will begin to place less weight on men’s opinions no matter how qualified they appear to be. FATHER will show you Truth and give you wisdom in all matters thus as you walk out your life among the chaos, you will be in peace. Noah was such a man:
Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
Why was Noah divinely warned of impending judgment?
Genesis 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Noah walked with FATHER just as Enoch had walked with HIM. Both men had a personal relationship with FATHER and HE protected Noah’s family from certain destruction. The other seven members of his family were protected through Noah’s righteousness and faith. Can you imagine the adversity the family suffered as they built the ark? The local crowd made them the laughingstock of the region until the day it began to rain.
Noah was to be FATHER’S witness during the time of judgment whereas Enoch was spared by being taken up. In a sense, Noah was a type and shadow of the Sons who would witness the judgment by fire. Noah believed FATHER’S Word every single day of his life as he worked on the ark. His faith saw him through the ridicule as he beavered away on his building project. His faith strengthened him in times of emotional upheaval in his family. He had endurance to run the race set before him and would not quit along the way. FATHER assured him of his destiny as the rest of the world suffered the needed judgment due to their perversity.
In Luke chapter 17, Jesus spoke:
26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Most people are oblivious to the times for they simply continue with their normal routine and do not expect anything catastrophic to occur to them. They cannot hear the warnings for preparation concerning the coming judgment. Just as in the times of Noah, they will not realize that judgment is at hand until they are in the midst of it. Jesus revealed this in Matthew 24:
37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear! It is imperative to focus on hearing FATHER and walking with HIM on a daily basis. Going to church once a week is not the answer. FATHER is looking for an intimate relationship with those who Love HIM. FATHER Loved Noah and sustained him and his family through the judgment of water. FATHER closed the door to the ark and sealed it from the rest of the world. Noah stayed in the ark until FATHER instructed him to come out.
Noah was able to hear FATHER’S Words because he walked with HIM. Let us walk with FATHER in the same manner for when judgment has fully come, we will be sustained through it all.