As human population increased, the sons of God took the
beautiful women of the human race as wives at their own preference. Their offspring
were the mighty and the nobles of old called the Nephilim. Men became exceedingly
wicked and evil the lord was grieved at
heart for creating man and the lord decided to wipe out the entire human race completely but Noah
found favor with the lord because he was found righteous
Noah was a Sethies the son of Lamech( the son of Methuselah )
being the only blameless man in his day.He had three sons: Shem, Ham, Japheth.
Now the lord called Noah and ordered him to build an ark from resinous wood and
to seal it with tar. The ark was 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and a height of
45 feet, it roof was finished to within 18 inches of the top, and a door at the
side. It had an upper, middle and a lower deck. The lord also asked him to take
with him a pair of every kind of animal male and female into the ark.Noah did
exactly as the lord commanded. He was 600 years when the floods came.His
wife,sons and their wives together with the various animals. The earth sprang
up water while the heavens pour rain for forty days and nights .During this day
of Noah, every creature tasted the wrath
of God except the ark and it content, no living survived. The water covered the
earth for 150 days and the Lord remembered
Noah and He sent a wind which blew across the waters and the floods
receded.
Five months later the ark landed or rested on mountain
Ararat.Noah spent almost a year in the ark. After the floods had dried up completely the lord asked him to leave the
ark .He built an altar to the Lord and sacrificed on animals and birds that
had been approved by God for this purpose.God promised never to send floods to
kill all living creatures or destroy the earth. The rainbow was used as a sign
of permanent promise which is a seal to the covenant God had with Noah. Noah
became a farm after the floods,he got drunk of win he had prepared and lay uncovered in his tenth.Ham sow him and he
reported it to his brothers.Noah lent about it and cursed the descendant of Canaan the son of Ham.
Noah lived to be 950 years before he died
STRENGTH
The only righteous man
A man of patience,obedience and consistency
A man who feared God
He was a spiritual man
ACCOMPLISHMENT
First major shipbuilder
Second father of the human race
A man who ruled his home well
He had an intimate relation with God
WEAKNESS
He got drunk and embarrassed himself
LESSON
We need to be patience in life
We need to be obedient
Righteousness exults a man
The wages of sin is death
The heart and thought of men is full of evil
God always protects and care for the righteous
God is faithful to those who obey him.
Obedience should be consistent
OCCUPATION
A farmer,Shipbuilder and a preacher
Scripture REFERENCE: Genesis 5:28-10:32
