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“Noah … Prepared an Ark to the Saving of His House”

The biblical story of Noah and the Flood is likely one of our earliest remembered tales. Its scope and drama have fascinated artists and scriptural commentators for centuries.

Perhaps because many of the righteous were taken from the earth with Enoch, Genesis 6 reports that “God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Gen. 6:5).

The story of Noah and the Flood illustrates a significant pattern found throughout scripture that consists of three important biblical themes: 1) God calling a prophet to warn the people, 2) divine judgment, and 3) divine deliverance.

It is important that we understand this pattern. Church leaders have counseled us to build “personal arks” in order to be prepared and to protect our families both temporally and spiritually.

OVERVIEW:

• The people reject Noah’s call to  repentance; Noah builds an ark.
• The Lord cleanses the earth with a flood.
• The people build the tower of Babel.

Reading Assignment – study the following scriptures: Moses 8:19–30; Genesis 6–9; 11:1–9.

Here is the handout for this week’s lesson: Old Testament Lesson 6.

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