Tag: even when it’s tough

Genesis 7:6 (NKJV) 6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth.

While I have been reading through Genesis recently, God has been showing me some new things.

While going through the account of the flood, some little tidbits have come to my attention that I wanted to share with you.

The account of the flood is loaded with details that are easy to miss. Here are some of them.

Noah was 600 years old at the onset of the flood.

Using calculations based on when Noah’s sons were born, along with some other references in Genesis, it appears that the building of the ark took somewhere between 50 and 70 years.

God warned Noah of the coming flood and instructed him to build a boat to very exact specifications. And Noah, being a righteous man, did what God told him to do.

But doing so took a very long time!

Noah had to have incredible faith in God to tackle this project, knowing that the existence of humanity hung in the balance, and it all rested on his shoulders.

Genesis 7:24 (NKJV) 24 And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.

The earth was covered with water for 150 days.

So, although the inundation of the earth with water went on for 40 days and nights (about 1 and a half months), the water stayed there for 5 months!

It’s impossible to imagine what this must have been like for Noah and his family, being in a ship for the first time, dealing with the fears that must have accompanied this event, and having to tend to the massive numbers of animals that were on the ship with them.

Their journey lasted 1 year.

It was just shy of 1 year later when the earth had dried up and Noah exited the ark with his family.

Floods began: In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month (Genesis 7:11).

The earth had dried up: And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried (Genesis 8:14).

Some of the things that God has us do won’t be easy. And they may take a while to play out to completion.

This requires our faith and trust in Him to be strong, not wavering or short-lived, and not fading or faltering when things get hard.

We need to stay close to Him, constantly in His word, and always seeking Him for His will and His path for our lives.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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