Noah
It is the confidence and trust in who God is and what He says.
Noah had it and so do you.
What is faith?
Genesis 6:9 - Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
In Acts 10:22, the centurion Cornelius was described as a just man and one that feared God, and of a good report among all the nation of the Jews. (Cornelius is the centurion God told Peter to go and meet.)
Abel - The son of Adam & Eve: Hebrews 11:4 -> By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous ...
John the Baptist - Mark 6:20 -> For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man ...
We are commanded to be Holy in all of our conduct (i.e., 1 Peter 1:15 - 16) because our God is Holy so we have been called to be Holy - Leviticus 19:2.
DAILY DOUBLE
Another name for an ark
What is a (big) boat?
The first bird Noah sent out of the ark.
What is a raven?
Genesis 8:7 - ... and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.
The number of days and night it rained.
What is forty?
Genesis 7:4 - Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.
God said He would never do this to the earth again with water.
Hint: The word has 7 letters.
What is to destroy?
Genesis 9:11- "... Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth."
To stay on T.O.P., Noah trusted, did this and prayed.
What is obeyed?
Genesis 6:22 - Noah did everything just as God commanded Him.
Acronym T.O.P. - Trust, Obey and Pray
*** IMPORTANT *** - The thoughts you have today will govern your tomorrow.
The ark was made out of this type of material.
The same material is also used to build a tree house.
What is wood?
Genesis 6:14 - So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
DAILY DOUBLE
The second bird Noah sent out of the ark also rested on Jesus when he was baptized by, his cousin, John the Baptist.
Answer - What is a dove?
Genesis 8:8 - Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.
God showed Noah through the dove that his family and ultimately mankind had a future and that Noah's patience was going to be rewarded.
In Matthew 3:16-17 it is written: And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on Him; and behold a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased".
We see that the dove symbolizes peace, comfort and the fulfillment of promises.
Noah had this number of sons.
What is 3?
Genesis 6:10 - Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
The animals were brought into the ark for this purpose.
What is to keep them alive?
Genesis 6:19 - You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
Genesis 7:2-3 -> Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
God commanded Noah to make a roof for the ark, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around.
After forty days, Noah opened this to send out a bird.
What is a window?
Genesis 6:16 - Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around.
Genesis 8:6 - After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark.
In our walk of faith, we learn that our hearts are like windows to our souls. They reflect our beliefs, emotions, and intentions. The Bible encourages us to keep our hearts pure and full of love, allowing the light of God to shine through us and into the lives of others.
Proverbs 4:23 - “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
The ark had this number of decks or floors.
What is 3?
Genesis 6:16 - Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.
The number of times the dove was sent out of the ark.
What is 3?
Genesis 8:8-12
Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
God told Noah to bring into the ark this number of all living creatures.
It is also the same number of people God created in the Garden of Eden.
What is two?
Genesis 6:19 - You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
DAILY DOUBLE
God covered the earth with this, destroying all life under the heavens.
What is water?
Genesis 7:24 - The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days
Noah had this number of daughter-in-laws.
What is 3?
Genesis 7:13 - On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.
Noah brought this into the ark besides the animals and his family.
It gives you the energy you need to play, learn and grow.
What is food?
Genesis 6:21 - You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.
Noah knew there was dry ground because of what was brought back to him in this bird's beak.
What is an olive leaf?
Genesis 8:11 - When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.
Did you know the olive leaf represents peace, hope and the renewal of life?
Today, our olive leaf, the Branch, will reign wisely and execute justice, fulfilling God's promises to David.
The BRANCH is JESUS CHRIST
DAILY DOUBLE
The number of women that entered the ark.
What is 4?
Genesis 7:13 - On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.
God entered into this agreement with mankind because he wanted to establish a lasting relationship with us.
Answer: What is a covenant?
Genesis 9:15 - I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
Where humanity failed, Jesus became our guarantor, and mediator of the new and better covenant.
DAILY DOUBLE
Noah's second son's name can also be something you eat for breakfast with eggs.
What is Ham?
Genesis 6:10 - Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
He shut the door of the ark.
Who is the Lord (or God)?
Genesis 7:16 - The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.
Noah did this once the flood waters receded, the ark rested on dry ground and his family left the ark.
What is Noah let the animals out of the ark?
Genesis 8: 18-19 -> So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind after another.
The number of people who came out of the ark.
What is 8?
Genesis 7:13 - On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.
Genesis 8:18 - So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.
God put this in the sky to remind us that He will never flood the entire earth again.
What is a rainbow?
Genesis 9:13 - I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
Genesis 9:16 - Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.