Fri.’s Devo - Noah and John

Read Gen. 5:1-7:24, Matt. 3:7-4:11, Ps. 3:1-8, Pro. 1:10-19 There are so many interesting nuggets to note in today’s reading. Did you notice that Cain and Abel are not mentioned in Adam’s bloodline. That is because Cain was not his blood. Cain was God’s blood. When Eve had Cain, she said she had a child from the Lord. Cain is the unrighteous seed. His twin, Abel, was from Adam’s blood only he was killed. Abel was a type of Jesus killed by an agent of the devil. So the only child Adam had left was Seth. When the “son’s of God” (6:1-3), the fallen angels, cohabited with the “daughter’s of man” their offspring were half-human, half-demons. This is the bloodline God had to destroy in the flood. So we have God waging a flood against these demonic forces. In Matthew, we have the same thing. John the Baptist is paving a way in the hearts of man for Jesus to walk right into their hearts and bring them salvation and transformation. The first thing John does is call out the Pharisees and the Sadducees. He calls them a brood of vipers. They are the ones who watched carefully as Noah built the boat and are now watching John’s ministry and will try to end Jesus’. John lets them know that just because they are a child of Abraham, that is not enough. God was laying the axe to the root and if you were bearing good fruit, you got to continue to live, but if you didn’t, then you were cut down and cast into the fire… or as in Noah’s time…into the water. Noah brought a baptism to the earth. John the Baptist brought a baptism to the heart of the individual. Noah and John came to call the world to repentance. In Noah’s day only one family was saved. In John’s day a new family was saved. That family was to be called the family of God. Lord, today be our shield and our glory, and the lifter or our head. Let your blessing be upon your people.