Sun.’s Devo - Noah

Read: Gen 7-10; 1 Chron. 1:17-23
Noah was born around 1,000 years after Adam. The earth was destroyed because of the event that happened in Genesis 6:1-8. The demons seized and carried away the beautiful virgins on the earth and had offspring with them. These offspring were half demonic/ half human and had supernatural powers with only evil in their hearts. God found Noah whose bloodline had not been tainted and chose him to bring deliverance through. Matt. 24:34 and Luke 17:26-27 say that Jesus will return in a time like Noah’s. Men will be eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage. We will see this happen again before Jesus returns.
It took Noah over one hundred years to build the ark because of the long-suffering of the Lord (1 Peter 3:20). Noah was a preacher of righteousness (2 Peter 2:5) and saw no conversions except his own family. Noah was a picture of the church that goes through the tribulation floating safely on the surface. Noah’s name means “rest”. He is the rest Hebrews promises that we can abide in. The ark landed on Ararat which means “the curse reversed”. He walked out of the ark, made a sacrifice of the animals God told him to bring 7 of, then began to repopulate the earth. But things were different. Man was still born in sin and bent on rebellion. Ham dishonored Noah and his son, Canaan was cursed. Think about that! Our actions effect our next generations.
I love genealogies so let’s look at Ham’s. His son was Cush which means “black: terror”. Cush’s son was Nimrod which means “we will rebel”. He was the greatest hunter in the world and built the kingdom of Babel or Babylon which means “confusion”. The people join together to build the tower of Babel. They were trying to open a portal to heaven and enter in without going through the “door” of Jesus. They would have succeeded had not God stopped them. God has power over the demonic realm and it is subject to his command.
Lord, it is comforting to know that nothing goes unnoticed by You in the earth. You watch over Your word to perform it and nothing You say in your Word will return void but it will accomplish what it is set out to do.