Mon.’s Devo - As in the Days of Noah

Read: Genesis 5:1-7:24; Matthew 3:7-4:11; Psalm 3:1-8; Proverbs 1:10-19 Adam was the name that God gave human beings. In 1 Corinthians 15:45 it says that the first man Adam was made a living soul but the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. “Living soul” in the Hebrew means “breath”. Humans were given life. A”quickening spirit” in the Hebrew means “a current of air; Christ’s spirit”. Jesus changed our human composition from just living beings to spirits that are fully alive. Back to our story. Adam’s son Seth was made in Adam’s image. His name means “put, i.e. substituted.” He took the place of Abel just like we take the place of Christ on the earth because he was killed. We have his spirit and allow him to live again through us. That is a very sobering thought. Adams’ seventh son was Enoch who was taken from the earth because he walked with God. Hebrews 11:5 says that God translated Enoch because he pleased Him. He is a picture of the rapture. Noah was the tenth son and represented those who will go through tribulation and God will literally carry them through it in his ark. Genesis Six is one of the most important chapters for us to understand because in Matthew 24:37-39, Jesus tells us that it will be like the days of Noah before he comes back. So we need to know what it was like then to compare it to what is going on in the earth now. Genesis Six tells us that the “sons of God” (which here denote the fallen sons of God), saw the human women and wanted them. They broke the laws of heaven and came down to earth to cohabitate with them. These women had offspring that were half demonic/half human. Satan has been out to change the DNA of human beings because he was so jealous that God would make them with his own DNA. These offspring were blood-thirsty and ate other human beings for food. This is all recorded in the Book of Enoch. God had to do something to save his creation. He found Noah whose DNA had not been contaminated with the demonic DNA and chose him and his family to carry on the human race once he destroyed them. Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The rest of the earth was corrupt and violent. God told Noah to build a boat in the middle of the wilderness and gave him the blueprint for it. He told Noah that he was going to bring a flood on the earth to destroy all flesh. He would save them to carry on the human race. God sent two of every living thing and told him and his sons to gather food for them and the animals. Noah obeyed. Noah was instructed to take seven of the clean animals because they would be used for sacrifices. He told Noah that in seven days it would rain for 40 days and nights on the earth. Noah was 600 years old when the flood waters began. The earth will be 6,000 years old when God destroys it with fire in the end. After those seven days God opened the flood gates of heaven and also released the waters on the earth to rise. (Remember on the second day how God separated the waters and sent some up and some down, well now they are converging.) All living beings on the earth died in the flood except those in the ark. Water stayed on the earth 150 days. We can look at this as God’s baptism of the earth to cleanse it from its filth. How does this relate to us today? Mankind has been infiltrated with beings that are not human but look like humans just like the fallen sons of God took on the appearance of man to rape the women of the earth. Satan is working hard to change our DNA and mix it with his. He is doing this through vaccines, chemicals they put in our foods, the air, and in medicine. It is all around us. The only way to stay pure it to walk with God like Noah did and just obey him. Don’t act out of fear but totally trust in God for your health, safety and supply. God will take care of us just like he did for Enoch and Noah. John rebuked the Pharisees and Sadducees for thinking that just because they were descendants of Abraham that they would be saved from God’s judgment at the end of their lives. They might be the root but God was bringing his axe to the root if they refused to produce good fruit. John was baptizing with water but he told them that someone who was greater than them would come and baptize them with the Holy Spirit and with fire. He would burn up all their works to see if anything remained. Jesus came to John to be baptized. John didn’t feel qualified to baptize him but Jesus told him that he had to to fulfill God’s plan. John then agreed to baptize him and when he did he saw the heavens open and the Spirit of God descend like a dove and settle on Jesus. A voice from heaven spoke saying, “this is my beloved son, who brings me great joy.” Jesus was immediately led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil. He fasted for 40 days first and then he met his adversary. Satan tried to make him turn the stones to bread but he answered with Scripture. “People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Then Satan took him to the highest point of the Temple in Jerusalem and told him to jump because Scripture says that God’s angels would catch him. Jesus responded. “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’” Lastly, Satan took Jesus to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and told him he would give them to him if he would just bow to him. Jesus told him to leave because God says to worship him only. The devil left and God sent angels to take care of Jesus. Lord, give us discernment to walk through these days. May we be like Enoch and Noah that chose to walk with You and obey what You say to do.