The Floodwaters Arrive
10And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth. 11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. 12And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons— 14they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature. 15They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life. 16And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
“all the fountains of the great deep burst forth”, no doubt a great catastrophe!
“and the floodgates of the heavens were opened”, since the beginning of time the upper atmosphere was building up moisture and no one had experienced rain until now, what an experience!
“They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life”. They came to Noah, a miracle from God. Only God could command and control all the wild animals.
“as God had commanded Noah”, they entered the ark. Prior to this point the men and women considered Noah a spectacle, a laughing stock because he was building a boat on land.
“Then the LORD shut him in”. Yes the Lord closed the door! There is going to be another day when the Lord closes the door. He will say enough! He will be fed up with sin and mankind!
Don’t wait until the Lord closes the door! Seek Him, ask for forgiveness and accept His Son. One day the door will close like it did on the people in Noah’s time.
Blessings, David
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