"Hello Houze!"
I'm soooooo glad you're here!
"Well, we're glad to see you!"
Aw, you really mean it?
"No,we just said that."
Oh.
"Joking!"
That's not funny.
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Happy Wednesday everyone. I'm really happy you're joining me today. We're going to be going on an adventure. I'm going to be to imagining I lived in Bible times. I am going to be putting myself in the shoes of Noah and his family today.
The story of Noah begins in Genesis 5:32 and goes through to the end of chapter 10. If you would like to go read the entire story you can here.
*Please note, this is partially made up, with elements of the actual Bible mixed in.*
My take on the story:
"Noah dear, it seems like a nice evening to go for a walk," said his wife.
"I think I would have to agree, let's go."
Noah, his wife, and three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth walked down the street. Noah, was soaking up the town and the people that walked by. There were many people. Some even included giants.
"Look at all those big people," Japheth announced.
"Yeah, It's a shame to see all the wickedness around." Noah proclaimed.
"Yeah," Shem agreed.
They continued walking. Noah couldn't believe the things he saw. The people in the town didn't seem to ever think about God. He thought about the stories he's been told about his ancestors, who didn't go back very far in time. They started to head back to the house, for it was starting to get dark.
That night, Noah was sleeping. When suddenly, he believed he heard someone talking to him.
"Noah you have found grace in my sight. The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
The story of Noah begins in Genesis 5:32 and goes through to the end of chapter 10. If you would like to go read the entire story you can here.
*Please note, this is partially made up, with elements of the actual Bible mixed in.*
My take on the story:
"Noah dear, it seems like a nice evening to go for a walk," said his wife.
"I think I would have to agree, let's go."
Noah, his wife, and three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth walked down the street. Noah, was soaking up the town and the people that walked by. There were many people. Some even included giants.
"Look at all those big people," Japheth announced.
"Yeah, It's a shame to see all the wickedness around." Noah proclaimed.
"Yeah," Shem agreed.
They continued walking. Noah couldn't believe the things he saw. The people in the town didn't seem to ever think about God. He thought about the stories he's been told about his ancestors, who didn't go back very far in time. They started to head back to the house, for it was starting to get dark.
That night, Noah was sleeping. When suddenly, he believed he heard someone talking to him.
"Noah you have found grace in my sight. The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
But
with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the
ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
And
of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring
into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and
female.
Of
fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every
creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come
unto thee, to keep them alive.And
take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it
to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them." (Directly quoted Genesis 6:13-21)
"Okay, Lord. I'll do that."
Noah began his quest. He needed to build an ark so that his family would be safe. Once Noah had built the ark he was commanded to build. He was commanded, by the Lord gather up some animals.
"Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth."
(Directly quoted Genesis 7:2-4)
"Okay, Lord. I'll do that."
Noah began his quest. He needed to build an ark so that his family would be safe. Once Noah had built the ark he was commanded to build. He was commanded, by the Lord gather up some animals.
"Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth."
(Directly quoted Genesis 7:2-4)
After all the animals were in. God shut Noah and his family, along with the animals into the ark.The waters began to come down from the heaven.
"Look at that rain coming down," Noah's wife sounded a bit scared.
"It's okay, dear. We're all going to be safe in here. God promised to protect us."
People started screaming and pounding on the ark's door to get in, but it was already too late. They were watching the waters come down, drowning the people and animals in it's path.
Some time went by, when Japheth finally got tied of staying in the ark.
"Dad, are we ever going to get out of here? We've been stuck here with all of these animals FOREVER."
"Yes, son, be patient. God has this."
"Dad, Japheth has a point, It's been over a year," Ham backed up his brother.
"God has this. He knows what he's doing."
While Noah and his sons talked a dove came back in through the window of the ark, carrying olive leaf.
"Why, would you look at that. The waters have lessened. 7 more days boys, I'll send another dove out.
The day came quickly. This time Noah released the dove and it didn't come back. Noah looked out the window and saw that the earth was dry. Then he heard God speaking to him saying,
"Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth." (Directly quoted Genesis 8:16-17)
"Boys, it's clear that God did a miracle for us. Let's show God that we are thankful by building an alter and sacrificing to Him."
God was pleased with them. He promised to not curse the ground any more for man's sake, neither would He smite any more every thing living.
"Noah, I'm going to set up a convent with you. Look in the sky."
"Woah, Lord what a colorful sight."
"It's a rainbow."
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I hope you all enjoyed this little narrative of what I imagine happened during Noah's days. I am thinking about making this into a series. So let me know if you would enjoy that. I'm sorry it's long (if I do this series they probably will be longer posts), but I could honestly keep going with it. I had to shorten it as it was. :P Thank you all for reading, byeee! See you all next week!
Today's Encouraging Quote:
Christ will always accept the faith the puts its trust in Him. - Andrew Murray
Today's Bible Verse:
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. - Romans 6:12 (KJV)
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