Noah Flood and Ark! God of Angry or God of Mercy?

Hello friends, welcome or welcome back. I am Immanuel Jeswyn. This channel is called Bibling, and we are starting to explore the Bible. Though these initial videos may look like a very basic lesson to you, over time we will delve deeper into understanding the Bible. Some people need this basic understanding to learn God’s word at a later stage, so it is my responsibility to address those people too.

Today, we are going to look at the intent of Noah and the flood. So, let’s see what we can learn from this incident. We are 1,500 years after; at this stage, the population of the Earth was considerably high. However, not only did the population increase, but so did sin. As we established in our last videos, man was essentially a sinner, committing grave sins that hurt the heart of God. He regretted creating humankind, and his regret was so great that he wanted to take significant measures to control this sin.

As we start reading the account of the great flood in the Bible, the first thing we understand is that whatever sin we commit, fundamentally, it is grievous to God. Let me take this time to explain the nature of this study. We are at phase one, so we are not going to explore the specific sins committed and their nature at this stage. But I promise you, in the later stages, we will look at this issue more deeply, so stay tuned.

One thing we were able to understand is that the sin was so great that God was ready to take great measures to eradicate it. What did He decide? He decided to wipe out all life forms, including all people, from the face of the Earth through a flood. Even the thought of it looks terrible to us, but how can a loving God do this? If we take God as a loving person at face value, and that loving person decided to do this, then we have to understand the depth of the sin at that time.

Only at this stage, we learn that Noah found grace in the eyes of God. God revealed to Noah that He is going to wipe out all living beings on the face of the Earth, but He also told Noah to construct an ark so that his family and a pair of all creatures can be spared. Only at this stage do we start to understand that God’s original intention was not to completely destroy the Earth but to preserve it. Perhaps if God allowed humanity to continue like that, they might have destroyed themselves and the whole Earth. So, God’s plan was not destruction but a restart.

Let us learn a little bit about Grace because we see the word Grace for the first time at this stage. Grace, by definition, is unmerited favor. So, when we read that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord, it means God is not obligated to show any favor to Noah. Even if He decided to destroy Noah and his family along with others, we cannot question God. But God decided to show favor to Noah, and that is why it is called Grace.

God instructed all dimensions of this Ark so that Noah could construct it. This Ark would be capable of protecting Noah’s family and one pair of animals from all creatures. The Ark was massive, but it was interesting that God told Noah to construct only one door to this Ark. As the days went by, Noah finished constructing the Ark, and as God told, pairs of all creatures came and settled in the Ark. Finally, Noah’s family was also ready to go into the Ark. However, at this stage, no other people except Noah’s family were interested in getting into the Ark, which explains that nobody believed God’s word. Only Noah’s family believed God’s word—Noah and his wife, Noah’s three sons, and their wives—eight people. They entered the Ark, and God closed the door.

As God foretold, it started to rain. It was continuous, heavy, very heavy rain for 40 days and nights. The water level rose so high that even mountains were covered by this rain. Sadly, all life forms, including humans, died because of this very heavy rain.

So, what are the takeaways from this incident? It was their sin that brought God’s judgment on them. God decided to judge them for their sins, yet He provided a way to escape from that judgment. Though God judges people for their sins, He is always willing to provide a way to escape His judgment. If some people other than Noah’s family wanted to get into that Ark, God would have never stopped them. Because they don’t believe God’s word; they never wanted to come into that Ark.

One more thing we understand from this incident is that sin grieves God. Sin hurts God. If sin starts to bring too much harm to humanity, God will go to any extent to prevent that sin. When Adam and Eve ate that fruit, it may look like a simple incident, a simple disobedience. Still, look at the destruction it brought on people. So, there is no small sin or big sin; sin is like fire. A small spark can fireup a large forest. The consequences of sin are beyond our reach.

Even after this was sin eradicated? What happened to people after this flood? That’s my next video. I hope you will come back and learn from it. Whatever you learned, put that in the comments, like the video, subscribe to the channel, and click the bell icon for notifications. We’ll meet in another video, friends. Thank you, God bless you.