"The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become ... The Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and His heart was filled with pain. So The Lord said, 'I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth; men and animals' ... But Noah found favor in the eyes of The Lord ... Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God ... So God said to Noah, 'I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. So make yourself an ark of cypress wood ... This is how you are to build it ... I am going to bring flood waters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens ... But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark; you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you. You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you ... You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.' Noah did everything just as God commanded him." Genesis 6:5-8:21 (NIV) The great flood followed this.
In this first book of Moses history is recorded regarding the events which led up to the great flood. God told Noah, who was a righteous man, that He was going to destroy all of mankind and all of the animals. However, Noah and his family would be spared along with two of every kind of animal. God told Noah to build an ark and He told him exactly how to build it. Noah did everything just as God commanded him.
Noah had never built an ark before, or anything like it, but he did what God had commanded him to do. Because he was obedient, he and his family were spared when the great flood eliminated all of the rest of mankind. We do not know what the future holds in store for us, but if we walk with and follow God, all things will work out for our benefit. (Romans 8:28) We may also be blessed and spared from some very bad situation if we are obedient to God's commands.
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