PROCLAMATION
“And they
went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath
of life. And they that went in, went in male
and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him; and The Lord shut him in.” Genesis 7:15-16 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These are
the words of God which were revealed to and written by Moses under the
influence of The Holy Spirit of God. Noah built the ark and did
everything just as God had commanded him to do. (Genesis 6:22) Then The Lord God told him to take his family
and go into the ark. He told him to take
with him into the ark a pair of every kind of animal, male and female. He was also told to take seven pairs of every
clean animal. (Genesis 7:1-3) God told
Noah that in seven days He would cause it to rain for forty days and nights and
kill every living creature on earth. (Genesis 7:4) Noah did as The Lord God had commanded. He was six hundred years old when the rain
flooded the earth with water. (Genesis 7:5-6)
After Noah and his family and all of the animals had entered the ark,
The Lord God shut him in. (Genesis 7:7-16)
It rained for forty days and nights.
The flood waters covered the mountains by more than fifteen cubits, or about
twenty feet. (Genesis 7:19-20) Every
living thing on earth died except for those that were within the ark. (Genesis
7:21-23)
APPLICATION
When Noah
entered the ark, The Lord God shut him in. (Genesis 7:16) I always thought that Noah and his sons
closed the door of the ark, and I wondered how they could close it tight enough
to keep the flood waters out. Then I
read that God closed the door. It was
God who sealed him in the ark and protected him from the flood. Nothing was getting in or out of the door
that God closed. God can close doors
that no man can open. (Job 12:14) He can
also open doors that no man can shut. (Revelation 3:8) Whether they be to doors of protection or to
an opportunity, when God closes the door, it is closed. When God seals us in we are protected. When God saves us we are saved.
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