Genesis 5:28-6:2
“AND LAMECH lived a hundred eighty and two years, and bat a son: And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.”
We hear nothing more of Noah for 500 years, at which time we are told of his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth (v. 32). However, we learn that “Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.” Genesis 6:9. This testimony should be remembered as we proceed with the story of this man of God and his family.
Noah was the last one to be named in the succession of the godly men commencing with Seth — representing a period of nearly 1500 years. There were some in this line of faith following Seth, as recorded in chapter 5, and were identified as those who called “upon the name of the Lord.” (See chapter 4:26.)
We find in chapter 6 that as mankind was multiplying upon the earth, that wickedness also multiplied. This finally filled the earth with corruption and violence. It is said that the Lord was grieved at His heart, and finally brought a flood upon the earth to destroy the ungodly.
Connected with this state of things were “the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation,” and are now “reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.” Jude 6. They are called “sons of God” in Genesis 6:2, even as they are also referred to as such in Job 1:6; 2:1; and elsewhere. This led to a race of giants coming upon the earth, and mighty men of renown. But God in looking down on this scene saw “that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” v. 5.
The mixture of these two groups was abhorrent to God. The Lor Jesus Himself spoke of it when H. disciples asked: “What shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?” In His reply He stated: “Of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Matthew 24:3;36-39.
Reader, where will you meet the Lord? Shall it be as one of His own, caught up to be with Him in glory, or shall it be before the throne of judgment to hear His pronouncement of eternal doom?
Memory Verse: “FOR GOD SENT NOT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD: BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED.” John 3:17.
Scripture Verse “LET THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH, AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART, BE ACCEPTABLE IN THY SIGHT, O LORD, MY STRENGTH, AND MY REDEEMER.” Psalm 19:14.
Scripture Verse “COMMIT THY WAY UNTO THE LORD; TRUST ALSO IN HIM; AND HE SHALL BRING IT TO PASS.” Psalm 37:5.
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