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“And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour” (Genesis 8:20-21).
Noah had just come out of the ark, because the flood was over, and he, his family, and all the animals in the ark had been safely preserved through it. Now they were to repopulate the earth, and to multiply on it.
Noah was grateful for what the Lord had done, and he was spiritually intelligent enough to realize that a sacrifice was appropriate. That sacrifice was a picture of the Lord Jesus, for Noah and his family could not have been preserved except for the grace of God. They too were sinners, yet God had worked in their hearts to honor Him, and to build that ark.
So today, you and I, as Christians, are beyond any judgment of God for our sins. The Lord Jesus wants us to remember Him in His death, and to recognize that it is only through His grace that we are saved.
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