Noah was a righteous man, blameless among
the people
of his time, and he walked with God.
Genesis 6:9
Noah had never seen rain, because the earth was watered with dew each morning. Noah had never seen a large boat – he did not live near a body of water. Noah had never seen all the animals that inhabited the earth. After the entrance of sin, many of them were wild and kept their distance. When God called him to build an ark because the earth would be flooded with water, he believed God, even when he could not picture it all in his head.
Jesus would later say to Thomas: Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. We cannot always see what lies ahead, but we can trust the One who does.
It was through his faith that Noah, on
receiving God’s warning
of impending disaster, with reverence
constructed an ark
to save his household. This action of faith…won for Noah
The righteousness before God which
follows such a faith.
Hebrews 11:7
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