Gênesis 7

Gênesis 7

Morgan - Gen. 7.16. In wrath, God ever remembers mercy; He always keeps alive His work; in the midst of the years He ever makes it known. In this history we are looking out upon an awful desolation resulting from the act of God made necessary by the sin of man. Everywhere the destroying and cleansing waters prevail, but riding upon them, in absolute security, is the ark. Within it are eight souls. They constitute the link between the first Divine purpose, and the ultimate realization thereof. They are safe, for God has shut them in. They are there because they have listened to Him, have believed in Him, have obeyed His word. Therefore are they safe; and much more, the purpose of God is safe, for through them He will move on toward the final triumph. Again we see the first illustration of a principle and method which have obtained in all human history. God's judgments are always discriminative in their exercise, and beneficent in their issue. The darkness has never completely mastered or extinguished the light. He has always found a remnant of faithful souls, through whom He has been able to move onward to the goal; and they have ever been safe in His keeping. Surely this old story should speak with searching and comforting power to our hearts. It searches us as it compels us to define our own relation to Him. Are we such men and women as He can shut in the ark of His pre-serving Grace, and through whom there-fore He can work for the fulfilling of His purposes? Genesis 7:17 Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth. Ge 7:4,12 Genesis 7 Resources - Multiple sermons and commentaries THE FLOOD LIFTS THE ARK OFF THE EARTH Then - This is a strategic time phase. All are in the Ark and here comes the flood. The flood (mabbul; Lxx = kataklusmos - English cataclysm) came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark (tebah; Lxx = kibotos), so that it rose above the earth - The flood has the definite article ("the") preceding it in the Hebrew (and in the Greek Septuagint) indicating it is a unique flood, and in context a one of a kind flood, never to be repeated again in the history of the world. Morris on lifted up the ark - The ark was thirty cubits high and, when loaded, probably had a draft of almost fifteen cubits. As soon as the water rose to a level of fifteen cubits above the platform on which it had been constructed, it would begin to float.