“But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the domestic animals that were with him in the ark.” (Genesis 8:1) These days, I keep remembering Noah, reflecting on the relevance of his story then and now.
It begins with judgment: “Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence” (Gen. 6:11) Next, Noah’s mandate: “Make yourself an ark of cypress-wood” (Gen 6:14). Then the secret is out: “I am going to bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life….” (Gen. 6:17).
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