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Righteous Before The Creator

My reading today from Genesis 7:1-16 is short, but it puts feet on the commands God gave to Noah yesterday. The ark is built, the animals have shown up, and now God invites Noah & his family into the place that will save them from destruction.

You know, it seems from the beginning that God has always delighted to give those who love Him a refuge from the troubles and trials that are created by the disobedience of those who do not love Him. He truly lives up to the name, Deliverer. Here is a slide from a Bible study by Beth Moore that nicely describes how God is ALWAYS our Deliverer:

While the slide talks of fire, it was no less a deliverance for Noah and his family to be delivered from the death of all other living things. This story is only the beginning of God showing people that He wants to be our Deliverer, and it represents His heart of hearts–to deliver us from the ways of sin and the wages of sin (which is eternal death). Now our question; will we give up our own ways and go into “the ark” when we are invited?

October 6, 2013 - Posted by Crystal A Murray (aka CrystalWriter) | Bible Study, Nonfiction, Torah Commentary | ark, Complete Jewish Bible, crystalwriter, deliver, deliverance, Deliverer, destruction, eternal death, fire, flood, Genesis, Genesis 7, God, invitation, mankind, Noah, Our Deliverer, refuge, Scripture, sin, Torah, Torah commentary, Torah Portions, Torah Reading, wages of sin, Word, Word of God, Word of the Lord, Yahveh, Yahweh