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THE WORLD HAD BECOME ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY
Over 1600 years of sinful, disobedient behaviour flourished after Adam and Kuah allowed evil to enter the earth. The evil had become so bad that our Creator Yahuah was so furious and disgusted that He regretted ever creating mankind and decided to destroy them all. The Scripture says that the thoughts of mankind were ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY . . . . Imagine that !!!
There was a lot more going on in the earth than just evil behaviour though. Not long after Adam and Kuah left the Garden of Eden, the fallen angels who followed Lucifer taught women how to use witchcraft, herbs and potions in order to fornicate and fall pregnant with them. The children born from this evil union were ugly, deformed beasts, many of them giants. These creatures were called Nephilim and the nations could not stop them. They ate whatever they liked including people and animals. They killed whenever and whatever they wanted and fornicated (had sex) with anything that moved: men, women, even other animals - creating more and more beasts as their deformed seed was mixed over and over again for more than 1000 years. Mankind had become an abomination!
The pure blood that Adam and Kuah were created with had been mixed over time, deforming and changing, until all mankind was unclean and no longer resembed the magnificent Creation that Yahuah had made.
THE WHOLE WORLD WAS UNCLEAN IN BEHAVIOUR AND IN BLOOD. THIS WAS THE REAL REASON FOR MANKIND’S DESTRUCTION.
Only one man still had the pure bloodline of creation: Noak and his family. Noak was the tenth generation from Adam and he still maintained the special relationship between man and his Creator and was obedient to Yahuah’s instructions . . .
One man out of the whole world!
YAHUAH CHOSE NOAK AND HIS FAMILY
Noak was a normal person like you and I but he was given SPECIAL SUPERNATURAL POWERS by Yahuah, to perform an extraordinary task. Noak was told that Yahuah was going to wipe out all wickedness from the face of the earth and that he needed to build a vessel in order to preserve the life of his family during this time . . . . (and the animals too!)
So not only was Noak told it was going to rain (something no one had ever seen before) it was going to rain so much the whole world would be covered in water deeper than the tallest mountains. Would you believe it if you heard a voice in your head or your dreams telling you this? Yahuah actually gave Noak the understanding, the supernatural belief and the patient obedience to complete the mission - a project that took he and his family approx 75 years to complete. 75 years!!!!
HOW BIG WAS THE ARK?
There has never been a more cataclysmic event in human history than the destruction of all flesh - and Noak and his family had front row seats. Have you ever imagined what it would have been like for this small family? In the beginning they would have pleaded with friends and family to get themselves right with Yahuah and repent in order to be delivered - how many deep and sincere chats would there have been about why they were really building this huge vessel with no rain on the horizon?
But in the end the Scripture is very clear about who got onto the Ark: Noak and his immediate family (+wives). From this result we can see that everyone who was told to repent for 70 years either mocked, saw no importance in the messsage or simply didn’t make it!
This did not change the outcome though. When the Ark was completed, all the animals and birds were supernaturally drawn to their designated area, before Noak and his family were told to enter also.
THEN THE DOOR WAS SHUT !!!
Yahuah said it would rain and it did for 40 days and nights. Giant wells from the earth opened up spewing out tonnes of water while the water canopy around the earth collapsed, covering the entire world higher than the tallest mountains. Nothing survived. Yahuah effectively destroyed all of the polluted, unclean abominations that had manifested on the earth since the fall - even the great beasts (behemoth) like dinosaurs were wiped out too . . . .
(where did you think they went?)
THE RAINBOW
So Noak and his family were chosen to repopulate the earth once again. They built an altar to Yahuah and saw the familiar flashes of bright hues we all know as a rainbow. Every time Yahuah made an agreement or promise with His people He always gave a big, obvious sign, like a giant reminder so that they would never forget the wonders they witnessed and the supernatural deliverance they received instead of destruction. For Noak, Yahuah gave him the sign of the rainbow and promised to never ever destroy the earth with water again.
(an interesting interpretation of swirling 360 degree rainbows from the recent movie NOAH)
The Everlasting Covenant that Yahuah made with His people through Mushah (the Ten Commandments) still stands today and our sign of deliverance is the fourth Commandment - REST ON THE SHABATH. Upon our immersion we enter this Covenant of Deliverance through Yahusha’s shed blood and we are sealed with His Name on our foreheads.
AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAK
According to Scripture we will never know the day or the hour of Yahusha’s return but we can be awake, sober and watching the times and the seasons - and when we look at the wickedness, murder, wars, famines, crime, hatred, wickedness, mocking, perverseness and even luke-warmness of the elect, we know that we are living in the end of days. Scripture clearly states that the time before Yahusha’s return will be JUST LIKE the days of Noak. Even those who are leading `normal’ lives trying to do the right thing have no interest in Yahusha or deliverance do they? If you’ve ever tried to convince someone of their lawlessness and urgent need for repentance (because Yahusha is coming back soon), you will understand the hopelessness that Noak and his family must have felt, particularly in those days right before the rain came.
Just like Noak we are given a choice: destruction or deliverance. Noak concerned himself with the well-being of he and his family and was a trustworthy servant of Yahuah, finding favour because his behaviour was different (set-apart) in a wicked world. He believed what Yahuah told him and was obedient. In our day to day walk we go to work or to school and Yahusha has laid out a test before us to see if we will behave how He wants us to. He has given us the Commandments and the 3 Rules (which are a culmination of every Scripture) for our Behavioural Training and all we have to do is be obedient and do the rules in genuine love and watch our behaviour change over time.
Yahusha said that no one comes to the Father but by Him. He also said that no one can see Him (Yahusha) unless the Father is drawing them. Now why would you go out and subject yourself and your family to this violent, wicked world, trying to convince people to repent for the reign of Yahuah is at hand - if they are not chosen and ready to hear the message??? We are called to overcome, which means we choose Yahusha’s way in a situation instead of our own desires. We do the 3 Rules inside ourself. This is how we overcome, how our behaviour starts to shine and this is the process that everyone in Yahusha’s Bride is going through so that they will be ready for Yahusha’s return.
BEHAVIOURAL LESSON:
HOW DID NOAK BEHAVE IN THE WORLD AND HOW SHOULD WE ?
NOAK WAS TOLD THAT THE END WAS COMING AND TO
PREPARE FOR HIS FAMILY'S DELIVERANCE
- We have been told the same thing.
DESPITE DESIRING ALL MANKIND TO REPENT, YAHUAH
ONLY DELIVERED A VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE.
- The same is true for Yahusha’s Bride.
NOAK LISTENED FOR YAHUAH'S VOICE AND
WAS OBEDIENT TO THE TASK HE WAS GIVEN.
- Yahusha’s bride has been instructed to overcome and mature in her behaviour through the 3 rules - overcoming so she is ready for the wedding feast.
NOAK AND HIS FAMILY DID NOT TRY TO CONVERT THE WORLD AND MAKE THEM REPENT (otherwise they did a hopeless job!!!). THEY KNEW THAT WICKEDNESS WAS REIGNING AND IT WAS ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED.
- Have you faced this yet?
NOAK LET EVERYONE HAVE WHATEVER BEHAVIOUR THEY WANTED AND DID NOT TAKE THE MOCKINGS PERSONALLY BECAUSE HE WAS ON A MISSION FROM YAHUAH AND FOCUSSED ON THAT.
- We are called to do the same thing!
KEPHA DESCRIBES NOAK AS `A PROCLAIMER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS' IN 2 PET 2:5. In the Hebrew Language, PROCLAIM means to shriek, cry out, announce officially and indicate clearly.
There is no doubt that any of us would warn the person next to us of the coming destruction if
- There is no doubt that all of us would warn the people around us of the coming destruction if we could only reach them. All of us have felt the anguish of our message falling on dead ears and on cruel lips. Scripture tells us not to throw our precious pearls to swine who will trample them and rip us to shreds. Unfortunately the world has become a place of great evil just like Noak's time and religion has polluted the message of Scripture so much that very few are in interested in deliverance. We are to always be ready to give an account of our redemption and Messiah and urge people to REPENT, but we need to be very careful for our own safety and only open our mouth when Yahusha tell us to.
Are you still seeking the approval and friendship of the world in your day or are you passing in and out amoung them, cunning as a snake and gentle as a dove, tarrying on in a professional friendly manner schooling, studying or working to provide for your family until Yahusha returns - listening and waiting for the voice of your Master as He leads and guides you through the 3 rules?
Victory is in the hearing and the doing - just ask Noak !
NOAK’S RIGHTEOUS CHOICES IN A WICKED WORLD, HIS STRONG BELIEF AND HIS PATIENT OBEDIENCE WERE A BEHAVIOUR REVOLUTION.
Don’t be fooled. Evil is all around us and just like Noak we need to put our heads down, our armor on, stay out of trouble and listen for Yahuah’s guidance in our day. If we follow Him and are obedient we will always be safe and protected from every plague and catastrophe that is coming upon this earth from the wrath-filled firey nostrils of Yahuah.
The bloodline of mankind is unclean once again, but through our repentance and immersion into the Name of Yahusha, He washes us clean in His perfect blood and we become part of His Royal Bloodline...clean!
By Mark Davidson
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