Noah part 3 of 6
Genesis 6:16 to 7:24
re-told by Debbie Dunn
Story highlights:
* God covenanted to save Noah from worldwide flood
* God chose all male & female animal pairs for Noah's Ark
* God sealed door of ark to save Noah’s family of 8 & animals from flood
Bible role-play begins:
Narrator #1: One hundred years had passed since Father God instructed
the now 600-year-old Noah to build a giant boat called an ark.
Narrator #2: Dozens of people may have gazed up at the
sky and then at a giant boat sitting in the middle of dry land and rolled their
eyes.
Narrator #1: Knowing that the ark was big enough to hold dozens of
people, Noah might have warned, "You must change your wicked ways to
escape God's judgment."
Narrator #2: Did they listen? No. Instead, they allowed
the devil to tempt them into continuing to do so many sinful things.
Narrator #1: The ark was three stories tall. It had a roof to keep
them dry, a window that could be opened or closed, and only one large door.
Narrator #2: The ark also had multiple rooms fully
stocked with food to keep eight people and hundreds of animals well-fed and
healthy.
Narrator #1: During those hundred years that Noah spent building the
ark, he, his sons, his wife, and his son's wives reminded themselves of the
promise given by Father God.
Father God: I am going to bring
floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature
that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.
Narrator #2: Those were terrifying words! Thankfully,
Father God made a covenant with Noah. A covenant is a solemn promise guaranteed
to come true.
Father God: But, Noah, I will establish my covenant with you. You will enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Narrator #1: Father God also alerted Noah that it was their
responsibility to shelter and take care of two of every kind of bird and animal
that moves along the ground.
Narrator #2: When there were only 7 days left, Father God
must have carefully selected a worthy male and female of each kind of animal.
Narrator #1: With gigantic animals like elephants, giraffes, and
dinosaurs, Father God probably picked out ones that were not yet full-grown so
that they would easily fit inside the ark.
Narrator #2: Perhaps Father God informed slow-moving
creatures like tortoises and snails to begin walking right away to Noah's Ark
as they would need more time to get there than fast-moving creatures like
Cheetahs, ostriches, horses, kangaroos, and antelopes.
Narrator #1: When Noah and his sons completed all of Father God's
commands, Father God said:
Father God: Noah, because I have found you righteous in this generation, you and your family may safely enter the ark. Seven days from now, I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.
Narrator #2: In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on
the seventeenth day of the second month, Noah and his wife walked up the ramp
and entered the ark.
Narrator #1: Shem and his wife, Ham and his wife, and Japheth and his
wife followed them.
Narrator #2: Noah and his family probably worked together
to pull the ramp inside the ark.
Narrator #1: After the eight people and hundreds of pairs of every
kind of animal were safely inside, Father God Himself closed and sealed the
door shut.
Narrator #2: Try to picture it. From inside the ark, you
hear torrential rain begin to fall. You also hear your neighbors screaming for
help.
Narrator #1: Perhaps some of them were people you liked. Even if they
all were your enemies, wouldn't your heart still grieve at the thought of them
drowning?
Narrator #2: Then, imagine you feel the ark lurch from
one side to the other as the ark begins to float.
Narrator #1: Your heart might do a double beat as you remind yourself
of Father God's promise to keep you safe.
Narrator #2: The rain fell for 40 days and 40 nights. The
flood became so deep that it covered the highest mountains and the tallest
trees.
Narrator #1: Noah had no rudder with which to steer the boat. Father
God was the one who directed the ark in the direction He wished it to go.
Narrator #2: Genesis 7:21 Every living thing that
moved on land perished - birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that
swarm over the earth, and all humankind. (NIV)
Narrator #1: Genesis 7:23B Only Noah was left, and those with
him in the ark. (NIV)
Narrator #2: Genesis 7:24 The waters flooded the
earth for a hundred and fifty days. (NIV)
Narrator #1: What was going to happen next? Come back next week and see!
Narrator #2: END
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- Moses who was from the line of Levi
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