GENESIS 6
18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive. 21 Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.” 22 Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him. – Genesis 6:18-22
GENESIS 6 GOD’S COVENANT WITH NOAH
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
After Noah finished the ark, the Lord made a covenant with him
He further gave him instructions to bring every living thing
Each of them by two of every kind and to keep them alive
They shall be male and female each of their kind.
The Lord God asked Noah to stock up food for all of them
Including all the animals and every creeping thing
And Noah followed everything that the Lord told him
It was an honor that God made a covenant with him.
It is such an amazing illustration when Noah was instructed to bring all the animals and all living creatures in pairs in the ark. In this account, we witness how obedient and faithful Noah was. He asked no questions. He trusted the Lord God even though he had no idea what and how God was going to go through with his plan. He was as meek as a lamb who followed where his shepherd took him. Noah is the epitome of blamelessness and obedience. He is a foreshadowing of Jesus, who was humble, obedient and completely trust his Father. It is very rare to find a person like Noah in our very corrupt world nowadays. Perhaps our world is almost going back to those days when everyone was so corrupt to a point where God will blot us out. But the Lord is so good that he gave us his Son, to save us from this world’s corruption and evil. Let us cling to our Lord and Savior and repent and turn away from sin.
REFLECTION
- Why do you think God chose Noah and made a covenant with him?
