For Mrs Noah, it was crunch time. Everything was placed on board. The final details were coming to a close. Mrs had said her farewells and both her heart and her back may have been feeling the strain. I can not even imagine the stress Mrs was under. Even though it had been talked about for decades, she had no ability to picture what was about to happen when the rains came. She had never seen rain, never heard the sound of it on her roof or never rejoiced when the rains came after a long dry spell.
To think the earth would be destroyed was unthinkable. We don’t know how often she went back over her lists…her ‘to do’ list and her ‘people I will never see again’ list. What we do know is that Noah accomplished what God told him to do and he didn’t do it alone.
I have to wonder if Mrs questioned God. I have to believe she would have wanted to bring more people. Scripture doesn’t say there was an alternative to the entire population being destroyed. I can’t fathom that Mrs didn’t plead with God to change His mind. “But God, they are my brothers. They are the children of my sisters. My friend, Lord, she’s been my friend since we were infants.”
Do you suppose Mrs ever got angry with God and asked “How can a loving God do this?” We don’t know. We can only wonder. We can only know that between then and now there was a rainbow and God’s promise that He would never again destroy the earth with a flood.
And since then there was a Savior sent. God Himself came as a man. As humans none of us are any better than the people Mrs loved that got left behind. This time, though, God came to earth Himself. All man and all God in the body of Jesus. So no one ever has to be left behind to drown in our own sin again. Instead of destroying the earth and all in it, God sent His son, not to condemn the world, but to save everyone in it who will believe on Him. John 3:16,17.
In the body of Jesus, redemption from sin, sickness, poverty, and lack of peace was purchased. Blood was shed. Punishment was poured out. The power of the enemy was broken. Because of our Lord becoming our sin substitute and bearing the punishment in His own body, we no longer need to wonder how a loving God can “do this”. He doesn’t. The price was paid. The enemy has been defeated. 1 Corinthians 15 tells us that death is the final enemy to be defeated. There’s coming a day of no more separation. What a promise! 2 Corinthians 1:20 tells us that in Jesus, every promise God made is “Yes”.
Resurrection morning is coming. We celebrate the new covenant God made with us through the body, the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, who became a curse for us. We are no longer cursed to be destroyed, but free to receive all that He has provided. Only believe. He has done all things well.
For His Glory 