From the Pulpit...

This chapter introduces Noah’s genealogy (see 6:9 and through 9:29) and lays out the background for the universal flood judgment that God poured out on the planet and its inhabitants. Noah did according to what God commanded him. What a breath of fresh air that is! This is no fanciful tale, no myth nor legend. It is actual history. Also note God’s evaluation of the earth throughout the chapter (v. 3, 5- 7, 11-13). It is bleak. Actually, the situation is not much better today (Eccl. 7:29). Let us be like Noah – just, perfect, walking with God, and doing what God commands.