The men started having children which
multiplied the population in the earth. Verse 2 says that the sons of
God saw the daughters of men were beautiful and they married them. When I
read that scripture, two questions pondered in my mind. Who are the
sons of God? Who are the daughters of men? So of course I did a search
on it. According to both "Tom Howe and R. C. Sproul, two biblical
scholars, the "sons of God" are the human descendants of Seth who was
the son that God gave Adam and Eve to replace Abel. The "daughters of
men" are the descendants of Cain, who was cursed by God for the murder
of Abel. So of course, God was very disappointed the mankind race as a
whole. He pretty much said that His Spirit will not always be with man
because man is flesh (carnal, worldly, sinful) and decreased his
lifespan to 120 years. The sons of God and the daughters of men began to
have sex with each other and produced children. God began to see the
carnality, evil, sinfulness, and wickedness of the human race. The human
race's thoughts and actions were carnal, evil, sinful, and wicked and
God was not pleased with that at all. The Lord regretted making mankind
because mankind's behavior really broke his heart. So the Lord decided
that he was going to destroy every human being. All of that sinfulness,
wickedness, evil, and carnality came from Adam and Eve's disobedience to
God. Sometimes, the decisions that your parents make can effect your
life in a negative way or a positive way It's for that reason why
parents, guardians, foster parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and
many others should make sure that they are living a life that is
pleasing to God and being a good example in front of the children. I
know I am getting ahead of myself but the Bible says Train up a child in
the way that he should go and when he is old he will not depart from
it. I am convinced that if Adam and Eve had not been disobedient, all
the sin and foolishness would not be in the earth today.
So as a result of all the sin, evil, disobedience, and wickedness God decides that he wants to destroy the animals, the humans, because he regret making them. When I read that I was like WOW! What could they have done that was so horrible that would make God say that he regret making them? I imagine that they were fornicating, committing adultery, killing and murdering each other, not worshipping God, worshipping false idols, lying, etc….. In spite of all of that, one man on earth had favor with God and that man's name was Noah. God was pleased with Noah because he was a righteous man, he was the only blameless man, he was the only man that was being obedient to what God was saying to him. Noah was the second person the Bible said walked with God. Enoch was the first. God saw that the earth was corrupt and decided to warn Noah and fill him in on his plans to destroy it. He gave him specific instructions to build an large boat, that was waterproof inside and outside. God even gave Noah specific measurements and the material that he wanted Noah to make the boat. I can imagine that people were laughing at Noah for building a boat especially when it has never been done before. Noah was the first boat builder, I don't know what those people are called, lol. I imagine that Noah probably wanted to warn everyone of what God was about to do. If Noah had warned people, they probably would not listen because they were so stuck in their sinful ways. God told Noah specifically to bring his wife, children, children's wives and 2 animals male and female of every species into the boat. I'm had to gather enough food for himself and his family as well.
What is interesting is that Noah did not question what God told him to do. Noah did not get confirmation from someone else on what God told him to do. Noah simply listened to instructions and obeyed what God said. Noah did everything that God told him to do. How many of us can say that? How many things have God told us to do that we have left undone? How many things have God told us not to do something but we did it any way? I know I'm getting ahead of myself here but the Bible says that Obedience is better than sacrifice. What I gather from this chapter is the moment God says hey Shawne, I want you to do this or I want you to do that then I must do it without question.
So as a result of all the sin, evil, disobedience, and wickedness God decides that he wants to destroy the animals, the humans, because he regret making them. When I read that I was like WOW! What could they have done that was so horrible that would make God say that he regret making them? I imagine that they were fornicating, committing adultery, killing and murdering each other, not worshipping God, worshipping false idols, lying, etc….. In spite of all of that, one man on earth had favor with God and that man's name was Noah. God was pleased with Noah because he was a righteous man, he was the only blameless man, he was the only man that was being obedient to what God was saying to him. Noah was the second person the Bible said walked with God. Enoch was the first. God saw that the earth was corrupt and decided to warn Noah and fill him in on his plans to destroy it. He gave him specific instructions to build an large boat, that was waterproof inside and outside. God even gave Noah specific measurements and the material that he wanted Noah to make the boat. I can imagine that people were laughing at Noah for building a boat especially when it has never been done before. Noah was the first boat builder, I don't know what those people are called, lol. I imagine that Noah probably wanted to warn everyone of what God was about to do. If Noah had warned people, they probably would not listen because they were so stuck in their sinful ways. God told Noah specifically to bring his wife, children, children's wives and 2 animals male and female of every species into the boat. I'm had to gather enough food for himself and his family as well.
What is interesting is that Noah did not question what God told him to do. Noah did not get confirmation from someone else on what God told him to do. Noah simply listened to instructions and obeyed what God said. Noah did everything that God told him to do. How many of us can say that? How many things have God told us to do that we have left undone? How many things have God told us not to do something but we did it any way? I know I'm getting ahead of myself here but the Bible says that Obedience is better than sacrifice. What I gather from this chapter is the moment God says hey Shawne, I want you to do this or I want you to do that then I must do it without question.
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