“The Water Abated…”
“The Water Abated…”
Blessings folk!
The Lord judged the earth with water.
Noah, by faith, was obedient to the Word of the Lord.
He built an Ark as instructed by the the Lord.
Now, by faith Noah waits.
He waits and works.
Carry for the animals would have been a daily tasks.
The Lord gives us a surprising amount of information related to the abating of the flood water, precise and exact days, water levels, etc.
Gen 8:4-14
In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.
The water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.
Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;
and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth.
Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land;
but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself.
So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth.
Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again.
Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
The Ark rested on the mountains of Ararat - modern day Turkey.
The water continued to decrease.
Tops of mountains became visible.
The water continued to decrease.
Noah tested the water levels by sending out a series of birds, a raven and a dove.
It was only then, in the 601 year, first month, first day of his life, that Noah removed the covering of the ark so that he could look and see.
The ground was dry
In the second month, the twenty-seventh day, the earth was dry.
By faith, Noah and his family had survived.
By faith, they had propagated mankind and the animals.
By faith, they awaited the Word of the Lord to disembark.
Walk by/in faith in everything.
Nothing should be done outside of faith.