“Noah.”
He immediately fell prostrate before the altar.
“Your servant listens, Lord.”
“The sacrifice of heart is all I need. Remove thy shoes for thou art upon holy ground.”
Obediently Noah removed his shoes. Immediately a fire fell from heaven and consumed
the wood and stubble of the altar, leaving only charred stones. He bowed his head.
“The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through
them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.”
Noah could not believe his ears. The preaching of Enoch spoke of coming judgment, but
he, like so many people, had believed it was in the distant future, not imminent.
“Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it
within and without with pitch.”
The Voice paused as Noah absorbed what he just heard.
“And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three
hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
“A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the
door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt
thou make it.
“And, behold, I even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh,
wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall
die.”
A flood? A worldwide flood!
“But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and
thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
“And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to
keep them alive with thee: they shall be male and female.
“Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the
earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
“And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it
shall be for food for thee, and for them.”
As the Voice ceased, Noah continued to worship and reflect upon what God had said.
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