God Chose to Flood the World for Us.

This message today is mostly to explain why the World Wide Flood was necessary and that it was Merciful and not an act of revenge or punishment by God but was very needed for you and me.

By His foreknowledge of us from Eternity as His own and His great Love for us He made it possible that we would be Born. If He had not sent the World Wide Flood and Mankind had continued as they were heading in the time of Noah, all life would have ended through their evil actions long ago, this is as it will be in the last days of the World as we know it, when the Holy Spirit is no longer restraining evil, Mankind will destroy themselves after the Rapture or the first Sickle as it is called in Revelation.

We know there was a great World flood and it has been confirmed as True more than once by Archaeologists (see links below ) they have found evidence to support this Truth which we find in the Scriptures, yes Atheists, False Teachers and those deceived by them try to discredit their findings and this is the same as other Truths that only God would have known at the time they were recorded in the Bible, Truths such as;  the World is round, D.N.A, Aids, Jesus Birth,  Death, and Resurrection, Signs of the End Times that are evident today etc.

http://unmaskingevolution.com/18-flood.htm

http://pleaseconvinceme.com/2012/the-old-testament-has-been-archaeologically-verified/

Some that Teach Theology claim that not all the earth was flooded in Noahs time but they are confused, Psalm 104:9 is not in reference to the Storm water that God sent to flood the whole earth but it is the water that He covered the earth with at Creation, which was the foundation of the deep.  He sent it to places as we see today and yes it remained in the places where He put it and never covered the earth again as it did in Creation,  the Flood waters did cause them to overflow in their own areas and so they also show evidence of the World Wide Flood.

Genesis 9: 15-16 And I will remember my Covenant which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the Bow shall be in the cloud and I will look upon it that I may remember the everlasting Covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. (KJV)

Having been in a Ministry involving both Atheists and also Cults, I soon realized it was a common assumption with Atheists that God is cruel , which they seek to prove and try to force on others, even though they claim not to believe in God and that we are suppose to have just invented Him in our delusion and that the Bible was just written by Men.

They say our God deliberately afflicts us and also seeks to teach and forcibly  dominate to make us puppets leaving us without free will but as we see in the Scriptures below this is just not True. But they say this because they are reading the Scriptures with fleshy eyes, they have  no Light, they are in darkness.

Lamentations 3: 33 For God doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the Children of Men.

I was also often challenged by people in Cults and still am today and by those deceived by their teaching even in our own Denominations, some doubt God is Love in all His ways towards us and believe He does evil to bring good out of it, which the Scriptures tell us is slander but yes He does work everything for good in our lives even what Satan and others mean for evil.

This  deception that God willingly afflicts us for our good which even some Christians believe, has caused many to blame God for what Satan and others do to us that causes us to suffer or because we live in a fallen world or because of our own Sin.

God does not hurt us willingly to teach or punish us and He will not force us to Love and obey His will but He does discipline His own by letting us reap the evil we sow until we come to our senses like the Prodigal son  and this is not pleasant, who enjoyed time out as a child. He also chastises and warns those who Sin through the Scriptures and The Body of Christ when they continue to Sin ignoring the prompting by The Holy Spirit to repent and turn away from evil .

So to explain why God needed to destroy the World by a flood killing many People and animals and later also Pagan Nations, let’s look at what He tells us in the Bible.

The Scriptures that speak about this time (see below) show us why it was an act of Compassion and Love which caused God to put an end to what was very evil in His eyes. He tells us that every thought of Mankind was evil.  He also tells us, as a man/woman thinks in their heart their actions will follow and so by their example their Children would have also accepted evil as good and they would teach their Children the same and and this is how it will be in the later years of the great Tribulation, so many will continue to be afflicted by Abominations and suffer greatly as it was in Noah’s time, outwardly at first things may still appear to be normal but a fierce battle is raging in Heaven even now, yes time is short.

Genesis 6: 5-6 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth and it grieved Him in His heart.

Genesis 6: 12-13 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, 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.

God has always intervened when His little ones continue to suffer and the people in Noah’ time were sacrificing their Children alive to Pagan god’s and doing detestable things to them and to animals and each other and the polluted Children that survived did the same and we see this sadly by the Pagan Nations who came later and did the same things  and God knew there would be no change, which was why He also destroyed with Sulfur, Sodom and Gomorrah and because of the horror of Adolph Hitler’s Nazi regime in Germany, He sent Nations to stop the untold evil there too.

Some ask; “If God knew these things would happen, why did He create man, or why did He save Noah and his family.” He did so because He is Love and Love never gives up, it continues to Hope and He knew from Eternity that you and I would Love Him with all our heart and so the gain outweighed the lose, to Him our friendship was worth all His heartbreak, we are His Priceless Treasure and so He sent Jesus to Redeem us, to pay the cost when man would not listen and Jesus willingly suffered for us…How great is God’s Love!

But we can see from the practices of the people, why it was so necessary for Him to end their lives by the great flood and why He also sent His people later to put an end to the evil of the Pagan Nations around them, so they could not continue to pollute others with their evil practices and this was why He also gave the Israelite’s guidelines to protect them and their Children against the evil that would result by accepting and practicing them.

Thankfully Children who do not understand good and evil go to be with God, they are never punished for the Sins of their Parents, all the Children who died and did not know right from wrong were saved Eternally, as they are today. The Israelite’s Children were allowed to enter the Promised Land even though their adulterous Parents were not.

God hates  evil and  does not deliberately allow it but what some believe to be evil is not, it is Merciful and Compassionate and comes from God’s heart of Love. Yes evil does happen to us, this is why we Trust God to work it all out for good, even if those we Love hurt us and continue to hurt us, we know without doubt God won’t but we can’t Trust Him fully in the flesh either, only through The Holy Spirit who we ask for and receive like God’s wisdom.

So is it God’s will we suffer, the Scriptures say No! do we have to suffer to have compassion for others who do, No, genuine compassion comes from The empowering of The Holy Spirit, not the flesh, many become bitter and angry when they suffer and blame God, some even reject Him, or they seek revenge when others hurt them. Some judge those who suffer as deserving and those who show their emotion as being weak and not having faith but we remember Jesus cried and was known as a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and yet He had deep inner Joy in knowing who He was and regardless of our circumstances we can too.

Those of us who suffer for doing good will be kept strong in our spirit and will be greatly rewarded.

Psalm 126:5-6 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

We also need to hold onto the Truth that God is not a Sadist or does He expect us to be Masochists, when He tells us to give thanks in all things, even when we suffer, it is not for what causes our suffering or hardship that we are giving thanks for but because we can be assured that He is with us as we go through them ( see below) and will work it out for good, this is why we give thanks which in turn gives us great inner Joy. But if we blame God for what we suffer we will live in fear and torment of what He will do to us even if sugar coated it is for our good.

Isaiah 43:1-3 – Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown! When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour.”

As we choose to walk in The Fruit of The Spirit (see below) we are empowered to do so and we than increase in these strengths and the evil of our fleshy mind and soul are put to death, because evil and good cannot Co-exist in Unity and God’s Love is the strongest power on this earth to demolish strongholds and so we patiently go through trouble and hardship knowing they will have an end.

Galatians 5:22-26 But the fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Long-suffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Now that we are in the end times and we can see once again the practices and customs of the Pagans and other unbelievers in our God of Creation, starting to have a great influence today, making it necessary for Jesus Christ to return and to separate His True followers from those who do evil before the end of this World as we know it comes. Satan seeks to hurt us which is the exact opposite of God’s plans for us. (see below ) Satan’s children or followers also seek to hurt, belittle, accuse, slander and deceive but God will keep us strong to the end and like Loving Parents with their young, He will be by our side to help us.

Jeremiah 29 :11-12 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

We ask God for His empowering as King David did below and to help us make every thought captive to Christ, so our actions will follow, as often said ….What would Jesus do!

Psalm 51 (10 ) Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

I will share with you another time the Symbolism of the Ark but briefly now, we can be assured it is a promise that all in Christ Jesus will be saved, He is our Ark.

Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

To wait on The Lord , means also to Trust Him and depend on Him, to know His plans for us are very good, our tears are captured in the vessel of His heart and He will change them all to Joy. We are the Children of the Promise, Abraham’s Spiritual seed and we outnumber the Stars. Galatians 3:28-29

Isaiah 25 (8-9) He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

Thanks for listening – Christian Love – In Unity with Jesus, our Spiritual Husband – Anne.