Laurel's class January 27 2022 - Noah

Noah:

When Enoch's city was lifted off the earth, his son Methuselah was left behind to continue a righteous line on the earth. He lived 969 years and died the year of the flood.

Four years after Enoch left, Methuselah's son, Lamec had Noah. His grandfather, Methuselah gave him the priesthood when he was 10 years old. Methuselah prophesied that all generations would be blessed through Noah.

Those who were converted or still righteous before the flood were called up to join Enoch's city.

Noah probably had many children and grandchildren. Shem, Ham and Japeth were born when Noah was around 300 years old. The others were either lifted up with Enoch or destroyed in the flood. There were several granddaughters who married outside the covenant and gave up their birthright.

Shem, Ham and Japeth (Japeth was actually the oldest) were righteous. They and Noah preached repentance for 120 years until the flood. God gives people plenty of time to repent - a whole generation.

At the time of the flood the whole earth was filled with violence - murder, torture, eating human flesh, sexual assault, etc. The violence against each other was the worst sin. God could not let more spirits be born into such a violent society.

God did not command Noah to gather the animals. He was told that 2 of each kind would come to the ark - Gen 6:20.

Noah had to have food for the animals and dispose of their waste - some experts think the animals were put in a state of hibernation.

The rain for the flood was symbolic of God weeping for the wicked people. Nothing makes God more sad, but the devil laughed and his angels rejoiced to see the flood because the people died in their sins without repenting.

The rainbow is a symbol from God that he will never again destroy His children by flood. The LGBTQ community took the rainbow as their symbol. Satan always takes God's sacred symbols and turns them to something else for his purposes.

Jesus was 23 centuries after the flood and the ark was still on mount Ararat. Every culture has an ark in their history. 

Noah and family were in the ark 7 days before the rain began. We need to follow the prophets while they are warning (120 years) not after they quit warning.