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The Water Goes Down
The first 8 words are very special (v. 1). “And God remembered Noah, and every living thing.” Inside the ark were the only people living on the entire earth. As they would look out the window they would see nothing but water everywhere. After 40 days it stopped ra …

Noah Sends Out a Dove
In some minds the Ark seems small. Yet, until the 1800’s the Ark was the largest boat ever built. The ark had 100,000 feet of floor space. If you can picture in your mind a railway box car, imagine 522 of them fitting into the Ark - that’s a lot of box cars but only …

Noah And His Family Leave The Boat
God tells Noah to - Come out of the ark (vv. 13-19). At the command of God, Noah had built an ark. At the command of God, Noah had gathered together the necessary food for their time in the ark. At the command of God, Noah, his family, and all the animals that God had summoned, e …

Noah Built an Altar
After coming out of the ark the first thing that Noah did was to build an altar and celebrate by offering some of the ritually clean animals to God (v. 20). We might ask, why did he do this?He wanted to please God and desired His fellowship.This was an expression of his com …