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Salvation Realized(2018)-2
Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jun 26, 2018 (message contributor)
Summary: 2 of 3. All on the ark escaped/were saved from the Flood’s destruction. Salvation was realized by those favored by God. But How/When is salvation by God accomplished/realized? Salvation is realized when & how...
Series:
SUPPLANTING The LEGACY Of WICKEDNESS—Genesis 6:9—10:32
A—GOD’s REMOVAL STRATEGY—Genesis 6:9-22
Toward Removing the Legacy of Wickedness
B—GOD’s DESIGNED DESTRUCTION(& Salvation)—Genesis 7:1-24
C—SALVATION REALIZED(Getting to Normal)-II—Genesis 8:1-19
D—EXPERIENCING The VICTORY/Man’s Response—Genesis 8:20-22
E—POTENTIAL For RESTORATION—Genesis 9:1-19
F—SAME Ol’ SAME Ol’—Genesis 9:20-29
G—The NATIONS—Genesis 10:1-32
Attention:
What We’re About To Receive:
The story is told of two non-Christian men who, in order to pick blackberries, braved a pasture containing a notorious bull. The blackberry patch was located in the center of the pasture & a good distance from any quick exit that might be needed. They were picking away when the bull spotted them. He became enraged, lowered his head, & began pawing up the grass & dirt with his hooves getting ready to charge the blackberry pickers.
The men heard the huffing of the angry bulls nostrils & instantly the men darted toward the nearest fence. The storming bull followed in hot pursuit, & it was soon apparent they wouldn’t make it. They could feel the ground shaking underneath them from the pounding hooves of the enormous bull!
Terrified, the one shouted to the other, “Put up a prayer, John. We’re in for it!”
John answered, “I can’t. I’ve never made a public prayer in my life.”
“But your daddy was a preacher – surely he taught you some sort of prayer! So pray John, pray! The bull is catching up to us.”
“All right,” panted John, "I’ll say the only prayer I know, the one Daddy used to repeat at the table: ‘O Lord, make us truly thankful for what we are about to receive!’”
Those guys never realized/received their salvation!
But...God’s people do!
Safe passage was realized/experienced/fulfilled for all on the ark.
All on the ark escaped/were saved from the Flood’s destruction.
Salvation was realized by those favored by God.
How/When is salvation by God accomplished/realized?
3 ways salvation by God is realized.
Last month we found that, Salvation is realized when & how...
1. God DETERMINES(:1-5)
2—Salvation is realized when...
Man COMPLIES/Submits & Responds(:6-14)
Explanation: (:6-14) We must serve God until...
:6—“So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.”
After forty days after the ark’s having settled on the mountaintop in Ararat, Noah opened the “window,”(Nwlx) of the ark which he had built.
It is interesting to note that Noah was told to make a “window” of a seemingly different character in 6:16(rhu). However, these ‘may be’ merely expressing different aspects of the opening.
Gen. 6:16—“You shall make a window[rhu] for the ark, & you shall finish it to a cubit from above; & set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, & third decks.”
“Window”—rhu tso’-har—Noun Masc.—1) Noon, midday—1a) Noon (as specific time of day), 1b) Noon(in simile as bright of happiness, blessing). OR--Noun Fem.—2) Roof—2a) meaning dubious. Strong—A light(i.e. window): Dual double light, i.e. Noon. Used 24X.?From—rhu tsaw-har'—Verb—To glisten; To press out oil.
Also:
cf.-8:2—“The fountains of the deep & the windows[hbra] of heaven were also stopped, & the rain from heaven was restrained.”
cf. 7:11—“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, & the windows[hbra] of heaven were opened.”
“Opened”—xtp paw-thakh'—1) To open; 2) To carve, engrave. Strong—a primitive root; To open wide(literally or figuratively); specifically, To loosen, begin, plough, carve.
*“Window”—Nwlx khal-lown'—1) Window(piercing of the wall). Strong—A window(as perforated). Used 31X.
:7—“Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to & fro until the waters had dried up from the earth.”
Noah sent a “raven” which permanently stayed out of the ark as it “kept going to & fro” without returning to Noah, “but returning to the ark for rest; probably not in it, but upon it.”(Matthew Henry). It did this “until the waters had dried up from the earth.” The “raven” would have not left the security of the ark without a suitable “dry” place to nest along with sufficient food.
The “raven’s” behavior let Noah know that the water had started to appreciably dissipate.
The “raven” was probably released first since it was relatively more expendable than the dove(released afterward--cf.- :8-13). It was neither good for food or sacrifice. And ravens were present in the ark in greater numbers than the majority of the other animals(7:2-3).
“Sent”(See :8)—xlv shaw-lakh'—Piel Imperfect(usually expresses an "intensive" or "intentional" action or a "repeated" or "extended" action)—1) To send, send away, let go, stretch out—1c) (Piel)—1c1) To send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out, 1c2) To let go, set free, 1c3) To shoot forth (of branches), 1c4) To let down, 1c5) To shoot. Strong—a primitive root; To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications).
