In a world of wickedness, Noah was found righteous and preserved from the wrath of God on a wooden ship. This epic event was an image of the protection God provided all of us on the cross, and the rainbow he rose in the sky was a symbol of hope - harkening the coming of Christ.
Today's Bible verse is Genesis 9:13, from the King James Version.
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Speaker 1: Let us pray. I set my rainbow in the cloud,
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Speaker 1: and it will be a sign of a covenant between
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Speaker 1: me and the earth. Genesis nine thirteen. Heavenly Father, your
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Speaker 1: promises are trustworthy and never fail. We can rest assured
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Speaker 1: that you keep your word and remain faithful to your
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Speaker 1: people even when things seem dark. Help us to rest
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Speaker 1: in your promises. Lord, Help us to remain still and
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Speaker 1: trust that your word will prevail when we feel uneasy
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Speaker 1: or frightened. May your word make us steady, unwavering, and
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Speaker 1: strong in the face of evil. Remind us that those
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Speaker 1: in a covenant relationship with you have access to your
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Speaker 1: peace and strength at all times when the chaos of
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Speaker 1: culture presses against us. May these truths keep us strong
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Speaker 1: in Jesus's name. Amen, thank you for praying with me today.
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Speaker 1: Stay tuned now for another episode of Stories of the
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Speaker 1: Messiah with Rabbi Schneider.
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Speaker 2: Humanity was still young, but sin had matured within the
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Speaker 2: hearts of God's image bearers. The earth became riddled with
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Speaker 2: cancerous corruption. Sin settled deep roots, choking out their convictions.
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Speaker 2: Heavenly beings fallen from Heaven interwove themselves into the fabric
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Speaker 2: of humanity, pulling them even further from their creator. Kings
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Speaker 2: and warlords arose with the heart of Cain and spited
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Speaker 2: God by thrashing against his children. Violence had spread throughout
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Speaker 2: the land like a plague. Humanity was bent on eating
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Speaker 2: itself alive. With every passing generation, the likelihood of humans
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Speaker 2: destroying themselves in priest. So with the heart of justice,
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Speaker 2: God chose to cleanse the earth of their corruption. He
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Speaker 2: scoured the land for one that still loved him, one
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Speaker 2: to preserve and protect from the wrath. To come, one
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Speaker 2: who had not yet been perverted and twisted by sin.
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Speaker 2: There was such a man, from the line of Seth.
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Speaker 2: His name was Noah.
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Speaker 3: Welcome to another episode of the Jesus Podcast. I'm Ethan
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Speaker 3: from pray dot Com, your host on this beautiful journey
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Speaker 3: through some of the Bible's most iconic heroes. If this
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Speaker 3: in your daily walk with God. We're going through the
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Speaker 3: Bible and visiting stories of terror, judgment, hope, and redemption.
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Speaker 3: It is my hope that as we traverse the ups
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Speaker 3: and downs of these famous characters, we would catch a
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Speaker 3: glimpse of an even greater, overarching story happening. Each hero
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Speaker 3: in the Bible is an image of someone even more significant,
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Speaker 3: someone greater. Today we visit the story of Noah. The
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Speaker 3: earth has been blighted with corruption and sin, and God
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Speaker 3: has determined to wipe it all out. He chooses one
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Speaker 3: man to be preserved through judgment. This man's story of
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Speaker 3: salvation will ultimately point us toward Christ and his powerful
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Speaker 3: work on the Cross. So let's dive in and be
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Speaker 3: immersed in this cinematic retelling of Genesis chapter six through
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Speaker 3: nine to see that Jesus is the greater Noah.
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Speaker 2: The chill of the evening breeze bit at Noah's cheeks.
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Speaker 2: He gazed up at the unhindered night sky and prayed.
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Speaker 2: The firmament was utterly covered in stars, the galaxy stretched
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Speaker 2: over the horizon before him. Noah was in awe of
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Speaker 2: God's glory. He often met God on that hill, tucked
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Speaker 2: away from the madness of the world. There, cutting through
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Speaker 2: the silence, God spoke to Noah in the breeze. He
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Speaker 2: gave Noah a warning, a vision, and a calling. God's
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Speaker 2: voice reverberated through Noah's entire beam.
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Speaker 4: Violence, corruption, all flesh on the earth as des sent
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Speaker 4: into depravt. Noah listened intently, feeling the heat of God.
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Speaker 4: He felt anger, disappointment, and sorrow. I have determined to
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Speaker 4: destroy it all, no God said that I have called
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Speaker 4: you to be preserved from it.
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Speaker 2: Noah, his eyes started to fog and his hands begun
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Speaker 2: to quiver. He saw visions of a tempest consuming the
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Speaker 2: lad He heard screams coming from flooded cities and animals
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Speaker 2: running in fear. All was going to be destroyed.
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Speaker 4: He looked up with his hands outstretched. What must I do,
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Speaker 4: he whispered with a quivering voice. You will make a
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Speaker 4: vessel for your family and the peasts of the land.
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Speaker 4: It shall keep you safe from the coming star. For behold,
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Speaker 4: I will bring forth a flood of waters upon the
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Speaker 4: earth to destroy all in its wake. The breath of
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Speaker 4: life I gave in the beginning will be taken from them.
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Speaker 1: All will die.
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Speaker 2: Noah fell to his knees and began to pant. He
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Speaker 2: gripped his chest and looked up at God. It was
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Speaker 2: almost too much. God's will was clear and unwavering. He
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Speaker 2: spoke again to Noah, saying, I will establish my.
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Speaker 1: Covenant with you.
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Speaker 5: Noah, you will come into the Ark with your wife,
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Speaker 5: your sons and their wives. The animals will join you,
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Speaker 5: each in a pair. You will be a steward over them,
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Speaker 5: care for them, and see them through to the end.
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Speaker 2: Noah rose and looked at his hands. Could he create
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Speaker 2: a vessel of salvation for the world?
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Speaker 3: Was he able?
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Speaker 2: He looked at the horizon.
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Speaker 4: Clouds were amassing in the distance.
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Speaker 2: A storm was coming, whether Noah felt prepared for it
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Speaker 2: or not. Wood and nails. Noah and his sons labored
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Speaker 2: for weeks, scarring their hands with woods and nails. The
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Speaker 2: Ark was a wooden vessel designed to keep them safe
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Speaker 2: from the impending judgment of God.
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Speaker 1: So they built it.
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Speaker 2: Exactly as God commanded, without delay or groaning. With the
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Speaker 2: joy of salvation before them, they endured the ridicule of
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Speaker 2: onlookers and the pain of labor. More dark clouds hovered
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Speaker 2: over the land each day like vultures with wings out
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Speaker 2: stretched and prepared to descend. Finally, the time had come.
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Speaker 2: God's judgment on the world was impending. A pair of
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Speaker 2: each animal emerged from the forest and mountains. God's guiding
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Speaker 2: hand helped them in, and then his voice returned to
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Speaker 2: the heart of Noah in tandem with the thundering clouds above.
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Speaker 2: The voice of God boomed and.
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Speaker 5: Said, into the Ark, for I have seen your righteousness
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Speaker 5: before me.
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Speaker 2: Noah and his family ran into the Ark, and God
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Speaker 2: shut the door. They would be protected from the damnation
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Speaker 2: about to descend on the earth. Judgment would pass over them.
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Speaker 2: As the cleansing power of God swept over the land,
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Speaker 2: water fell from the skies, and the springs of the
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Speaker 2: earth burst open violently. The water rose over the mountains,
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Speaker 2: and all the corruption of evil kingdoms was swept away.
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Speaker 2: God's life giving breath was taken from them. All was destroyed,
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Speaker 2: all but the ark and those within it. Forty days passed,
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Speaker 2: and the rain relented, its continuous onslaught. The world was
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Speaker 2: still ominous, quiet and sad for a while. Yet underneath
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Speaker 2: the silence there were echoes of hope, an inkling of
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Speaker 2: new beginnings ready to emerge from the water. After many months,
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Speaker 2: the water had receded enough for the ark to rest
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Speaker 2: on the side of a mountain. Once the land was
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Speaker 2: safe enough to traverse, Noah opened the door. Rays of
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Speaker 2: sunlight cascaded down the trickling streams, bringing vibrant life to
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Speaker 2: the earth below.
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Speaker 1: From the dark and cold ark, Noah emerged.
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Speaker 2: The land was pure, once again, teeming with new possibilities.
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Speaker 2: As Abel had done many generations before, Noah sacrificed the
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Speaker 2: lord on that hill. He offered thanksgiving to God for
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Speaker 2: his salvation. God's favor was upon Noah and his sons.
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Speaker 2: He promised never to flood the earth again. As a
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Speaker 2: symbol of his promise, he painted a vibrant bow of
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Speaker 2: light across the sky. The rainbow memorialized God's faithfulness, a
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Speaker 2: beacon of light and hope for every generation.
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Speaker 1: It was for them to remember.
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Speaker 2: That there is salvation from judgment. The rainbow carries that
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Speaker 2: promise of salvation to day, a beacon of hope and
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Speaker 2: light to those caught in darkness, a promise of redemption.
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Speaker 2: The evil of humanity would not end with the flood.
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Speaker 2: Sin would return, but God's passionate plan to reserve and
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Speaker 2: protect those who call upon him would endure. Evil abounds,
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Speaker 2: but the promises of God never waver. The rainbow was
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Speaker 2: an emblem of light, transporting us to another time when
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Speaker 2: the ultimate salvation would come. Wood and nails would scar
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Speaker 2: another's hands, and a greater hero would come to bring
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Speaker 2: about salvation.
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Speaker 3: Did you notice that Noah's story isn't really about Noah
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Speaker 3: at all? We don't hear much from him except that
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Speaker 3: he did as God asked. Why do you think that is?
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Speaker 3: I believe this story is masterfully crafted to remind us
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Speaker 3: that God is both the bringer of judgment and the
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Speaker 3: author of salvation. Noah is not the hero in this story.
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Speaker 3: God is Noah, his family, and the animals are all
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Speaker 3: recipients of God's grace. He allowed them to be kept
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Speaker 3: safe in the boat. He couldn't allow sin to continue
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Speaker 3: its cancerous spread throughout the ancient world. Humanity would have
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Speaker 3: been lost before it even began. So God planned to
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Speaker 3: cleanse the world of sin's corruption, but he offered a
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Speaker 3: way out for the one man who still listened to
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Speaker 3: his voice, Noah. Noah and his family were given salvation
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Speaker 3: from judgment in the form of an arc shaped by
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Speaker 3: wood and nails. After the flood subsided and the wild
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Speaker 3: flowers dried, Noah and his family emerged with the animals.
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Speaker 3: Like a warrior who puts away his bow, God sets
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Speaker 3: a rainbow in the sky as a promise. This story
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Speaker 3: is rich with symbolism, ultimately pointing us toward a hopeful future. First,
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Speaker 3: the flood symbolizes the chaotic and dark life apart from
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Speaker 3: God and his eternal judgment of sin. The arc, made
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Speaker 3: of trees and filled with animals symbolizes the garden of Eden.
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Speaker 3: It's a haven and a place where the favor of
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Speaker 3: God is preserved. Lastly, we have the rainbow, a symbol
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Speaker 3: of God's restorative promise and salvation. The image of the
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Speaker 3: rainbow has been taken to mean other things in this
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Speaker 3: day and age, but the story of Noah and the
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Speaker 3: salvation God offers through the ark ought to instill in
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Speaker 3: all of us a greater appreciation for what the rainbow represents.
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Speaker 3: It represents deliverance, new beginnings, and salvation, and ultimately it
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Speaker 3: points us forward to God's promise of salvation salvation through
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Speaker 3: Jesus Wood.
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Speaker 2: Jesus gripped the splintered cross firmly in his hands and
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Speaker 2: thrust it onto his shoulders. Its jagged edges dug into
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Speaker 2: his wounded back with shaking legs, he marched up the
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Speaker 2: hill called Calvary, ready to endure shame and agony for
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Speaker 2: the sake of salvation.
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Speaker 1: He carried the cross to his execution, where.
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Speaker 2: Roman centurions awaited him with hammers and neg.
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Speaker 1: Nails.
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Speaker 2: The soldiers drove them into his hands and feet and
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Speaker 2: attached him to the cross. That rugged cross, a wooden
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Speaker 2: tool for torment.
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Speaker 1: The Persians designed crucifixion.
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Speaker 2: To torture criminals who had committed crimes against the king.
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Speaker 2: If crucifixion was a tool for the Persians, it was an.
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Speaker 1: Art form for the Romans.
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Speaker 2: They had become masters of torture and perfected crucifixion as
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Speaker 2: the worst of all fates. Jesus was raised high on
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Speaker 2: the cross. Markers stood below him, spitting in his direction.
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Speaker 2: Hen he saved the others, let him save himself. They
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Speaker 2: ridiculed utterly, unaware of the cosmic shift happening around them.
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Speaker 2: The reigns of judgment were brewing and about to descend
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Speaker 2: on God's chosen hero. Jesus looked at the crowd and
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Speaker 2: prayed to the Lord.
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Speaker 1: Father, forgive them. They do not know what they're doing.
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Speaker 2: Jesus hung there nailed to wood, enduring the judgment of God.
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Speaker 2: He did this so that the corruption prevailing in the
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Speaker 2: hearts of humanity would be cleansed, and any one who
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Speaker 2: believed in him would be preserved from the judgment of God.
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Speaker 2: Jesus looked into the heavens and declared.
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Speaker 5: Het hespnest, roaring victory for sin and death.
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Speaker 2: Three days passed, and the gardens surrounding Jesus's tomb teemed
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Speaker 2: with life. Rays of sunlight cascaded down like trickling streams,
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Speaker 2: bringing vibrant life to the earth below.
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Speaker 4: From the dark and cold tomb, Jesus emerged.
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Speaker 2: The Holy Spirit had risen him from the grave. The
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Speaker 2: sane spirit carries the promise of salvation to day, a
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Speaker 2: beacon of hope and light to those caught in darkness,
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Speaker 2: a promise of redemption.
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Speaker 3: Wood and nails were you able to pick up on
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Speaker 3: that connection. Noah crafted the ark from wood and nails
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Speaker 3: as a vessel of salvation. Noah and his family were
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Speaker 3: preserved from God's righteous judgment through the ark. Likewise, Jesus
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Speaker 3: used wood and nails to craft his own vessel of salvation.
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Speaker 3: He hung on the cross and endured the wrath of
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Speaker 3: God also that you and I could experience redemption. Those
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Speaker 3: who trust in the saving work of Jesus are saved
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Speaker 3: from the eternal condemnation of sin. While Noah was a
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Speaker 3: recipient of God's salvation, Jesus was the author. Through Noah,
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Speaker 3: even more evil and corruption would continue. Through Noah, even
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Speaker 3: more evil and corruption would continue throughout the world. But
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Speaker 3: there was a greater work accomplished through Jesus for those
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Speaker 3: calling upon Jesus's name. His work on the Cross removes
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Speaker 3: the sting of sin and death for all eternity. Just
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Speaker 3: as Noah emerged from the dark and cold dark, Jesus
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Speaker 3: arose from the tomb. A rainbow acted as a promise
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Speaker 3: to Noah and his descendants that God's covenant would endure
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Speaker 3: throughout the ages. The rainbow was meant to be a
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Speaker 3: reminder that God's covenant was unending. We have a similar
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Speaker 3: sign of our promise today, the Holy Spirit. Ephesians Chapter
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Speaker 3: one says this in him, you also, when you heard
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Speaker 3: the Word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and
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Speaker 3: believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
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Speaker 3: who is the guarantee of our inheritance. Until we acquire
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Speaker 3: possession of it to the praise of His glory. The
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Speaker 3: rainbow in Genesis chapter nine foreshadows God's Holy Spirit, our seal,
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Speaker 3: and reminder of God's promised redemption. Every time we see
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Speaker 3: a rainbow, we should remember the faithfulness of God and
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Speaker 3: every one of his promises. The story of Noah is
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Speaker 3: an anthem singing about the promised salvation of Christ. When
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Speaker 3: we think of his story, a gaze up at a rainbow,
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Speaker 3: or consider the gravity of sin, may we be reminded
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Speaker 3: of the greatness of Jesus. Jesus is the greater Noah.
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Speaker 3: Join us next time. As we followed the path of
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Speaker 3: the Father of faith himself, Abraham. His story mirrors our
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Speaker 3: own in many ways. We stumble, obey, then stumble again.
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Speaker 3: But there's a new promise around every corner, the promise
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Speaker 3: of true greatness and purpose found in Jesus Christ. Join
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Speaker 3: us next time to discover how Jesus is the greater Abraham.
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