This is Spoken Gospel.

We’re dedicated to seeing
Jesus in all of scripture.

In each episode, we see
what’s happening in a Biblical text

and how it sheds light
on Jesus and his Gospel.

Let’s jump in.

Six chapters into the Bible, just a few
chapters after God created mankind,

he says that he is going to wipe
humans off the face of the earth.

What could have happened to get to this point?

God’s purpose for the world was for
his image to cover the earth,

but now the opposite has happened.
Man’s evil image has covered it instead.

In fact, not only was the image of fallen
man covering the earth, in the story of the Nephilim

we find that the image of rebel
spiritual beings were spreading as well.

God would not allow
his good creation to self-destruct.

Neither would he let all this wickedness
continue to run rampant and go unpunished.

God had a purpose for creation, and
it would not be thwarted.

So, God would carry out his
punishment through a flood.

Back in chapter 3, God promised
that death and sin would not win,

that the curse
would not get victory.

He promised that one child from
Eve’s line would not fall under the curse,

but would actually defeat it.

And we see that this promise is still being
worked out when Noah finds favor in God’s eyes.

Noah was the only
righteous person on the planet.

Now, we know that humanity didn’t just happen
to luck out and there was one good guy left.

God provided that one good guy.

He created Noah, he made him good and did so
in order to provide someone to keep his promise alive.

So, God puts Noah into a large boat, so that
he, his family, and creation might be saved.

And it’s important to notice that God saved
Noah’s family because of Noah’s righteousness,

not their own.

Others were saved because Noah was righteousness.

Now, the reality is, the world
continued to be in this dire situation.

The Bible teaches us
that no one is righteous.

No one could find favor in God’s
eyes by their own goodness.

Everyone in the world deserves to be
covered once again with God’s punishment.

But, as he did with Noah, God provided one
man from the line of Eve to save the world.

And this one man found favor in
God’s eyes because he was God himself.

This one man was not only righteous
but was righteousness itself.

This one man is Jesus.

But unlike Noah, God did not
judge the earth and save one man.

Instead, he judged one man, Jesus,
so that he could save the earth.

Now, anyone who puts their faith in Jesus’ death, burial,
and resurrection can enter into his righteousness

and be safe from punishment like Noah and his family entered into the ark and were safe from the flood.

This is also the way God will
ultimately save all of creation.

He will renew the whole world
and cover the earth with his goodness.

And this final covering won’t be
with the waters of punishment,

but with the waters
of his presence.

I pray that the Holy Spirit
will show you a God, grieved by sin,

who goes to great lengths
to save those who hate him.

And that you would see Jesus as the one who
falls under the flood of God’s judgement

for us, so that we might be saved.