Genesis 8 – How God Remembers
Dear Ones, we will briefly consider Noah, his loved ones, and the animals isolated on the Ark for more than a year during the storm, the torrential downpour, and the upheaval. Water covered the earth. Afterward, water began to dissipate daily. The highest mountain peaks appeared. The Ark lodges between several high mountain peaks settling in rock and mud. The time of transition from the Ark of safety to earth was nearing. They would have to bridge the past, the present, and the future. The earth’s atmosphere, climate, sky, ground, mountains, trees, foliage, and oceans were no longer the same. Those on the Ark of safety prepared for their reintroduction to a cleansed mother earth and began replenishing.
Genesis 8.1
God Remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle with him.
The Torah is not suggesting God forgot about Noah and those on Ark. In fact, it’s the exact opposite. Holy Scripture points to specific instances where The Lord God Remembered. Here are a few ways we know The Lord God Remembered. One purpose for mentioning the seven pairs of pure animals and pure birds was to help us notice The Lord God Remembered.
In Genesis 7.2, Holy Scripture Mentions a window to observe Noah as a Prophet, Priest and King. The entire Ark, including the lower decks, received light from a polished stone window placed in the top of the Ark. Genesis 6.16 Other precious stones were placed throughout the Ark to reflect light night and day. The Ark did not require the light of the sun by day or the moon’s light by night. The polished gem/stone knew when it was day and night. It was the clock on Ark. It shone at night. The reflection of the gem was a constant reminder. The Lord God was ALWAYS there with them. That light is representative of The Lord God.
Genesis 6.16
A polished stone, A reflective stone of splendor, “window shall you make in the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it above’ Genesis 6.16
Genesis 8.20
And Noah built an altar to The Lord; and took of every clean beast, and every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
One of Noah’s first acts after the flood in 1657 From Creation was to return to the place of Adam and Eve’s Creation. Noah remembers Adam and Chavah were created from the dust of the ground from where The Holy Altar of The Holy Temple would reside. It was in this particular location Noah constructed an Altar for Holy Sacrifice. Genesis 8.20 That is the first blood sacrifice offered in The Torah. Cain and Abel offered a tribute. Abel offered cream, cheese, and spun wool from the first and the best of his flocks. Cain offered spoiled flaxseed from his fields. Abel’s offering was accepted, and Cains’s offering was rejected.
Noah understood the purpose of bringing seven pairs of pure animals and birds aboard The Ark even though The Torah did not explain. The sets of seven animal pairs were a sign the inhabitants would exit the Ark after the earth was thoroughly cleansed. Genesis Seven. Noah’s burnt offerings were from the pure animals and birds in Genesis Nine. The pure animals and birds were kosher. They were a sign that God remembered.
Remember, Noah was perfect in his generation. Noah was a Noachide Priest. Noah was the High Priest for his descendants and the descendants of Japheth and Ham.
The Lord is Pleased with Noah’s offering and makes the following declaration.
Genesis 8.20 – 22
And Noah built an altar to The Lord; and took of every clean beast, and every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. The Lord Smelled the pleasing odor; and The Lord Said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Later after Noah’s emasculation, his son, Shem, was appointed High Priest to Abraham’s tribe. His name was Melchizedek, king of Shalem. Genesis 14.18. Abraham descended from Shem. We observe the blessing is associated with Shem. The Curse is attached to Ham. Japheth is between the two.
Genesis 9.26 – 27
And Noah said Blessed be The Lord God of Shem and Canaan shall be his slave. God Shall Enlarge Japheth, and he shall live in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his slave.
Holy Scripture does not teach that humankind is born into sin!! Sin is a choice! Holy Scripture says, ‘the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth.’ If one were born into sin, there would be no choice.
Throughout our examination of Genesis eight, we see specific instances where The Lord God was with Noah and those on Ark. The Lord God is with us as He was with Noah. Blessed be the name of The Lord.
May our Lord bless you with a beautiful pleasant happy sabbath observance.
Dr. Akiva Gamliel Belk
