Remnant Heir of Righteousness (Advent 5, 2022)

As we continue looking at the ancestry of Jesus, here’s another familiar name: Noah.

“the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,” (Luke 3:36)

Even people who don’t love Jesus or have a Jewish background know the name of Noah. He’s just as famous as Jonah and their stories are folklore even among non-believers.

Who can resist an ark full of animals?

Of course, the whole event is sanitized for the baby’s nursery. It’s like people forget the animals weren’t taking a pleasure cruise together as best friends with a traveling buddy. It was to escape a flood. A really big flood. Destroying the earth and everyone and everything except what was in the ark.

The story has more in common with a horror movie than Cocomelon…
except, perhaps, for those in the ark.

Questions for further thought:

Why do you think people conveniently overlook the destruction of all life on the earth except for those in the ark?

Spiritually speaking, why might people prefer to look at this story as a cute child’s fable instead of sobering historical record?

Imagine for a moment being a zebra or giraffe on the ark. You look out at your family members who did nothing wrong, but because of mankind, you and one other are saved, but the rest of your animal friends and family die. How could God allow such a thing?

Noah and his wife had family with them totaling 8 persons altogether. What do you think this remnant of the world’s population talked about during those 40 days and 40 nights of the flood?

Prayer:

Almighty Father, we thank You for being the Creator of all life on earth, including being my Creator. We do not understand Your ways but understand Your right to do as You choose and exactly what Your will requires for You to be both holy and just. We are sorry that we sin as if it’s of no consequence, that we ignore the warnings of Your Word and of our past. We are sorry that we fail to learn from our mistakes and sins. Help us to honor You as holy, high and exalted. We give You praise. Amen.

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Advent began Sunday, November 27, 2022 and continues to Saturday, December 24th as we explore the remnant spoken of in Scripture and awaken as the end draws near.

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Acknowledging inquiries about an entire season’s devotionals for your study group’s planning purposes, Seminary Gal’s prior seasons’ Advent devotionals can be accessed via the archives to the right and are as follows:

The multi-faceted Interlude between the promise of a Deliverer and the birth of our Messiah and King was the theme of 2021’s devotional series. It is archived beginning November 28, 2021.
2020’s Devotional Series Divine Intervention began on November 29, 2020 and explored God’s activity on behalf of a hurting world and nations in tumult– Intervention for you and for me when our status as sinners required nothing short of a miracle.
God’s Christmas list explored what might be on God’s Christmas list, learning what He wants from us. It began December 1, 2019.
Storyteller began December 2, 2018 and entered into the Christmas story through its telling.
The 2017 series Still Christmas, began December 3, 2017 and was the Advent complement to the Lenten series, Be Still and Know that I AM God.
The 2016 season devotionals were called “Timeless: The Message of Christmas for All Ages” and explored how the message of Christmas is timeless truth, for all ages of people, and for all ages at all times. Timeless hope, encouragement, grace, peace, and love as we looked into the Word, saw the face of our Lord Jesus, and experienced restoration in His presence. His goodness and His Gospel are truly Timeless. The 2016 devotionals began November 27, 2016.
The 2015 season devotionals were titled Incarnation and involved digging deep–and yes, I mean deep– in this important mystery of Christian theology. They began November 29, 2015.
Carol Me, Christmas! remains one of my most popular offerings and tells the Christmas story through our most beloved Christmas hymns and carols. You can access all of the numbered devotionals from 2014 via the archives. They began November 30, 2014.
The 2013 series was Emmanuel: When LOVE Showed Up in Person and examined the Prologue to the Gospel of John. It began December 1, 2013.
The 2012 series focused on Expecting the Unexpected…the unexpected, unlikely, and uniquely divine qualities of God’s perfect plan outlined in Luke’s account of the Christmas story. It began December 1, 2012.