A STUDY IN GENESIS
Last week we discussed what was happening during chapter five, fallen Angels having relations with mankind and the creation of the Nephilim. We ended on verse five. Let’s now tackle verse six and what is happening. Genesis 6:6, “So the LORD was sorry that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.” God knows all things and what is going to happen, Isaiah 46:10, “Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure.” The idea that God is sorry implies in the English that God didn’t know it would happen. We know that He knows all things, thus what does “sorry” mean?
The word “sorry” in Hebrew is “naham” which means to console oneself and have pity on the other. God was sad of what He was seeing; even though He knew it would happen, seeing it happen is different. God had pity on the human race, this is supported based on verse seven with God wanting to cleans the world of such evil and give humans another chance, “Then the LORD said, “I will wipe out mankind whom I have created from the face of the land; mankind, and animals as well, and crawling things, and the birds of the sky. For I am sorry that I have made them.” Genesis 6:7. God sees that the enemy has caused a massive poison to be in the human environment and drastic action is needed. This drastic action is the flood. But why not take everyone out? Was the whole world corrupted? According to verse eight no! “But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.” Genesis 6:8. This verse also supports the idea of the human genetic code being poisoned because Noah, his wife, their children and their spouses are the only ones who are not poisoned with fallen angel genes or who have not rejected God. The word “favor” in Hebrew implies elegance/acceptance. In verse nine additional description of Noah is given as “blameless,” which in Hebrew is “Tamim” which means complete and whole. The ark has one purpose: to take those who had uncorrupted genes and willing to follow God through the flood. So remember that God does mourn; God can be sad, yet God is never surprised by something. There is nothing He did not see coming. He sees everything, period! I challenge you to review the long list of scriptures defining His all-knowing, all-present, and all-powerful character and be comforted to know He has it all in control. Yet, even with this in mind, He cares for us on the individual level. Look at verse nine! “These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.” Genesis 6:9
Noah had a relationship with God, they walked together. Some here today need to remember that God is a God of power, all knowing, and present; while others need to remember that He is also a God who cares for us individually. This is what makes God so unique, the ability to be all that at once. It is why Jesus Christ is so magnificent, He is God revealed to us, He was with us on earth, and yet He was holding the earth. What an awesome God we serve! What an awesome God we have who cares for us. Next week we see God’s actions with Noah to save you and I!
Hold until relieved, our Blessed Hope is coming,
JL