"By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark… and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith" (Hebrews 11:7, ESV).
Noah's faith was tested.
Noah's ark measured 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. His faith couldn't be hidden! His faith was big and it was out there! Yes there were scoffers and people making fun of him—can you imagine all of the Noah jokes?
God called him to take a major step of faith and he obeyed God and it resulted in the salvation of his family.
John Phillips comments:
"When God first spoke to Noah about the building of the ark more than a hundred years before the Flood, there was no sign that such a catastrophe would take place. For a full century things on earth would continue as they were, with evil men and seducers waxing worse and worse. If, as some believe, it had never rained before the Flood, then the Lord's pronouncement must have seemed all the more unlikely of fulfillment. But Noah was mindful of the word of God. God had spoken, and that was enough. He was 'warned of God of things not seen as yet' (11:7a)."
(John Phillips, Exploring Hebrews, p. 154)
Noah's faith was tested.
Noah's ark measured 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. His faith couldn't be hidden! His faith was big and it was out there! Yes there were scoffers and people making fun of him—can you imagine all of the Noah jokes?
God called him to take a major step of faith and he obeyed God and it resulted in the salvation of his family.
John Phillips comments:
"When God first spoke to Noah about the building of the ark more than a hundred years before the Flood, there was no sign that such a catastrophe would take place. For a full century things on earth would continue as they were, with evil men and seducers waxing worse and worse. If, as some believe, it had never rained before the Flood, then the Lord's pronouncement must have seemed all the more unlikely of fulfillment. But Noah was mindful of the word of God. God had spoken, and that was enough. He was 'warned of God of things not seen as yet' (11:7a)."
(John Phillips, Exploring Hebrews, p. 154)