Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Genesis 7:13-24
by: Leota Stevens.
Noah, his family, and the animals in their care, were“shut in” the ark by God himself. Being confined in the ark was undoubtedly a stressful situation, probably not anyone’s first choice for an ocean cruise. However, the alternative to accepting a stateroom aboard the H.M.S. NOAH was certain death and separation from God. The rains outside this wooden vessel “prevailed and greatly increased on the earth.” However, inside the confines of God’s provisional ark, its inhabitants were safe as the ship “moved about on the surface of the water.”