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Build an Ark, February 1
Genesis 6:5-22
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the
earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them
with the earth. Make thee an ark.
Genesis 6:13, 14
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God gave Noah the exact dimensions of the ark and explicit directions in
regard to its construction in every particular. Human wisdom could not have
devised a structure of so great strength and durability. God was the designer, and
Noah the master builder. It was constructed like the hull of a ship, that it might
float upon the water, but in some respects it more nearly resembled a house....
The material employed in the construction of the ark was the cypress, or gopher
wood, which would be untouched by decay for hundreds of years. The building
of this immense structure was a slow and laborious process
The race of men then living were of very great stature, and possessed won-
derful strength. The trees were vastly larger, and far surpassing in beauty and
perfect proportions anything mortals can now look upon. The wood of these
trees was of fine grain and hard substance—in this respect more like stone. It
required much more time and labor, even of that powerful race, to prepare the
timber for building, than it requires in this degenerate age to prepare trees that
are now growing upon the earth, even with the present weaker strength men now
possess
Every piece of timber was closely fitted, and every seam covered with pitch.
All that men could do was done to make the work perfect; yet, after all, God alone
could preserve the building upon the angry, heaving billows, by His miraculous
power
Methuselah and his sons, and grandsons, lived in the time of the building of
the ark. They, with some others, received instruction from Noah, and assisted
him in building the ark
While Noah was giving his warning message to the world, his works testified
of his sincerity. It was thus that his faith was perfected and made evident. He
gave the world an example of believing just what God says. All that he possessed,
he invested in the ark.... Every blow struck upon the ark was a witness to the
people
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1
Patriarchs and Prophets, 92-95
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2
Spiritual Gifts 3:61
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3
The Story of Redemption, 64
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4
Spiritual Gifts 3:59, 60
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5
Patriarchs and Prophets, 95
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