God's Covenant after the flood


We are all familiar with the story of Noah and the ark.  We know he brought all the animals two by two except the ones destined to be used for sacrifices. I didn’t find any reference to clean and unclean before the ark, but there must have been an unwritten designation. Noah was to bring the clean ones by sevens.

At the end of the journey when the waters had abated, the Lord made a covenant. We are familiar with that too. The rainbow is the token of the promise. But, did you know that the covenant was not with humans. It was with all the flesh that had been on the ark and their descendants.

First he just decided to not harm the earth and its inhabitants by flood again.  Gen 8:21 And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. ESV He wasn’t going to punish all the other creatures because of our behavior again.

Then He states His covenant to Noah. Gen 9:8-16 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for every beast of the earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth." 12 And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."

When God says He will remember, it means He will act. He will act not just for us, but for all our furry and feathered friends as well.

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