"The Lord then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family , because I have found you righteous in this generation. Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth. Seven days from now I will send raind on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made." And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him. Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth." (Genesis 7:1-6)
The Ark and The Church
- Places of diversity
- Places of unity
- Places for salvation. It´s a safe place! Outside both, only death and destruction
- To live there you will have to submit yourself to rules
- Inside no one is more important... You have a leader and his helpers, and the survivors, very different but with the same importance
Do not jump out of the ark!
"But God remembered Noah and all the animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded." "After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beack was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him." (Genesis 8:1, 6-12)
Noah needed to know how it was out of the Ark. He decides to drop out two different birds: a raven and a dove.
Ravens feed on almost everything and also roteness. Doves can´t.
Ravens are associated with death and dirt while doves are a symbol of hope, peace, holiness.
Noah realeases the crow
- It flies back and forth. It ate everything. Like some church members that come and go, stretching hands inside the church but also stretching hands outside to receive offerings from the devil. People who take advantage from the shelter of the church to be protected from life storms, but as long as the storm ceases, they fly away.
- Raven is not commited to others
- The only thing the raven brought back was a bad breath. Like people who have nothing to give but bad feelings, criticisms, emotional trash
Noah releases a dove
- At first, it cannot find rest for its feet. As you sometimes can´t feel peace when invited to parties or when an opportunity of investment or business comes to your hands. The Holy Spirit makes you feel this way. So, "return to the Ark"!
- And another time Noach sends the dove and it brings an olive branch, that represents new life. Be like this dove and bring good news.
- Bear fruits!
- And again Noah sent the dove but it did not return. When you get mature enough, spiritually, God will sent you to do His work.
(Free briefing of Ana´s preaching)
