This morning as I read 1Peter I had one of those “WOW!” moments that the Lord blesses us with as we read His Word. In 1Peter, Peter talks about the days of Noah, “God’s patience while the ark was being built.”

I started thinking of all the parallels between the days of Noah and the Gospel.

Men then, and men now are the same; men are wicked, not just kind of bad, but “the wickedness of man is great”:

Genesis 6:5-6 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.

Noah fond favor in God’s sight and He makes it clear to Noah that He was going to destroy the entire earth – EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE!

He told Noah to build a big boat, big enough to house 8 people and 2 of each kind of animal, bird, or creeping thing.