Noach

Parashash Noach

Genesis 6:9 – 11:32

Please pray

 This prayer

before reading

In the name of Yahushua

Our Messiyah,

I pray for the Spirit of Understanding

The Spirit pf Knowledge and

The Spirit of Wisdom

As I read through this Parasha

That the Truth of Torah may

Come forth. Amen

This Torah portion is called Noah, meaning “he rested,” it was ten generations from Adam to Noah, the inhabitant had not produced the success the Mighty Ones had desired.  Mankind had become or had gone away or lost the original plan of Creation, which is still to produce mature sons for the Kingdom.  Noah and his family out of, may I say millions, only eight got saved; and eight represents a new beginning.   Does this sound familiar?   Remember the exodus from Egypt over two millions left Egypt and only two made it to Canaan.

In this Parasha we learn that a wise believer should never disparage any good deed as being insignificant, just as he does not fail to love his child who lacks understanding.  A wise person should work hard as Noah did to perfect his deeds, just as we should spare no effort to help his children.  Noah was righteous even in his corrupt generation; it is always a choice we make to follow or not to follow Torah.  How much more righteous would he have been had he lived in a truly righteous society!  The righteous of every generation are judged accordingly to the revelation that they were given to them.  Adam had only one command to keep, only one Word to bring to revelation: do not eat of the Tree of Good and Evil. Today we have two main category of commandment, the love for our Creator and Love for our fellow man, ten sub categories, and over 613 specific commandments.

Mankind have chosen his path, the difficult path to righteousness, which incur obedience to the 613 commandments, which was never apart of the original plan to perfection. If Adam Reshon the first man had obey the first Divine requirements, the path to perfection would not be so difficult. Adam Reshon was told that by the sweat he shall labor all his day, meaning that the path to perfection was now made very difficult.

The Torah in its wisdom gave us example of great men who negotiated on behalf of the people in their generation. Noah was the righteous man, as Abraham and Moses were in their generation. Noah did not do his utmost to protect the people from the wrath of the CREATOR. When the CREATOR told Abraham that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were doing terrible things, and was about to be destroyed, Abraham immediately begged the CREATOR to spare them.

He asked the CREATOR, if there are but forty righteous people in these cities, will YOU avert their destruction? Abraham continued to beg that the cities be spared until he had negotiated the number of righteous people required down to only ten; at that point, Abraham said to CREATOR, then save the towns for the ten.

It seems that Abraham stop at ten righteous people because he was confident that there were ten people in Sodom and Gomorrah that he assumed his plea had been successful.

After the Yisraelites sinned at Sinai, the CREATOR said to Moses, “Let ME destroyed them,” Moses immediately began to pray. Like Abraham before him, he was unrelenting in defence of his people. Torah tells us that Moses  pleaded with the Creator, “Take my life here in this world.” Blot me out of Your Book.  Leave me with nothing, but save them. The Yisraelites would have been destroyed, had Moses a type of the Messiyah not chosen to stand in defence of the people. The CREATOR chosen to divert judgement of the people.

In these three example: Moses who begged to save the Yisraelites and was successful, Abraham who negotiated forcefully to save Sodom and Gomorrah until he believe that he would be successful, and Noah, who did not pray or even negotiated, or even beg for the people, he just build an Ark to save himself.

Why did Noah not pray? We know that he was the righteous man in his generation, the one who was chosen to build his own Ark to be saved from the flood. Was Noah somewhat indifference to the fate of others? Or did he believe that his virtue placed him above the rest? To help explore these question lets us now study this Torah portion.

The error in Noah’s judgement has provide us with a unique understanding. Every year when we read this Torah Portion, we are reminded that we can change the consciousness of compliance in our lives. When we understand that nothing is ever final until we die. If ABBA YAHVEH send you a prophet who says that we are going to die, we should not accept it. Nothing in life is final! We have the power in us to tip the scale in our favor.

Gen 6:9 This is the genealogy of Noaḥ. Noaḥ was a righteous man, perfect in his generations. Noaḥ walked with Elohim. – In every generation there are a few like Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jeremiyah, Daniel, Obadiah, Nahum, Haggai, Matthew, Paul, Titus, Peter, Jude and John, have manage to navigate this most treacherous path to perfection . Will you be named among this auspicious group of believer? Faith in Yahushua and obedience to Torah plus faithfulness will produce such a character in us.

In this verse we have Noah been distinguished from the rest of the world, and a peculiar mark of honor place upon him. When EL YAHVEH was displeased with the rest of the world, HE favored Noah: But Noah found grace in the eyes of YAHVEH. This vindicates YAH’s justice in HIS displeasure against the world, and shows that HE had strictly examined the character or desire of every person in it before HE pronounced it universally corrupt; for, if there being one good man, YAHVEH would find him out, and smiled upon him.

It also magnifies HIS grace towards Noah that he was made a vessel of YAH’s mercy when all mankind besides noah had become the generation of HIS wrath: distinguishing favors bring under peculiarly strong obligations. Probably Noah did not find favour in the eyes of men; they hated and persecuted him, because both by his life and teaching he condemned the world. But he found grace in the eyes of YAHVEH, and this was honor and comfort enough. YAHVEH gave more account of Noah than of all the world besides, and this made him greater and truly honorable than all the giants that were in those days, who became mighty men and men of renown. Let this be the summit of our ambition, to find grace in the eyes of YAHVEH; let us labor, that, in life or death, we may be accepted of HIM, 2 Co. 5:9. Those are highly favored whom EL YAHVEH favors.

When the rest of the world was corrupt and wicked, Noah kept his integrity: These are the generations of Noah (this is the account we have to give of him), Noah was a just man. This character of Noah comes in: As the reason of YAH’s favor to him; his singular piety qualified him for singular tokens of YAH’s loving-kindness. Those that would find grace in the eyes of the YAHVEH must be as Noah was and do as Noah did; YAHVEH loves those that love HIM: was Noah perfect? Far from it! When someone finds grace it allude to the fact that he made mistake, but he was given a second chance.

As the effect of YAH’s favor to him. It was YAH’s good-will to him that produced this good work in him. He was a very good man, but he was no better than the grace of YAHVEH made him, 1 Co. 15:10. Now observe his character.

He was a just man, that is, justified before EL YAHVEH by faith in the promised seed; for he was an heir of the righteousness which is by faith, Heb. 11:7. he was sanctified, and had right principles and dispositions implanted in him; and he was righteous in his conversation, one that made conscience of rendering to all their due, to YAHVEH his due and to men theirs. None but a downright honest man can find favor with YAHVEH. That conversation which will be pleasing to YAHVEH must be governed by simplicity and godly sincerity, not by fleshly wisdom, 2 Co. 1:12. YAHVEH has sometimes chosen the foolish things of the world, but he never chose the knavish things of it.

Moah was perfect, not with a sinless perfection, but a perfection of sincerity; and it is well for us that by virtue of the covenant of grace, upon the score of Messiyah’s righteousness, sincerity is accepted as our perfection.

He walked with YAHVEH, as Enoch had done before him. He was not only honest, but devout; he walked, that is, he acted with YAHVEH, as one always under HIS eye. He lived a life of communion with YAHVEH; it was his constant care to conform himself to the will of YAHVEH, to please HIM, and to approve himself to HIM. YAHVEH looks down upon those with an eye of favor who sincerely look up to him with an eye of faith.

That which crowns his character is what he was, and what he did, in his generation, in that corrupt degenerate age in which his lot was cast. It is easy to be religious when religion is in fashion; but it is an evidence of strong faith and resolution to swim against a strong stream of public opinion, and to appear for YAHVEH when no one else appears for him: so Noah did, and it is upon record, to his immortal honor.

Gen 6:10 And Noaḥ brought forth three sons: Shĕm, Ḥam, and Yepheth. – The three sons of Noah was not named in the order of there birth. Yepheth was the eldest, but Shem is mentioned first because Scripture enumerates them according to their spiritual maturity, not by their physical age. Shem represent those in the Holy of Holies, Ham represent those in the holy Place, while Yepheth represent those in the outer court. Shem those who get to sit on the Throne, Ham thse who get to stand around the Throne and Yepheth those who get to sand before the Throne.

Gen 6:11 And the earth was corrupt before Elohim, and the earth was filled with violence. – Sin has a progressive nature about it. seven days of creation, As there are seven stage to Heavens, there are seven stages to hell. At first the world became corrupt, being guilty of immorality and idolatry, later there sins begins to corrupt the earth, because the sons of men were inhabited the world, like the first destruction of the earth.

What begins in private, when people still have a sense of right and wrong. But once a people developed the habit of sinning, they gradually lose their shame, and immoral behavior becomes the accepted norm.

In Noah’s time, the immoral sexual conduct of the people extended to animals, as well, until they too cohabited with other species. The behavior of the people in Noah’s generation continued to deteriorate.  At first they were corrupt, meaning being guilty of immorality and idolatry.  Then they began to sin openly before EL YAHVEH.  There is always a pattern to sin, it will always leads to farther depths of depravity. 

This means, that what is done in private will sooner or later manifested in public.  In this case it leads the people into robbery and may I say violence.  Violence and robbery goes hand in hand.  Finally, the earth became corrupted, and man who was created to be the very essence of the Word, through his corruption the whole world was now infected.  Light and darkness once again existed together, but EL YAHVEH is about to make another distinction between them. Another 1^st day of creation.

Gen 6:12 And Elohim looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt – for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth – Which one of these commandments do we violate?  Which one do we think is not relevant today?  Yahushua says if you break one, you have broken them all!  The righteous of each generation will be judged in terms of their own time and revelation. 

It is true that Noah was not nearly as great as Abraham, but it is fair to say that he would have been far greater had he not been surrounded by corrupt and immoral people.  Yet, Noah stood out as a beacon for all to see their way back to the Creator.  It is fair to say that Noah feared only EL YAHVEH, and he was not enticed by dishonesty and surely not by idolatry.  He walked in the path EL YAHVEH had chosen, for Him as a Prophet.  Noah instilled in his family as the high priest, the same values, and I am quite certain that he preached the same message to those around him.

Wickedness, as it is, is the shame of human nature, so it is the ruin of human society. Take away human consciousness and the fear of YAHVEH, and men become beasts and devils to one another, like the fishes of the sea, where the greater devour the less. Sin fills the earth with violence, and so turns the world into a wilderness, into a arena of wickedness.

The proof and evidence of it were undeniable; for EL YAHVEH looked upon the earth, and was HIMSELF an eye-witness of the corruption that was in it, of which was before HIM. The righteous Judge in all HIS judgments proceeds by the infallible certainty of HIS own omniscience, Ps. 33:13.

That which most aggravated the matter was the universal manifestation of the contagion: All flesh had corrupted his way. It was not some particular nations or cities that were wicked, but the whole world were so; there was none that did good, no, not one besides Noah.

When wickedness become globally accepted, universal ruin is not far off; while there is a remnant of faithful people in the world, judgments will be delayed for a while; but when all hands are at work to pull down the fences by sin, and none stand in the gap to make up the breach, what can be expected but an inundation of YAHVEH wrath?

This Parasha teaches us that they stole from one another in petty ways, which were not subject to the authority of the court.  Though this is not the gravest kind of sin, it is morally damaging in the extreme, because thievery within the letter of the law weakens the conscience and corrupts the social fabric of the society.  Another example is when the courts are used to steal money from another person, because the wealthy has a better lawyer, much like what goes on today.  Our society today is not far off from the same kind of depravity that plagues Noah’s generation.

It is like sending a group of officers to West Point to learn military strategy, yet while they were there, they lost their focus and instead played video war games-all-the-time. This was the state of the generation of Noah’s time, therefore, The CREATOR EL YAHVEH resolved to wipe away the filth and start a new.  Noah was a righteous man, and righteous men produce righteous offspring.  He runs his household according to the revelation given to him. Righteous men love good deeds, the way they love their children and they perform righteousness out of love, not out of duty.

Gen 6:13 and Elohim said to Noaḥ, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. And see, I am going to destroy them from the earth. - EL YAHVEH decreed that a generation that behaved so immorally had forfeited its right to exist, but even then, He extended mercy to them.  EL YAHVEH commanded Noah to construct an Ark, for one hundred and twenty years, the curious would see Noah laboring at his task, they would ask him what are you doing, and he would answer EL YAHVEH is going to destroy the world because of sin.  EL YAHVEH is about to destroy the world with a flood, they might be inspired to repent.  But instead of seizing the opportunity, Noah’s contemporaries scoffed at him.

Is it possible that as Noah build his spiritual Ark, he was also teaching the Gospel to the unsaved the Ark was been super naturall been built for Him. For what we see in the natural have a spiritual root.

EL YAHVEH made Noah a monument of sparing mercy, by putting him in a way to secure himself in the approaching deluge, that he might not perish with the rest of the world: I will destroy them, says YAHVEH TSEBAOTE, with the earth. "But make thee an ark; I will take care to preserve you.’’  Singular piety shall be recompensed with distinguishing salvation, which are in a special way obliging. This will add much to the honor and happiness of glorified saints, that they shall be saved when the greatest part of the world is left to perish.

I believe that Noah felt he was skating on thing ice when YAHVEH TSEBAOTE told him that all flesh had come before ABBA YAHVEH, He would be saved but the world would be destroyed. Maybe Noah didn’t want to draw too much attention to himself by begging on behalf of others, for a fear of the CREATOR, that HE might have second thoughts about about spearing he and his family.

What if Noah at this point might have ask the CREATOR for mercy for the whole world. In the book of Judges, we learn ABBA YAHVEH chose Gideon, a young man from an otherwise unremarkable clan of the tribe of Manasseh, to free the people of Yisrael and to condemn their worship of idols. Gideon was not  especially righteous, nor was his family noble, so why was he chosen?  It was not because of his connection to the Light of the CREATOR, nor because of his strength or great wisdom. It was because he spoke well of Yisrael, because he asked for good things for the Yisraelites that the CREATOR said to him “you will have all the power, all the Light you will need to save them.”

Noah fail to understand that even if we have no light, no special claim like Gideon, as long as we have a desire to help another person, that desire will connect us to the CREATOR. The CREATOR will give us everything we need to provide that help. Too often when most of us have an impulse to make a difference, we question our ability to do so, and with good reason.

The fact is that most of us do not have the Spirit of Wisdom to give us the confidence. Wecan  learn from Gideon that we need no special ability, just an ability to help.

Gen 6:14 “Make yourself an ark of gopherwood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with tar. - Noah was commanded to build an Ark himself.  Much as we are commanded to build our bodies in an Ark of righteousness: where The Torah, the Holy Spirit reside.  He was to build the Ark to symbolize his own behavior; Noah remained aloof from his compatriots instead of chastising them and trying to save them by improving their conduct.  Now, Noah must isolate himself in an Ark. When we become the Ark of the Covenant, we insolate ourselves from the world spiritually. This is the purpose of Creation to see who will be qualified.

Gen 6:15 “And this is how you are to make it: The length of the ark is three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. – Even according to the smallest estimate of 18 inches per cubit, the dimension of the Ark were 300 x 50 x 30 = 450,000 cubits.

Gen 6:16 “Make a window for the ark, and complete it to a cubit from above. And set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks. – Some say it was a skylight, according to most Hebrew commentators, it was the window Noah opened after the flood, and some say it was a precious stone that refracted the outside light to illuminate the interior. Notice that the door of the Ark was in its side as the Spare that pearce the side of Messiyah Yahushua was made in His Side also. It is through this door in the side of Messiyah which is similar to the door that was made when the Red Sea parted to let the Children of Yisrael escape Egypt.

The roof of the Ark sloped upward to a cubit, so that the rain would run off. The Ark was comprising of thee deck. One for the unclean animal, the second for the clean animals, and the third for the Humans.

As the Tabernacle have three compartments: the Outer court, the  Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. This depicts three level of maturity. As each arm of the menorah have three fruits, depicting the same spiritual meaning.

Gen 6:17 “And see, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under the heavens – all that is on the earth is to die. - YAHVEH told Noah, that HE would destroy the world by a flood of waters: And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth. YAHVEH could have destroyed all mankind by the sword of an angel, a flaming sword turning every way, as HE destroyed all the first-born of the Egyptians and the camp of the Assyrians; and then there needed no more than to set a mark upon Noah and his family for their preservation.

But YAHVEH TSEBAOTE chose to do it by a flood of waters, which should drown the world. The reasons, we may be sure, were wise and just, to us unknow HE has many arrows in HIS quiver, and HE may use which ever HE please: as HE chooses the rod with which HE will correct HIS children, so HE chooses the sword with which HE will cut off HIS enemies. Observe the manner of expression: "I, even I, do bring a flood; I that am infinite in power, and therefore can do it, infinite in justice, and therefore will do it.’’   It intimates the certainty of the judgment: I, even I, will do it. That cannot but be done effectually which YAHVEH HIMSELF undertakes the doing of. See Job 11:10.

It intimates the tendency of it to YAH’s glory and the honor of HIS justice. Therefore HE will be magnified and exalted in the earth, and all the world shall be made to know that HE is the ELOHIM to whom vengeance belongs; I thinks the expression here is somewhat like that, Isa. 1:24, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries.

Gen 6:18 “And I shall establish My covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. – EL YAHVEH in this verse makes Noah the object of HIS covenant, another Hebrew periphrasis of a friend: But with you will I establish my covenant.

The covenant of providence, that the purpose of creation can be manifested to the end of time, notwithstanding the interruption which the flood would give to it. This promise was immediately made to Noah and his sons, ch. 9:8, etc. They were as trustees for all this part of the creation, and a great honor was put upon him and his children.

The covenant of grace, that EL YAHVEH would be to him a Mighty One and that out of his seed YAHVEH would take to himself a people. When EL YAHVEH makes a covenant, HE establishes it, HE makes it sure, HE makes it good; HIS promises are everlasting covenants.

The covenant of grace has in it the recompense of singular services, and the fountain and foundation of all spiritual favors; we need  no more,animals either to make up our losses for YAHVEH or to make atonement for us in YAHVEH, than to have HIS covenant established with us.

Gen 6:19 “And of all the living creatures of all flesh, two of each, you are to bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you – a male and a female. – EL YAHVEH made Noah a savior to the inferior creatures, to keep the several kinds of them from perishing and being lost in the flood. This was a great honor given to Noah, that not only in him the race of mankind should be kept up, and that from him should proceed a restoration, the soul of the world, and Messiyah, the head of that church, but that he should be instrumental to preserve the inferior creatures, and so mankind should in him acquire a new title to them and their service. He was to provide shelter for them, that they might not be drowned.

In the Garden man was separated in our lives man and woman must willingly joined together in unity, in order to re-enter the Ark.

Gen 6:20 “Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, and of all creeping creatures of the earth after their kind, two of each are to come to you, to keep them alive. - Two of every sort, male and female, Noah must take with him into the ark; and lest he should make any difficulty of gathering them together, and getting them in, YAHVEH promises that they shall of their own accord come to him. He that makes the ox to know his owner and his crib then made him know his preserver and his ark.

Noah was also a forerunner of the Messiyah, whoever was in Messiyah would be saved from the destruction of the world. Each animal species represent a specific nature of the flesh. This must be maintain until a particular number of these spiritual counterpart is established.

Gen 6:21 “As for you, take of all food that is eaten and gather it to yourself. And it shall be food for you and for them.” - He was to provide sustenance for them, that they might not starved. He must prepare his ship resources according to the number of his crew, that great family which he was in-charge of, and according to the time appointed for his confinement. He was a type of Messiyah, to whom it is owing that the world stands, by whom all things consist, and who preserves mankind from being totally cut off and ruined by sin; in him the holy seed is saved alive, and the creation rescued from the corruption under which it groans. Noah saved those whom he was to rule, so does Messiyah, Heb. 5:9.

Gen 6:22 And Noaḥ did according to all that Elohim commanded him, so he did. - Noah’s diligence in building the ark may be considered, as an effect of his faith in the Word of YAHVEH. YAHVEH had told him HE would shortly drown the world; Noah believed it, feared the threatened deluge, and, in that fear, prepared the ark. We ought to mix faith with the revelation YAHVEH has made of HIS wrath against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men; the threatening of the word are not false alarms. Many may have objected against the credibility of this warning given to Noah.

Who could believe that the wise Elohim, who made the world, should so soon destroy it again, that he who had drawn the waters off the dry land (ch. 1:9, 10) should cause them to cover it again? How would this be reconciled with the mercy of YAHVEH, which is over all his works, especially that the innocent creatures should die for man’s sin? Whence could water be sufficient to deluge the world? If it must be so, why should notice be given of it to Noah only?’’ But Noah’s faith triumphed over all these corrupt reasoning.

As an act of obedience to the command of YAHVEH so was Messiyah. Had he consulted with flesh and blood, many objections would have been raised against it. To build a building, such as one as he never saw, so large, and of such exact dimensions, would put him upon a great deal of care, and labor, and expense. It would be a work of time; the vision was for a great while to come. His neighbors would ridicule him for his credibility, and he would be the joke of many; his building would be called Noah’s folly, so was Messiyah.

If the worst came to worst, as we say, thay would all be in the same boat as his neighbors. But Noah by faith was saved. His obedience was ready and resolute: So did Noah, willingness and cheerfully, without murmuring and disputing. EL YAHVEH says, Do this, and he does it, so did Messiyah. It was also punctual and persevering: he did all exactly according to the instructions given him, and, having begun to build, did not leave off till he had finished it; so did he, and so must we do.

As an example of wisdom Noah provide for his own safety, he feared the judgement, and therefore prepared the ark.  When YAHVEH gives warning of approaching judgments, it is our wisdom and duty to provide accordingly. See Ex. 9:20, 21; Eze. 3:18. We must prepare to meet YAHVEH in HIS judgments on earth, flee to HIS name as a strong tower (Prov. 18:10), enter into our chambers (Isa. 26:20, 21), especially prepare to meet HIM at death and in the judgment of the great day, build upon Messiyah the Rock (Mt. 7:24), go into Messiyah the Ark.

As intended for warning to a careless world; and it was fair warning of the deluge coming. Every blow of his axes and hammers was a call to repentance, a call to them to prepare arks too. But, since by it he could not convince the world, by it he condemned the world, Heb. 11:7.