The New Creation

Water is a sign of God's blessing. And yet too much water – or water at the wrong time – is a terrible curse: When Israel asked for a king, the LORD demonstrated his anger against Israel by sending rain!

Why is that bad? Well, as Samuel said, '“Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking for yourselves a king.” So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.' (1 Samuel 12:17-18)

A torrential downpour in the middle of the harvest is not a good thing!

In the days of Noah God destroyed the earth with water – a cosmic flood that brought down the waters above the heavens destroying all flesh (both human and animal) upon the earth.

But, as we hear in 8:1, “God remembered Noah.” Noah after all, was the one righteous man upon the earth. Noah alone “walked with God.” And so as humanity corrupted itself with its self-destructive ways, God completed the destruction of humanity, but saved Noah and his family, through water.