Genesis 8:18-21: “So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. (19) Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by families from the ark. (20) Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. (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.”
Here, we see Noah, his family, and all the animals that were on the Ark, disembarking onto the dry land. And once they are all off, Noah made a sacrifice to the Lord. The Lord smelled the sacrifice, and gave Noah this promise: “(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.”
Once again we see a shadow of the cross: When God smelled the sacrifice that Noah made to Him after disembarking the Ark, He gave Noah the promise of life for all mankind. Even though Man is fully deserving of death, we have been given life because of the sacrifice that died.
Now that we have seen the shadow, let us now look at the reality: Jesus, the perfect sacrifice, died in our place, so that we, sinful man, might live and have new life in Him.
2nd Timothy 1:10: “and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,”
If you have not found life in Jesus’ death, then run to Him today. If you call out to Jesus, Her will save you, forgive you, and free you from the hold that sin has on your life. All believers in the Lord have received eternal life in Jesus’ death, but all for all those that are not believers in Christ, there is only eternal death. So, if you are not a believer in Jesus, call out to Him today. Ask Him to save you, and He will.
Heavenly Father, I thank You, for giving us Your Son, so that we, sinful man, could be saved through His death. And Jesus, I thank You, for giving us life, freedom, and forgiveness. And Holy Spirit, I ask You, to please remind us of the gospel every day, in Jesus’ name, amen.
Standing on the Word of God 