Great Lent Readings: Genesis 7:11-8:3; Isaiah 11:1-12:2; Proverbs 10, 11
Proverbs 10:1-22:16 is full of amazing couplets. In Hebrew poetry these are called antithetical aphorisms.
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. (Pro 10:1 NIV)
When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
but the righteous stand firm forever. (Pro 10:25 NIV)
The fear of the LORD adds length to life,
but the years of the wicked are cut short.
The prospect of the righteous is joy,
but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.
The way of the LORD is a refuge for the blameless,
but it is the ruin of those who do evil.
The righteous will never be uprooted,
but the wicked will not remain in the land. (Pro 10:27-30 NIV)
This series of proverbs underline that there are two kinds of people: the just and the unjust; the righteous and the wicked; the good and the evil; and so on.
Noah’s flood narrative is a profound, yet sad illustration of the two kind of people. Noah is an example par excellence of those who seek justice and righteousness. Sadly, on the other side are those who seek injustice and wickedness. The latter always lead to death and destruction.
Genesis 7 is a profound reminder of the meaning of the 40 days of Lent, “The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. (Genesis 7:17-18). There is a constant repetition of the phrase, “The waters flooded the earth.” (Genesis 7:18, 19, 20, 24).
It seems clear that Bible wants us to see this as a return back to Genesis 1:2, “The earth was without form and void, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”
Yet, there is a note of hope, in Genesis 1:2 and in Genesis 8:1. Genesis 1:2 says, “The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” Genesis 8:1 exclaims, “And God remembered Noah, and all the animals who were with him in the ark. And God made the Spirit to pass over the earth and the waters subsided.”
Noah’s flood reminds us of the biblical Gospel: Whenever, the historical or individual situation seems to be the bleakest, that is when the Spirit of God always “hovers over the face of the waters” to bring about life.
He always remembers the righteous and the just.
This is the lesson of Good Friday and Easter.
Right in the midst of much injustice, Isaiah the prophet peers into the distant future and proclaims:
A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him– the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD–
and he will delight in the fear of the LORD.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears;
but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
The infant will play near the cobra’s den, the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples;
the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.
In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people (Isa 11:1-11 NIV)
Isaiah prophecies regarding the Messiah.
He will be the new Noah.
Right in the midst of the world falling part, the Messiah, full of the Holy Spirit, will bring about recreation, and the “earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of God, as the waters cover the sea.”
Water itself is shown as a symbol of two opposite themes.
Water is a symbol of death and destruction.
Yet, water is also a symbol of life and recreation.
In the hands of the Messiah, who Isaiah proclaims, water is a symbol of life and recreation.
To Nicodemus, Jesus said, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.” (John 3:5 NIV)
To the Samaritan woman, Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:13-14 NIV)
To the crowds of people, he said, “Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” (John 7:38 NIV)
In these days of the Great Lent, may we drink of the Water of Life.
I really enjoyed reading this blog because I was able to better understand the moral of this story in a more poetic way. Also, It was interesting to know the significance of the word ‘water’ according to the bible.
I really thought this blog was very interesting because it talked about Jesus Christ and Noah’s Flood from the Bible and good morals in relation to Good Friday and Easter.
I really enjoyed this reading because I felt a sense of understanding in terms of what Noah’s flood was in relation to the biblical Gospel. Upon reading this article I learned that “Hope” is also a very important aspect of our daily lives and we must never lose it.
Reading this blog teaches us that Noah was chosen by God to do the greater deeds on the planet that he created. After God felt the need to cleanse the earth he wanted to preserve some of his finest creations. He sent Noah all the directions that he needed in order to be successful. All Noah had to was create this Ark and stay in the presence of God. A common theme that is also portrayed throughout this bible story is that the closer you remain to God in faith the better life he provides for you and your family. Or in this case Noah and his family. One of the other themes that is discussed during this blog is the fact that God is seen through the waters through the Earth in many other cultures and religions especially the Early Greeks they had the vision of Poseidon to be the God of the Seas. The connection from the Greek faith to the Genesis is that water is common theme in which God has his presence. God always sees water as an important element with the gift of human creation and the portraying of himself.
I really enjoyed reading this blog because it gave me a great understanding of the Christian’s thought about the two types of people. It helped us understand what the Christian religion believes regarding why there is “bad” people in the world. I also really enjoyed the way the proverbs were written, regarding the righteous and wicked; and the good and the evil. Noah’s flood is a narrative that accurately depicts the illustration of the two types of people.
I really enjoyed reading this blog. I enjoyed reading about the reasons for which things happen and how good and evil came about in earth. There are so many interpretations but this blog put a new perspective to it. I learned about how what has much more meaning to it then just water and of course biologically speaking water is essential for life.
I understand the Proverbs were written to give clear instruction about what is right and what is wrong, but don’t you think issues can arise in categorizing all people as either good or evil?
And if I understood you correctly, you also mentioned how the lesson of Good Friday and Easter is that God remembers the righteous and just. I would not disagree with this statement, but rather I think it is the fact that He remembered the wicked and unjust that makes Jesus’ death and resurrection all the more radical. What crazy love Jesus has for us!
Very interesting and a reminder to all that God notices everything we do and perhaps the things we don’t do. Just as he can bring about Noah’s flood that washed out everything because of sin, he can also make us “new”.
Never before reading this popular chapter in the bible, I was able to receive a great understanding of good and evil. Noah, as Professor Boaz mentions, symbolizes the good, the righteous, and warm-hearted. Whenever it seems that things are not going our way and we feel like we are completely being brought down, Noah’s Flood comes and reminds us that there is indeed hope– there is the Spirit of God that “hovers over the face of the waters” to bring that sense of hope. “He always remembers the righteous and the just”. With that being said, we should never look down or give up when negativity is building up. Instead, we should look for the light, that hope and sense of faith.
“He always remembers the righteous and the just”.
I think of two interesting points in this blog post. First, I feel incredible hope in the idea of the Holy Spirit hovering over. When things seem the roughest or the emptiest, the Spirit will be there to make things as they should be. At the exact point necessary, the Spirit will intervene.
Secondly, the relation of Christ to water: as Living Water. Our Lord can be seen as both a raging tempest of justice, yet simultaneously a healing water that brings healing. It is only in relationship with Him that we can come to appreciate and begin to understand both of these aspects.
Thank you for writing this blog, it is beautiful. I think Noah’s flood is pretty harsh, but on the flip side, all the wicked at the time are gone. After all, dust we are, and dust we shall return. Don’t get me wrong, I do understand that it was needed to be done. I like how God always remembers the righteous and the just. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil (Ecclesiastes 12:14). Being righteous is not easy but you will be much happier than do evil to others and have to live with the guilt. And if you have no guilt after causing harm to others, then you are truly evil. I would like to live in the distant future that Isaiah saw and drinking the Water of Life.
Such an interesting read! I appreciated the new perspective you shared on this biblical story that I have heard hundreds of times growing up. I always love your incorporation of the meanings of words (such as ‘water’ in this blog post) according to their original languages/contexts. Thank you for the blog post
This reminds me of the saying that if once you accept God into your life, He will make everything flip upside down. A lot of the things that God implemented He flipped around in the New Testament to mean the complete opposite. I feel that this shows the character of God more; it shows the way He wants to be towards us humans, if we stopped trying to run away from Him. God doesn’t want to reprimand us, so He shows this by taking what He uses to discipline to become acts of hope and light, much like how we should be turning our hearts during the season of lent.
I think this blog has a great message to it because it gave me the opportunity to better understand the Christian’s thought about the two types of people in the world. It talked about the good and evil and I think that this proverb will motivate people to choose to be good and make the right decisions as opposed to the bad ones because you want stand firmly in the eyes of God. All in all, I really liked how this proverb was written because it was easy to understand the overall message that it was trying to convey.
What most interests me in this blog, is the power of the image of water. In the story of Noah water is the enemy, the thing that is coming to destroy and destruct, the thing that people need to be saved from. When Jesus enters the picture in the New Testament, water becomes a source of life, he offers it as nourishment. It isn’t the object or thing that has the power over us, to give us life or to destroy us, it is what God does with the object. It isn’t about the water, but what God declares the water to be, either destructive or renewing. We are what God tells us we are, made in the image of God. It isn’t always about us, but what God can do with us THROUGH Him.
Water can viewed in the many different manors as you explained above, good vs evil. Personally, the place where I see the Lord the most is in water. The power that is holds like the giant waves crashing upon the shores or a tsunami, shows the sheer strength that God has. Then you have the peaceful streams flowing through the mountains bringing the necessary minerals to nourish the plants that the stream will come in contact with. Water comes in three forms solid, liquid, and gas; just as the trinity is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. There are many other ways of which the Lord is evident in water but it is the hovering of the Spirit above those waters that makes the difference. For as you said above that the flood brought death but once the waters subsided the land was to made new and to flourish with the new beginning. The same goes for receiving the water that forever is nourishing, for Christ fills us up, and fills our cups to the point of overflow with his love and grace giving new life.
Dr. Boaz Johnson, I wish I read this entry in the midst of the lent season rather than now. I am encouraged!
There is content here that has been priorly working in my head and heart but the process was too incomplete to express and I really feel as though this entry was an ordered formation of my disoriented thoughts.
I need to discipline myself more to seek both the obvious and obscure connections between biblical passages and stories. The stories alone have such substance and power but when they are composed together it creates an understanding of God in a whole new revelation which it is beautiful.
The creative insight is what stood out to me in this entry. First, I found myself stuck on the profound linking ideas of 40 days of Lent compared with Noah’s 40 days on the ark. It’s such a good illustration to help compare the tangible vision of Noah’s story to the undefined and individualize spiritual journey of lent.
The details aside, the sequence of this entry also stood out to me. Beginning it with the full description of the righteous and the wicked to then use Noah’s events to construct a biblical story example to visually explain the righteous and wicked. Then, it goes on to shift our attention to another chronicle of the righteous and the wicked centuries later in a Messianic prophetic method. Then, wrapping-up the entry with examples of Jesus, the messiah manifesting those predictions into further understanding. Wow! It’s intriguing (amongst many other things) because by thoroughly discussing what was thought “to come” (in one portion of the Old Testament from an excerpt from Isaiah) because of who had already come (in an entirely different portion and time of the Old Testament form the story of Noah), and then continued by showing the predictions being lived as reality (in an entirely different era and author), serves a third-hand proof of what Jesus’ life fulfilled, God’s promises and love.
Reading this reminded me of when i took intro to bible and learned about noahs ark and the different interpretations people had of this story in the bible. Noahs ark is a great representation of how powerful god is and like you mentioned how it symbolizes both the renewal of humanity and also the destruction of all that is evil. Although they may seem like two different reasons for why god brought upon this great flood but the renewal of humanity is dependent on this flood. I like how you summarrized the importance of the story of noahs ark as it represents not only the power of God but also symbolizing the purification of all humanity making us understand why God created the flood in the first place and what water represents in this narrative.
This blog was very interesting because it reminds us (the human beings) the need of salvation.When I read about Noah’s art (the Flood), it helped me understand what was really God’s purpose for sending the flood on earth. The great flood depicted God’s disappointment in the wickedness of the human beings and as God remembered Noah and the animals, he let the flood to subside. I agree with Dr. Boaz’s statement that “there is a note of hope in Genesis 8:1.” If we put our shoes in Noah’s situation during the great Flood, we might lose hope but Noah’s story helped us to realize that if we are experiencing any struggles in life, we should never forget that God will never leave us and he will continue to help us in any problems we are facing.There is one statement in this blog I was curious about and wanted to know more about that is, “Genesis 7 is a profound reminder of the meaning of the 40 days of Lent.”
As you stated, water has two meanings: destruction and life. The floods in which swept the earth during Noah’s time and the Living Water Jesus offers us come in this order for a reason, I believe. First, G_d shows His might by wiping the face of the earth clean, then shows His unconditional love by sending His Son Jesus to die for our sins. It is like us; we are born into this world, into sin, but when we come to know Jesus, our past lives are wiped away, “seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator” (Colossians 3:9-10, ESV). Our lives are washed clean, the Living Water takes away our old self and clothes us with the new one that is in Christ Jesus.
This was a very interesting read. I was able to understand the difference between good and evil Noah was considered good and righteous. I found it very warming when I read that at our toughest times, the Spirit of God is always looking over the water. It makes me feel safe and believe that God is actually always there and makes me feel a little more relaxed and comforted. It was also excellent how it depicted the symbol of water as good and evil.
I think that the flood in the episode of Noah was really a severe act by God, and I feel that is not okay to kill innocent people but God is omnipotent so we put our trust in him with this matter. If you look at it in another perspective, God made that choice cleanse the earth from bad people. The choice God made about that flood should not let us forgot that we made that choice kind of for our best interest, we should always put our faith in him and never think that he has forgotten us.
This blog shows that there are always two types of people, the good and the evil. I think God always wants us to be good, but then there are people who are evil, and regardless God never leaves their side. It’s interesting to see how the proverbs were written, regarding the righteous and wicked; and the good and the evil. Given that there are two type of people this just demonstrates that god sees everything we do, and like in Noah’s flood, everything is washed out because of sin, this can also make us someone better, once our sins are taken away from us.
Lately, I have been thinking about the old ways that people thought. For example, I believe that Noah was a representation of old thinking compared to the society that we are living in today. People today that I meet up with have no idea who God is, and honestly, neither do I. But even though I do not know the LORD completely, I still fear Him. I believe students around me do not even fear the LORD. I believe that Noah feared the Lord. So when you are talking about the people who are good and evil, I believe that the people today who are evil have no regard for the LORD. They do not even recognize GOD as the ALMIGHTY! this is something that almost hurts my heart because people have no mind for their Creator. They are so selfish that they do not know GOD even a little bit.
Reading this article I come back to the topic of hope. In such a saddened world we live in today we have to have something to believe in and keep us going and that is in “the hands of the Messiah.” Whenever I am going through a tough time I always come back to the verse in Philippians 4:13 where I can find strength in Him.
I do not fully agree with the first statement, that there are only two kinds of people in this world. I believe that no person is solely evil or good, as all people have the potential to cause as much destruction and harm as they are capable of bringing peace and love to the world. I did really enjoy the portion of the blog in which you discussed water and its symbolism, as I think it directly represents human behaviors. Water can flow, and water can crash. Water can save people, and kill them. I love that the symbolism of water is similar to that of the behavioral tendencies of humans.
The concept of good and evil is an important one to contemplate. With our limited time on earth, what will we make of our lives? Will we fight for ourselves or for the greater good? And are our efforts truly making things better? If we are tricked by the wicked, actions we think are jut turn out to be evil. But if we are calm and level headed, we can distinguish good from evil. The water of our actions would not then be of death, but of life.
I do not believe there is two types of people, it might have been that way during the time of the Bible. But not today. Sometimes good people are forced to do bad things, and I think that the flaws of our society is to blame. Sometimes, wickedness and injustice finds people who do not deserve it, good people. Which raises an interesting question, is our world either good or bad? One always hear the plea of injustice, of the bad and the people who are not happy, while the happy ones stay silent as they do not have a reason to raise their voice. So the world seem more dark than its actually is. But to know the world, one must first see it, and a lot of people give their opinion of our dark world from their small corner of the world.
I really enjoyed the post, in particular the couplet
“The LORD adds length to life,
but the years of the wicked are cut short.”
this is a great reminder that good triumphs over evil and that no matter the efforts of the wicked a light will always shine at the end of the tunnel. Following Jesus will not limit us but only open more doors.
And In the great words of Marshawn lynch “I’m just here so I won’t get fined”
Revisiting this post, my heart is broken all over again. The violence around the world is staggering. Often, it is hard to believe that the world is actually the safest and least violent its ever been (http://ourworldindata.org/VisualHistoryOf/Violence.html#/title-slide). And yet, as always, there is more to be done. While violence itself has decreased, we are now living in a world where we have much greater access and connection to the rest of humanity. Every death is a tragedy. May we continue to work for peace, using the technology and tools afforded to us by the age in which we live to continue to decrease hate and violence.
(My first comment on this post was meant for another post.)
I’ve always found it interesting how Jesus takes symbols of death and destruction and makes them symbols of life. As you mention here, it was water that destroyed the world of Noah. And yet, it is through living water that life is given through Jesus. In Genesis, childbirth is cursed to be a tremendous burden of paint and anguish. And yet, the light of the world enters into our midst through it. In the same way, may we participate in the restoration of all that is broken and painful in our world, bringing forth life and light and love.
I enjoyed how poetic the moral of the story was. it was simpler to read. I also thought It was interesting how the significance of water was according to the bible.It also gave insight of the understanding of the two types of people in the world. It talked about the good and evil. The proverb that was chosen seems very motivating to be the good type. It is also a reminder that God notices everything we do.
Water is hope, and just like water that flows, so should hope, too. It possesses great power beyond our imagination. Water is a miraculous force that when gathered together in the form of a vast ocean, it compels us toward awe. Or, unleashed as a wild, unrelenting storm, it moves us toward reverence. Even when released as the first promising droplet of rain on arid land, water moves us toward gratitude. And Jesus understood all of that.
Jesus knew the life-sustaining power of water, and he knew that if people were thirsty enough, they would take whatever water they could find. When water is denied, limited, or tainted, it becomes a source of despair rather than life. That’s why Jesus referred to himself as “living water,” because he wanted us to understand His ability to fill and quench our deepest thirsts.
This is what makes grace so amazing. Like an ever constant tide, His love washes over us — wave after wave — making mercies new every morning.
This is why water, Jesus, is hope: because when we roll ourselves around in dirt, God will cleanse us, anyway. We have hope, anyway. No matter how deprived and distressed we feel from the evil that continuously persists after us in this world, we thirst for life, anyway.
The significance of water is something i found to be interesting. Water in my eyes can be looked over easy without have reading this post. I think the meanings of water in representation are so much deeper than what I thought water could mean. Before reading this, I looked at water as a symbol of being renewed and new beginnings, like the water of baptism. However, knowing the other representations of water makes me more aware and makes sense to me.
I love this blog post simply because it gives the hope that even in the bleakest of times, that is when God is working his hardest for us. When we face trials in our lives and we put our faith and hope in God and pray to him, he works for us to find peace and calm. Noah was a good man, and represented everything we should strive to be, God fearing. He feared God but not in a negative way, he respected and loved him and believed that what he told was true. When he gave him the assignment for the arc he did not shy or turn it away, he took it head on and because of this him and his loved ones were spared. God always loves and takes care of his faithful flock.
Water is such a valuable resource that so often we take for granted. In America, we are so used to fresh, clean drinking water. We get thirsty, but we can quickly and easily quench our thirst. Yet people in other countries have to walk miles just to get water–water that isn’t even clean. The satisfaction that Christ provides is like clean water when you need it most.
I love this post because it mentions that although people can be wicked and evil, God provides hope in the hardest of times. However, I also thought that the discussion on good and evil emphasized the fact that God notices all that we do. No person is completely good or evil, but it reminds us that God pays attention to our actions, and although he gives us hope, there are also punishments for the wicked.
The story of Noah is a very powerful event in the history of human beings, and in the Bible. We can learn a lot from it. It showed me personally that even perfect, powerful creatures, such as the Angels that came to Earth to marry the “beautiful daughters of the men,” are susceptible to sin. The reason God killed the Earth’s population was because of the children the Angels and the men’s daughter had, who were of a violence hard to describe. The human situation at that time was not a good one. Besides the violence that was taking place on Earth, the people did not believe in God, and did not take into consideration Noah’s warning that the flood will come. They did not believe in it, and kept laughing at Noah when he was building the ark, a few hundreds of years ahead, saying that he was crazy to do something like this. Even though they were so ignorant, God was still willing to forgive them until the last second, that was when the Angel of God came to close the door of the ark. From this story I learned how important it is to believe in God and trust in him and his plans because he will take care of us if we do so. Also it is very encouraging to know that God is willing to forgive us for all the sins we commit, if we sincerely repent and trust in him and his son Jesus Christ, who was willing to die for us so we can be forgiven by God.
I had always heard of the aphorisms that you mentioned and took them more literally than anything. In Sunday school and bible lessons growing up they teach us about being righteous and we have all heard or are familiar with the story of Noah and his ark but I think I learned more in depth of what Noah is supposed to symbolize. Also I had really no knowledge of lent or what it consisted of, but I think it is a good time for reflection and many people could benefit from it.
This entry really hit home. It’s powerful and the poetic passage shows how the type of humans were surrounded by, the just and unjust. I have always been taught by my dad that where there is good there is evil, and especially when it came to people. Furthermore, I liked reading more about lent because I learned more about it.
I really enjoyed reading this blog! I love the comparison that was made between the wicked and the righteous. I also think the point you made about water in the Bible symbolizing death and destruction in the Old Testament, but also life and recreation in the New Testament. The story of Noah fits perfectly with the themes of water, the wicked, and the righteous. I love how you pointed out that the Messiah is the “New Noah”.
I find it very interesting the number of literary styles found in the Bible. I also like the various symbolic uses of water along the story of salvation for the world. The various messages where water has a significant meaning and purpose just like in the natural world, symbolic and literal for clean, life, basic need and tied to the prophecies about the Messiah. Thank you for reminding us its importance in spiritual growth.
I think that no person can only be evil and not good, and no person can be just good and not evil. As human’s we are born with a sinful nature, but that is exactly why God sent his sun to die on the cross, to save us. So its refreshing to remember that even if we do something evil, that God is still there to forgive us. I really enjoyed symbolism behind the topic of water. That it can represent both good and evil. I’ve had conversations with friends about how sometimes we feel like we’re in a wave and its hard to breath and we fight so hard to keep our heads above water and how that represents all the struggle and the “evil” were facing or doing. But water can also have another meaning, like it can “cleanse” us in a way.
This is a very interesting blog because it gives us a second origin for human creation where the first was through Adam and Eve. The Great Flood was produced by God in order to cleanse the Earth of the wicked and evil. Noah was chosen by God to collect his wife and all the animals and put them into the arc where the sailed for 40 days and nights. Which is where the length of Lent comes from. My first question for this is that why or how did God let people get so wicked and evil that he had to kill them all off aside from Noah and his wife? Couldn’t he have given an earlier version of plagues as he did for Pharaoh and his people during Moses’ time? God helped Moses in that way, and Moses was able to help his people without a widespread massacre (at least not for the Jewish…)
Secondly, Lent is suppose to be a time for repentance, atonement, and forgiveness. Why is it popular to give up “luxuries” such as chocolate, dessert, smoking, etc as a form of penitence how does that actually make us better people? Really, we should be start doing/acquiring skills/acts like random acts of kindness, volunteering, donating, and such in order to better ourselves?
And lastly, why do we celebrate Lent aka 40 days and nights with the occurrence of Jesus’s death and resurrection? Noah and Jesus’ stories don’t really intermingle, overlap, or pertain to each other.
I truly enjoyed the comparison you made with water symbolizing life and death. It reminds me how we as humanity take advantage of water, likewise the way we take advantage of life itself. I was also intrigued by the verse John 4:13-14. It is almost as if the water is knowledge from the Holy Spirit. And his knowledge of way of life and creation will quench our thirst.
It’s interesting how in the Bible moments of death turn into new life, such as the flood, as well as Jesus’ resurrection. The story of Noah tells us a lot about God’s promise to His people for new life, and Jesus fulfills this promise. The flood reflects what could’ve happened to us, but God sent Himself in a way that would destroy sin while sparing us. This brings death to sin and life to us.
I thought this passage was interesting, looking at water and the life and destruction that it brings. We depend on water for life and to bring beauty to the world, but it is also a source of pain when it comes to natural disasters.