I’m starting a study today on the word “roof” in the
bible. Odd, I know, but I invite you to
come along with me as I get to the verse about a roof that has been on my mind.
I’m hoping to gain clarity about it as we go!
Genesis 6:15-17 This is how you are to build
it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty
cubits high. Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an
opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make
lower, middle and upper decks. I am going to
bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every
creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.
A roof represents covering. Without a roof, the walls and floor of a home
really offer no more than a shell of protection. It’s the roof that covers and
keeps out rain, critters, and any other intruders from taking up residence in our
house.
This first reference to the word roof is when God
instructed Noah how to build the ark. God
was about to destroy all of the wickedness in the world, but prior to this
verse it says that Noah was righteous, blameless, and followed God.
God always provides covering and protection for
those who follow him, even if all hell breaks loose around us. Even if certain death is imminent. Even if we can’t see two feet in front of us.
God made provision for Noah and those inside the
boat to be covered with a roof, so that the flood waters could not come over
and swallow them up.
Pretty cool story.
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