SABBATH & SUNDAY WORSHIP MESSAGE
SEPTEMBER 20/21, 2025
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DECLARATION
For
[we are not] ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed
from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
{ Rom 1:16-17 KJV}
SABBATH MEDITATIONS
"NITZAVIM" (You are standing)
Deu 29:9-30:20; Isaiah 61:10-63:9; Romans 1-:1-21
“You are standing today, all of you, before Adonai your God—the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officials, all the men of Israel, your children, your wives, and the outsider within your camp (from your wood chopper to your water carrier). Each of you is to cross over into the covenant of Adonai your God that He is cutting with you today, and into His oath. “This is in order to confirm you today as His people. So He will be your God, just as He promised you and just as He swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob." (Deu 29:9-12 TLV)
SUNDAY MESSAGE
FRESH START AFTER THE FLOOD
Genesis Chapters 8-9
But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. (Gen 8:1 NAS95)
OPENING PRAYER
Almighty God, it was Your direction in Deuteronomy to Moses to teach the Israelites "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Moses did and then we again broke Your heart, Lord, forgetting the horrible lesson of anguish from the flood, utter destruction, and then FORGIVENESS. How Great Thou Art, mighty Creator, Praise You! AMEN
MESSAGE
It was probably about the eighth or ninth month since the door to the ark was closed and sealed by GOD. All of the creatures were alive and thriving, and even Noah's family seemed to have developed a well exercised routine that served them well.
The Bible is silent regarding such matters internal on the ship. We can, however, glean from extra biblical sources a reasonable image from which conclusions can be drawn. For instance; we may surmise that the heaviest of all the creatures were housed and boarded in the very bottom of the ark. Heaviest to the lightest from bottom to top deck would provide great stability and reduce a capsize if the waters got cantankerous!
We also might deduce that the family of Noah occupied the upper most of the boat for their accommodations. It might look like a framed Baker's Tent that ran for most of the length of the boat along a mid-line on the very top deck.
If we knew more about the internals of the ship, we would likely be most impressed as to the creative devices and methods of handling the needs of not only themselves, but all of God' s creatures as well.
This past Wednesday in Bible Study, we tried to vicariously use our imaginations as if we were among those on board the Ark. Immediately after God closed and sealed the door, the crew discovered how to "MULTI-TASK". When the door closed, it became very dark. We selected one of the crew to attend to the Olive Oil lamps, scattered around the boat. The LAMP LIGHTER would also assume the role of FIRE SAFETY OFFICER, and wick trimmer! (See how this works?)
Most of all the duties of the crew would, out of necessity be volunteered, assumed or assigned by NOAH within the first few days. As time went on, virtually all of the duties were blended among all of the crew... including MUCKING the STALLS. Living creatures [including us!] take in food (grass, herbs, plants) and with a degree of regularity, the output needs attention.
Our Bible study team was very creative, as I suspect Noah's crew was likewise. We even had a Worship Music leader selected. She would lead the singing of hymns and general musical therapy for the travelers.
One area never came up with our group and that was any focus on being the only humans/creatures on the face of the earth. Our Lord may have dampened that thought process for our benefit.
Holy Scripture documents many previous and post events where God provided everything that was need for survival and success as the need arose, God's Grace provided.
By the time that our Bible Study exercise ended, we felt reasonably certain that all of the truly important tasks were covered, not by our own devices, but through the majestic hand of our GOD himself.
Then came the day that a moment of fear gripped the crew; the sound of something scraping the bottom of the boat, followed by a series of very strong jerks, a slight tilting towards one side, and then all sense of motion and floating was no more.
In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. The water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible. (Gen 8:4-5)
Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made; and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth. (Gen 8:6-7)
Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land; but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself.
So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark. The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth.
Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again. (Gen 8:4-12)
Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up. (Gen 8:13) {The covering that NOAH removed was the roof of the Baker's Tent type of structure on the very top of the vessel. There is reason to believe that this was the living quarters for Noah and his family.}
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. Then God spoke to Noah, saying, "Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives with you. "Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth." (Gen 8:17)
So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark. (Gen 8:19)
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done. "While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease." (Gen 8:21-22)
SUMMARY
My oh my, they had finally arrived. The only survivors on planet earth. Gosh it was quiet! The animals and birds and all probably leaped for joy in the beautiful sunlight that had only been darkness for the past year. The Lord spoke to the Noah, word of a NEW COVENANT between HIM and mankind.
Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, "Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
"I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth." God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.
"It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.
"When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth." (Gen 9:16)
And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth." (Gen 9:17)
The Creator then shared other important directions that would be foreign to them for a while; "The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given. "Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant. (Gen 9:23)
Instead of routinely living 800 to 900 plus years, God has capped man's life expectancy to 120 years/ Animals now fear us, and some of them will eat us/ All birds and animals are now food for us. And all must be FRUITFUL and MULTIPLY!
There is so much that came out of this Global Godly Correction. Now the hard work begins. This New start....will we be wise, face the Lord, and follow HIS way? A New Start. Will we be able to keep it?
CLOSING PRAYER
The New Start, O' Mighty Creator, the premier reminder of the depth of Love You have for Your Creation. Some will keep what they now have; others will not. May we all pray that the hardened hearts of those refusing to face You Lord, be softened from the inside out to allow the precious LIGHT of the GOSPEL to chase the darkness away. In the Name of JESUS the CHRIST, we pray, AMEN
DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, Ye heav'n-ly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
AMEN
THE CALL
If you have never invited Jesus to be your Lord and savior, or, if you have in the past yet remain unsure of salvation and forgiveness of sin, Please pray with me now: Lord Jesus I need to fill a hole in my life that follows me where ever I go. I am a long-time Sinner and I CONFESS and REPENT of all my sins. I believe that You JESUS are the Lord, that you were hung on a cross and died. I believe that you were raised back to life by God, Your Father, ascended into heaven and presently sit at the right hand of The Almighty. Please come into me, clean me, take me and make me Yours and let me serve from this day forward and forever, Thank-You Jesus, AMEN
If you sincerely prayed with me, your salvation has been assured. {Rom 10:9 KJV} -That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Waste no time in finding like minded folks, to fellowship with, who also know the lord Jesus. Be introduced to a church that preaches the BIBLE. Email me. Begin the journey that you will never tire of; the discovery of the Majesty, Beauty and loving Power of Jesus the Christ. Welcome to the family!
Chaplain Gary
BENEDICTION: Num 6:24-26 The LORD bless you, and keep you; The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.'AMEN
Christ go with you now...until we meet again
Christ go with you now...keep praying on till then
It really doesn't matter what the weather...
Just as long as we all are TOGETHER...
Christ go with you now...Till we meet again!
SUPPORTING SCRIPTURE Rom 1:16-17/Genesis Chapters 8-9 / Num 6:24-26
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