The 7 Days of Noah

Last night out of the blue, Noah pops into my head again, the Lord starts showing me, asking me about what's written here about Noah. This morning I go right into Genesis 6-7 to see what kind of understanding it is the Lord is trying to open my eyes to. I'll just share with you the mini tidal wave that hit my brain this morning regarding these familiar passages:

Genesis 6
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Genesis 7
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
It has been suggested by some that we should put together a 30 day supply of food for the days ahead. I think we should put together a 30-40 day supply of food. What the Lord has specifically shown me is this image of us going right up to the very day that destruction falls, then the escape occurs...just like the days of Noah and Lot, the food supply is something Noah had to take with him in the Ark, here was the next doozy:

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

Forty days and forty nights...forty is the number of temptation/trial. Our Lord was tempted/tried in the desert where he was confronted by the devil for how long? Forty days and nights.....I'm not sure what the event(s) is that's going to test our faith between now and the time of the escape, but be ready for 40 days? of trial first...

The 7 days...the beginning of Genesis 7 shows us the Lord commanding Noah to come into the Ark, then the Lord tells him "in 7 days I'm bringing the flood." 10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. Then we are told on the same day that the flood waters arrived, Noah went into the Ark. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark. I asked the Lord to give me understanding about this some time ago, and it was'nt until last night/this morning that this understanding dawned.

The Lord says to Noah "come into the Ark" because in 7 days I'm bringing the flood," and yet apparently Noah and his family don't actually enter the ark until the day the flood waters arrive, which is at the end of 7 days. There are those who say "7 days waiting means the rapture is post-trib." The Lord said to me this morning (I believe) in 7 days the earth was created, he waited 7 days to destroy it, and....From the time that the command was issued to enter the ark (the 1st of 7 days) till the time Noah and his family entered the ark, what was Noah doing? Was Noah testing the Lord's patience hanging out around the ark after the Lord already told him to enter it? No, Noah was not testing the Lord, Noah was standing outside the Ark with every living creature on the face of the earth waiting to LOAD. 7 days to put things on the earth, 7 days to get them off the earth (into the ark).

All of this entered my mind in about 30 seconds this morning so it is what it is. I put no thought into the things written here other than conveying the understanding given to me. I've said it before, I consider what the Lord has given me to do, that of a herald or watchperson on the city wall, not a prophet. With that said, can and does the Lord speak prophetically through his servants, sometimes without them even knowing it? Yes he does. We will see what happens. As it has been written here earlier this week, I don't think we'll have long to wait to find out how all these things word themselves out. Our faith is being tested, and will be tested right up to the very end. Why? Because our faith is EVERYTHING. Without faith you have nothing, and I mean nothing..in the kingdom of our God. By grace THROUGH FAITH you are saved. This despite what todays babylonian preachers would tell you.

By faith, Noah built an ark that took years to complete, beleving what the Lord had said, by faith, Lot walked out of Sodom without any worldly evidence of fire and brimstone coming, by FAITH we too will walk out of the trials coming in the days ahead. We very well may see things that will test our faith. On the other hand, Noah and Lot were tested by the lawless deeds of the world around them, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day they left.

Noah was found righteous by the Lord in the midst of a wicked world. Likewise, Lot was vexed by the lawless deeds and words of those around him. Let us be found righteous in this wicked world, with a righteousness that comes "in Christ" from knowing, loving and obeying our great Lord, Jesus Christ. Time is short, keep the faith.