The skyline of most cities in the world boasts tall buildings. Did you know the “Empire State Building”, standing at 102 stories, was the tallest building in the world from 1931 until 1971? Many other skyscrapers followed, of course. But all are dwarfed in our day by the “Burj Khalifa” in Dubai reaching up into the sky at 2,727 feet tall!

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All of us have probably entered into significant agreements which required careful thought and serious commitment. As God wrote the “Grand Narrative” of His story with our human race, on occasion God has entered into Covenants with certain people who in that moment represented all of humanity. Genesis 9 is one of those Covenants and Noah was the man with whom God made this forever Covenant. This Covenant is a complex one with several important facets and they all affect you and me, so let’s take a closer look.  

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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Cruise ships are among the most complex of all floating things in our world today and they’re getting bigger all the time. The largest today is “The Icon of the Seas” at 1196 ft long, 159 ft wide with 20 decks and able to accommodate 7600 passengers with 2350 crew! It required 30 months for construction with a huge army of highly specialized workers!  In Genesis 6 God gave Noah instructions to build an ark that was so big, so complex in design, that I think it compares in dramatic impact with many of the great cruise ships of our day. The ark was 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 51 feet high but when we consider Noah’s primitive tools and his very small workforce it was a comparable achievement to “The Icon of the Seas”, especially when we consider the Ark’s passenger list! 

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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Who is the oldest living person you know today? My Dad is 98, but I have a friend in North Dakota who has a very close friend who is 10 years older than that, 108 years old!! In the early chapters of the Bible, we find several generations of people who lived well over 800 or even 900 years. The oldest of all was Methuselah, the son of Enoch. The Bible reports that Methuselah ‘lived a total of 969 years and then he died.’ (Genesis 5:27) Now what do you make of that my friends? 

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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CONSEQUENCES is a big word that probably you and I, and every person, have been wrestling with since the days of our childhood. Oh, we love our freedom and pursuing our desires and dreams but then, way too often, we must face the consequences of our choices, right?  That is “fairness” and “justice” by God’s design. God could have created life WITHOUT the ability to think, make choices, and pursue our own desires…but God didn’t do that! To both Angels and Humans God gave MINDS to think, reason and make decisions. 

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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Why is today special? Because today we formally begin “The Grand Narrative”, a several month journey through the Bible. Why? We’re seeking to understand the story God has been writing since before time began. A story God is still writing today, and He is including you and me in His story! So here we go, looking at the very first page of the Bible, the only book in the world written by God! 

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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For most of us the PREPARATION before taking significant action is very important, right? We gather all needed supplies, and we make good plans BEFORE attempting anything of importance, don’t we? Preparation is vital to success in any significant endeavor, do you agree? But what about God, does HE do that?  This week we’ve been looking at what God was doing BEFORE the Creation miracles of Genesis 1! How was God preparing for His “Grand Narrative”? What “Grand Narrative?” That’s what we’re calling God’s great story which HE has been writing through all history. God’s story spans all TIME! Have the things we’ve seen this week in the Bible surprised you?  

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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Today let’s consider the implications of these powerful words, found in the apostle Paul’s letter to the church in Ephesus, written in the middle of the first century: “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For HE chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight…” (Ephesians 1:3,4) Now what does that mean?  

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We’re right in the middle of an exciting discovery journey which we began yesterday, do you remember? We’re seeking to learn about ANGELS! If I could pass the microphone around to all of our “Walking with Jesus” family, all around the world, and give everyone 5 minutes to tell us everything you know about ANGELS, I wonder what we’d hear? Perhaps one of the most interesting things we’d hear would be actual stories of real, tangible, visual encounters some of YOU have had with angels! 

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This week we are seeking God’s answers to some of the more complex questions about life in our world. Monday we asked: “WHO or WHAT is God?” Yesterday we considered “TIME” and where you and I fit into God’s eternal TIME spectrum. Today let’s look at what God tells us about ANGELS! I wonder what you believe about angels. Do you think you’ve ever had an encounter with an angel?  Have you ever heard this: “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it!” WOW! That’s Hebrews 13:2 in the Bible! What do you think about that my friends?  

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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