Genesis 8:6–12
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About this episode
We come now to a quiet moment in the history of the world. For months, Noah and his family have been sealed in a wooden box, surrounded by the waters of judgment. The old world, with all its clamoring rebellion and high-handed sin, has been washed away. God has judged the world, and God has saved His remnant. This is not a story about survival; it is a story about re-creation. And just as in the first creation, God is going to work in an orderly, deliberate fashion. He does not simply snap His fingers and make the world dry. He involves His creature, Noah, in the process of discovery. He teaches him, and us, about the nature of patient faith. In this passage, we see Noah acting as a scout, sending out emissaries from the ark to test the conditions of the new world.