Noah - Is it raining?

Weather calls for rain....FROM THE SKY! Noah stands up and listens to God even when no one does. God's rescuing POWER shows up again today in Noah!

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An interactive retelling of the greatest stories in the Bible.  Take a journey with your kids and benefit from the parenting next steps after each show. These are "Short" stories to be used anywhere; in the car, dinner table, bedtime or wherever you want, with me Israel "Schertz."

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Go deeper with reading scripture: Genesis 6-9

1. If you were Noah, how would you design the Ark?
2. What is the longest you have had to wait? 1 minute? 37 minutes? 7, 485 minutes? What was it for?
3. As the rainbow was God's promise to Noah, what is God's promise to you?

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Transcript

Narrator: 0:03

Welcome back to Bible story shorts with Schertz. That's me! Season One. We have shared stories focusing on God and rescuing from all over the Holy Bible, from Moses to Esther. Today's story is about a guy named Noah, how he stay focused and committed to God, even when it wasn't popular. So grab your raincoat, umbrella and boots. The forecast calls for rain from the sky! Let's step into the true story. Noah was a really old man, like super old. How do I know? In Genesis chapter five? The big number verse 32, the tiny number. The Bible says Noah was 500 years old when he had kids

Noah: 0:52

man I look good for my age. More than Pilates baby. Plenty of veggies and a daily worship to God.

Narrator: 1:00

Thanks, Noah. So kids, were your parents that old when they became your mom or dad asks them now. Okay, let's continue. Noah was a man of integrity and innocent. However, most people on Earth are not and God was really sad.

God: 1:20

Noah, Noah I have a plan to rescue you and your family from all this wickedness.

Noah: 1:39

God creator of heaven and earth and everything in it. Please share your plan. What you want me to do ... a boat, a big boat. But what's a boat?

Narrator: 2:03

this is actually the first recorded time of a boat in the Holy Bible. Before this, there was the creation story and that didn't have any boats in it. It's easy to see boats now in our time. They're everywhere. Big boats, small boats, fast boats, slow boats, boats that carry lots of people in boats that carry lots of trash. God gave really detailed instructions to know as to how to build the big boat. This blueprint in hand. Noah was almost ready to build but God had more to say.

God: 2:39

This boat was saved you from the rains I will send. Flooding your whole world and cleansing it from all it's sins. I will send you two of every kind of creature of the earth and sky... Yes, even lion, tigers and bears Oh my my my my. all that creeps and crawls upon the ground. Oh Noah I will bring them to you. Now go forth Noah and build me a boat and know I am with you always.

Narrator: 4:19

this boat was filling up quick. The boat also known as the ark was massive. measuring in at a stunning 450 feet long 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. This modern marvel can hold every type of animal on earth times two. Let's get ready to go! This is a big boat. It was the size of one and a half football fields and that high is a bronchialsores dinosaur. Or you could say it's the size of the smallest Cruise Line ship.

Noah: 5:02

I'll do everything God what this boat blueprint or may I say? Boat print sounds like a buttprint. Three sons and a wonderful and beautiful wife. We will start.

Noah Wife: 5:17

Hey baby.

Noah: 5:18

Hey girl. Let's cut the cypress wood trees down. God wants this type of wood. We need a lot of them to build the ark.

Speaker: 5:30

Do you're crazy following God? God doesn't exist.

Noah Wife: 5:37

Yes he does.

Speaker: 5:40

Clearly you're wrong. Because no water has ever come from the sky like your god claims it will.

Narrator: 5:47

In fact, listeners up until no water only came from the ground, not the sky. So this was the first documented time rain came from the sky. Well, a lot of firsts in this story. The Bible says that Noah was 600 years old when he started to build...

Noah: 6:05

still looking good. I've got a consistent and steady routine of exercise eating healthy and godly worship.

Narrator: 6:15

Yeah so he was 600 when the flood came. All animals came into the now completed ark with his family on board God shut the doors to this massive boat.

CHILD: 6:27

It's really coming down out there to add Whoa, did you feel that the boat is moving it's rising to float on the water.

Noah: 6:38

God has saved us from the flood. Now we care for the animals and the ark and wait for the rain to stop and for the water to go back down.

CHILD: 6:48

How long waiting is hard and boring.

Narrator: 6:54

In Genesis chapter seven, verse 12, the rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 Nights. So what does that mean? An average month isn't 30 days. So a little over a month it rained. Gee, if it rains consistently for two whole days. I can get cranky. I don't know about you. Imagine sitting on a boat carrying tons of animals, making sounds of all kinds and not being able to go outside for a month.

CHILD: 7:22

Super annoying, being cooped up with my brothers and their families for a month. Not being able to go outside or wander around because I may knock over something or irritate the animals.

Noah: 7:38

Well, luckily we have all this stuff and chores to do to keep our mind off that like caring for the animals. Let's go

Narrator: 7:47

when the rain stopped, water went down and the massive Ark set to rest on Mount Ararat. Noah sent out a series of birds to make sure the earth was safe to walk on again.

Noah: 7:59

Fly bird fly.

Narrator: 8:02

The Raven came back the dove came back. However, the second dove never returned. Now Noah knew the earth was safe again to walk on. Noah, his family and all the animals exited the ark. This was a new day. Noah built an altar thanking God for His protection. God replied back with a gift of a rainbow. This showed Noah God's promise to never flood the earth again. A beautiful reminder of God's hope and love. God's story of his rescuing power continues. Until next time listeners discuss these questions. Question What if you were Noah? How would you design the ark? Question two. What is the longest you have had to wait one minute 37 minutes 7485 minutes? What was it for? In Question three. As the rainbow was God's promised to know what is God's promise to you? Thanks again for listening and we'll see you next time.