Before the rain ever falls, Scripture tells us something we've never heard about God before: it grieved Him to His heart. In this episode, we slow down in Genesis 6 through 8 and sit with what that actually means, and how the very next verse tells us that Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

We trace how the sons of God "saw" and "took" the same way Eve did in the garden, why Noah's favor came before his righteousness and not because of it, and what it means that his obedience "condemned the world" without a trace of hatred in it. We watch God shut him in, remember him, and bring him out onto dry ground, patiently, into a world whose heart hadn't actually changed.

In This Episode

• Why "the LORD regretted" and "it grieved Him to His heart" doesn't mean God made a mistake, and what that language is actually communicating
• The pattern of "saw... good... took" that connects the sons of God in Genesis 6 all the way back to Eden
• Why Noah found favor before Scripture ever calls him righteous, and why that order matters
• What clean and unclean animals tell us about worship long before the Law was ever written
• The four-word turning point of the whole flood account: "But God remembered Noah"
• See our pictures of the Ark Encounter: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/199QCbKUw6/

Secondary Reading

Exodus 34:6-7, Hebrews 11:7, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Ezekiel 14:12-20, Ezekiel 36:22-28, Psalm 144:13-14

Study Along
Full notes and the Study Method at app.lyricandletter.com

Go Deeper

• Open your own Bible to Genesis 6-8: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%206-8&version=NIV
• Work through the passage in the Companion App - app.lyricandletter.com
• Join Rebecca's women's Bible study community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lyricandletter
• Original Music "Intercession" by Lyric and Letter Studios, available on all streaming platforms.
  

Have a beautiful day in the Lord. God bless.