GLMX #189: It's Going to Rain

The much-anticipated film starring Russell Crowe as "Noah" is now in theatres. The story, of course, is based on the account of the Great Flood which is recorded in the book of Genesis in the Bible. A popular song titled “It’s Gonna Rain” captured the story as well.

Many years after God created the earth, humanity had become extremely wicked. The Bible says the "whole earth was filled with violence." Men and women were fighting each other, killing each other, robbing each other, having illicit sexual relationships, and ruining the beautiful world that God had made.

God was grieved by how His creation was acting. He decided that He would not tolerate their evil ways anymore and that He would wipe out the earth's population and start all over with the only man who was living righteously. That man was Noah.

God came to Noah one day and told him that, for the first time in history, it was going to rain. The water pouring down from the sky, and the release of the water under the earth's surface, would cause a great flood that would destroy the earth and every living thing on the earth. God also gave Noah instructions to build a huge vessel -- an ark -- in order to save his family and save the animals.

Noah and his family got busy building the ark, and for many years, Noah warned the people of earth that destruction was coming because of their sins. Unfortunately, the people didn't listen to Noah. They didn't believe that rain was going to come because nobody had seen rain before. So they continued to live as they pleased, ignoring Noah's warning.

However, just as God promised, the rain came causing all of the earth's surface to be covered in water. Only Noah, his family, and the animals with them in the ark were saved. All of those outside the ark perished in the flood.

MUSICAL SELECTION: "It's Gonna Rain" by the Sensational Nightingales