He is a man of endurance!Īdditional reading: How Did Noah Fit All the animals in the ark? Elijah, The BoldĮlijah was the boldest of all of the prophets. He endured a 55 year minimum project to save his family and creation from the flood. His sons helped him build it, but some suggest that it took at least 55 years to build it! That is a LOT of work! In those 55 years, Noah and his sons still needed to get the necessities for each day too (food, water ect…) Noah had to have been extremely exhausted by the time the ark was finished. Here’s the thing, Noah was over 500 years old when he had to build the ark. In Genesis chapter 6 God tells Noah of the flood that is coming to wipe out all of creation and that Noah needed to build an ark for his family, 2 of every kind of animal (male and female), 7 pairs of all clean animals and 7 pairs of the birds of the heavens. He was a real man of faith!Īdditional reading: Story of Abraham From The Bible Noah, The Man Of Endurance He had no idea that God was going to stop the sacrifice. Thankfully we know the end of the story and God did stop Abraham from killing Isaac, but Abraham was dying inside. What would you think in this instance? I would be brought to dread, thinking, “Why, Lord? I waited so long for my boy and now you want me to sacrifice him?” I don’t think I would have been able to follow through with it. (Genesis 22:1-14) God wanted to see if Abraham loved him more than Isaac. With such a joyous occasion, God then put Abraham to the test to sacrifice Isaac.
So, imagine how amazing that must have been. (Genesis 17:15-19) Can you imagine the relief when his son, Isaac, was finally was born? He thought his time was over for him and Sarah to conceive. Abraham was 100 years old and Sarah was 90 years old when God promised Abraham a son. Abraham, The Man Of FaithĪbraham and Sarah were without children and they were old. True, he did miss the Promised Land because of his disobedience to God (Numbers 20:8-12), but I know I would not have lasted longer than 1 year with them. We get bent out of shape over trivial nuances, but Moses even though distraught with Israel led them with great patience for 4 decades. They praised God one minute and then were complaining about God the next minute. Moses had an extreme amount of patience with Israel as he led the hopeless generation through the wilderness for 40 years. Here is a look at 10 inspirational characters from the Bible! Most of these are from the Old Testament because of the amazing faith they had in chaotic/life threatening circumstances. There are many stories of God’s people claiming victory in the midst of the odds stacked against them. There are many amazing stories of God’s faithful people being saved from gut wrenching experiences. No book has sold more copies than the Bible and it continues to change lost sinners into children of God. The Bible has stood the test of time and it is the most popular book in the world.
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