{"id":329,"date":"2018-12-05T09:36:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T17:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/migrate.bettersermons.org\/?p=329"},"modified":"2020-06-01T11:39:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:39:41","slug":"noes-floating-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/noes-floating-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Noe’s Floating Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"
Noe’s Floating Zoo<\/span><\/div>\n

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\nBy Dick Duerksen<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a9 2008 Dick Duerksen, Storyteller Maranatha Volunteers International<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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When God told Noah to get in the ark, he told his captain to take along an ark-full of animals and birds. “I love them and want to be sure they survive the great flood that is coming,” God said.<\/p>\n

The first group arrived two by two. Cattle, chickens, sheep, pheasants. Male and female – seven pairs of each – they gathered in the field around the ark. From early morning till very late in the evening they came. Some flew. Some walked or crawled. Together they crowded in like a boat-full of passengers preparing for a trip on a cruise ship.<\/p>\n

Then came the unclean animals. Two by two. Male and female. Wolves and cats and giraffes, elephants and eagles and iguanas.<\/p>\n

Crawling creatures like turtles and alligators also arrived two by two – male and female – mom and dad.<\/p>\n

Birds flew in two by two – males and females in pairs.<\/p>\n

Fish? No fish in the ark. They could survive in the water, but the animals, birds, and creepy crawlies needed to be rescued from the giant flood that was coming.<\/p>\n

Imagine all the sounds! Trumpeting elephants. Honking geese. Screaming monkeys. Crowing roosters. Braying donkeys. Mooing cattle. And that’s just the warm-up group! Add a few lions roaring, horses whinnying, bears growling, tigers snarling, dogs barking and wolves howling. Oh yes – and maybe even a couple coyotes yipping together. What a racket!!<\/p>\n

(You may want to have the children try a “zoo-chorus” at this point in the story.)<\/p>\n

Lots and lots of artists have tried to draw and paint pictures of Noah and his floating zoo. In fact. that’s something I would like for you to do this afternoon after lunch. Have someone read you Genesis 7, verses 1-16, and then paint or draw a picture of Captain Noah, the ark and some of the animals.<\/p>\n

I want to show you one artist’s idea of what No\u00e9 and the ark might have looked like. This is a painting that hangs in the lobby of Florida Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida. Since this is a large Seventh-day Adventist hospital just for children, they wanted to put something in the lobby that would remind everyone of how much God cares for his kids.<\/p>\n

Here’s the painting. It’s awfully bright and funny, isn’t it!<\/p>\n

See long-bearded Noah, a pair of giraffes, a Moma and Papa elephant, cows, birds, monkeys, tigers, a rhino, and my favorite – a monkey holding an umbrella to protect Noah’s list from the rain – and from the elephant’s drippy trunk!<\/p>\n

This painting is extra special because it was painted by an artist in Communist Cuba, a man who believes like you do, that God created the world and takes care of his creatures.<\/p>\n

Now, this afternoon when you paint your own picture of Noah and the ark, remember that you’re really painting a picture of God’s love.
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\n<\/a>Dick Duerksen is the official Story Teller for Marnatha International<\/u><\/a>. <\/span>All rights reserved \u00a9 2008BetterSermons.org<\/a>. Click here for content usage information<\/a>.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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