1. Noah: A Holy Man Obedience of Faith “This Noah did; he carried out all the commands that God gave him.”

2. Noah: Man of Faith X He trusted God with his life and his family’s lives X He did as the Lord had commanded him

3. Noah: A Holy Man X By doing God’s will Noah finds salvation for himself and his family

4. Noah: A Recreation Story X Two versions: “you shall bring two into the ark, one male and one female”

5. Noah: A Recreation Story X Two versions: “Of every clean animal, take with you seven pairs, a male and its mate;”

6. Noah: Praise God his Savior X “Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and choosing from every clean animal and every clean bird, he offered holocausts on the altar.” X Our tradition is to always praise God for His salvation! The Mass

7. Noah: Covenant X Be fertile and multiply X Abound on the earth & subdue it X Every creature that is alive shall be yours to eat. X For in the image of God ha man been made…Do not murder

8. Noah: Covenant X Same covenant as was made with Adam and Eve X A recreation of the world X A new Garden of Eden X A new relationship with God

9. Noah: Baptism X “in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which a few persons, eight in all, were saved through the water. This prefigured baptism, which saves you now”

10. Noah: Baptism X Noah hears the word of God, the ark saves him from the flood waters

11. Noah: Baptism X Sinners don’t hear the word of God, the flood waters destroy them

12. Noah: Baptism X The waters of the flood wash away sin. X Noah & his family come out of the ark as a new creation X Children of God

13. Tower of Babel X “Thus the Lord scattered them from there all over the earth” X Sin re-enters the world— trying to be like God without God

14. Sin-punishment X Adam & Eve are banished from the Garden of Eden X The people of the world are destroyed by the flood X The Lord scatters the people all over the earth”—

15. Salvation X “In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison, who had once been disobedient” X What appears to be punishment is really God’s salvation X All find salvation and life by trusting God with their lives