![]() Too many illustrations can be confusing, so eliminate any that cover other stories or details you do not wish to emphasise in this lesson. Each teacher is unique, so only use the illustrations that best relate to how YOU tell the story in THIS lesson. Since there are so many illustrations, be selective in your choice. Noah Builds an Ark and Loads the Animals.On this Mission Bible Class website, however, the story is divided into two parts: It combines the entire story of Noah into one presentation. ![]() The slideshow above is from another site. Always remain true to the facts found in the Bible but help children connect to its meaning by using drama, visual aids, voice inflection, student interaction and/or emotion.Ĭlick here for visual aids and story-telling methods.Ĭlick here to download the illustrations above and the slideshow. This story can be told using a variety of methods. (Thanks to Kayla Robinson for these story words.) Then God shut the door, and the rain began to fall. There were only eight people on the ark, Noah, his wife and their three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth and their wives. When Noah had finished building the Ark, he loaded in all the food, all the animals, and his own family. He would have looked silly building a great big boat when there had never been a flood on the earth before. The instructions God gave Noah must have seemed so strange to him, but he didn’t question it. God told Noah to put two of every unclean animal and seven pairs of every clean animal onto the Ark and enough food to feed Noah, his family, and all the animals. (For the specific measurements, see Genesis 6:14-16.) It had to be a certain height, width and length. The Ark was a large boat to be made of Cypress wood and coated with tar inside and out. God gave Noah instructions to build an Ark. I will be sending a flood to destroy the world, so I can start over.” God said to Noah, “People are doing wicked things, I am sorry I made them. God decided He would send a flood so He could start over.Īt that time there was one man who had not forgotten God. This made God very sad and He became very sorry He made people. Instead, they chose to reject God and live wicked lives. The people who lived on the earth now had forgotten about God. These children had families of their own, and soon the world was full of people. Noah’s obedience resulted in a blessing to all people.įor more about what happened to Noah, refer to the story: The Flood and God’s Promise.Īfter Cain and Abel, Adam and Eve went on to have many more children. Noah and his family were chosen because of Noah’s obedience to God. Noah and his family probably clung tightly to this reassuring promise in the midst of the great storm and the days of floating and waiting that followed. He promised that throughout the disaster to come, He would keep them safe. To assure Noah and his family that they would be safe, God established a covenant with Noah-the first of many covenants God made with people. Perhaps grain and other foodstuffs had already been placed on board. The implication is that it took Noah a week just to load the passengers on the ark. ![]() These instructions were given to Noah seven days before the beginning of the forty days of rain. One explanation is that some of the larger animals may not have been adults when they were put into the ark. The extra number would provide animals for sacrifice after the Flood, some food (milk, for instance) during the Flood, and would facilitate rapid reproduction of the clean animals after the flood.Ĭhildren often ask how all of the animals (even dinosaurs!) could have fit in the ark. Apparently, the distinction was well-known to Noah, and he needed no further instruction on the subject. The exact basis upon which the distinction between the clean and unclean was made in this early period is not clear. The entrance of the animals into the ark was precise and orderly. ![]() This included: Noah’s wife, his three sons (Ham, Shem, and Japheth) and their wives. When the ark was finished, God invited Noah and his house to enter. An 18-inch (.5 m) air vent surrounded the ark beneath the roof to allow for ventilation ( Genesis 6:16). But a barge that size was needed to hold seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, bird, and one pair of every unclean animal. No navigation was required all the ark had to do was float and remain upright.Īssuming the box-like shape, the ark-which was 450 feet long (137 m), 75 feet wide (23 m), and 45 feet tall (14 m)-would have had nearly the capacity of a modern ocean freighter. When God told Noah to build an ark, Noah’s obedience continued: he built an ark! The ark was likely a flat-bottomed, box-shaped barge made of cypress wood. So God chose to destroy the corruption that had spread throughout the earth. Noah loved God and obeyed Him the rest of the world followed after evil.
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