Re-Creation Floating Atop the Waters of De-Creation

A reflection on Genesis 7:16

Photo by Elias Null on Unsplash

In a corrupt, evil, and violent world, Noah remained a man of integrity and faithfulness to God across the many decades it took him (and probably his sons working with him) to complete the ark God had instructed him to build. God’s instructions became for Noah and those with him the “promises of life” (Brueggemann 1982, 80…