When God created the world and everything in it
he made man in his own image to live here and take care of the world
However humans started doing evil things and stopped following his commands
They did not pray to him and they only cared for their own comfort
God decided to destroy the earth and everybody in it
There was only one man who loved God
Noah
Noah loved and worshipped God
He believed in God even though nobody else did
He also taught his family to love and fear God
One day, God spoke to Noah
Noah
you are good man.
You are righteous and you live a good life with your family.
But the world has become evil and all the people in the world deserve to die
Noah was shocked at what he heard, but he remained calm
But God,
these are your people. Have mercy on them
No Noah.
The world has to be destroyed
I will send a great flood that will destroy the whole of earth
It will rain without end for 40 days
Every living being on earth will be destroyed
So be it let your will be done
Fear not Noah.
I have come to warn you because you have been a good man
You and your family will survive the flood
You are merciful my God.
You will have to build an ark for you and your family
What is an ark my lord?
An ark is a big wooden boat.
You will build this ark to protect your family from the flood.
The ark should be big enough for your family.
You will also be taking many animals along with you
so that they remain survive too
But God,I have no knowledge about building arks
How will I do this?
Do not worry.
I will give you all the instructions you need
Just follow them and you will be able to build it without any problem
OK my Lord.
I will follow your instructions and do as you say
You must also talk to the people around you and try to convince them to mend their ways
Tell them to turn to me pray to me and fear me
Tell them to be kind and do good things
Tell them to stop being selfish and live a good life
I will do as you say my Lord
And as God’s instructions Noah started to cut down trees
He made big planks out of the wood to build his ark.
People started noticing what Noah was doing.
They gathered around him as he shaped his planks and piled them up they were curious
Noah,
what are you doing?
Hello friend,
I am building an ark.
What is an ark?
It is a big boat my friend It will protect me and my family from the flood
What's flood?
My dear friend God our creator spoke to me
He said that he is angry with the people
and he is going to destroy all living beings with a flood
My dear Noah we don’t understand
Where is this flood coming from?
God will send heavy rains.
It will rain nonstop for 40 days
and a flood will come and wipe out everything
You can stop this God is angry with your ways
You only have to turn to him and mend your ways
Pray to him ask him for forgiveness and you will be saved
You can come with me on my ark You will be saved from the flood
Noah,
have you gone mad?
You do not make any sense
Why are you doing all this?
Stop building this nonsense ark and look after your family
Sorry my friend this is my work God has asked me to do this I have to obey him
I will build this ark as he has told me
The villagers laughed loudly and returned to their homes.
By now, Noah had gathered all the food grains, the seeds, and the animals
He stored the food grains in the ark
God then made the animals arrive in pairs!
Every animal and bird on the earth waited in line patiently to enter the ark
There were lions, tigers,elephants, snakes, parrot, zebras, everyone!
Two by two they entered the ark
Then Noah called to the villagers and once again invited them to enter his ark
The people still refused to believe in him
They could not understand why he was collecting animals and placing them in the ark
They continued to sin against God and they refused to enter
You said it would rain for 40 days Noah
I do not see even a drip of rain anywhere
Do you still think you are making any sense?
Do you really think hat this God is going to save you?
You have been making a fool of yourself and trying to make us all fools as well.
I believe in my Lord He will never abandon me
He has always guided me to do what is right
I am still inviting you to join me in the ark You will be saved
We are not coming into your stupid ark!!
You can do as you please.
Just leave us alone now!
Once Noah had completed filling up his ark with the animals
God told Noah to assemble his family bring them into the ark
Once they had entered the ark, the door was closed and the ark was sealed shut
As soon as the ark was sealed, the first drops of rain began to fall on earth
The villagers were amazed as there had not been any rains for a very long time
Soon, it was raining heavily
and a big thunder clouds gathered all around the village
It continued to rain for days and soon the water was flooding the village
The ark, then began to float over the water
People in the village were running for shelter as their homes had been swept away by the flood
Meanwhile Noah his family and the animals he had brought with him were safe and warm in the ark
It rained heavily for 40 days,
and in the end, there was nothing but water all around
All living beings were drowned and even the highest mountains were covered by the flood
Noah looked out of the window of his ark
and could see nothing but water all around
After 40 days and 40 nights of rain it stopped raining
The water level slowly started coming down
The ark continued to sail with Noah’s family and the animals
They kept sailing in search of dry land
After many days Noah sent a dove out in search of dry land
The dove returned as it could not find any place to make a nest
The water still covered every patch of dry land
Noah waited for one week and then sent the dove out again
This time, the dove returned with an olive branch
This meant that the water levels had come down
Noah waited for one more week
and this time when he sent the dove out it did not return.
This was a sign that the water had come down and there was dry land
Soon, the ark came to on top of a dry mountain.
Then God spoke to Noah.
Noah,
it is now safe for you and your family to leave the ark.
You can step out to the land
You can now lead a new life with your family Release all the animals.
Let them once again roam the earth
Thank you my Lord.
I am thankful for your love and faith in me.
You have kept me safe through all this
My family is alive and well because of you
We owe our lives to you.
You are a righteous man Noah Your faith in me has saved you
Your family has been saved because of your good deeds
I promise that I will never again send the floods
As a reminder of this promise God created a beautiful rainbow
Noah and his family lived for a long time on earth.
They had many children and soon
Noah’s children and grand children were spread all over the world