Remnants of destruction,
This waterfall’s seduction,
The power heard within it’s roar
Reminds me of the heavy door
Closed by God when
In His ark He saved His son
From the flood of His anger,
No fear for his child in the midst of danger.
Before the fountains of the deep
Caused the sons of men
To flee and weep
At God’s wrath upon sin
Before the waters obeyed
His voice to kill
All flesh
That did not do His will,
Before the foundations of earth were laid,
The wind of God had blown.
A son He’d made,
A child He’d known.
Washed in blood of sacrifice
Made perfect by propitiation
Noah heard his shepherd’s voice
Upon Gods visitation
No fear in the flood of Gods wrath,
Provision was made
Through the water,
A path…
God’s promise to Satan
For His Kingdom to come ,
To those who are waiting
For a Son
To crush the Devil
And free His children
Who all their lives
Were slaves to evil
Would not fail!
He will gather His own
Through fire and hail
His promise to save would prevail.
In a literal flood you believe;
God really is holy,
Sin He will judge
You’re not deceived.
Then do not change the Father’s grace
From a gift of God
Into Noah’s strength;
His faith, merely a nod
At something Noah decided to have.
He’d chosen the good path,
He wasn’t a slave
To sin, and under Gods wrath.
As if God made an offer
Hoping that he
Would exercise his will
God’s anger to flee.
Rather listen to Jesus
When a ruler by night
Came to Jesus
Asking how to be right.
A teacher of Gods people
Could not see
That as the wind suddenly
Moves in the trees,
So Gods Sprit
Works alone
To bring His sons
Safely home.
The son in the ark a representation
Making preparation,
A type and shadow
Of God’s propitiation.
Perfect righteousness only can stand
In Gods holy presence
And He does demand
Perfect and perpetual obedience
Noahs blood would have been demanded
Had not a substitute stood
In his place,
A shadow now
Given in grace
So then Noah was a figure
Of the promised Son
But he must be washed
By the blood of the righteous one
Because of Adam His father
He was born blind
But God gathers his sheep
And opens their eyes
To trust in Gods gift
To be forgiven by Him
Whom God did lift
On a cross of wood to bleed for them.
Remnants of destruction,
This waterfall’s seduction,
The power heard within it’s roar
Reminds me of the heavy door
Opened by God
For a rainbow to see
God’s promise of mercy
To those whom He
Like Noah has shown
That His blood does atone
His sons and daughters
Through His Grace alone.
Do you brag like the Pharisee
In Luke 18 when he prayed
To thank God that he
Wasn’t like the sinner who stayed
On his face to cry out
I’m the sinner here
Have mercy, help my doubt
Not hiding his tears?
Or have you heard like this sinner man
“You’re forgiven”
My body broken for you?
Now you can
Worship like Noah
After the door
opened in Grace
He was condemned no more
God’s promise still good
A son would come
To crush the one
Who deceived the world
Despite his rescue
Noah still failed
But the son who did come
Over sin and death prevailed
Emmanuel, God with us
The better Noah
In whom we can trust
To bring us home
Finished His work
For His sons to die
And rise again
So our hope can lie
In His ark of promise
Christ Himself the one
Who alone
will bring us safely home.
Remnants of destruction,
This waterfall’s seduction,
The power heard within it’s roar
Reminds me of the heavy door
Of death’s coffin lid
That will close to open Christs kingdom to me
For by Grace I’ve been saved
Like Him I will be.