Peter mentions Noah and the flood twice in his epistles...

Noah and the Flood (Part 1)

Before the deluge

• In his first epistle, Peter used the experience of Noah the preacher, and his family, being "saved through water" as a type or foreshadowing of Baptism (1Pet 3:18-22).
• In his second epistle, Peter uses the destruction of the old world by water as a precedent for the future destruction of the world we live in.(2Pe 2:5, 2Pe 3:3-7).

The account of Noah and the flood is found in Genesis 6 - 9.

In this first part of our study, we will consider what happened leading up to the flood.

1 Noah Found Grace In God’s Eyes

Gen 6:8

There are two contrasting statements at the beginning of the story. "The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth... but Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord" (Gen 6:5,8). This reminds us that "no creature is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of him to whom we must give account" (Heb 4:13). "The eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that he may strongly support those whose heart is completely his" (2Ch 16:9). Thus Noah found grace because God's unfailing eye observed that he was not like the rest.

God is watching us, each one, and we can hide nothing from him nor divert his eyes from moving to and fro. But one thing we can change. We can change what God sees when he looks. We can change our hearts and the way we live, so that when God looks at us he will not be disgusted, but will be pleased. And we, like Noah, will find grace in God's eyes, and God will make provision for us to be saved from his wrath.

2 Noah Did All God Commanded

Gen 6:22, Gen 7:5

Noah was "warned by God about things not yet seen" (Heb 11:7) just as we have been warned about the coming destruction of the world by fire. Therefore "knowing this beforehand" we should "be diligent to be found by him in peace, spotless and blameless" (2Pe 3:17,14). Noah made his peace with God by doing "all that God commanded him" (Gen 6:22) Noah left nothing undone that God had told him to do. This is the mark of one who is ready for the destruction of the world.

3 God Destroyed All But Noah and Family

Gen 7:23

The frightening thing about this story, is how few escaped the flood --only "a few, that is eight persons, were saved" (1Pe 3:20) Jesus says of eternal life that "few there be who find it" (Mtt 7:14). Of all the things that concerns us, this fact prays on our minds the most. No doubt Noah must have considered the question too: Why are we so few?

After the deluge