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Today with Joseph Prince. When Jesus rose from the dead for you and I, He who bought the fierceness of God's anger, and now rose from the dead without God's anger for our sins, without our sins, He rose from the dead, and we rose in Him unto no cursed ground.
God made a covenant with Noah, and God says, "All the animals will go with you, your your sons, your wives." Notice this. This means what? When God, when you are safe, even though your family is not safe. All right, one by one, you, your sons, your wife, your son's wife. Next time, they will all be saved. Now, they have to come into the ark. All right, but this promise means God makes it very easy for them. God will create situations whereby and circumstances whereby, all right, it will be easy for them to decide on Christ. Amen.
That's why students, you know, your parents might, you know, um, uh, say things about the fact that you're a believer. You know, that kind of thing. They say you're dishonoring them, you're dishonoring the traditions, or whatever it is. Let me just tell you this, okay? Just know this, because you are saved, all right, there is a big door now for God's hand to come into your family. Bless your father, bless your mother, bless your cousin, bless your aunties because of you. They might not know it, but you are honoring them more than they can ever dream of. And I've got, I've got relatives who didn't want Jesus. Now they are saved. Now they passed on, ready to be with Jesus. Now they look down and say, "Wow, I'm so grateful you didn't listen to me. Keep on preaching to me. Now I'm jumping on the streets of gold." Amen. Because of you, you never gave up.
When the time came, God told Noah, Genesis 7:1, God told Noah, "What? Come into the ark." Say, "Come." One of the best words in the Bible is "come." The Hebrew word here can be used for, for broad, or whatever, but the first time it's ever used is here. "Come" in terms of coming to God. Come into the ark. You know what Jesus says to sinners, to guilty people? "Come unto me, and I will give you rest." Some people say, "Lord Jesus, let me clean myself before I come to you." Come to me, and I'll clean you. How many of you clean yourself before you take a bath? I thought I saw hands going up. Where's your time? Do you clean yourself before you take a bath? No, take the bath, you'll come out clean. So some people are saying, "Jesus, before I come to you, I need to adjust my life." You can come to Him. He is the B. Jesus says, "Come unto me, all you that labor, laboring to please God, laboring to overcome, you know, your sins, your weaknesses. Come unto me." Jesus says, "And I will give you rest."
So God says, "Come into the ark." When the time came, "You and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous." Again, righteous not because of his works. We saw just now, Hebrews 11, heir of the righteousness of faith. So listen, look, look here. When God says, "Come into the ark," where is the Lord? I know you all don't think about this, but think. If the Lord says, "Come into the ark, Noah, come into the ark, you and your family." Where is the Lord? In the ark. Later on, after a year, all right, the the flood subsided, the ark rested. What did God say in Genesis 8? God said to Noah, "Go out of the ark." Now, this time is, "Go out of the ark." When you say, "Go out," where, where is the Lord? He's the last one to leave. That's a hero. Amen. A hero is the first one in and the last one out. Hallelujah.
Makes me want to dance. Lord, hallelujah. Enough. Let me, I got to close. Let me bring this word close. Isn't God good? Amen. Some people say, you know, "Yeah, you're safe now, wonderful. You are in the ark. Yes, but you better watch how you live your life. Watch how you behave." Now, I, I believe that we should live life holy, live life glorifying the name of Jesus who saved us, because all of us represent Him. We don't want to give Him a bad name. But listen, your holy life is a result, not the cost, of your salvation. Amen. It is the fruit, not the root, of your salvation.
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Some people say, "One safe doesn't mean you're always safe. Once you're in the ark, doesn't mean you're, you're, you're always forever safe in the ark." But listen, the ark finally rested in Mount Ararat. All right. By the way, Mount Ararat, when it rested, Genesis 8, the ark rested in the seventh month, the 17th day of the month, on the Mountains of Ararat. Why is the date given? There's no superfluous details in the Bible. Seventh month, the 17th day of the month. By the way, the seventh month is the month Abib. On the 14th of Abib is Passover. Jesus died on the 14th of Abib. On the third day, on the 17th of the seventh month of Abib, all right, which has become the first month now, ever since Moses instituted the Passover, right? Later on, in Exodus. But this is Genesis. All right, is the man of. On the 14th, three days after that is the 17th. Jesus rose from the dead on the same date that the ark rested on Noah, on the mountain of Ararat. Exactly the same day. How cool is that? It's a picture of Jesus rising. The ark, amen, rested on no more judgment. Flood has gone. No more judgment ground. And just let you know, you know, in Hebrew, you know what the word "curse" and "blessing" is? Barak. Curse is Arar. The mountains of Ararat. Arar is curse. Ararat is curse reversed.
So when Jesus rose from the dead for you and I, He who bought the fierceness of God's anger, and now rose from the dead without God's anger for our sins, without our sins having efficaciously put away all our sins, He rose from the dead, and we rose in Him unto no cursed ground. Every child born into this world is born into cursed ground. Every way you step is cursed ground. But because we are believers, Jesus gave us in His resurrection no more curse. No more curse. Ararat, the curse is reversed. See, God hides all this. It's all about His Son. It's all about His Son. That's why the Holy Spirit gave the date. And by the way, just let you know something, when all the animals came out, they still came out two by two. Even the rabbits. That's a miracle. That's a miracle. They didn't come out with their young, you know what I'm saying? There was no nothing going on. Mama, they were hibernating. Even the rabbits came out two by two. They all came out to this. The best part for those who think that eternal security is a figment of someone's imagination, even the type declares it. When they came out, watch this. Noah went out, and his sons, and his wife, and his son's wives with him. Watch this. Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark. Not one was lost. And by the way, the demon died on natural death. When I was a young boy, I went to the market with my mom, and she bought me a little chick. I love chicks. It sounded bad. What, what a man? Hey, through the pure, all things are pure. Okay. I love baby chickens. When I was a small boy, they called chicks. By the way, I just had it for one, two days, it died. We tried our best to feed it and to take care of it. It died. God remembered Noah and all the animals. Everyone came out safe. Noah was absolutely safe. You know why? When a judgment was falling all around, some some grace people, they say that there's no more judgment. There's no more judgment. Hey friend, there's still judgment. Jesus Christ is coming. I know the prist people say, "Well, the Book of Revelation is all fulfilled." And not, it's not. It's coming. Jesus stopped at the acceptable year of the Lord. And the coma, and the day of vengeance of our God is still as inspired as it is back then. It's coming, but not judgment for His people. Amen. Judgment for the world. God will start a new world. Amen. Filled with righteousness. Amen. Everyone saved. Everyone. Not a single animal died, even a natural death in the ark. They all came out saved. Noah was absolutely saved. Because, you know why? The ark is absolutely saved. Noah cannot perish. You know why? Because the ark cannot perish. It's not how good we are. It's how good our Jesus is. It's how good our ark is.
And then Noah offered animals. By the way, when he brought animals in, the rest were all two by two. But clean beasts, he brought in seven. Why? For sacrifice. So he offered leaton. God knew he was sacrificed. He sacrificed to God, and God smelled. Remember, all these animal sacrifices remind God of His Son, the one they died on the cross, the final sacrifice to end all sacrifices, carrying our sins. And God smelled a sweet aroma. And God said to Noah, "I will never again curse the ground anymore." And then God said to Noah, "Look up." Noah, in Genesis 9, "I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the Earth. It shall be when I bring a cloud over the Earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud, and I'll remember My covenant which is between Me and you, and every creature of living creature of all flesh. The waters shall never again become a flood to destroy the Earth." So I don't care what movies Hollywood come up with, storm and tsunami that covers the earth, it will never, never flood the same way again. God has promised. And God says, "I put a rainbow." All right. What causes a rainbow? Rainbow is when storm and sunshine collide. When the devil brings storm, and God shines on you, His grace. Look out for the rainbow. Look out for the rainbow. Amen. Amen. Amen. Yeah. Amen. Without the storm, there, there's no rainbow. And by the way, the, the Hebrew word for bow, all right, rainbow, like King James says, "bow." "I set my bow in cloud." It's literally the bow archers use. In Hebrew, later on, he talks about the archers of David and all that. Literally the same Hebrew word, bow. God says, "I set my bow." In other words, I'm not going to shoot judgment on you again. I hang my bow in the sky. And God's bow is colorful, isn't it? Seven colors, number of perfection. God's musical notes, seven notes, musical skill. Everything we got in seven. Our body cycles in seven. Everything in seven. Isn't God good? Yes.
Let me close with this last verse because I must tell you something. When you see the rainbow, many people say, "Well, God promised you'll never flood the Earth again." But then God has a deeper meaning of the rainbow in mind. And that's when His Son came and died on the cross. I really believe there was a rainbow over His head. Just like the Bible says, when you go to God's throne in the Book of Revelation, you see a rainbow. What does rainbow mean? Look at Isaiah 54. We'll close with this. Isaiah 54. God says, "For this is like the waters of Noah to Me." Don't forget, Isaiah 54 is after Isaiah 53, the sufferings of Jesus. All right. God says, "This like the waters of Noah to Me. For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no longer cover the Earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you." Do you see that? So God says, "What all that Jesus went through in Isaiah 53, before this chapter, God says, 'This like the waters of Noah.' So this time round, when you see a rainbow, remember this, believers. It's only for believers. God promised. And God doesn't have to promise. Man promises, I know. But God doesn't have to. But as if to strengthen our faith, He says, 'I swear I will never again be angry with you.'" Amen. Amen. "And I'll never condemn you." Say, "I love my boy, Justin. I love my boy with a passion, but I cannot swear to my boy, I will never be angry with you." Can you? Don't laugh at me. You know, can you? God can. Because at the cross, when all the storm burst over Jesus' head, of judgment, of divine vengeance against all sins and lawlessness, Jesus absorbed it all. Amen. And now there's no more anger left for you. Amen. "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Amen.
So the devil lost. After the flood, I told you, he tried his best. He thought it was Abraham's son, Isaac, right? He tried to have Pharaoh defile Sarah. Didn't work out. Number of years after that, he tried to have Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, defile Sarah again. God protected. And then from Abraham came the 12 sons of Jacob. And then the devil brought famine to destroy this family that was hungry. But God put one of the sons on the throne of Egypt. Amen. So whatever the devil tried. And then Moses, when Moses was born, the devil thought he was a deliverer. Had had Pharaoh kill all the the Hebrew male babies at that time. But it was not, it was not. Wasn't Moses, was it? All the way down, David. Tried to have David killed. He didn't succeed. But from David's line came the Messiah. When Jesus was born, King Herod, even though his own selfish reason, but the devil is behind it with his greater reason, tried to kill the seed. But no, God preserved Him. The two storms on the lake of Galilee was Satan's attempt to destroy Him. Didn't succeed. And now it's too late. He rose from the dead. The dragon slayer has come. The crusher of the serpent's head has prevailed. And we are all beneficiaries of all that He has done. Give Him praise, church. Come on. Hallelujah. Praise the name of Jesus.
Real quick, I'm going to show you a few photos up here in closing of, uh, something we took in Israel years ago. Many people don't go to this site because, uh, they're not aware of it. But, uh, in the ancient city of Bashan, where, uh, one of the descendants of the of the giants lived, you will find huge tombstones where they bury them. Okay. Some of the father and me, we had, uh, an experience up there. Just show you the three pictures. You see all of us stand on that tomb, that that head of the tombstone. You see the stones in the foreground. All right. This is all this how long it is. Okay. Next picture. I'm showing the where the head was, and the leg was. That's what they call it, dolmen. This is where he was buried. Some of the remnants. And then this, how long it is. You see how many pastors have to stand together side by side to have the length of the dragon. This is their tomb in the biblical city of Bashan, where Og, one of the giants that lived. The Bible says his head, his bed was so large, all right, he lived in this biblical city of Bashan. They found huge, huge, huge fortresses that can, can only be built by a giant. And this is their tombs. Look up here, church. The Bible is more accurate than anybody can ever dream of. So don't let Hollywood, don't let anyone shake your belief in the word of the Living God. All right. We trust in the word of God.
Are you saved? Are you in the ark? Are your sins forgiven? Have you brought your family into the ark? If not, I want to pray for you right now. And the rest of you, pray for your children. Pray that they'll make the decision to trust in Christ. Amen. They're never too young to be saved. You know what? The devil doesn't think they're too young to be exposed to pornography. The devil doesn't think they're too young to be exposed to smoking cigarettes and things like that. All right. So don't you think they're too young. Okay. Don't you one moment think their hearts is not sensitive. The younger they are, the easier to get. Amen. Before the devil gets them. So friend, start praying for your children and family. And the rest of you who have never put your trust in Christ, the true ark for your safety. Jesus says, "As in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the coming of the Son of Man." Jesus Christ was soon return to the Earth. And again, the Earth was start to fraternize with demon spirits. But Jesus says, "You can be saved through Him." If that is you, wherever you are right now, I want to pray with you. All right. Close your eyes, bow your heads, all across this place, and also everywhere that's watching this. Friend, if you are here today and you say, "Pastor Prince, beyond scientific proofs, beyond anything else, God's word has seized my entire being. I want to know beyond the shadow of a doubt, should I die at any time, my sins are forgiven, God is my father, and I'm saved." Wherever you are, my friend, if that has happened, the Holy Spirit is convicting you of sin, that you might put your trust in Christ alone. There is no salvation in any other name but the name of Jesus. If that is you, wherever you are right now, my friend, pray this prayer with me right now from your heart. Say, "Heavenly Father, thank You. Thank You for helping me to see all this today. I see Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God. Son of the Living God is the true ark, the true ark of safety and salvation. I flee to You now, Father. I confess Jesus Christ is my Lord, my Lord and my Savior, my and my God, my God. And I thank You that all my sins, all are forgiven. For I'm washed, I'm washed by the blood of Jesus. Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus, I come to You. I come to You and I receive, I receive Your rest, Your rest for my conscience, my cons from guilt, from guilt, from condemnation, condemnation. All my sins, all my sins have been overpaid, over because of who You are, who You are. Thank You for loving me, Lord. Thank You for dying for my sins, for my. Thank You for loving me. Thank You for me. Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ is my Lord, my Lord and My Savior, My Savior. Thank You, Father. Thank You, Father. I'm deeply loved, I'm highly favored, greatly forgiven. In Jesus' name. Amen." Amen. And our Lord Jesus rose from the dead. Praise the Lord.
Let me just bless you. Stand to your feet, church. This coming week, nothing catches our God by surprise. You are all the children of the Most High God. God is your Father. Long before the floods came, God told Noah, "Build an ark." God knows how to protect His people. But let's trust in Him. Let's live for Him. And let's glorify Him. Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus, I pray for everyone under the sound of my voice, everywhere that's watching this right now. I'm praying for them and for their families. I pray for their children as well. I pray, Father in heaven, that because they believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, I pray that the entire house will be saved. That You'll bring across their paths, Lord, a laborer of Your word, a preacher, a sharer, that will share with them the gospel, that they might believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, regardless of how rebellious or how hard they seem to be against Christ. Now, we know, Father, the louder they shout, the closer they are. We pray, Father, for the salvation of entire families under the sound of my voice. As You have promised, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." And until then, Father, in the name of Jesus, we rest in the ark. Amen. We rest secure in the regardless of what goes around us. Give us grace not to look out at what is happening around the world and be consumed with all the negativism around the world, but help us and give us grace to look up to You as our provider and our protector. And this week, the Lord bless you and the Lord keep you. Amen. Preserve you and your loved ones from all dangerous accidents, from from every sickness and disease, from all the powers of darkness, and from the evil one, through His own shed blood. The Lord make His face shine on you, be gracious to you. May you find yourself at the right place at the right time, enjoying the free favors of God. The Lord lift up His countenance on you and your family and grant to you and yours His Shalom, peace, wholeness, and wellness. In Jesus' name. And all the people said, Amen. And God bless you. I'll see you then. God bless every one of you. Love you guys. Thank you for tuning in to Joseph Prince Ministries. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe to receive all our latest videos and join us this Sunday for church on Grace Revolution Church online.