A second chance was given to man, to preserve a faithful remnant that would love God with all their heart, soul, and mind, with all their strength.
“And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offering upon the alter. And the Lord smelled a sweet savor.” Because of Noah’s faith with confidence, he obeyed God. Out of gratitude for God’s abundant grace and mercy he offered the atonement sacrifice as a token of his faith in the covering made by the visible blood of the sacrifice. Only a mind distorted by the knowledge of evil would see this any other way! Noah was not seeking God’s favor, for he had already rece ...