FINDING GRACE WHEN FLOODS COME

MF Blume
May 1
, 2016


Genesis 6:5-8    And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.  (6)  And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.  (7)  And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.  (8)  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.



Genesis 8:3-4    And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.  (4)  And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:20-21    And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.  (21)  And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

Genesis 9:11-15    And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.  (12)  And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:  (13)  I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.  (14)  And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:  (15)  And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.


The flood of Noah was death and destruction.
•    But Noah was rescued through it because HE FOUND GRACE in the eyes of the Lord.
•    Because he found grace, God told him to build and get inside an ark.
•    And because he got in the ark, he survived the destruction and landed on Ararat and made a sacrifice to God.
•    And because he made that sacrifice, God cut a covenant with him and betokened it with a RAINBOW.

From FINDING GRACE to a RAINBOW.

Hebrews 4:16    Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

We can FIND GRACE, too!

And we find GRACE at the THRONE OF GRACE.

Revelation 4:2-3    And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.  (3)  And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

And just like Noah’s day, look what was before the throne where the rainbow was.

Revelation 4:6    And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: …

Revelation 5:1-2    And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.  (2)  And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

And look what comes across the sea of glass toward the throne where the rainbow is:

Revelation 5:6-7    And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.  (7)  And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

And the BLOOD of Jesus is in focus:

Revelation 5:9    And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;


We read of tribulation and we read of

Revelation 7:9-10    After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;  (10)  And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

Revelation 7:14-15    And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.  (15)  Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

They’re there by the throne with the RAINBOW!

THE BLOOD OF JESUS is the highlight and focus of this all the time!

The Lamb went to the THRONE where the rainbow was.
•    Across the CRYSTAL SEA.
•    And HIS BLOOD redeems millions.
•    And then Rev 7 shows a number you cannot count BEFORE THAT THRONE.
•    And they are there because the blood of Jesus washed their robes white as snow.


That rainbow says NO MORE FLOODS!

David was a godly man whom the devil attacked and attacked.
•    But David held on to God.

2 Samuel 22:1    And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:


Look what’s in this song.

2 Samuel 22:5-18    When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;  (6)  The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;  (7)  In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.  (8)  Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.  (9)  There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.  (10)  He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.  (11)  And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.  (12)  And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.  (13)  Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.  (14)  The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.  (15)  And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.  (16)  And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.  (17)  He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;  (18)  He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

Notice the CHARIOT OF GOD comes…

Ezekiel 1:4    And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

Ezekiel 1:26-28    And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.  (27)  And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.  (28)  As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

David said God rode on the wings of the WIND to his rescue.
•    Wind in Hebrew is SPIRIT.
•    When we get in trouble, your help is not going to come from flesh and human might.

Zechariah saw a mountain before him.
•    And God said there’s a STONE that’s HEAD of the corner—the HEADSTONE…
•    And Bring that stone and shout “GRACE GRACE!!” to the mountain, and IT WILL BE LEVELLED TO THE GROUND!

Zechariah 4:6-7    Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.  (7)  Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

And speaking of FLOODS….

Isaiah 59:18-20    According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.  (19)  So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.  (20)  And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.


When the devil attacks you with his floods, let him know THE BLOOD OF JESUS BOUGHT YOU and saved you.
•    And call on God.
•    And the same God who promised no more floods to Noah when a sacrifice was made, who put a rainbow in the clouds, will THUNDER FROM HEAVEN to help you.
•    His throne will come.
•    His kingdom will come!
•    The BLOOD OF JESUS – the sacrifice – was shed!
•    His rage is volcanic, and will come to your side.
•    He’s the cornerstone!
•    The cornerstone is the one who resurrected from the dead and was made the head.
•    The ark is JESUS whom WE ENTERED by entering His death and crossing the flood of death when He saved us., to bring us to the THRONE over on the CURSE REVERSED mountain of God.
•    And he reminds the devil HIS COVENANT THROUGH THE SACRIFICE IS HIS GRACE… and when you find GRACE in the blood of Jesus shed on the cross for your salvation… HE WILL COME AGIANST EVERY ENEMY you face!
•    But you have to call on Him and depend on HIS GRACE!

Shout GRACE to the mountains that stand before you, and He will pound them flat!

Go to the THRONE where the rainbow is and you will FIND GRACE!




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