Genesis 6-11; Moses 8 - Noah and the Ark

Unshaken Saints

Jared Halverson

Education, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

When the world became "filled with violence," God sent a Flood. Was it a fit of divine anger, or a desperate act of love to save future generations from a world without hope? Discover why Noah’s Ark is the ultimate symbol of the Atonement. Summary: In this episode, we dive into the deep waters of Genesis 6–11. We move past the Sunday School "flannel board" version of Noah to find a profound story of covenants, agency, and second chances. The Problem of Wickedness: We explore why the earth was "corrupt" and how the Flood served as a necessary "reset" to allow God's children a fair chance at life. Building the Ark: Noah was commanded to build a "tebah" (box or chest), a word used only one other time in the Bible—for Moses' basket. We discuss how we can build our own spiritual arks today. The Second Creation: We analyze the parallels between the Flood and the original Creation, seeing the earth emerge from the water as a new beginning. The Token of the Covenant: The rainbow wasn't just a pretty sign; it was a "token" of an everlasting covenant between God and Enoch's posterity. The Tower of Babel: We contrast Noah's altar with Nimrod's tower—showing the difference between building toward heaven God's way versus trying to "make a name for ourselves". Call-to-Action: What are the "thorns and thistles" in your life that God is trying to wash away through a fresh start? Share your thoughts on "new beginnings" in the comments! If you want to keep your faith "Unshaken" through life's storms, please like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell. Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 Welcome 2:10 3 Falls & 3 Floods 6:31 Marriage Outside the Covenant 10:10 Refusing to Hearken 12:05 Ignoring Consequences 15:43 Violence & Corruption 21:58 Caught Up or Held Back 27:07 Noah's Character & Commission 37:35 Flood & Famine 40:09 A Merciful Flood 54:07 The Ark 1:06:51 Gopher Wood & Pitch 1:14:17 A New Creation 1:20:06 The Rainbow 1:30:33 Wickedness Resumes 1:32:02 Animals' Fear of Man 1:37:24 Noah, Ham, & the Curse of Canaan 1:52:46 The Tower of Babel 2:04:09 Conclusion

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0:00.0	When the son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
0:05.0	Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelieve.
0:12.0	May our testimonies be as deep and as strong as that of Jacob,
0:19.0	when confronted by one who sought to destroy his faith declared,
0:22.9	I could not be shaken.
0:42.0	Hello, my friends, I'm Jared Halverson. Welcome back to Unshaken. Can I first thank you once again and pay you the compliment for spending so much time with me in scripture
0:45.5	each week. Just this past week, I stumbled across some of Jordan Peterson's videos about
0:51.3	the Old Testament. Some of you, I'm sure, are familiar with Jordan Peterson, the psychologist that seems to know everything.
0:56.0	And he had done these lectures, I don't know, four years ago or something, on biblical stories in Genesis, taking more of a psychological approach to the text.
1:06.0	Fascinating insight. I don't agree with everything, but there's some really amazing things that he said in there.
1:11.1	But his videos are like two and a half hours long. And it was so funny, hypocritical perhaps.
1:17.0	As I was looking at that thing and that sounds really interesting, but two and a half hours?
1:22.6	Seriously, who has time to watch videos that long? And then I just started laughing out loud thinking, my viewers do, or at least they have more courage than I seem to.
1:32.3	So I took a page from your book and mustered my courage and hit play on a two and a half hour video.
1:40.3	And like so many of you do, it was just on my commute time and I'd listen to a half an hour
1:45.5	here or 45 minutes there or 15 minutes here or whatever and and really enjoyed it and so if you
1:51.8	discovered that secret long before I did hats off to you and I really do hope the times that we
1:57.1	spend together whether it's all in one massive block or whether it's cut out throughout
2:02.6	the week, I really do pray that it's a blessing to you.
2:05.6	So today we are going to flood the earth.
2:07.6	And as we talked a couple weeks ago when we discussed the fall, there were actually three falls
2:13.6	rather than one that we talked about.
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