And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood. Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground, two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah. (Genesis 7:7-9 ESV)
Tomorrow
The Mayflower Pilgrims did not just pack today’s food as they boarded their westbound ship. They brought flour, seeds, and breeding animals.
The Roman Legions travelled with backpacks full of bread, wagons filled with flour, and herds of food-animals (most often, sheep).
Noah was on the ark for around a year. We can easily imagine ark-rooms filled with flour, dried fruit, and meats.
But God also packed the ark with animals, two by two.
Those animals were brought because God was providing for the future of His people, not only the present.
We might not plan well for the future, but God does. We might not think beyond the next meal, but God does. We might not be prepared for tomorrow’s unknown… but God has it firmly in mind, in reality, and in place.
We see His planning in the thread of the Messiah from Genesis to Matthew 1. Things that took care of God’s people on a given day, were also part of God’s established plan for tomorrow.
Moses’ Pentateuch was great for the wandering and settling Israelites… but the Scriptures were also a necessary part of God’s peoples’ future. Moses was a two by two animal.
David was a great King for Israel… but David also was a necessary part of Israel’s future. He was a two by two animal.
The prophet Isaiah’s words were great for Judah… but Isaiah’s words were also a necessary part of Israel’s future. Those words were two by two animals.
God has prepared for OUR future, too. God the Father is our future as well as our present. God the Son is our future as well as our present. God the Spirit is a Future as well as our present.
God has prepared for us.