Noah's Preaching
- Dates
- 2418–2298 BC
Noah was about 480 years old when God announced a flood would cover the earth (Gen. 6:17) and 600 years old when the flood came (Gen. 7:6). In 2 Peter 2:5 we read that Noah was a "preacher of righteousness."
In detail
Noah was a "preacher" or "herald". From ancient times the office preacher was sacred and his person inviolable, since the herald was regarded as being under the immediate protection of the gods. Noah was the Lord's "herald of righteousness," that is, he proclaimed a message concerning righteousness. Josephus (Antiquities i. 3. 1 [72—74]) records the Jewish tradition that Noah tried to persuade his contemporaries to change their lives for the better (cf. on Gen. 6:3 1 Peter 3:19, 20).
Bible passages
- 2 Peter 2:5
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Text of the King James Version.