I

It took Noah 120 years to build the ark. When Noah did this thing, it was unique among mankind, and he is a model and exemplar to all who follow God. Noah did not understand many truths. He did not comprehend modern science or modern knowledge. He was an unremarkable member of the human race. Yet he knew to obey God's words, he knew how to follow and abide by God's words, he knew what man's station was, and he was able to truly believe and submit to God's words.

II

When Noah heard the words of God, he was able to firmly keep them in his heart; for him, God's commission was a lifelong undertaking, his faith was unwavering, his will unaltered for a hundred years. It was because he had a God-fearing heart, he was a real person, and he had the utmost reason that God entrusted the building of the ark to him. What Noah was able to do was actually very simple: After hearing God's words, he carried them out, and did so without compromise. He never had any doubts, nor did he ever give up. He kept doing whatever God asked him to do, he executed and implemented it in the way God told him to do it without compromise, without any consideration of why, or of his own profit or loss.

III

One of the things in the story of Noah that is most incredible, most admirable, most worthy of emulation, is his 120 years of perseverance, his 120 years of submission and loyalty. God is the God who observes man's innermost being. Amidst that vast sea of people, He chose Noah, He called upon Noah, and God was not mistaken in His choice: Noah lived up to His expectations, he successfully completed that which God had entrusted to him. This is testimony. This is what God wanted, this is testimony!

from The Word, Vol. 4. Exposing Antichrists. Excursus Two: How Noah and Abraham Obeyed God's Words and Submitted to Him (Part One)