Summary. Noah (Genesis 6-9) is the central figure DP places at the head of the second great providential dispensation after the Fall. His 120-year ark-building under derision was the conditional foundation of faith; the 40-day flood judgment was the indemnity period intended to wash away the fallen lineage and permit a fresh start. The dispensation failed at the substantial level (Noah’s drunkenness, Ham’s sin) and the providence was inherited by Abraham.

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