KO TE KIRIMANA A TE ATUA KI A TATOU GOD’S PROMISE TO US
NOAH’S AKA
A very very long time ago, there was a tane named Noah. Noah aroha and obeyed Ihowa. During Noah’s lifetime, iwi were acting very kino. This made Ihowa pouri that iwi were thinking more about themselves than they were about Ihowa. Ihowa aroha Noah. In fact, Ihowa had aroha for all the iwi as much as He had for Noah, but at that time, only Noah chose to whakarongo. Ihowa was sorry that He had made iwi. He saw how kino the world was and decided to get rid of His ruined creation and make a new start. But Noah was different. Noah aroha Ihowa, and obeyed Him. Ihowa told Noah of His plan to end the human race by sending a waipuke to destroy the whenua, but that He would keep Noah and his whanau safe. He told Noah to build an aka – a really really big poti. Noah followed the instructions Ihowa gave him and built a poti that was 1½ football fields long and e toru stories high. That’s a massive poti that took Noah over 50 years to build!
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