God made a covenant with Noah which included the creatures, in addition to the seven commandments for all of humanity, that last one dealt with ethical treatment of animals.

He wanted to tell us something about how to treat and relate to His creatures, how to partner with him in being better humans while on earth.

Been thinking about that recently-even in the jewish tradition, to be a righteous gentile-to follow Noah’s 7 commandments- includes ethical treatment of animals and the earth.

That it is for our own good to tend things well, even people who are weaker than us (you see the commandment to care for the poor-to do charity, was the only one which St Paul and Peter agreed on to transfer to christianity; St Paul, said it was the very thing, he was most eager to do!), and more vulnerable to our mistakes.

A good study to look at God’s care for the earth, and how He teaches us to be better people through care of His Creatures! Why God wanted to save, preserve and teach us how to care for the animals-Noah was not alone, he had all the animals with Him!

Maybe they are here to teach us of Him, still–just a meditation I’ve been having. Of course, He also made a covenant with the earth itself, which is a great mystery worth surveying!

Thinking about this as one of my dogs is sick this week. We are temporary parents of the planet, let’s do our creative partnership parts friends. Each sparrow, the Father has named. Just has He has each of us! Each name and identity matters forever!

When he let Adam co-name the animals–what a moment in the grand narrative. Are we not still learning their names-how to speak and call them forth in Love, and to speak, or have spoken, our own as we do!
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