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\u201cI\u2019m not here to make friends.\u201d It\u2019s the most commonly uttered refrain in reality TV history, a declaration made by countless contestants eager to prove just how ruthless and single- minded they will be in pursuit of glory\u2014and their 15 minutes of fame. <\/span><\/p>\n

But Noah would never last on The Bachelorette. Because as righteous (and as much of a catch!) as he is, there\u2019s one thing he could never bring himself to do: leave his friends behind.<\/span><\/p>\n

After obeying God\u2019s command and herding all the animals onto the Ark, and gathering his family aboard the not-so-luxury liner, there was one thing left to do: shut the door.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThen the Lord shut him in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a quick line\u2014blink and you\u2019ll miss it. But it\u2019s the most important moment in this chapter. Noah would certainly have had difficulty shutting the door from inside the boat\u2014he was 600 years old, after all\u2014but that\u2019s not all that\u2019s going on here. It\u2019s hard to say goodbye to everyone you\u2019ve ever known and loved. It\u2019s hard to turn your back on your people, to shut the door on your community. He knew that he and his family had been spared from the flood, and that those left behind would soon perish in its waters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Noah did everything that God had commanded. But he couldn\u2019t do this. And so God had to shut him in. Because God knows that even the most righteous among us can\u2019t obey the commandment that is the hardest: to abandon one\u2019s brothers and sisters.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the flood Noah\u2019s dove would return with an olive branch. I\u2019m pretty sure he also deserved the final rose.<\/span><\/p>\n

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