Q:
Why was the dor obligated to believe Noach that he’s a navi and that a mabul is going to come?
A:
When Noach foretold the mabul, why should the people have believed him? Why was it necessary?
The answer is the people weren’t reshaim gemurim. You’re making a very big mistake. The people respected Noach. Noach was an exceptional personality. They knew he was a man that was superior to them, and this great man – an honest man with perfect character, an anav – and he told them that Hashem spoke to him that there’s going to be a mabul, they believed him. It wasn’t like today a world full of skeptics who read newspapers. All they believe is in the Mets. That’s all they believe in.
They knew a tzaddik. They looked up to him. Certainly. And Noach told them beshem Hashem. They believed him. Certainly.
TAPE # E-252
