God's gracious act of removing His people from harm is described with terms such as rescue and save and deliver. Rescue often implies an immediate or impending danger and a perilous situation that requires a desperate effort to save from harm. Deliverance is similar to rescue although it also involves individuals who are overwhelmed or unable to reach their destination on their own. God knows how to deliver those who overcome sin and reverence Him. Just as God delivered Lot He can also deliver His people from the temptations and trials faced in this wicked world. God will judge those who cause temptation and trials. God's deliverance of the righteous shows that He can rescue His people when they are tempted and that He knows the best way to do so. He sees a solution when His people cannot. The Bible is full of stories and pictures of deliverance. It is a collection of liberation stories shared by people who experienced great deliverance. The first major salvation story in the Bible is God's rescue of Noah and his family and the animals through the great Flood and God's deliverance of them into the new world. In this story the world had become hopelessly mired in sin and God chose one man in His family as a sort of new Adam whom He delivered from a great judgment and brought safely to the other side. Noah and his family were saved through water an image that clearly points to baptism and baptism too is part of God's magnificent work of deliverance. The spiritual process of this delivery is justification then sanctification and then salvation. God also provides His people with the strength to follow His commands. God will provide divine protection along the way as He gathers His people from the four corners of the earth in the final universal pilgrimage.