+DEV+ Jesus: The Ark of Salvation

Date: July 30, 2012 10:15 PM
Topic: +DEV+  Jesus: The Ark of Salvation

Jesus: The Ark of Salvation

"Every living thing...was wiped out; men and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds of the air... Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark."  (Genesis 7:23)
Scripture Focus: Genesis 9

The natural man mocks the truth that God created the universe. He also scoffs at a literal Adam, and he sneers at a universal flood and the enormous vessel - the ark - that carried Noah and his family to safety. In doing so, people mock Jesus to whom these historical facts point. First, like Jesus whose mission to save His people was planned many years in advance, so was the ark. Both Jesus and the ark are revealed solely by God's Word. The ark, like Jesus, was intended as a refuge from the wrath of God.

Noah and his family were invited into the ark (Genesis 7:1), just as sinners are invited into Christ. The ark was a place of absolute security. So is our Lord who secures eternal salvation for us. Other symbols abound. The ark was made from wood - fallen trees. Wood symbolizes Christ's humanity here and elsewhere in Scripture, and speaks of the Anointed One who was "cut off" (Daniel 9:26). Finally, the ark had only one door. There is only one way to eternal life - through the Savior who gave His life for you.

Insight: Fools Mock Eternal Judgment. But The Bible Is Clear That God's Wrath Is Real. Only Faith In The Savior - Our Ark - Will Save From It.