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Jesus Christ is like Noah’s Ark
Text: Genesis 6-8
Make thee an ark…
- Grace of God came through an Ark & Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 1:4)
- Application: God makes provision to avoid judgment on sin.
The ark was built in the open, was not hidden
- 2 Peter 2:5… the ark was preached about and disregarded
- Hebrews 11:7… Noah condemned the world
- Application: the testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ was public
- Titus 2:11.. appeared to all men
Pitch it within and without with pitch (6:14)
- The Ark was completely sealed
- All in Jesus Christ are sealed (Eph. 4:30)
- Application: The kids asked why no water seeped into the ark? The ark was tossed around on the waves in the and pushed about, but the wrath of God never touched those onboard…likewise the flames of hell will never touch the believer
This is the fashion which thou shalt make it of…(6:15)
- The Ark was not beautiful, it was a vessel made to bear the wrath of God
- Jesus Christ was not made to be beautiful but to bear the wrath of God (Isa. 53:2)
- Application: Salvation is God’s plan, not yours.
but with thee will I establish my covenant… (6:18)
- promises of God to those IN the ark
- promises of God to those IN Jesus Christ (Eph. 3:6, 11)
- everything you get from God you get through Jesus Christ
- the promises are in the Ark, you can get on board or stay off
to keep them alive with thee… to keep them alive…(6:19-20)
- the Ark was life
- Jesus Christ is life (John 14:6, 10:10)
Take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten… (6:21)
- No one on the ark starved or dehydrated
- you will not hunger or thirst in Jesus Christ (John 6:35)
Come thou and all thy house into the ark… (7:1)
- the Ark was entered by invitation of God
- God makes the same invitation for Jesus Christ (Matt. 11:28)
- Notice also “all thy house” just like Acts 16:31
Entering the ark meant leaving this world behind
- God did not tell them when or even if they’d come out of the ark
- Following Jesus Christ means leaving this world behind (Luke 9:62 & 2 Tim. 2:4)
the Lord shut them in… (7:16)
- the Lord shut them in the ark
- the Lord shuts us in Jesus Christ (John 10:28)
and the waters increased, and bare up the ark and it was lift up above the earth (7:17)
- the Ark had to be lifted up
- Jesus Christ had to be lifted up (John 12:32)
and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark (7:23)
- the Ark was the only method of salvation
- Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation (Acts 4:12)
God remembered Noah, … and all that was with him in the ark (8:1)
- God remembered those in the Ark
- God remembers those in Jesus Christ (Hebrews 6:10)
and the ark rested in the seventh month on the seventeenth day of the month (8:4)
- When the work was done, the ark rested. Application: Hebrews 1:3
the ark rested… (8:4)
- the ark had a definite task to do and after completion it rested
- Jesus Christ set out with a certain task and rested after it was finished (Heb. 10:11
