The Ark of Safety
NLT
13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior. 15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.
Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
The Ark of Safety
But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
“Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
Notice that to take the step of self-quarantine was an act of faith, not of fear or cowardice!
It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before.
But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
This is a time for the church to grow DEEP!
Rather than relying on a system of religion, God was pushing Noah into a new aspect of serving and walking with God.
“Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior. 15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.
You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
I lay down My life for the sheep.
I lay down My life for the sheep.
But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
I lay down My life for the sheep.
You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side.