The Ark of Noah is a picture of Jesus Christ. It is the salvation from God’s righteous judgment. I have always been fascinated by the fact that there is only one door into the Ark, and God closed the door. In the New Testament Jesus calls himself the door. Jesus says in John Chapter 10, “ I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.” (Joh 10:9 NKJV) Just as there is only one door into the Ark, there is only one way to escape God’s judgment. Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." (Joh 14:6 NKJV) I especially liked the analogy Dr. Missler used when he said “All alternative theological speculations ended when the door shut.”
There were three groups of people represented by the Judgment in Genesis chapter 6.
· Those that perished in the Flood
· Those that were preserved through the Flood (Noah and his family)
· Those that were removed prior to the Flood (Enoch)
These three groups of people will be represented again, when God’s judgment comes upon the earth during the Great Tribulation.
· Those who perish in the Great Tribulation
· Those that are preserved through the Great Tribulation, (the remnant of the house of Israel)
· Those that are removed prior to the Great Tribulation, (believers who are taken in the rapture)
By the Grace of God I am praying to be in the group removed prior to the Great Tribulation. Jesus said, "Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man." (Luk 21:36 NKJV)
He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming quickly." Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! (Rev 22:20 NKJV)
