Genesis Lesson #17

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GENESIS 6:9-22
LESSON #17
THE MIRACLE OF SALVATION IN THE ARK

• MEMORY WORK: OLD TESTAMENT BOOK NAMES FROM OBADIAH TO MALACHI
• READ GEN 6:9-13 THE CHARACTER OF NOAH:
• WE DISCOVER 3 THINGS ABOUT NOAH (9)
• HE WAS A JUST AN ORDINARY MAN.
• HE WAS A BELIEVER BY FAITH IN THE PROMISED REDEEMER.
• READ HEB 11:6-7 NOAH’S FAITH:
• HIS FAITH WAS BASED IN GOD’S WORD, “BEING WARNED OF GOD”.
• HE WALKED BY FAITH NOT BY SIGHT. (2COR 5:7)
• HE WAS MOVED WITH FEAR.
• THE EVIDENCE OF FAITH WAS OBEDIENCE. (JAM 2:17)
• BY FAITH HE BUILT THE ARK BEFORE THE RAIN STARTED TO FALL.
• IN FACT, HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT RAIN WAS. (HEB 11:7)
• HE WAS PERFECT IN HIS GENERATIONS.
• THE WORD “PERFECT” MEANS = WITHOUT BLEMISH, MATURE.
• HE WALKED WITH GOD.
• HE HAD THE SAME RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AS ENOCH, THOUGH GOD DID NOT SNATCH NOAH UP FROM THE EARTH BEFORE DEATH.

• NOAH IS A PREFIGURE OF CHRIST

NOAH	CHRIST
NOAH’S NAME MEANS “REST” GEN 5:28-29	WE HAVE “REST” IN CHRIST MAT 11:28 ISA 11:10
NOAH FOUND GRACE IN GOD’S EYES GEN 6:8	JESUS FOUND GRACE IN GOD’S EYES MAT 3:17
NOAH WAS A JUST (RIGHTEOUS) MAN GEN 6:9	JESUS WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN LUK 23:47
NOAH WAS PERFECT IN HIS GENERATIONS GEN 6:9	JESUS WAS PERFECT, AND WITHOUT SIN LUK 1:35 HEB 7:26
NOAH WALKED WITH GOD GEN 6:9	JESUS GREW UP IN GOD’S FAVOR LUK 2:52
GOD GAVE NOAH WORK TO DO GEN 6:14	GOD GAVE JESUS WORK TO DO JOH 17:4
NOAH, ALONE, DID THE WORK	JESUS ALONE COMPLETED GOD’S WORK 1PET 2:24
NOAH’S HOUSEHOLD WAS SAVED	CHRIST IS A SON OVER HIS OWN HOUSE HEB 3:6
ANIMAL CREATION WAS SUBJECT TO NOAH GEN 6:19	ALL CREATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO JESUS CHRIST AT THE 2ND COMING PSA 8 HEB 1:2 HEB 2:8
NOAH WAS THE GREAT PROVIDER OF FOOD GEN 6:21	CHRIST IS OUR PROVIDER, THE BREAD OF LIFE JOH 6:35
NOAH WAS OBEDIENT GEN 6:22	CHRIST WAS OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH PHI 2:8
EVERYONE WHO WENT IN THE ARK WAS SAVED GEN 8:18-19	ALL WHO ACCEPT CHRIST ARE SAVED JOH 18:9
NOAH BUILT AN ALTAR & OFFERED SACRIFICE TO GOD GEN 8:20	JESUS CHRIST OFFERED HIMSELF AS OUR SACRIFICE TO GOD EPH 5:2
GOD BLESSED NOAH AND HIS SONS GEN 9:1	WE ARE BLESSED THROUGH CHRIST EPH 1:3
GOD WOULD MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH NOAH GEN 9:8-9	WE HAVE A NEW COVENANT THROUGH CHRIST HEB 8:10-13

• READ GEN 6:14-22
• THE ARK
• THE HEBREW WORD TRANSLATED “ARK” IS USED ONLY ONE OTHER PLACE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WHERE IT IS TRANSLATED “BASKET”. (EXO 2:3,5 IN THE STORY OF THE BABY MOSES.) BOTH THE ARK AND THE BASKET WERE COATED WITH PITCH.
• (NOTE: THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT TABERNACLE IS NOT THE SAME WORD IN HEBREW.)
• THE SIZE AND DIMENSIONS OF THE ARK:
• THE ARK WAS ABOUT 450 FT. LONG X 75 FT. WIDE X 45 FT. HIGH.
• (THESE FIGURES ARE BASED ON AN 18 INCH CUBIT.)
• THE SIZE IS APPROXIMATE BECAUSE THERE IS MUCH DISAGREEMENT AS TO HOW LONG A CUBIT WAS.
• ESTIMATES STATE THAT THE COMMONLY ACCEPTED RANGE WAS ANYWHERE FROM 17.5 INCHES TO 22 INCHES.
• THIS IS THE SIZE OF 1½ FOOTBALL FIELDS.
• THIS IS THE LARGEST POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION OF WOOD THAT COULD GO TO SEA. ANY LARGER AND IT WOULD BE UNABLE TO BRIDGE THE WAVES, AND IT WOULD BREAK APART.
• THE PROPORTIONS (LENGTH TO WIDTH TO HEIGHT) ARE ACTUAL PROPORTIONS TO MAKE IT SEA WORTHY.
• -THE BATTLESHIP “OREGON” HAS THE SAME PROPORTIONS THOUGH 1/7TH SMALLER. (BUILT 1898)
• -THE SHIP, “QUEEN MARY”, IS 1020 FT. LONG
• THE MATERIALS USED FOR THE ARK:
• GOPHER WOOD:
• THE EXACT KIND OF WOOD IS UNKNOWN. IT WAS EITHER CYPRESS, CEDAR, OR A WHITE OAK THAT BECOMES HARDER WITH AGE.
• PITCH WITHIN AND WITHOUT:
• PITCH IS A LUMINOUS MATERIAL TO PREVENT LEAKAGE
• IT ALSO PRESERVES IT FOR POSTERITY
• THE HEBREW WORD “PITCH” USED HERE IS NOT THE USUAL WORD FOR PITCH. THE USUAL HEBREW WORD IS “zetteth”.
• INSTEAD THE WORD “zapher” IS USED. THE WORD “zapher” IS TRANSLATED 70 TIMES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AS “ATONEMENT” WHICH MEANS = “TO COVER”. (IT IS USUALLY USED IN RELATIONSHIP TO SIN.)
• THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARK:
• IT HAD ONE WINDOW IN THE TOP FOR LIGHT AND AIR.
• IT HAD ONE DOOR IN THE SIDE, CLOSED BY GOD.
• IT HAD 3 FLOORS OF ROOMS.

• THE ARK IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF OUR SALVATION
• HEB 11:7 EXO 2:3 EXO 25:10

THE ARK	OUR SALVATION
A DIVINE PROVISION BEFORE THE FLOOD CAME	CHRIST WAS SLAIN FROM BEFORE CREATION REV 13:8
GOD REVEALS THE DESIGN	GOD REVEALS THE PLAN OF SALVATION 2COR 4:6
IT WAS MADE OF GOPHER WOOD	CHRIST, THE ROOT OUT OF THE DRY GROUND ISA 53:2 WOOD = HUMANITY OF CHRIST. ONLY BY DEATH IS THE MEANS OF SALVATION PROVIDED
A REFUGE FROM DIVINE JUDGMENT	BELIEVERS ARE SHELTERED FROM GOD’S WRATH ACT 4:12
EVERYTHING LIVING OUTSIDE PERISHED	ALL THOSE NOT IN CHRIST PERISH JOH 3:15,16
GOD INVITED NOAH TO COME INTO THE ARK (HE WAS NOT COMMANDED)	WE ARE INVITED TO COME UNTO CHRIST MAT 11:27
THE ARK WAS A PLACE OF ABSOLUTE SECURITY	BELIEVERS ARE HID WITH CHRIST IN GOD COL 3:3 1PET 1:5 JOH 18:9
THE ARK HAD ONE DOOR	JESUS SAID “I AM THE DOOR” JOH 10:9
THE DOOR WAS IN THE SIDE OF THE ARK	JESUS’ SIDE WAS PIERCED, OPENING THE WAY TO THE HEART OF GOD JOH 10:9 JOH 19:34
THE ARK HAD 3 FLOORS	THREE IS THE SYMBOLIC NUMBER FOR THE TRINITY. WE HAVE A 3-FOLD SALVATION IN CHRIST: BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT. WE ARE SAVED FROM THE PENALTY OF SIN, FROM THE POWER OF SIN, AND FROM THE PRESENCE OF SIN JOH 17:11,21
ONE WINDOW WAS PLACED “ABOVE”	WE ARE TO SET OUR AFFECTION ON THINGS ABOVE COL 3:2 JOH 8:12
FURNISHED WITH MANY ROOMS	JESUS SAID HE WAS GOING TO PREPARE FOR US MANY MANSIONS (ROOMS) JOH 14:2
PITCH (ATONEMENT) COVERED THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE	WE ARE COVERED INSIDE AND OUT BY THE CLEANSING BLOOD OF CHRIST (ATONEMENT) ROM 5:11
EIGHT PEOPLE WERE SAVED IN THE ARK. GOD BEGAN WITH MAN AGAIN.	8 IS THE SYMBOLIC NUMBER OF NEW BEGINNINGS. WE ARE NEW IN CHRIST 2COR 5:17
THE DAY THE ARK LANDED	ON THE SAME DAY, JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD (MORE ON THIS LATER)

• SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTICE:
• IN GEN 6:17 IT IS GOD WHO BRINGS THE FLOOD WATERS. THIS FLOOD IS NOT A USUAL, NATURAL OCCURRENCE. IT WAS A MIRACLE.
• GOD TELLS NOAH ABOUT A NEW COVENANT AND A NEW AGE TO COME AFTER THE FLOOD IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE HIM THAT THE PROMISED REDEEMER IS STILL TO COME.

• HOMEWORK
  GENESIS 7:1-24

THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FOR CORRECTION

• APPLICATION FOR GEN 6:
• NOAH’S ARK IS A PICTURE OF OUR SALVATION IN JESUS CHRIST. LIKE NOAH, HAVE YOU ENTERED INTO YOUR ARK OF SECURITY, JESUS CHRIST?
• IF YOUR ANSWER IS YES, THANK GOD IN PRAYER FOR YOUR SAFETY, YOUR PROVISION, AND GOD’S MERCY AND LOVE TOWARD YOU.
• IF YOUR ANSWER IS NO, AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO CHRIST AND BE SURE THAT YOU ARE SAVED, CONTACT ME OR A PASTOR WHO CAN EXPLAIN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BORN AGAIN.
• PREPARATION FOR GEN 7:
• READ GEN 7:1-24
• COMPARE GEN 6:19 WITH GEN 7:2 AND WRITE YOUR IMPRESSIONS.
• WHO GATHERED THE ANIMALS?
• WHO GATHERED THE FOOD?
• WHO SHUT THE DOOR?
• WRITE DOWN REFERENCES THAT INDICATE THIS IS A WORLD-WIDE FLOOD AND NOT JUST A LOCAL FLOOD.
• READ MAT 24:37-39 WHAT WARNING DOES JESUS GIVE TO PEOPLE TODAY THAT NOAH’S DAY SHOULD REMIND US OF?
• READ 1PET 3:20-21 THE FLOOD OF NOAH’S DAY IS A TYPE OR ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE? EXPLAIN HOW.
• MEMORY VERSE: JOHN 10:9