The Ark, A Type of Christ
Scripture Passage:
Genesis 6:1-16
Attached audio files:
- GOD'S DIRECTIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARK
- Make it Out of Gopher Wood (Genesis 6:14)
- Gopher wood is only mentioned once in the Bible
- Noah was to go and cut down these trees in order to prepare the ark
- The trees were already provided on the third day of creation
- Make Rooms Inside (Genesis 6:14) - Noah was to make rooms inside of the Ark for whosoever would come into the ark
- Pitch it Within and Without (Genesis 6:14) - Pitch was a protecting agent that would seal the cracks and prevent the water from coming into the ark
- Length to be 300 Cubits (Genesis 6:15)
- Breadth to be 50 Cubits (Genesis 6:15)
- Height to be 30 Cubits (Genesis 6:15)
- A Window to be Placed in the Ark (Genesis 6:16) - There was to be a window placed in the ark probably in the top story
- A Door to be in the Side (Genesis 6:16) - A door was to be place in the side for all that would to be able to enter thereby
- The Ark is to Have 3 Stories (Genesis 6:16)
- THE WORK OF THE ARK
- The Ark was to Bare the Judgment of the Flood (Genesis 7:17-18)
- The Ark was to Preserve the People Inside
- The Ark was the Only Way to Survive the Coming Judgment
- OUR DELIVERANCE
- Gopher Wood- A Unique Tree (Mark 8:22-25; Mark 8:27-29)
- Noah’s Family Cut Down the Trees (Acts 2:36; 1Peter 2:24)
- The Pitch Had to be Applied (Leviticus 17:11; Hebrews 9:22-26; 1Peter 1:18-19)
- The Door Was Placed on the Side
- Probably on the first story
- Jesus Christ is the door of the sheep (John 10:7-9)
- The door to heaven was hung in the first heaven on Calvary
- The Wrath was Placed on the Ark (Genesis 7:17; John 12:32-33)
- The Ark Resurrected (Genesis 8:4; Matthew 28:1-6)
- Those Outside of the Ark Perished (Genesis 7:21-23)
- Only Those In Christ Lived (Genesis 7:23)
Ray, Andrew
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