In His instructions for building the Ark, God told Noah to “set the door of the Ark in its side” (Genesis 6:16). The Ark had only ONE DOOR to pass through to escape God’s ruthless judgment. By faith, Noah and his family entered the Ark. Once they were all inside, the Lord shut them in.
I always say, "I am sure that the first "cuss word" was heard on the day the first rain drop splashed on top of the head of one of Noah's cousins!"
Many believer's mistakenly think that "Noah shut the door to the Ark", but he didn't do it. So you might ask, "What is the significance about God shutting the door of the Ark?" God shutting the door was "intentional" in that no man can open a door that God closes and, conversely, no man can close a door that God opens (see the Noahic Covenant; the "sign" of the rainbow); it represents a "door" that was opened by God that can never be closed. It also represents God's emphatic nature; when God is done with you, He is truly DONE!
Don't pass over the declaration, "Noah walked (Hebrew word "halak" means "to go" or "to travel") with God." (Gen. 6:9). This is very significant in that Adam, Eve and Enoch also walked with God and denotes a very intimate relationship and fellowship with the Father. I wonder how many of today's believers walk with God?
It provides a wonderful demonstration of the twin truths of 1) man’s responsibility to choose God over man and 2) God’s sovereignty that we see throughout Scripture.
After God shut the door, the time of judgment arrived. Only those who had gone through the doorway would be saved; no one else could enter.
Noah and his family had to obey God’s command to build and then enter the Ark (a "type and shadow" of Christ) for salvation—but it was God who had commanded the Ark to be built to fulfill the destiny of man He had manifested from the foundation of the world. Jesus said “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved” (John 10:19).
(A view from inside the Ark)
It is a good thing that God has prepared His "remnant"as a peculiar people. The remnant always represents the "faithful" ones and the "chosen" ones and those that are the ones that God "calls by name to Himself." They are the fearless ones and they are
...the LONELY ones!
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ReplyDeleteI say that God still calls present-day Noah's into action. But with the injustice of so many bad teachings in many of today's churches, Christians no longer know what Gods work looks like. Nor do they even recognize God's voice. Instead, we have relegated ourselves to the pastor's voice because THAT voice never asks anything hard of us. Hard in the respect that it will take us OUT of our comfort zones. This blog shows the truth, that Noah did not have friends while building the art, nor did his church or religious affiliate support his work. why? Because it was Noah's vision, HIS task from God. When you are set apart by God to do a thing, you better know that that thing is not being done by anyone else at the same time. God expects His children to encounter HARDSHIPS, the very thing most modern Christians shun and avoid. If you don't believe GOD Himself brings hardships upon us as a great tool, then ponder this. God usually reserves hardships for his most precious and important children, his favorites as Nick Moore attests. Was Noah a favorite? Of course he was, as many don't know that he was born of an Immaculate Conception just as Jesus Christ was.
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