(2) The Flood of Noah

 

(2) The Flood of Noah

The Flood of Noah foreshadows the cross of Jesus Christ. Noah, his family of seven, and the animals entered Noah's ark. The flood symbolizes sin, death, and judgment. Isaiah 57:20 says, "But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest; its waters cast up mire and dirt." Psalm 32:6 says, "Therefore let all the godly pray to you while you may be found. Surely, in the great flood, they will not reach him." Micah 7:19 says, "You will again have compassion on us; you will trample our iniquities underfoot and hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea."

The flood is a curse from God. However, an ark stands on the water. The ark is shaped like a rectangular box. There are two other places in the Bible where the word "ark" is used: Moses' wicker basket and the Ark of the Covenant from the Old Testament. The ark was covered with pitch. The ark appears as a person (Moses).

Genesis 6:14 "Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and cover it inside and out with pitch."

If we look up the words related to bitumen, we see in Genesis 19:24, “Then the LORD rained down on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of the heavens.” In Revelation 20:10, it says, “And the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” The words in Genesis are expressed as fire and sulfur.

An ark is a square, box-shaped vessel. In English, it's called "Ark." Words that use this word include Moses' ark, Noah's ark, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

God commanded that the ark be made of gopher wood (cedar). In Hebrew, cedar is used in the words gopher, erets, and kopher, and cedar was also used in the temple and the Ark of the Covenant. "Make rooms in it and cover it inside and out with pitch." Pitch is made by mixing cedar (gopher) tree resin with it.

The "gofirt of cedar" symbolizes the blood of Jesus Christ. Pitch signifies ransom money. In other words, the cedar symbolizes Jesus Christ. Pitch, as ransom money, signifies the atoning death of Jesus Christ. The Hebrew word "chill" means "to appease, to reconcile, to atone."

Genesis 19:24 reads, "Then the Lord rained down on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of the heavens." The Hebrew word translated as sulfur here is "gofirt" (sour cedar). The sour cedar represents the blood Jesus Christ shed through His atoning death. This blood and fire rained down from heaven.

Fire symbolizes the Holy Spirit. When God created heaven and earth (the material world), he created them from water (the Word) and the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 3:7 says, "But the heavens and the earth, which are now kept in store by the same Word, are being kept on fire until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men."

To set heaven and earth on fire is identical to the Word of Creation. That is, Creation created the material world with water (the Word) and the Holy Spirit. The material world will be destroyed again by God's Word and the Holy Spirit.

In Revelation 20:10, it says, "And the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever." Here, the word translated as "brimstone" is "gofirt" (cedar resin). Fire, likewise, signifies the Holy Spirit. The pool is a place filled with water, and the pool containing "gofirt" refers to the pool of Jesus Christ's blood.

The material world was created by God's Word and Spirit, and will be judged and destroyed by the Word and Spirit. Here, like the sap of the cedar tree, is the blood of Jesus Christ. Those who rely on the blood of Jesus Christ will not be judged.

This story becomes the story of Genesis 1 and the story of Revelation. If we understand the story of God's creation, the story of the end times will naturally follow.