#8. JUST LIKE THEN...

What have we discovered so far about Noah’s ark in the Great Flood?

• Noah’s ark was a floating zoo commissioned by God 
• The ark’s proportions were optimal for seaworthy stability
• God as captain, assembled the passengers and livestock cargo, ordered loading, then closed the door 7 days later            
• God wasn’t joking - He covered the whole earth with water
• After the ark ran aground, Noah’s family was given a new start – new earth, new climate, new authority, new diet, new contract….then failure again! (...and yet today, many theologians argue there are no dispensations)
• Thanks to Noah’s son Shem, we have eyewitness record preserved by the nation of Israel

Today, people deny the Great Flood ever happened!            

What else can we learn, thanks to those who personally knew Jesus Christ?

• Noah trusted God to deliver but he moved with ‘eulabeomai’: apprehension – this monstrous barn was expected to float!
• It was predicted nearly 2000 years ago that people today would scoff at Jesus Christ’s second coming, at Creation and the Great Flood! (Did the apostle Peter get that right?)
• Now God maintains the universe until it will be burnt up with fire.         The ‘big bang’ comes at the end!

Just like in the Great Flood…

• God delays because He wants all to repent and not perish!
• The ark is an illustration of our salvation by the power of Christ’s resurrection. He is ‘The Door’!
• When Jesus Christ makes His move it will be sudden and unexpected!
• People will be busy in legitimate activity like weddings
• When Jesus Christ make His move – some will be taken but the others will be left behind!

Now this may seem strange, even inexplicable…                  

The apostle Peter tells us that Jesus Christ, by the Spirit, went and preached to the ‘spirits in prison’ that in the past had been disobedient when the ark was being built.

Uhh? Does this mean that those who drowned in the Great Flood heard Christ’s message of salvation later on?

What we can be sure of is that millions upon millions of people will believe the gospel preached during the coming Tribulation – after the rescue of the true Church…as if taken away in an ark.

“Behold the goodness & severity of God that leads men to repentance!”


Alright then...where's the proof of this global flood?
http://hotspuds.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/9-proof-in-our-dna.html