Finding Christ in places you least expect
The bible is about Jesus Christ, if we study carefully we can actually find Christ on every page. We can find Christ not just in the New Testament but also in the old. Finding Christ in the Old Testament can be as exicting as finding treasure, what exactly are we going to find about christ from the story of the ark?
Let us study Noah's ark and see what we discover about our Lord and Saviour
◾️ The Ark Was Given Through Grace
Genesis 6:13-14 KJV
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. [14] Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Before the flood, God gave Noah and his family a way of escape. Why? Simply because Noah found grace in the eyes of God. God is till the same today, He is just and righteous, therefore He would judge sinners, he is the perfect judge. But even with all that, He is still merciful. His desire is for all to be saved.
Ezekiel 33:11 KJV
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Through grace, He provided a way of escape from sin and the devil, He sent his son to die so we might be set free. The Salvation He released to us on the cross, was not a last minute decision. Before we were created He knew what needed to be done and what it would cost Him to have us spend eternity with Him. He still did it, why? Because to Him we where worth it.
The Arks Designs Was Revealed Before Hand
Genesis 6:14-15 KJV
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. [15] And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of : The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
God Himself gave Noah the instructions on how the ark should be built. In the same way He gave specific details about the birth and life of Christ, these was referred to as Messianic Prophecies in th Old Testament.
For example He revealed How christ we be born
Isaiah 7:14 KJV
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Where He would be born
Micah 5:2 KJV
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
His purpose and mission
Isaiah 53:10 KJV
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
And His resurrection
Psalm 16:10 KJV
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
God would never let us move blindly, He is always there to instruct us, direct us, guild us. He gives us instructions on how to face life even before the trouble comes He prepares us