" And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them."
The ark is a testament to the divine Will and it is world framed by the word of God. How do we say that for sure? In v.22,"Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he." God is setting a distinction between what is holy and unholy and between light and darkness. Abraham will not even receive a shoe latchet from the king of Sodom. And God says,
"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you."(2 Co6.17) Then as now. God shall purge the wicked world with fire. The world where the word has no place in the heart of man renders every beast of his vulnerable. The fate of Achan is a warning, "And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor."( Joshua 7.24)
Holy Jerusalem above shall be totally rid of the 'works' of the ungodly world.
The beasts creepiing thing and fowls of the air as specified by God may enter. It is the obedience of Noah who shall sanctify them. So it is the Word who sanctifies them.
"And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth". Noah is stand-in for soul and God gives time for a congregation so rgw word of God stands sure,"0 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."(Mt.18.20) The inner man is a sign so soul is set in direction of a great congregation, "But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels."(Heb.12.21-23)
" And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them."
The ark is a testament to the divine Will and it is world framed by the word of God. How do we say that for sure? In v.22,"Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he." God is setting a distinction between what is holy and unholy and between light and darkness. Abraham will not even receive a shoe latchet from the king of Sodom. And God says,
"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you."(2 Co6.17) Then as now. God shall purge the wicked world with fire. The world where the word has no place in the heart of man renders every beast of his vulnerable. The fate of Achan is a warning, "And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor."( Joshua 7.24)
Holy Jerusalem above shall be totally rid of the 'works' of the ungodly world.
The beasts creepiing thing and fowls of the air as specified by God may enter. It is the obedience of Noah who shall sanctify them. So it is the Word who sanctifies them.
"And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth". Noah is stand-in for soul and God gives time for a congregation so rgw word of God stands sure,"0 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."(Mt.18.20) The inner man is a sign so soul is set in direction of a great congregation, "But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels."(Heb.12.21-23)
Covenant does not change.
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