Our pastor preached from the book of Genesis this past Sunday. He spoke about Noah and the ark.  I have been to Williamstown, KY., where there is a life-size replica of the ark. One thought that came to mind this past Sunday was that it was big enough to take in “all” who believed. So is heaven.

In Genesis 7:16, God shut the door of the ark. He had given mankind time to believe, enter the ark, and be saved. The ark was a type of salvation. God saw that mankind was getting out of hand. He had had enough, but everyone on Earth at that time had an opportunity to live.

In Matthew 24, Jesus says that in the last days, life on Earth will be as it was in the days of Noah. Man will once again be vial, evil, and corrupt. And once again God will say, “Enough!” God knows that sin hurts people. The one doing wrong and usually someone else. That may be why He will end it someday soon, but He has once again given mankind time to accept him, this time, through believing that Jesus died on the cross for our sins.

Our pastor said it was Noah’s faith that saved him and not the ark. Your faith will save you, too. You can enter heaven by yourself, or you can enter heaven with someone else, as in two by two. In fact, invite everyone to join you. Noah did. Don’t accept the majority opinion. Just because it may be popular doesn’t mean it is right. The people in Noah’s day most likely said Noah was crazy. “What rain?” “It has never rained before!” They turned out to be wrong. Don’t be wrong. Get on board with believing in Jesus.

In the end, it won’t physically rain on the Earth to the extent of flooding it, but the next time, justice will rain down!

For just as life went on in the days of Noah so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Mat. 7: 37 (PHILLIPS)

“You must be on the alert then, for you do not know when your master is coming. 
Mat. 7: 42 (PHILLIPS)

Oh, and the typo in the title was intentional. It was a pun on words.

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