The Only Place of Safety

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Genesis 6:14‑18 • 2 min. read • grade level: 7

When God was about to bring judgment upon the earth He provided a place of safety for those who trusted in Him (Gen. 6:14-18¹⁴Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. ¹⁵And 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. ¹⁶A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. ¹⁷And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. ¹⁸But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. (Genesis 6:14‑18)); so now that “God hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness,” He has provided full redemption and salvation from the wrath to come for all who believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ. Rom. 1:10; 3:24-26¹⁰Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. (Romans 1:10)
²⁴Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: ²⁵Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; ²⁶To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. (Romans 3:24‑26).

In the days of Noah there was but one place of safety, and that was the ark (Gen. 7:23²³And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. (Genesis 7:23)); and now there is but one way of salvation, and that is CHRIST. There was safety in the ark for whoever was in it; and there is salvation in Jesus, that “through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.” (Acts 10:43⁴³To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. (Acts 10:43).) None could perish who were in the ark, for “the Lord had shut them in;” so those who are in Christ by faith “shall never perish—shall not come into condemnation, but are passed from death unto life.”

Noah believed that the flood was coming, not because he saw any sign of it, for he saw none; but simply because God declared that it should come: “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house.” When the dreadful judgment came, those who believed God were safe in the ark; those who despised the word of God were overtaken and destroyed in the midst of all their thoughtlessness.

Dear reader, to which of these classes do you belong? Are you now taking refuge by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the true Ark of safety, or are you carelessly enjoying the pleasures of sin? Let me entreat you not to neglect the message of forgiveness through the precious blood of Christ. Take heed that you do not despise this day of His grace, and so the day of His righteous anger come upon you.

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