When God was about to bring judgment upon the earth He provided a place of safety for those who trusted in Him (Gen. 6:14-18); 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; 3:24-26.
In the days of Noah there was but one place of safety, and that was the ark (Gen. 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 10:43.) 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.