0397. NOAH, A TYPE OF CHRIST.

NOAH, A TYPE OF CHRIST.

Genesis 6.

I. He Game as a Blesser. His Name means "comforter" or rest (Gen_5:29). God sent His Son to bless you (Act_3:26).

II. He Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord (Luk_24:8). So was it with Christ. "This is My beloved Son, hear Him" (Luk_9:35).

III. He was Just and Perfect (Luk_24:9). Christ delighted to do the will of God. He was holy, harmless, separate from sinners.

IV. He Walked with God (Luk_24:9). Jesus could say, "I and My Father are one." Thou in Me, and I in Thee (Joh_17:21). One with the Father in all His desires and purposes.

V. He had the Will of God revealed to Him (Luk_24:13-15). The Ark, and the fashion of it, was a revelation from God. It was His way of salvation made known through Noah. Was it not so also with Christ? He came to manifest His Name (Joh_17:6). He spoke not His own words, but the words of God the Father (Luk_24:8).

VI. He Prepared the Way of Salvation (Luk_24:14). He made the Ark. Christ has made for us a new and living way (Heb_10:20). "The gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom_6:23).

VII. He Finished the Work Given Him to Do. "Thus did Noah, according to all that God commanded him" (Luk_24:22). He left nothing undone. So also the antitype-"I have finished the work Thou gavest Me to do" (Joh_17:4). His last words on the Cross were, "It is finished."

VIII. His Salvation was Effectual (chap. Luk_7:1). It was sufficient-

1. For Himself. "Noah entered in." The great work of Christ has been the means of bringing new honour and glories to Him.

2. For his House. "Come thou and all thy house into the Ark." "All that the Father hath given Me shall come to Me." He will bring many sons unto glory. The whole household of faith shall be saved (Eph_3:15; Eph_5:27).

3. For all Things. All in the Ark passed over the flood into a new and purged world. All things shall yet be put under Christ, who is not only head of the Church, but of angels and of all. All under the sweep of His redemption shall be cleansed and renewed (Act_8:19-22).

IX. He was Remembered by God. "And God remembered Noah, and all that was with him" (chap. Luk_8:1). God will never forget His Son and all that are with Him in the Ark of His saving grace. They shall be held in His everlasting remembrance. He who numbered the stars and the sparrows shall not be unmindful of His sons, purchased by His blood and born of His Spirit. "I will remember My covenant" (Gen_9:15).

Autor: James Smith