As
we read the story of Noah, we learn of the place of Noah within the
divine revelation of the Gospel of grace. "Noah found grace" (8) might
be turned around to read, "Grace found Noah." "Amazing grace ... I once
was lost but now am found." The significance of Noah, highlighted in
5:29, is expressed in the words, "Not the labour of my hands can fulfil
Thy law's demands ... All for sin could not atone, Thou must save, and
Thou alone. Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to Thy Cross I cling." To
think of the flood exclusively in terms of judgment is to see only one
side of what God was doing. As well as judging, He was also saving - "In
this ship a few people - eight in all - were saved by water" (1 Peter 3:20). The ark points forward to Christ, "who came back from death to life", Christ who "saves" us (1 Peter 3:21).
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