Mrs. Noah

  Last Sunday we talked about Mrs. Noah in Sunday school class.  We decided a couple of things right away. One, she didn't have it easy and two, boy did she pick the right man.  Does that mean women should keep their eyes open for a man with a good boat? Well no, not necessarily, however if you like to fish it might not be a bad idea.
  That catastrophic world wide flood that Mrs. Noah went through was a one time thing. That particular time of judgement has come and gone.  We even have rainbows to remind us that there will never be a world wide flood again. You women now need to keep your eyes open for a man who knows about the next judgement.
  No, our dear Mrs. Noah didn't have it easy.  Those rainy days cooped up in a rocking sea vessel with all those smelly animals, three daughters in law, (hopefully all like Ruth) and four possibly sea sick men.  Does it get any worse that that?  Yes, those dark rainy days were undoubtedly some of the dreariest known to man, (and women). 
  This ark which carried Mrs. Noah and her family took anywhere from a few years up to possibly seven years to build.  It was about 450 ft by 75 ft. by 45 ft. had similar proportions of a modern ocean liner, but trust me this was no Carnival cruise. After that door was closed and locked by God Almighty and the rain started falling,  I can imagine that the cries of the people on the outside could be heard by those on the inside who were powerless to do anything.  Every friend, every family member not on board, every acquaintance, every man woman and child perished.  Gloom and grief  and maybe fear, were the companions of those eight persons on the ark. There had to be a measure of comfort in knowing that they were in God's safe place because of faith in what God had said.
  There was no TV and no internet aboard the ark, no I phones and I'm guessing not even any books. They were in the ark for approximately one year.  Think how we react when it snows and we are snowbound for a few days.  Enough said.
  These people, this ark, this event, these were all very real.  But this bit of history was also a picture.  That ark was a place of safety and security from the judgement God brought upon the earth and all the inhabitants. It is a type of Christ. A picture of Jesus.  There will be another time of judgement in the future.  Jesus Christ is our ark.

Romans 3:23-24 : For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 

Romans 12:5 So we being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

II Cor. 5: 17-19:  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!  All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:  that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them.  And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

Colossians 1:13-14:   For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Romans 8:1: Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:38 for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  One more thing I want to mention about Mrs. Noah.  We don't know her name.  In fact we don't know much of anything about her except she was there.  She did not have a long list of attributes and accomplishments that bought her passage on that ark.  It was provided in return for her faith.

  I don't have to have a list of accomplishments or a famous name. Maybe you don't either. God has provided a way for us to be in the next Ark of safety.  This passage also comes thru faith.  Faith in believing that Christ died on a cross to take the punishment for my sins. With His blood, I am clean and can enter the Ark.

  Kudos to you Mrs. Noah you are an inspiration.  Don't you just wonder how many times Noah got asked "Are we There yet?"