CHRIST THE ARK OF SAFETY
The days of the flood are coming again. The Lord said that as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days when the Son of Man returns (Luke 17:26). In those days, every imagination of mankind’s heart was continually evil (Genesis 6:5). We are watching that same darkness rise once more—people loving pleasure more than God, truth being traded for lies, and pride drowning out the voice of repentance. Of course, the world has, since the garden, always been a wicked place. But any reasonable assessment would have to say that it is not getting better, it is getting worse. But just as surely as the storm came in the days of Noah, the grace of God still calls His people to safety.
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord (Genesis 6:8). That same grace is calling us now—not to a wooden ark, but to the living Christ. The world laughed at Noah, but he built anyway. He obeyed exactly as God commanded (Genesis 6:22). Every hammer strike was an act of faith. Every board was a sermon. And when the rains came, it was obedience that kept him afloat.
In the same way, the Father sent His Son to prepare a refuge for us. Christ came into the world to receive sinners, and just as Noah finished the ark, Jesus finished the work the Father gave Him to do (John 17:4). He lived the life we could not live, and He died the death we deserved. He became the doorway, the covering, the safety of all who enter in by faith.
When the storms of judgment begin to break, only those who are in Christ will stand secure. He is our ark. He is the refuge God Himself has provided. “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe” (Proverbs 18:10). The floodwaters of sin and sorrow will rise, but they cannot drown the soul that is hidden in Jesus.
Just as Noah was shut in by God’s own hand (Genesis 7:16), so are we sealed in Christ by the Spirit until the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13). Nothing can remove the love of God from our hearts. “Neither death nor life, nor angels nor powers, nor anything in all creation, can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38–39).
So come into the ark while there is still time. The door is open now, but one day it will close. The day of reckoning is drawing near, but the Lord still calls, “Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).
The rainbow after the storm was a promise of mercy, and the return of Christ will be the fulfillment of that promise. The earth will once again be soaked—not just with judgment, but with His glory. “The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea” (Habakkuk 2:14).
Until that day, let us walk with God as Noah did. Let us build our lives in obedience and faith, knowing that Christ is our Hope, our Refuge, our Ark of Safety.
Bryan Dewayne Dunaway
